Technical

Official Number: 132401
Yard Number: 135
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 243
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 126 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole

History

2.2.1911: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.135) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as LUCIDA.
9.3.1911: Registered at Fleetwood (FD143).
3.1911: Completed. James H. Marr designated manager.
4.4.1913: Sold to Frederick Richard Howe, Cardiff.
4.1913: Sold to Empresa des Pescaries “Norte” Ltda, Lisbon, Portugal.
25.4.1913: Fleetwood registry closed.
1913: Remeasured 270g 128n.
1913: Registered at Lisbon as BICALHO.
9.1915: Sold to The Admiralty for conversion to a minesweeper (one of nine trawlers purchased en bloc from Portuguese owners for £80,788). Employed on auxiliary patrol duties (1-6pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.172). Renamed CRUCIS.
17.5.1919: Sold to Cruz Bros, Gibraltar.
1919: Sold to Empreza Central de Pesca a Vapor Ltda, Lisbon, Portugal. Registered at Lisbon as RIO MINHO.
1928: Sold to Cia. Portuguesa de Pesca, Lisbon.
1929: Registered at Lisbon as ALMOURAL.
1942: Requisitioned by the Portugese Navy for war service and employed as a patrol vessel.
10.6.1945: Returned.
1950: Sold to Lisbon based principals for breaking up.

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S.T. Lucida FD143
Picture courtesy of The ABP Collection

S.T. Almoural
Picture courtesy of The Reinaldo Delgado Collection

Changelog
26/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
03/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
18/04/2020: Updated history and added an image.