S.T. Inverdee A176
Technical
Admiralty Number: 3789
Official Number: 141901
Yard Number: 114
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 280
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by McKie & Baxter, Govan
Built: George Brown & Co, Greenock
History
14.2.1919: Launched by George Brown & Co, Greenock (Yd.No.114) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN GREGORY.
2.5.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
1919: Sold to John S. Boyle Ltd, Glasgow.
1919: Renamed INVERDEE (GW27).
6.1919: Glasgow registry closed.
30.6.1919: Registered at Aberdeen (A176).
1919: Sold to Onward Steam Trawlers (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood (Walter Morley, manager).
12.1927: Sold to Société Anonyme des Pécheries du Nord, Ostend.
17.12.1927: Aberdeen registry closed.
1.1928: Renamed NADINE (O151).
1931: Sold to The Marquis de Bourdeilles, Dieppe (Charpin del Pierre, manager). Registered Dieppe.
1933: Soc. Anon, d’Armement Mallet appointed managers.
1939: Requisitioned in French Navy (P.No.AD57).
3.7.1940: Seized in Falmouth (Operation Grab). Transferred to The Admiralty.
12.1940: Commissioned as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1882).
4.1945: Returned to French owners.
1954: Laid up survey overdue – class suspended.
(John Gregory, Private, Marine, age 25, b. Potters Bar, Middlesex – VICTORY (ML50))
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