Technical

Official Number: 161010
Yard Number: 736
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 328
Net Tonnage: 116
Length: 140.3 ft
Breadth: 24 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

8.11.1919: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.736) for H/F Haukur, Reykjavik as INGOLFUR ARNARSON.
5.1920: Completed at a cost of 670,000kr (£36,000) (P. J. Thorsteinsson, manager).
05.1920: Registered at Reykjavik (RE1).
14.3.1922: Sold to A/S Tjaldur, Vaag (Suderö), Faroe Islands (M. Dahl, manager) for 275,000kr.
1922: Reykjavik registry closed. Registered at Vaag (Suderö) as ROYNDIN (TG634).
1927-29: Lining for halibuts off Greenland.
9.12.1930: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager). Vaag (Suderö) registry closed.
8.5.1931: Registered at Grimsby as DAILY TELEGRAPH (GY367).
1931: Basil A. Parkes appointed manager.
30.9.1932: Off Rathlin Island in heavy gale, connected to WIGAN (FD241) disabled with lost rudder.
31.9.1932: Delivered Fleetwood.
9.1933: Sold to Soc. Anon des Pécheries Saint Pierre, Boulogne (P. H. Ficheux, manager).
30.9.1933: Grimsby registry closed.
10.1933: Registered at Boulogne as LA VIERGE AUX ROSES (B1624).
1934: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
03.1934: Sold to Baejarutgerd Hafnarfjardar, Hafnarfjördur, Iceland for 127,000kr. Boulogne registry closed. Registered at Hafnarfjördur as JUNI (GK345). 1.12.1948: Stranded at Saudanes between Sugandafjordur and Onundarfjordur due to faulty echosounders. All twenty-seven crew rescued. Declared CTL. Hafnarfjördur registry closed.

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S. T. Ingolfur Arnarson RE1
Picture from the Internet

S.T. Daily Telegraph GY367
Picture by Steve Pulfrey courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

Changelog
15/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
01/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
13/03/2020: Updated information.