As Courlis A 51 leaving Aberdeen |
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Forth Haven GN 60
Built | 1919 Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen as "John Britton" (Steel) |
Yard No | 654 |
Owner at New | Admiralty (Ad.No.4427) |
ID no | 143259 |
Launch Date | 02.05.1919 |
Completed | 05.1919 as a fishing vessel. |
Gross Tons | 202 |
Nett Tons | 88 |
Engine | 56 hp T.3-cyl by Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
Length | 115.4ft |
Breadth | 22.1ft |
Depth | 12.1ft |
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Owners | |
1919 | Sold to the Mercantile |
1919 | Owned by Richard Wardell Crawford, Scarborough. (owner/manager). |
11.06.1919 | Renamed "ELSIE JESSOP". |
11.06.1919 | Registered at Scarborough SH 98. |
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 HAVEN". |
29.05.1920 | Registered at Granton GN 60. |
08.1922 | Forth Steam Trawling Co Ltd in liquidation. |
14.08.1922 | Rescued the crew from the foundered motor ketch "Janet Allan" off St. Abbs Head Berwickshire. |
12.02.1923 | Owned by Forth Steam Trawling Co (1922) Ltd Granton Edinburgh (Henry O. McAllister Lees manager). |
05.1925 | Owned by Soc Des Pecheries de L'Ocean, Arcachon France (Charles Olivari manager). |
25.05.1925 | Granton registry closed. |
05.1925 | Renamed "COURLIS". |
05.1925 | Registered at Arcachon. |
1939 | Requisitioned by the French Navy converted to minesweeper (AD 105). |
12.1942 | Seized by the Kriegsmarine (M6021) |
08.1944 | Scuttled at Marseilles. |
Undated | Salved and returned to service. |
07.1946 | Returned to Owners. |
Post1954 | Owned by Wilronwood Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Basil A. Parkes manager). |
Post1954 | Arcachon registry closed. |
Post1954 | Registered at Aberdeen A.51. |
1963 | Sold as scrap. |