S.T. Avondale H166
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Technical
Official Number: 143805
Yard Number: 1311
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 202
Net Tonnage: 79
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Draught: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. G. Mumford Ltd, Colchester
Built: Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Wivenhoe
History
1918: Launched by Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Wivenhoe (Yd.No.1311) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM FALL.
29.5.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 2 – .303 cal Lewis MG, Hydrophone & W/T).
20.12.1919: Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO193).
3.1920: Sold to East Hull Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (G. H. Brown, manager).
26.1.1920: London registry closed.
12.2.1920: Registered at Hull as AVONDALE (H166).
19.9.1923: On an Icelandic trip, Claude Lonsdale (18) lost overboard and drowned.
21.2.1933: On an Icelandic trip, Richard Pinder (18) lost overboard and drowned.
7.1934: Sold to J. W. Tomlinson Jnr, North Shields.
1944-45: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1954: Sold to BISCO for breaking up. Hull registry closed.
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