Technical

Official Number: 127357
Completed: 1912
Yard Number: 377
Gross Tonnage: 98
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.0 ft
Breadth: 18.45 ft
Depth: 9.0 feet
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by James Abernethy & Co, Aberdeen
Built: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen

History

1912: Launched by John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.377) for for George Addison, Cullen & others as THREE KINGS.
1912: Completed (George Addison managing owner). Registered at Banff (BF495).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.2419). Based at Larne.
1916: Sold to Alexander Mair, Buckie & others (Alexander Mair managing owner).
1919: Returned to owner at Buckie (Jas. Archibold, Buckie).
29.5.1920: Sold to John Victor Breach (64/64), Lowestoft. John Victor Breach designated managing owner.
29.5.1920: Sold to Jack Breach Ltd (64/64), Lowestoft. John Victor Breach designated manager.
29.5.1920: Registered at Lowestoft (LT517).
1.6.1920: Banff registry closed.
9.6.1923: Stranded at Lerwick. Steam drifters EILEEN EMMA (LT342) and JUST REWARD (LT726) connected, refloated and returned to Lerwick.
26.7.1925: With steam drifters TWO BOYS (LT1157) and UNITED FRIENDS (LT55) suceeded in refloating the Norwegian steamer GEZINA (1828grt/1917), which had stranded on Dennis Head, North Ronaldsay in dense fog.
12.6.1926: At Lerwick sustained damage in collision with steam drifter CLOVERDALE (BF170).
18.7.1928: At Stronsay, Orkney with broken propeller.
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood (Alex Keay managing agent).
13.8.1930: At Fraserburgh with broken propeller.
31.8.1934: At Workington (Sk. H. Stone) with broken propeller.
5.5.1936: With Sk. A. Catchpole, sustained damage in collision with steam drifter CLARA SUTTON (HL88).
15.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (1-MG) (P.No.FY918) (Hire rate £27.0.0d/month).
1.1.1942: At Harwich LL sweep drifter (Hire rate increased to £27.013.6d/month).
1.1944: John Victor Breach died.
9.4.1944: Ronald H. Self appointed manager.
9.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
1945: Returned to owner. Laid up.
19.4.1945: Charles William Dance appointed manager.
26.7.1946: Jack Breach Ltd reconstituted as The Shoals Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Charles W. Dance, manager).
29.11.1946: Lowestoft fishing registry closed “No longer used for fishing”.
7.1947: Sold to Belgian principals for breaking up (Sanctioned by MOT letter No. GSP 6477 dated 9.7.1948).
14.6.1950: Lowestoft registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

Official Number: 128543
Yard Number: 201
Completed: 1909
Gross Tonnage: 100
Net Tonnage: 37
Length: 87.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.1 ft
Engine: C.2-cyl and boiler by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee
Built: Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee

Details

1909: Launched by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.201) for George H. Hansell, Gt. Yarmouth as King Herring.
10.1909: Completed. George H. Hansell designated managing owner.
18.11.1909: Registered at Yarmouth (YH7).
10.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (1-3pdr HA) (Ad.No.1922). Based Aegean Sea.
1919: Returned to owner at Gt. Yarmouth (George H. Hansell & John Thomas Cullen Salmon, Gt. Yarmouth).
1919: Sold to Great Yarmouth Steam Trawlers Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (George H. Hansell, manager).
1927: Sold to George H. Hansell, Gt. Yarmouth (managing owner).
1928: Sold to Sydney E. Catchpole, Pakefield (managing owner).
12.9.1928: Yarmouth registry closed.
13.9.1928: Registered at Lowestoft (LT401).
1930/31: Seasonal whitefish trawling from Fleetwood
1938: Sold to to Dutch principals for breaking up.
3.11.1938: Lowestoft registry closed.

Technical

Official Number: 149229
Yard Number: 579
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 138
Net Tonnage: 59
Length: 98.0 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 10.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Built: John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft

