In Lerwick Harbour
©© Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Shetland Museum & Archives
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In Lerwick Harbour |
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©© Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Shetland Museum & Archives |
Ocean Vinca LH 43
| Built | 1930 Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby as "Buckingham" (Steel) |
| Yard No | 1090 |
| Owner at New | Queen Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Charles A. Osborne manager) |
| ID no | 160998 |
| Launch Date | 10.09.1930 |
| Completed | 10.1930 |
| Gross Tons | 253 |
| Nett Tons | 100 |
| Engine | 82 hp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull |
| Length | 122.3ft |
| Breadth | 22.1ft |
| Depth | 12.7ft |
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| 21.10.1930 | Registered at Grimsby GY 296 |
| 25.02.1938 | Ran ashore near Cullercoats Northumberland, refloated and proceeded to Grimsby under her own power. |
| 08.1939 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (P.No.T.121). |
| 02.1940 | Deployed as a Boom Defence Vessel. |
| 12.l945 | Returned to Owners |
| 1956 | Owned by Ocean Fishing Co Ltd, Newhaven Edinburgh (George Inglis Ward manager). |
| 04.1956 | Grimsby registry closed. |
| 04.1956 | Renamed "OCEAN VINCA". |
| 04.1956 | Registered at Leith LH 43. |
| 1959 | Owned by Alfred Bannister Ltd, Grimsby. |
| 09.1959 | Leith registry closed. |
| 09.1959 | Registered at Grimsby GY 64. |
| 09.1959 | Renamed "SAXON ALFRED". |
| 10.1962 | Acquired by Danish Mercantile. |
| 1962 | Scrapped in Denmark |
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| As "Buckingham" bunkering in Grimsby | |
| © Reproduced with acknowledgement to Johnleif Jenson Faeroe Islands | |