Technical

Admiralty Number: 4464
Official Number: 144030
Yard Number: 245
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 323
Net Tonnage: 131
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 87 hp T.3-cyl by Crossley Bros. Ltd, Manchester
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole

History

1919: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.245) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as JONATHAN COLLINS.
1919: Sold to Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull.
26.11.1919: Completed (Harold Hall, manager).
14.1.1920: Registered at Hull as St. MINVER (H136).
5.1928: Sold to Bunch Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (W. Crampin, manager).
30.4.1928: Hull registry closed.
1.5.1928: Registered at Grimsby (GY458). Fitted for lining to pursue the Greenland halibut fishery.
1930: H. G. Crampin appointed managers.
5.1936: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (F. Parkes, manager).
8.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£6,000) and fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.725).
8.1939: Grimsby registry closed.
1944: Fitted out as a fuel carrier (‘Esso’ ).
5.1946: Sold to Easton Trawling Co Ltd, Swansea. Renamed MINESSE (SA??).
15.7.1947: Approval by MoT to transfer registration from Swansea to Cape Town.
1.8.1947: Sold to James Dalgliesh, Rondesbosch, Cape Town.
2.8.1947: Sale concluded for £10,000.
3.10.1947: Arrived Cape Town. Registered at Cape Town (CTA412).
1948: Sold to East Fisheries Ltd, Cape Town. pre 1959: Managers became Irving & Johnson Ltd, Cape Town.
1963: Sold for breaking up at Cape Town.

(John (aka Jonathan) Collins, Carpenter’s crew, age 53, b. Axminster, Devon – VICTORY (SB857))

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S.T. St Minver GY458
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
28/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.