S.T. Rowsley GY751
Technical
Official Number: 134746
Yard Number: 251
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 213
Net Tonnage: 89
Length: 117.2 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: 67NHP T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
History
17.8.1912: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.251) for John L. Green, Grimsby (Alick (Alec) Black, manager) as ROWSLEY.
5.10.1912: Registered at Grimsby (GY751).
10.1912: Completed.
11.12.1914: Sold to Walter H. Beeley, Grimsby.
4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.1665).
1919: Returned after survey and restoration at Southampton.
1.4.1923: Sold to Beeley & Sleight Ltd, Grimsby.
1940: Directed to Fleetwood under wartime control.
6.1941: Sold to Basil A. Parkes, Fleetwood.
5.10.1941: Transferred to Great Western Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen but operating from Fleetwood.
26.10.1944: Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd, managers).
29.11.1944: Sold to Ribble Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd, managers).
10.6.1953: Last landing at Fleetwood. Laid up.
16.7.1953: Sailed Fleetwood ??.
5.10.1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Rees Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Llanelli for breaking up.
3.1954: Breaking up completed.
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S.T. Rowsley GY751
Picture courtesy of Alan Hirst
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