S.D/T. Flora Taylor LT239 (Seasonal)
“Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham for FMHT”.
Technical
Official Number:
Yard Number: 15
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 86.0 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Draught: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Coatbridge
Boiler: Elliott & Garrood Ltd, Beccles
Built: J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
History
1919: Launched by J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.15) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as MOONSET.
10.2.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
20.10.1920: Transferred to Fisheries Board for Scotland for disposal.
1920: Sold to J. D. Irvin, North Shields & J. D. Taylor, Peterhead.
1920: Renamed FLORA TAYLOR.
1920: Registered at Peterhead (PD444).
11.1930: Sold to Reginald V. Gouldby (32 shares) & Arthur C. Gouldby (32 shares), Lowestoft (64 shares).
11.1930: Peterhead registry closed.
28.11.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT239).
1930s: Seasonal trawlng from Fleetwood (New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, managing agent).
3.7.1934: Disabled with machinery problem, INSPIRATION (LT1211) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
3.4.1939: Sold to Mrs Lily E. Gouldby, Lowestoft.
3.10.1952: Sold to Gordon D. Claridge, Lowestoft.
4.1954: Sold for breaking up under White Fish Authority “scrap & build” programme.
30.7.1954: Lowestoft registry closed.
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S.T. Flora Taylor LT239
Picture courtesy of the Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection
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