In Lerwick
© Reproduced with acknowledgment to the Shetland Museum & Archives
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In Lerwick |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgment to the Shetland Museum & Archives |
Ceylonite LH 246
| Built | 1917 Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverley as "Thomas Buckley" completed as minesweeper |
| Yard No | 340p |
| Owner at New | Admiralty |
| ID no | 144317 |
| Launch Date | 07.07.1917 |
| Gross Tons | 269 |
| Engine | 83 HP Steam T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd Hull |
| Length | 125ft |
| Breadth | 22ft |
| Owners | |
| 1919 | Registered LO 276 |
| 1922 | Sold to the Mercantile |
| 1922 | Acquired by original owners Kingston Steam Fishing Co Ltd Hull renamed " CEYLONITE " H 724 |
| 1930 | Taylor Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby ( H L Taylor Ltd managers ) GY 170 |
| 1939 | St Andrews Steam Fishing Co Ltd Hull ( B A Parkes manager ) |
| 1940 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper |
| 1946 | Returned to Owners |
| 1946 | Joseph Croan Ltd Granton LH 246 |
| 1961 | Scrapped by Ship Breaking Industries at Charlestown Fife £2750 |