History

1929: Launched by John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.579) for Catchpole, Baxter & Co, Lowestoft as WILLING BOYS. 3.1930: Completed (Edward Catchpole, Kessingland, manager).
21.3.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT737).
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Padstow, Milford and Fleetwood.
1.7.1937: Fishing near the Glass Norman bank off the Wicklow coast (Sk. Russell James Gower); arrested by Irish Free State fishery cruiser MUIRCHÚ after shots were fired.
2.7.1937: Sk. Gower of Lowestoft was charged in Dublin Police Court with illegally fishing off the Wicklow coast. Fined £100 and gear and catch forfeited.
15.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.947) (Hire rate £77.15.11d/month).
6.1940: Based Dover (Ty Sk. R. McLean RNR).
1941: Fitted out as a LL drifter.
1.1942: Based Dover as a LL drifter (Sk. C. E. Coble RNR).
6.1943: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
1945: Sold to Pevensey Castle Ltd, Lowestoft (R. H. Self, manager).
8.1946: Returned to owner.
1949-1950: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
17.5.1949: At Fleetwood landed 209 boxes grossed £835.
17.8.1949: Last landing at Fleetwood, 218 boxes grossed £793.
14.3.1950: At Fleetwood landed 181 boxes grossed £847.
13.5.1950: Last landing at Fleetwood, 135 boxes grossed £416.
1953: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (William H. Kerr, manager).
5.1957: Sailed Milford for Lowestoft for conversion to diesel propulsion (Sk.Sid Durrant).
9.1957: Converted at Lowestoft. Re-engined with a 2stroke 6-cyl 280bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros. Ltd, Manchester.
1.9.1957: On completion of successful trials sailed Lowestoft to fish round to Milford (Sk. Sid Durrant).
6.8.1959: Sailed Milford for Lowestoft and to fish from that port (Sk. Joe Utting).
5.1.1961: Returned to Milford from Lowestoft, but damaged in collision with drifter trawler FEACO (LT207) also returning from Lowestoft.
5.1970: Laid up at Milford.
2.1973: When trawling off the Devon Coast (Sk. Frank Reynolds) hauled a torpedo warhead. Landed at Milford and attended by Plymouth RN Bomb & Mine Disposal Team and found to contain 500lbs of TNT. Safely exploded on Castlemartin Range.
15.2.1973: Escorted into Dunmore by LÉ DIEDRE (P.No.P20) having been arrested for alleged poaching in Irish Republican waters.
16.2.1973: At Court in Dublin Sk. Reynolds fined £210 for fishing in Irsh Republic territorial waters off the Wexford coast and gear and catch (60 boxes of whiting) valued at £1,500 confiscated.
23.7.1973: Sailed Milford for Briton Ferry towing DEELITE (YH29) sold for breaking up.
5.1974: W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd and fleet taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Hull (William H. Kerr remained manager).
1974: Sold to Brig Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven.
12.1975: Last landing at Milford. Laid up.
3.1976: Sold to Thomas W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Briton Ferry.
23.3.1976: Sailed Milford for Briton Ferry. Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Willing Boys LT737
Picture courtesy of John Stevenson

S.D/T. Willing Boys LT737
Picture © Mike Crutchley

Technical

Official Number: 132378
Yard Number: 132
Completed: 1912
Gross tonnage: 102
Net Tonnage: 46
Length: 89.1 ft
Breadth: 19.1 ft
Depth: 8.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Built: Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth

History

1911: Ordered by J. T. & F. J. Salmon, Gt Yarmouth.
1912: Completed by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Yd.No.132) for John Thomas Cullen Salmon, Gt. Yarmouth as FRED SALMON.
20.7.1912: Registered at Yarmouth (YH665) (John Thomas Cullen Salmon managing owner).
9.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.1888).
1919: Returned to owner.
1.1921: Sold to John Windram, Berwick-on-Tweed (managing owner).
10.2.1921: Yarmouth registry closed.
2.1921: Registered at Berwick (BK417).
1923: Change of address to Eyemouth.
1923: Registered at Berwick as OCEAN PLOUGH (BK417).
1.1930: Sold to John Victor Breach (64/64), Lowestoft.
13.1.1930: Berwick registry closed.
14.1.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT133).
29.1.1930: Registered at Lowestoft as STRIVE (LT133) (BoT Minute RG1024/1930 dated 28.1.1930).
30.1.1930: Sold to John Victor Breach (43/21) & W. J. Powles (21/64), Lowestoft.
14.7.1930: At Lerwick in collision with steam drifter PLUMER (LT596).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood.
23.7.1932: Off Fleetwood suffered broken tail shaft; steam drifter FEASIBLE (LT122) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
19.2.1933: On Small’s ground broke mainmast when hauling.
19.7.1933: At Castlebay with fractured propeller blade.
6.4.1934: Grounded in Caledonian Canal, tug connected and refloated.
20.3.1935: Sold to John Victor Breach (64/64). Lowestoft.
1.7.1935: At Lerwick with damage rudder caused by striking rock.
5.1.1936: Suffered heavy weather damage off St. Ann’s Head.
12.11.1936: In Lowestoft with damaged propeller.
9.2.1938: Sold to Explorator Ltd (64/64), Lowestoft (John Victor Breach, manager).
15.11.1939: Requisitioned for was service as a minesweeping drifter (2-MGs) (P.No.FY.922) (Hire rate £27.0.0d/month).
26.5 – 4.6.1940: At Dunkirk evacuation (Sk. W. A. Catchpole RNR).
1.1942: Based Harwich LL sweep drifter.
1.1944: John Victor Breach died.
9.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
9.4.1945: Robert Henry Self appointed manager.
23.5.1945: Sold to County Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Lowestoft (Robert Henry Self, manager).
21.12.1945: Returned to owner.
27.4.1947: Off Aberdeen suffered heavy weather damage.
5.11.1947: In collision with steam drifter SARAH HIDE (LT1157) and sustained damage.
9.4.1952: Leaving Aberdeen with heavy swell running lost man overboard and drowned.
4.11.1946: At Lowestoft landed 245 crans of herring. The Prunier Trophy winner was ROMANY ROSE (YH63) with a 2463/4 cran landing.
1953: Sold for breaking up.
28.5.1953: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T Strive LT133

