S.D/T. Constant Star LT1158 (Seasonal)
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Technical
Official Number: 132943
Launched: 1911
Yard Number: 510
Gross Tonnage: 98
Net Tonnage: 43
Length: 88.1 ft
Breadth: 18.7 ft
Draught: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Thos. Sudron & Co Ltd, Stocktonon Tees.
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
History
8.11.1911: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.510) for Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (George Catchpole, manager) as CONSTANT STAR.
23.12.1911: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1158).
29.12.19107: Completed.
5.8.1915: Requisitioned for war service on boom defence.
2.7.1919: Returned.
4.4.1929: Explosion in boiler room whilst off Blackpool. ELIE NESS (LT1259) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
26.6.1932: On Small’s ground foremast broke.
14.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as an examining vessel.
20.11.1939: Returned to owner.
10.11.1940: In heavy seas off Pembrokeshire coast suffered damage.
21.11.1940: Struck wall at Milford damaging stem and bow plating.
29.11.1942: Sold to Owen David Purdy, Hakin.
18.1.1946: Sold to Ocean Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Henry J. Harwood, manager).
25.11.1946: Sold to Fred.J. Ingram (22); Trevor Ingram (21) and Alan Packman (21), Milford Haven (64 shares).
12.1948: Laid up at Milford.
20.4.1949: Sold to William Foreman, Peterhead (Joseph Reid, manager). Lowestoft registry closed.
12.5.1949: Registered at Peterhead (PD38).
12.1954: Peterhead registry closed “Ceased fishing”.
1955: Sold for breaking up.
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S.T. Constant Star LT1158
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