S.T. Dahlia GY223 : The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Dahlia GY223

Technical

Official Number: 96206
Yard Number: 29
Completed: 1889
Gross Tonnage: 155g
Net Tonnage: 71
Length: 100.9 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cochrane, Hamilton, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley

History

31.7.1889: Launched by Cochrane, Hamilton, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Yd.No.29) for The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as DAHLIA.
8.1889: Completed (George Doughty, manager).
31.8.1889: Registered at Grimsby (GY223).
1896: Re measured 91n.
1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.731).
1915: Henry Morrice appointed manager.
1910: New boiler fitted.
11.10.1915: Registered at Grimsby as DAHLIA II (GY223).
7.1918: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
12.1919: Sold to Thomas W. Baskcomb, Grimsby (managing owner).
20.3.1922: Registered at Grimsby as DAHLIA (GY223).
10.1935: Fleet of Thomas W. Baskcomb sold to Fred Parkes, Fleetwood.
11.1935: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby (Sir John D. Marsden, Bart, manager). Transferred to Lowestoft.
27.11.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
29.11.1935: Registered at Lowestoft (LT109).
1938: Sold to shipbreakers at Willebroek, Belgium.
6.10.1938: Sailed Lowestoft for Belgium.
20.8.1938: Lowestoft registry closed “Sold to Belgium for demolition”.