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4125
Official Number: 137613
Yard Number: 566
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Boiler: James Abernethy & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

3.1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.566) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as GALE (Ad.No.4125).
5.1919: Sold to W. J. E. Green Ltd, Great Yarmouth.
6.6.1919: Completed as OCEAN LOVER.
7.6.1919: Registered at Yarmouth (YH107).
30.10.1925: Landed at IJmuiden 125 crans grossed £285.
13.1.1926: Landed 5 tons of white fish at Yarmouth having been delayed two days by fog.
1930s: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood (Alex Keay, Fleetwood/Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent) (Notable skipper, Arthur Cobb, Lowestoft).
17.3.1940: Requisitioned for war service under Naval control (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month). Based Southend.
15.11.1945: Returned to owner.
9.1.1946: Sold to Arthur P. Buchan (22/64), Peter Buchan (21/64) & John F. Buchan (21/64), Peterhead.
6.3.1946: Yarmouth registry closed.
3.1945: Registered at Peterhead (PD157).
6.1950: Off Rattray Head (Sk. Arthur Buchan) in thick fog, foundered after being in collision with steam trawler CUNNINGHAM (GY86). Nine crew picked up but Sk. Buchan who was taking this trip as a relief for his son Peter Buchan, was lost. Suvivors landed at Peterhead.
7.1950: Peterhead registry closed.

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S.D/T. Ocean Lover YH107
Picture courtesy of Barry Banham

S.D/T. Ocean Lover YH107
Picture courtesy of Greenday (TPF)

S.D/T. Ocean Lover PD157
Oicture courtesy of Ally (TPF)

Technical

Official Number: 161632
Yard Number: 628
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 125
Net Tonnage: 55
Length: 94.3 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
Boiler: Boiler by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Hebburn on Tyne.
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1.5.1930: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.628) for Bloomfield’s Ltd, Great Yarmouth (Neil Mackay, manager) as OCEAN LUX
5.1930: Completed.
28.5.1930: Registered at Yarmouth (YH84).
1930s: Fished seasonal from Padstow and Fleetwood (Bloomfields Ltd, Fleetwood, managing agents).
25.11.1933: Connected to drifter PLOUGHBOY (LT1177) disabled with broken rudder post and delivered Gt. Yarmouth.
30.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1503) (Hire rate £70.4.11d/month).
1942: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood management.
4.1943: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
13.9.1945: Laid up.
9.1945: Returned to owner. Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth.
29.10.1946: At Yarmouth landed 170 crans of herring.
17.10.1951: At Yarmouth landed 140 crans.
9.11.1951: Landed 180 crans.
27.10.1953: At Yarmouth landed 270 crans.
16.11,1953: At Yarmouth landed 160 crans.
21.11.1953: At Yarmouth landed 170 crans from Cap Gris Nez grounds.
21.12.1954: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (William H. Kerr, manager).
8.3.1956: Renamed DEELUX (YH84).
1958: Re-engined with 2 stroke 5-cyl 360bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester at Lowestoft by Richards (Ironworks) Ltd
12.1958: Re-registered as a motor trawler.
1975: Sold to Powell Construction Ltd, Llanblethian, nr Swansea for breaking up at Swansea.
2.1975: Sailed Milford for Swansea in tow of LORD RODNEY (A50). Tow parted and recovered by Tenby lifeboat. Re-sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Briton Ferry.
11.2.1975: Breaking up commenced.
4.3.1975: Breaking up completed. Yarmouth registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Lux YH84
Picture © John Clarkson

S.T. Ocean Lux YH84
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Technical

Official Number: 132942
Yard Number: 509
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 99
Net Tonnage: 44
Length: 88.1 ft
Breadth: 18.65 ft
Depth: 9.25 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliott & Garrood Ltd, Beccles
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

8.11.1911: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.509) for The Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as BEACON STAR.
23.12.1911: Registered at Lowestoft (LT770).
6.1.1912: Completed (George Catchpole, Kessingland, manager).
9.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence drifter (fitted out as workshop). Based Scapa.
1920: Returned to owner.
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
17.2.1937: Sailed Lowestoft for Padstow in company with CONSTANT STAR (LT1158) and ONE ACCORD (LT324).
18.2.1937: Last spoken to when off the Eddystone Light.
19.2.1937: Reported missing.
16.3.1937: Lowestoft registry closed. “Missing from 19.2.1937”. No survivors.
Early 4.1937: Ship’s boat found off Cherbourg.

