S.T. Kite H773 : The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Kite H773

Technical

Official Number: 118781
Yard Number: 59
Completed: 1903
Gross Tonnage: 169
Net Tonnage: 63
Length: 110.3 ft
Breadth: 20.9 ft
Depth: 11.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd

History

26.8.1903: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd (Yd.No.59) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Hull (George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London, managers) as KITE.
15.10.1903: Registered at Hull (H773).
10.1903: Completed.
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.415).
2.1915: Renamed KITE II.
12.1918: Returned and reverted to KITE (H773) (John Slater, manager).
1930: Delete manager.
2.1936: Sold to Brixham Trawlers Ltd, Brixham (Dugdall & Son, managers).
12.1937: Transferred to Fleetwood when Brixham Trawlers Ltd moved to the port.
4.12.1937: Sailed Brixham for Fleetwood in company with THRUSH (H703).
26.7.1955: Sold to Belgian shipbreakers for breaking up.
31.7.1956: Arrived Boom from Fleetwood under own power.

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