Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 132403
Yard Number: 136
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 243
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 126.7 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Engine: 500ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole

History

16.2.1911: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.136) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as KILDA.
24.3.1911: Registered at Fleetwood (FD144).
3.1911: Completed (James Herbert Marr, manager).
13.4.1914: Sold to The Admiralty for £6750 and engaged in target towing.
28.7.1914: Fleetwood registry closed.
8.1914: Fitted out as a minesweeper (1-12pdr). Renamed HMS JANUS (Ad.No.167).
1.1920: Registered by The Admiralty in the Registry of British Ships at London as KILDA (7/1920).
4.5.1920: Sold by auction at Milford to Joseph Davison (16/64), William Upham Carlile Westoby (16/64) and Isaac Bunch (32/64), Grimsby for £5500.
11.6.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
21.6.1920: Registered at Grimsby (GY1138).
22.6.1920: Isaac Bunch appointed manager.
11.10.1920: Registered at Grimsby as TUBAL CAIN (GY1138).
3.4.1922: Isaac Bunch shares (16/64) sold to Thomas Toombs (16/64), Grimsby.
3.4.1922: Mortgage (A) discharged.
3.4.1922: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
26.4.1922: Isaac Bunch appointed manager.
15.8.1938: Mortgage (B) transferred to Ada Sarah Ann Davison (64/64), Grimsby.
17.10.1938: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (B) to Charles Hugh Emerson, Grimsby.
18.10.1938: Charles High Emerson appointed manager.
11.1938: Sold for breaking up in Germany.
8.11.1938: Grimsby registry closed “… on sale of vessel to foreigners (German subjects) for breaking up”.

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S. T. Kilda FD144
Picture courtesy of John Stevenson

Changelog
16/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
13/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.