S.T. Westcoates H662
Technical
Admiralty Number: 3574
Official Number: 144327
Yard Number: 836
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 326
Net Tonnage: 130
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
History
17.12.1917: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.836) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as JAMES WRIGHT.
12.3.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, Hydrophone & W/T).
15.3.1918: Delivered.
3.2.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London as a fishing vessel (LO311).
7.1922: Sold to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
2.8.1922: London registry closed.
4.8.1922: Registered at Hull (H662).
21.8.1922: Registered at Hull as LORD ANCASTER (H662).
15.7.1935: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (£4500). Fishing from Hull (The City Steam Trawling Co Ltd).
4.11.1935: Registered at Hull as WESTCOATES (H662).
20.3.1939: Sold to Loch Fishing Co (Hull) Ltd, Hull (£3000).
1.4.1939: Registered at Hull as LOCH MOIDART (H662).
8.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No.4.229) (Hire rate £97.16.0d/month).
10.1941: Fitted out as minesweeper. Based Grimsby.
1945: Sold to A. & M. Smith Ltd, Hull (Mark Hellyer & Graham Hellyer, managers).
18.1.1946: Laid up.
1.1946: Returned to owner.
3.3.1948: Sold to Henry J. Richards, Johnston, Haverfordwest (managing owner).
15.5.1948: Registered at Milford as GOODLEIGH (M294).
7.6.1948: Sold to Goodleigh Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Henry J. Richards, manager).
3.1949: Laid up.
8.1950: Sold to Associated Fisheries Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Thomas W. Boyd, manager).
8.8.1950: Milford registry closed.
10.8.1950: Registered at Hull as LORD LYNWOOD (H134).
1952: Laid up pending survey. Sold to BISCO and allocated Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston-on-Tyne for breaking up.
14.10.1952: Arrived River Tyne.
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