S.T. Leith N.B. FD323
Technical
Official Number: 137631
Yard Number: 556
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 203
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 115.5 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
History
27.8.1914: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.556) for Dow & Carnie, Newhaven, Edinburgh as LEITH N.B.
10.1914: Completed.
10.10.1914: Registered at Granton (GN22).
12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.469).
1919: Returned to owner.
1919: Sold to Ernest Taylor & Noah Ashworth, Fleetwood (Ernest Taylor managing owner).
15.7.1919: Granton registry closed.
18.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD323).
18.9.1919: Sold to William Flockhart, Jnr, John B. Flockhart & June Flockhart, Leith.
16.2.1920: Sold to Grace Devlin, John Inglis & Alexander Stewart c/o T. L. Devlin, Granton (Robert D. Devlin, manager).
16.2.1920: Fleetwood registry closed.
17.2.1920: Registered at Granton (GN26).
1922: Transferred T. L. Devlin & Sons, Granton (Robert Devlin, manager).
1925: Thomas L. Devlin Jnr designated manager.
1936: Sold to A. King, Aberdeen.
12.1935: Granton registry closed.
14.12.1935: Registered at Aberdeen (A389).
21.12.1945: Fishing in calm weather 27 miles W by N of Noup Head, Westray, Orkney Islands, on hauling after trawl door stove in plate and engine room started to flood. Crew of eleven took to boat and stood off as vessel foundered; taken aboard BEN GLAS (SN336) and subsequently landed at Aberdeen.
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