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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
WILLIAM GRIFFITHS |
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GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1919 |
19/11/1918 |
21/02/1919 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Naval Trawler
| Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
George Brown & Co, Greenock |
Garvel Shipyard |
113 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
280 grt / 113 nrt / |
125 ft 6in |
23 ft 6in |
12 ft 6in |
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Engine builder |
McKie & Baxter, Copland Works, Govan |
Engine detail |
1 Shaft reciprocating VTE, 480 ihp, giving 10.5 knots |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
The Admiralty |
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Other names |
1919 INVERSPEY |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
02/05/1919 ON142270 registered Greenock (GK20). 1919 sold to A. Hardie of Aberdeen. 1920 sold to F. Crimlis, Hull. 1921 Pearl Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Scarborough (Ben Simpson Jnr & Frank Crimlis, mgrs). Reg Scarborough (SH173). 1922 The Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (J. W. Armitage, manager) (FD421). |
Vessel history |
Admiralty Castle class trawler. 21/02/1919 completed as a fishing vessel |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1923 |
Stranded 13/08/1923 |
Disposal Detail |
13/08/1923 stranded in Galway Bay crew saved. Declared Constructive Total Loss. |
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Castle Class Line Drawing.
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