{"id":2240,"date":"2009-01-04T09:38:38","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T09:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2018-01-28T08:49:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T08:49:57","slug":"st-robert-bowen-m269","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-robert-bowen-m269\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Robert Bowen M269"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Admiralty Number: 3595
\nOfficial Number: 143810
\nYard Number: 390
\nCompleted: 1918
\nGross Tonnage: 290
\nNet Tonnage: 126
\nLength: 125.5 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.7
\nEngine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
\nOwner: J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood <\/p>\n

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

14.3.1918: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.390) (\u201cCastle\u201d class) for The Admiralty as ROBERT BOWEN (Ad.No.3595).
\n6.7.1918: Completed (1 – 12pdr, hydrophone and W\/T).
\n1919: Registered by The Admiralty in the Registry of British Ships at London.
\n1920: Sold to Britannic Trawling Co Ltd, London (Talbot W. Holland, manager).
\n19.1.1920: Registered at London (LO254).
\n17.1.1924: Sold to Brand & Curzon Ltd, Milford Haven (Edward Brand & Charles Curzon, managers).
\n5.1938: Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Owen W. Limbrick, manager).
\n20.5.1938: London registry closed.
\n23.5.1938: Registered at Milford (M269).
\n28.12.1938: Delivered Milford, steam trawler JOSEPH BUTTON (M272) picked up disabled with damaged rudder.
\n10.5.1939: Transferred to Fleetwood.
\n31.7.1939: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey E. Marr, Cleveleys, manager) for \u00a33650.
\n31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. NR) (Hire rate \u00a387.0.0d\/month). Based Aberdeen with M\/S Group 41.
\n9.2.1940: Group sweeping 20 miles NE of Aberdeen, damaged by German air attack (Heinkel 111 x 2) towards Girdle Ness and foundered; no survivors. Wreck lies at 57.09N 02.00W.
\n27.12.1941: Milford registry closed.<\/p>\n

(MPK \u2013 Sk. Lieut. John Clark RNR; Ty Lieut. Arthur S. Wilson RNVR; Olley Turrell, 2nd Hand; Thomas McKechnie, Ch. Engineman; Henry A. Popkin, CPO Stoker; Hedworth Diplock, AB; Leslie G. Charlton, James B. Cowling, Thomas E. Robinson, Seamen; Robert F. Holden, OD; Ivor G. Fox, Telegraphist; John T. Gowan, George A. Ritchie, Stokers; Christopher Batty, A\/Cook.)
\n(Robert Bowen, AB, age 29, b. Dover, Kent – VICTORY (SB852)) <\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n04\/01\/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Admiralty Number: 3595 Official Number: 143810 Yard Number: 390 Completed: 1918 Gross Tonnage: 290 Net Tonnage: 126 Length: 125.5 ft Breadth: 23.5 ft Depth: 12.7 Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley Owner: J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood History 14.3.1918: Launched by Cook, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,478],"tags":[17,24,19,18],"class_list":["post-2240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-war-losses","tag-castle","tag-lost","tag-marr","tag-war-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240","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=2240"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22141,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240\/revisions\/22141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}