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S.T. Cradock LT591

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4472
Official Number: 139348
Yard Number: 170
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 203
Net Tonnage: 88
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 22.2 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith
Boiler: Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith
Built: Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith

History

1.1919: Launched by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith (Yd.No.170) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM CHALMERS.
1919: Sold to L. C. Cockrell, Wivenhoe.
2.5.1919: Renamed CRADOCK.
30.8.1919: Completed.
8.9.1919: Registered at Hull (H78).
17.9.1919: Hull registry closed.
22.9.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (LT591).
12.1919: Sold to Vanessa Fishing Co Ltd, Wivenhoe (L.C. Cockrell, manager).
1923: Sold to Arthur S. Bowlby, Harlow (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
1925: Sold to Vanessa Fishing Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
7.1928: Sold to Robert Taylor & Sons Ltd, Dundee.
5.1933: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil Parkes, manager).
12.1933: Sold to Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, managers).
23.12.1933: Lowestoft registry closed.
15.1.1934: Registered at North Shields (SN8).
8.11.1941: Attacked and bombed by German aircraft, 14 miles NNE of St. Abbs Head and subsequently foundered; crew of nine away in lifeboat.
19.11.1941: North Shields registry closed.

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S.T. Cradock LT591

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