S.T. Romilly GY437

Technical

Official Number: 122701
Yard Number: 348
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 214
Net Tonnage: 77
Length: 117.0 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Engines: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby

History

4.7.1905: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.348) for John L. Green, Grimsby as ROMILLY.
22.8.1905: Registered at Grimsby (GY81).
31.8.1905: Completed (Alick Black, manager).
7.1914: Sold to Denmark (to enable access to Moray Firth grounds, etc).
14.7.1914: Grimsby registry closed.
3.1915: Sold to John L. Green Ltd, Grimsby (Fred Clark, manager).
10.3.1915: Registered at Grimsby (GY437).
3.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.2651). Based Larne.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
11.1925: Sold to Harold Bacon, Grimsby (managing owner).
9.1930: Sold to Kottingham Trawling Co Ltd, Grimsby (James N. & Harold Bacon, managers).
1.1945: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Harvey Wilfred Wilson, Grimsby, manager).
6.1945: Sold to Rushcliffe Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby.
4.1948: Sold to Ravendale Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby (Grimsby Industries (Trawler Managers) Ltd, managers).
11.1952: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
6.1954: Sold to BISCO and allocated to J. J. King & Co Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up.
10.1955: Grimsby registry closed.

Changelog

07/05/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.