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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
WILLIAM COBURNE |
144532 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1917 |
24/07/1917 |
07/08/1917 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Naval Trawler
| Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Bow, McLachlan & Co. Ltd., Paisley |
Thistle Yard |
344 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
276 grt / 113 nrt / |
125.6 ft |
23.4 ft |
12.8 ft |
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Engine builder |
Fawcett, Preston & Co. Ltd., Liverpool |
Engine detail |
T3cyl (12½, 21 & 35 x 26)in, 180lb/psi, 86nhp, 1-screw |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
The Admiralty, London |
London |
03/05/1920 |
Other names |
1920 CARNARVON CASTLE - c1923 CAERPHILLY CASTLE |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1920 Registered as merchant vessel WILLIAM COBURNE at London 1920 Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co. (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby - reg Swansea SA54 1927 Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby |
Vessel history |
Admiralty Trawler, Castle Class - Ad No 3664 Completed 7/8/1917 as an Escort Vessel |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1928 |
Foundered 09/11/1928 |
Disposal Detail |
Sprang a leak 80 miles off the Irish coast. Was taken in tow by PICTON CASTLE but sank 5nm east-by-south of Slyne Head. Crew rescued by PICTON CASTLE |
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Castle Class Line Drawing
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