S.T. Lord Wavell FD98 : The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Lord Wavell FD98

Technical

Official Number: 181346
Yard Number: 1336
Completed: 1948
Gross Tonnage: 636
Net Tonnage: 245
Length: 177.9 ft
Breadth: 30.7 ft
Depth: 15.1 ft
Engine T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

1948: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1336) for Lord Line Ltd, Hull as LORD WAVELL.
9.9.1948: Completed. Registered at Hull (H578).
12.1949: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
1950: Owners re-styled Associated Fisheries Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Thomas W. Boyd, manager).
22.7.1953: Owners reverted to Lord Line Ltd, Hull (Thomas W. Boyd, manager).
4.1963: Transferred to Grimsby (Northern Trawlers Ltd, managers).
10.4.1963: Hull registry closed.
4.1963: Registered at Grimsby (GY97).
1966: Transferred within the Associated Fisheries Group to Northern Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby.
4.1967: Transferred within the Associated Fisheries Group to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Leslie Wheildon, manager).
5.1967: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1967: Registered at Fleetwood (FD98).
1967: Sold to L. E. Adams, Plymouth (Ocean Marine Salvage Co, Plymouth) for conversion to a diving and salvage vessel. Fleetwood fishing vessel registry closed. Unofficially renamed LORD J. WAVELL to satisfy terms of sale.
1968: Arrested by Admiralty Marshall at Falmouth.
2.1970: Sold at auction to Haulbowline Industries Ltd, Passage West, Co. Cork for breaking up.
29.3.1970: Delivered Passage West from Falmouth in tow.

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