S.D/T. Advisable LT168 (Seasonal)

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Technical

Official Number: 149245
Yard Number: 582
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 115
Net Tonnage: 52
Length: 92.0 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Draught: 9.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Burrell & Co, Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Built: John Chambers Ltd, Lowestoft

History

1930: Launched by John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.582) for George H. Tripp, Lowestoft as ADVISABLE.
9.1930: Completed.
19.9.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT168).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
11.4.1937: Out of Fleetwood. In a swell, damaged propeller with trawl door.
8.5.1937: Stripped propeller. SILVER SEAS (LT235) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
24.1.1939: Connected to KINDRED STAR (LT177) disabled and delivered Lowestoft.
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1500) (Hire rate £64.16.7d/month).
4.1943: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
18.12.1945: Sold to Gilbert & Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Arthur Gilbert, manager).
12.1945: Returned to owner.
1953-1954: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood.
25.3.1953: First landing 123 boxes/15 baskets – £487 gross.
21.8.1954: Last landing at Fleetwood 90 boxes/15 baskets – £620 gross.
29.9.1954: Sold to Mercury Fisheries Ltd, Halifax, NS (Paul Stockhammer, London, manager).
11.10.1954: Lowestoft registry closed. Registered at Halifax, NS.
20.10.1954: Sailed Lowestoft For Halifax, NS, via Newlyn and Azores for bunkers.
16.11.1954: Arrived Halifax, NS.
1956: Sold to Ministry of Trade & Industry, Halifax, NS.
17.2.1957: Sold to C. C. Chappell, Sydney, NS.
Late 1975: Sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Advisable LT168

S.T. Advisable LT168
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S.T. Advisable LT168

S.T. Advisable LT168
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S.T. Advisable LT168

S.T. Advisable LT168
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Changelog
24/03/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
25/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image. Added another image.