S.T. Summer Rose PD594

Technical

Official Number: 145542
Launched: 1919
Admiralty Number: 4185
Yard Number: 357
Gross Tonnage: 96
Length: 86.5 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Draught: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3cyl by William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Dalmuir
Built: Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd, Northwich, 1919

History

1919: Launched by Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd, Northwich (Yd.No.357) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as STERN WAVE.
27.3.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
25.8.1920: Transferred to Fisheries Board for Scotland for disposal.
1921: Sold A. Wares & C. Cluness, Newhaven, Edinburgh. Renamed Craigleith (LH255).
1923: Sold to John Sutherland, Peterhead (Scottish Steam Herring Fishing Co Ltd, managers). Renamed SUMMER ROSE (PD594).
1930 – 1936: Trawling out of Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
Pre 1937 sold to Scottish Steam Herring Fishing Co Ltd, Peterhead & Others.
1.10.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
13.10.1940: Mined off Sunderland. Two crew lost.
(Lost: James Southern, Engineman; Frank Paget, Stoker.)


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