S.T. Dorinda FD198 : The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Dorinda FD198

Technical

Official Number: 139216
Yard Number: 277
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 270
Net Tonnage: 105
Length: 128.8 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Draught: 12.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee

History

23.11.1916: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.277) for The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (J. Marr & Son Ltd, managers) as DORINDA.
9.2.1917: Registered at Fleetwood (FD198).
2.1917: Completed. Requisitioned from the builders for war service and fitted out for escort duties (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.3003).
18.10.1917: Re-registered at Fleetwood (FD198).
1919: Returned to owner.
14.10.1932: Responded to request for assistance from JACINTA (FD235) which had struck submerged rock eight miles off Rathlin Island, losing all blades on her propeller. Connected and commenced tow to Fleetwood.
15.10.1932: Delivered Fleetwood.
30.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.623) (P.No.FY.600) (Hire rate £78.15.0d/month).
1944: Sold to Malcolm Smith Ltd, Aberdeen (Malcolm Smith, manager).
10.1945: Restored and surveyed at Dumbarton.
11.1945: Returned to owner.
1.1946: Registered at Aberdeen as LOCH LOMOND (A??).
7.1946: Sold to Anglo Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (J. R. Cobley, manager).
8.1946: Aberdeen registry closed.
8.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY310).
10.1946: Registered at Grimsby as ANGLO (GY310).
3. 1950: Renamed DEERNESS (GY310) (Leslie Little, manager).
1952: Sold to Elkington Estates Ltd, Grimsby (Charles Dobson, manager).
9.1955: Sold to ??, Belgium for breaking up.