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" (Steel) |
| Yard No | 340p |
| Owner at New | Admiralty (Ad No.3607) |
| ID no | 144317 |
| Launch Date | 07.07.1917 |
| Completed | 22.12.1917 (Ordered by Kingston Steam Fishing Co Ltd Hull, purchased on the stocks by Admiralty). |
| Gross Tons | 249 |
| Nett Tons | 109 |
| Engine | 88 hp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd Hull |
| Length | 125.4ft |
| Breadth | 22.5ft |
| Depth | 12.2ft |
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| Owners | |
| 28.05.1919 | Loaned to the U.S. Navy for minesweeping duties. |
| 03.10.1919 | Returned to Royal Navy. |
| 02.08.1920 | Registered at London LO 276 |
| 11.1922 | Sold to the Mercantile |
| 11.1922 | Acquired by original owners Kingston Steam Fishing Co Ltd Hull |
| 25.11.1922 | London registry closed. |
| 11.1922 | Renamed "CEYLONITE". |
| 11.1922 | Registered at Hull H 724 |
| 29.01.1930 | Hull registry closed. |
| 02.1930 | Owned by Taylor Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby (H L Taylor Ltd managers) |
| 02.1930 | Registered at Grimsby GY 170 |
| 06.1939 | Owned by St Andrews Steam Fishing Co Ltd Hull (Basil A. Parkes manager) |
| 09.04.1940 | Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (P.No.FY1853). |
| 22.05.1946 | Returned to Owners |
| 1946 | Owned by Joseph Croan Ltd Newhaven Edinburgh |
| 12.1947 | Grimsby registry closed. |
| 12.1947 | Registered at Leith LH 246. |
| 14.06.1960 | Scrapped by Ship Breaking Industries at Charlestown Fife (£2750) |