As "Kestevan" BN 146 |
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Mark Stopper, Bostondeepseafishing Website & J & G Beales |
Computator GN 42
Built | 1919 Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley as "Egilias Akerman" (Steel) |
Yard No | 410 |
Owner at New | Admiralty (Ad. No. 4294) |
ID no | 143471 |
Launch Date | 18.03.1919 |
Completed | 13.11.1919 as a fishing vessel |
Gross Tons | 290 |
Nett Tons | 109 |
Engine | 86 hp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull |
Length | 125.5ft |
Breadth | 23.6ft |
Depth | 12.7ft |
Owners | |
01.1920 | Sold to the Mercantile |
01.1920 | Owned by Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co, Boston Lincs (Fred Parkes manager) |
01.1920 | Renamed "KESTEVAN" |
01.1920 | Registered at Boston BN 146 |
1923 | Owned by Victor Fourny, France |
1923 | Boston registry closed. |
1923 | Renamed "IMPREVU" |
1923 | Registered at Boulogne |
1930 | Owned by Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes manager) |
1930 | Boulogne registry closed. |
17.03.1930 | Renamed "DAILY MIRROR" |
17.03.1930 | Registered at Fleetwood FD 71 |
05 to 07.1933 | Chartered by Italian Government to provide support for a trans-Atlantic flight involving 20 to 30 aeroplanes |
1934 | Owned by Thomas L. Devlin & Sons, Granton Edinburgh (Thomas L. Devlin Jnr manager) |
26.05.1934 | Fleetwood registry closed. |
05.1934 | Renamed "COMPUTATOR" |
05.1934 | Registered at Granton GN 42 |
27.03.1937 | Three men washed overboard and drowned 100 miles ENE from Buchan Ness. Thomas Wood (40) 2nd Fisherman, James Rennie (22) Deckhand ,Newhaven Edinburgh. E. I. Peebles (21)Trimmer, Leith. All three were washed away while stowing gear for trip home in heavy weather. |
03.05.1937 | Grounded 4 miles north of Buchan Ness, refloated on next tide. |
30.08.1939 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (P.No.FY.635) (Hire rate £89.7.6d/month). |
1942 | Owned by Thomas L. Devlin & Sons Ltd, Granton Edinburgh |
21.01.1945 | Sunk following a collision with destroyer HMS "Vanoc" (P.No.H33)off Seine Bay Normandy France |