Technical

Admiralty Number: 3528
Official Number: 143849
Yard Number: 707
Completed: 1917
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 ft
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 107
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Boiler: Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn

History

9.5.1917: Laid down.
20.7.1917: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.707) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS TWINEY (Ad.No.3528).
7.9.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr and W/T).
19.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as THOMAS TWINEY O.N.143849.
1919: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries and engaged in commercial trawling.
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
19.2.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO332).
3.1920: At HM Dockyard, Pembroke completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Milford.
13.8.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
12.1921: Sold to David Pettit, Hakin.
1.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed.
2.1.1922: London registry closed.
4.1.1922: Registered at Milford (M245). David Pettit designated managing owner.
6.1.1922: Registered at Milford as CLYRO (M245).
8.1.1922: Landed at Milford.
1922: Transferred to D. Pettit Ltd, Milford Haven. David Pettit designated manager.
30.9.1932: Connected to steam trawler CAPSTONE (M423) disabled with damaged propeller. Delivered Milford.
7.11.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
8.1935: Dock strike at Fleetwood involving coaling labour.
11.8.1935: Sailed Fleetwood for Vandyke (Inishtrahull) grounds via Ayr to coal (Sk. A. Stean); thirteen crew all told.
13.8.1935: Sailed Ayr for fishing grounds.
14.8.1935: Stranded on Powder House Rock, Culzean Bay. Badly holed and making water, eight crew members abandoned to local fishing boat and Girvan lifeboat stood by from 00.30 am to 3.25 pm. Skipper and four crew members manned pumps but had to abandon when water level reached boiler room plates. Total Loss.
21.10.1935: Milford registry closed “Abandoned as a total loss”.

(Thomas Twiney, Quartermaster (prest), age 29, b. Carmarthen, Wales – VICTORY (SB646))

Note: Wreck subsequently thought to have been used as a target for a gunnery range and destroyed.

Changelog
13/05/2012: Page published. 6 updates since then.
26/01/2017: Information updated.
23/12/2019: Information updated.