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Technical

Official Number: 161631
Yard Number: 325
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 116
Net Tonnage: 50
Length: 92.3 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by F. W. Carver & Co , Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Built: Fellows & Co Ltd, Gt Yarmouth

History

1929: Laid down by Fellows & Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth (Yd.No.325) on spec. 1929: Sold to W. J. E. Green, Great Yarmouth. Launched as ROSE HILDA.
16.1.1930: Completed (William J. Epsom, manager).
26.2.1930: Registered at Yarmouth (YH73).
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Milford and Fleetwood (Sir Alec Black/Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
21.10.1937: At Yarmouth landed 200 crans of herring caught 45 miles from Newarp Light Vessel.
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examining service (Hire rate £65.7.10d/month).
4.9.1939: Stood down role to be determined.
2.10.1939: Converted to a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.740).
4.1943: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
4.1946: Returned to owner.
30.10.1947: At Yarmouth landed 228 crans.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
5.7.1954: Sold to Frederick E. Catchpole, Lowestoft (managing owner).
7.1954: Yarmouth registry closed.
22.7.1954: Registered at Lowestoft (LT90).
12.1954: Converted by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft fitted with a 6-cyl 2 stroke 440bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester.
12.1954: On completion of conversion to diesel propulsion registered at Lowestoft as DAWN WATERS (LT90).
13.12.1954: Registered at Lowestoft as a motor trawler (LT90).
8.10.1955: At Lowestoft landed 190 crans.
18.11.1960: Sold to Gilbert & Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Frederick E. Catchpole, manager).
12.1961: Transferred to Milford (William H. Kerr, appointed manager).
2.2.1962: Sold to Norrard Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Allan G. Packham, manager).
8.1966: Laid up at Milford.
11.1966: Re-activated.
5.5.1969: Towed motor trawler CATHERINE SHAUN (FD201) from Fleetwood to Castle Pill, Milford Haven for breaking up.
1974: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield and allocated to Castle Pill yard, Milford Haven for breaking up.
3.12.1974: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Rose Hilda YH73. Picture courtesy of The Harold Beswick Collection.

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73 outboard of Red Hackle. Picture courtesy of The Harold Beswick Collection.

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Rose Hilda YH73
Picture from the Internet

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection (TPF)

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of Robert Durrant

Changelog

04/03/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
03/06/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.