S.T. Lady Enid FD4 : The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Lady Enid FD4

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3832
Official Number: 161474
Yard Number: 841
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 324
Net Tonnage: 131
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 96 hp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

13.2.1918: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.841) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN JEFFERSON.
18.4.1918: Completed (1 – 12pdr, 1 – 3.5” A/S Howitzer, Hydro and W/T).
23.4.1918: Accepted.
3.2.1920: Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO302).
1922: Sold to Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull.
4.10.1922: London registry closed.
18.10.1922: Renamed St. AMANT (H702).
5.3.1926: Arrived Hull from an Icelandic trip and reported that Arthur Hudson, spare hand, was washed overboard in severe weather and lost.
3.1926: Arrested at Iceland for illegal fishing.
5.11.1935: Sold to Trident Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (G. A. Ledger, manager).
12.12.1935: Renamed LYNESS (H702).
30.12.1938: Sold to Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull (E. Cargill, manager).
24.4.1939: Renamed LADY ENID (H702).
28.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service for examination service and as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.547) (Hire rate £96.18.0d/month).
1942: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood.
13.8.1942: Sold to The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (J. Marr & Son Ltd, managers).
11.12.1945: Reclassed at Manchester and returned to owner.
21.12.1945: Sold to Henderson’s Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (J. Marr & Son Ltd, managers).
7.2.1949: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (David Marr, manager). Registered at Fleetwood (FD4).
4.5.1954: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £7000.
19.5.1954: Last landing at Fleetwood (West of Scotland – 289 boxes, grossed £1767).
1.6.1954: Sold to BISCO for breaking up and allocated to Rees Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Llanelli.
6.6.1954: Sailed Fleetwood for Llanelli.
(John Jefferson (aka Jefferies), OS (volunteer), age 22, b. Finsbury Square, London – VICTORY (SB233))