{"id":13845,"date":"2012-05-19T09:26:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T08:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=13845"},"modified":"2022-04-05T11:24:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T10:24:50","slug":"s-t-admiral-sir-john-lawford-lo42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2012\/05\/s-t-admiral-sir-john-lawford-lo42\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Admiral Sir John Lawford LO42"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technical<\/strong><\/p>\n

Official Number: 161474
\nYard Number: 929
\nCompleted: 1930
\nGross Tonnage: 338
\nNet Tonnage: 127
\nLength: 133.7 ft
\nBreadth: 25.0 ft
\nDepth: 13.6 ft
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
\nBoiler: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton
\nBuilt: Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees<\/p>\n

History<\/strong><\/p>\n

11.6.1930: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees (Yd.No.929) for the Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood as ADMIRAL SIR JOHN LAWFORD.
\n24.7.1930: Registered at London (LO42).
\n8.1930: Completed (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager). Fitted with radio telephone.
\n31.1.1939: Inwards from the fishing grounds in Wyre Channel collided with steam trawler GEORGE COUSINS (LO66).
\n29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examination service and as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (P.No.FY.533) (Hire rate \u00a3167.11.10d\/month).
\n26.1.1943: A\/Capt Edward Douglas Wyndham Lawford RN awarded DSO for service in HMS POZARICA (P.No.4.261) A\/A ship on Russian convoys.
\n1.1944: Fitted out for wreck dispersal duties (P.No. 4.415) and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy Landings; in readiness at Penarth.
\n11.6.1944: Sailed Plymouth for Normandy. Employed on wreck dispersal and anchor recovery work.
\n3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
\n12.1.1946: Returned to owner.
\n11.1946: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150\u00b0.
\n12.8.1958: Sold to Milford Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Ernest Johnson, manager).
\n21.8.1958: Registered at Milford (M224).
\n6.9.1958: Registered at Milford as MILFORD ADMIRAL (M224).
\n19.10.1961: Milford Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven (W. H. Kerr, managers) in liquidation.
\n12.1961: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
\n8.1.1962: Delivered Briton Ferry.
\n26.7.1962: Milford registry closed, breaking up completed.<\/p>\n

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Changelog<\/em>
\n19\/05\/2012: Page published. 4 revisions since then.
\n24\/08\/2014: Picture added.
\n10\/08\/2016: Picture added.
\n13\/01\/2017: Removed three disputed images.
\n19\/11\/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
\n20\/06\/2019: Minor information update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 161474 Yard Number: 929 Completed: 1930 Gross Tonnage: 338 Net Tonnage: 127 Length: 133.7 ft Breadth: 25.0 ft Depth: 13.6 ft Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough Boiler: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton Built: Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees History 11.6.1930: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees (Yd.No.929) for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,452],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-13845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-iago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13845"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26185,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13845\/revisions\/26185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}