Forth Bank GN 62

Built 1919  Hall Russell & Co Ltd,  Aberdeen as "Richard Bowden"  (Steel)
   
Yard No 653
   
Owner at New Admiralty   (Ad.No.4426)
   
ID no 143261
   
Launch Date 11.04.1919
   
Completed 01.05.1919 as a fishing vessel.
   
Gross Tons 202
   
Nett Tons 88
   
Engine 55 hp     T.3-cyl by Hall Russell & Co Ltd,  Aberdeen
   
Length 115.4ft
   
Breadth 22.1ft
   
Depth 12.1ft
 

 

Owners  
1919 Sold to the Mercantile
1919 Owned by Richard Wardell Crawford, Scarborough (owner/manager).
11.06.1919 Renamed "CISSIE SCATCHARD".
11.06.1919 Registered at Scarborough SH 100
14.04.1920 Owned by Forth Steam Trawling Co Ltd,  Granton Edinburgh (Henry O. McAllister Lees manager).  
28.05.1920 Scarborough registry closed.
29.05.1920 Renamed "FORTH BANK".
29.05.1920 Registered at Granton GN 62.
08.1922 Forth Steam Trawling Co Ltd in liquidation.
12.02.1923 Owned by Forth Steam Trawling Co (1922) Ltd Granton Edinburgh (Henry O. McAllister Lees manager).
1924 Owned by Soc Des Pecheries de L'Ocean, Arcachon France (Charles Olivari manager).
01.12.1924 Granton registry closed.
01.1925 Renamed "AIGRETTE".
01.1925 Registered at Arcachon.
02.09.1939 Requisitioned by the French Navy  converted to minesweeper (AD 233).
04.02.1941 Returned to Owners (Paid off in Biarritz).