Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow
Technical
Official Number: 162057
Yard Number: 911
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 310
Net Tonnage: 119
Length: 131 ft
Breadth: 24.5 ft
Depth: 13.4 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: 575ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Boiler: Blair & Co (1926) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
History
16.1.1930: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.911) for Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood (Magnus B. Wedum, manager) as FANE.
4.2.1930: Registered at Fleetwood (FD66).
2.1930: Completed.
9.1938: Sold to The Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
26.9.1938: Fleetwood registry closed.
27.9.1938: Registered at Grimsby (GY539).
27.9.1938: Sir Alec Black, Bart appointed manager.
1.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service employed on miscellaneous naval duties and minelaying (P.No.FY.575) (Hire rate £153.14.2d/month).
10.1939: Renamed SNAKEFLY.
10.12.1940: Sold to Sir Alec Black, Bart (64/64), Grimsby.
12.12.1940: Sir Alec Black, Bart appointed manager.
10.9.1941: Sold to Malcolm Smith Ltd (64/64), Aberdeen.
20.9.1941: Malcolm Smith appointed manager.
10.1945: Returned after survey and restoration at Aberdeen.
5.10.1945: Grimsby registry closed.
8.10.1945: Registered at Aberdeen as FANE (A603).
3.5.1946: Registered at Aberdeen as LOCH OSSIAN (A603) (MoT Minute R.G. No.1102/45 dated 5.4.1946).
1950: John A. Lewis appointed manager.
1959: Sold to B. J. Nijkerk S.A., Antwerp for breaking up.
8.11.1959: Arrived Boom.
9.11.1959: Delivered.
11.11.1959: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel sold to foreigners (Belgian subjects)”.
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Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
17/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
17/08/2020: Updated history.