Technical

Official Number: 145818
Yard Number: 955
Completed: 1925
Gross Tonnage: 92
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 85.0 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

25.2.1925: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.955) for Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Co Ltd, Lowestoft as LORD BARHAM.
11.5.1925: Completed (H. B. Jackson, manager).
12.5.1925: Registered at Lowestoft (LT211).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow, Milford and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
15.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.929) (Hire rate £40.9.7d/month).
30.5.1940: Sailed Yarmouth with twelve other drifters for Ramsgate.
31.5.1940: Sailed Ramsgate for Dunkirk. Evacuated Allied troops and landed at Ramsgate.
21.9.1943: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (B. A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager) when Basil Parkes bought most of Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Ltd better vessels.
12.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
10.1945: Returned to owner (Maj. A. W. Suddaby MBE, Gorleston, manager).
1946: Sold to Poland under U.N.R.& R. Scheme (“Dalmor” Przedsiebiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich Sp.z.ogr.odp, Gdynia).
27.12.1946: Lowestoft registry closed.
1.1947: Registered at Gdynia as ARRADIUSZ (GDY110). Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth with local skippers.
30.5.1949: Sold to Arthur W. Eastoe, Ronald C. Cook & Richard H. Gouldby, Lowestoft and John Odde, East Molesey (Edward George Catchpole, manager). Gdynia registry closed.
5.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as LORD BARHAM (LT55).
23.8.1955: Sold to Arthur W. Eastoe & Ronald C. Cook, Lowestoft (Edward George Catchpole, manager).
1960: Sold to H. P. Heuvelmen NV, Krimpen aan den IJssel for breaking up.
13.6.1960: Lowestoft registry closed.
2.7.1960: Arrived Krimpen aan den Ijssel.

Technical

Official Number: 135089
Yard Number: 15?
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 99
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 87.80
Breadth: 18.7 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Built: Livingstone & Cooper Ltd, Hessle

History

(drifter/trawler) (seasonal)

1914: Launched by Livingstone & Cooper Ltd, Hessle (Yd.No.15?) for John Thomas Cullen Salmon, Gt. Yarmouth as JACK SALMON.
8.1914: Completed for Gt. Yarmouth Steam Drifters Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Thomas Beeching, manager).
17.8.1914: Registered at Yarmouth (YH68).
1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (Ad.No.1023).
1917: Based at Portsmouth mine research tender.
1919: Returned to owner.
20.3.1924: Sold to Jacob George, Gt. Yarmouth.
28.1.1927: Sold to Jacob George (32/64) & John George (32/64), Gt. Yarmouth.
4.5.1924: Registered at Yarmouth as YOUNG JACOB (YH68).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood.
24.1.1934: Sold to John George, Gt. Yarmouth.
17.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.975) (Hire rate £27.13.6d).
4.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
6.1944: Re-deployed on miscellaneous naval duties.
10.1944: Employed on port duties.
14.1.1946: Returned to owner.
11.3.1946: Sold to George Richard Newson (16/64), Winterton; William Herbert Balls, Ronald Balls & John Leslie Balls, Gt. Yarmouth; Claude Perrett, Gorleston; Norford Arthur Suffling & Ida Edith Suffling, Brundall (all 8/64).
13.8.1953: Norford Suffling died, eight shares left to Barclays Bank Ltd & Ida Suffling.
27.11.1953: At Yarmouth landed 140 crans of herring; top boat with OCEAN DAWN (YH47).
1954: Sold to Belgian shipbreakers.
12.10.1954: Yarmouth registry closed on advice from owners.

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S.D/T. Young Jacob YH68
Picture courtesy of Greenday (TPF)

Technical

Official Number: 135761
Yard Number: 146
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 85.8 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9.15 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Built: Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth

History

1913: Launched by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Yd.No.146) for H. R. Broadley Ltd, Lowestoft as GLEN HEATHER.
7.1913: Completed (Henry R. Broadley, manager).
29.7.1913: Registered at Lowestoft (LT62).
9.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1866). Based in Aegean Sea.
1919: Returned to owner.
28.1.1920: Disabled with nets in propeller. Steam trawler EXETER (GY426) connected and delivered Lowestoft.
22.7.1931: Sold to George Mitchell, Lowestoft.
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (William Head, managing agent).
21.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.556) (Hire rate £27.13.6d/month).
6.1940: Based Swansea (Ty Sk. S. J. Catchpole RNR).
1942: Based Milford LL sweep drifter (Ty Sk. F. A. Nunn RNR).
11.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
12.10.1945: Returned to owner.
1948: Sold for breaking up.
17.11.1948: Lowestoft registry closed.