Technical

Official Number: 161345
Yard Number: 1065
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 335
Net Tonnage: 142
Length: 135 ft
Breadth: 24.9 ft
Depth: 13.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

2.11.1929: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1065) for Brand & Curzon Ltd, Milford Haven as TEWERA.
4.1.1930: Registered at London (LO9).
7.1.1930: Completed (Edward Brand & Charles Curzon, managers).
10.9.1937: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
27.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.526)(Hire rate £166.2.1d/month).
6.1946: Returned to owner.
10.1946: Sold to Government of Poland, Warsaw (Ministry of Industry & Commerce) (“Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich Sp.z.ogr.odn., Gdynia, managers) under the UNRRA scheme. Renamed SATURNIA (GDY91)
21.2.1966: Sold to Polish shipbreakers for breaking up at Gdansk.

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S.T. Tewera LO9
Picture courtesy of the James Cullen Collection

Picture from the Internet

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published.
30/08/2013: Information updated.
16/06/2014: Picture added.
19/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
01/04/2024: Added an image.