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Commiles GN 34
Built | 1918 Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields as "Matthew Flynn" (Steel) |
Yard No | 645 |
Owner at New | Admiralty (Ad No 3745) |
ID no | 143943 |
Launch Date | 17.10.1917 |
Completed | 23.02.1918 |
Gross Tons | 263.5 |
Nett Tons | 105.7 |
Engine | 61 hp T.3-cyl by Bellis & Morcom Ltd, Birmingham |
Length | 125.6ft |
Breadth | 23.4ft |
Depth | 12.6ft |
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24.08.1920 | Registered at London LO 435. |
1922 | Sold to the Mercantile. |
1922 | Owned by M. Francois, Boulogne France (Altazan Freres, and later Victor Fourny manager). |
08.02.1922 | London registry closed. |
1922 | Registered at Boulogne. |
1922 | Renamed "ADMIRAL MARQUER". |
04.1930 | Owned by Boston Deep Sea Fishing& Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes manager). |
04.1930 | Boulogne registry closed. |
17.05.1930 | Renamed "DAILY HERALD". |
17.05.1930 | Registered at Fleetwood FD 101. |
1935 | Owned by Thomas L. Devlin & Sons, Granton Edinburgh (Thomas L. Devlin Jnr manager). |
05.10.1935 | Fleetwood registry closed. |
10.1935 | Renamed "COMMILES". |
10.1935 | Registered at Granton GN 34. |
31.08.1939 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (P.No FY636). |
1942 | Owned by Mrs Elizabeth D. Breen, Edinburgh (Thomas L. Devlin Jnr manager) . |
10.1945 | Returned to Owners. |
22.12.1945 | Ran aground Dyra Fjord Iceland later refloated and returned to service. |
11.1946 | Owned by Shire Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby (William Alfred Bennett manager). |
11.1946 | Granton registry closed. |
26.11.1946 | Registered at Grimsby GY 390. |
16.12.1947 | Bill of Sale (£12,500): Owned by J. Marr & Sons Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edward Marr manager). |
03.11.1948 | Grimsby registry closed. |
11.1948 | Registered at Fleetwood FD 285. |
12.1948 | Ran aground on rocks South of the pier in the Kyles of Lochalsh during a blizzard. Two crew rescued by Breeches Buoy, the rest taken of by a naval launch from HMS "Flamborough Head". Later refloated and returned to service. |
08.06.1949 | Owned by Anglo-Australian Fisheries (Pty) & Anglo Australian Trawlers (Pty) Ltd, Perth, Western Australia (Ian L. McNicol manager)(£15000) sailed under own power for Fremantle. |
16.07.1949 | Sailed Fleetwood for Fremantle Western Australia. |
16.09.1949 | Arrived in Fremantle. |
15.05.1953 | Sunk as target practice by the Royal Australian Navy off Rottenest Island, south of Perth, purposely to create a fish barrier. |
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