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Comitatus GN 39
Built | 1918 Cook Welton and Gemmell, Beverley as "John Gulipster" (Steel) |
Yard No | 403 |
Owner at New | Admiralty (Ad.No.3782) |
ID no | 143256 |
Launch Date | 24.09.1918 |
Completed | 17.04.1919 as a fishing vessel |
Gross Tons | 281 |
Nett Tons | 108 |
Engine | 87 hp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull |
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Length | 125.5ft |
Breadth | 23.5ft |
Depth | 12.7ft |
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1919 | Sold to the Mercantile |
1919 | Owned by James Johnson, Scarborough (owner/manager) |
1919 | Renamed "BETTY JOHNSON" |
1919 | Registered at Scarborough SH 50. |
1921 | Owned by Prince Fletcher Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Harry Melling & P. Fletcher mangers) |
1924 | In Wyre Dock explosion caused by 1cwt drum of carbide (for lamps) falling from slings into engine room bilge and bursting open, gas generated was ignited by boiler heat. Two men died and three seriously injured. |
1927 | Owned by Melling Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Henry Melling manger). |
12.1927 | Scarborough registry closed. |
29.12.1927 | Renamed "ANNIE MELLING". |
29.12.1927 | Registered at Fleetwood FD 168. |
12.1931 | Owned by Farrows Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (William C. Farrow manager). |
17.12.1931 | Fleetwood registry closed. |
12.01.1932 | Renamed "ANDREW MARVEL". |
12.01.1932 | Registered at Hull H 399. |
23.03.1933 | Owned by Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Hudson Bros Trawlers Ltd managers). |
12.1935 | Owned by Thomas L. Devlin & Sons, Granton Edinburgh (Thomas L. Devlin Jnr manager). |
18.12.1935 | Hull registry closed. |
19.12.1935 | Registered at Granton GN 39. |
01.1936 | Renamed "COMITATUS". |
28.08.1939 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (P. No. FY.633) (Hire rate £90.12.6d/month). |
1942 | Owned by Mrs Elizabeth D. Breen, Edinburgh (Thomas L. Devlin Jnr manager). |
10.1945 | Returned to Owners. |
09.10.1945 | Owned by Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. |
02.1952 | Owned by Queen Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Charles Alford Osborne manager). |
02.1952 | Granton registry closed. |
08.02.1952 | Registered at Grimsby GY 228 |
12.07.1956 | Grimsby registry closed. |
1956 | Scrapped by Van Heyghen Freres, Ghent Belgium. |
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