At Milford Haven GN 52

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                Inverforth  GN 52                      

Built 1914   Cochrane & Sons Ltd Selby as "Jacinth"    (Steel)
   
Yard No 584
   
Owner at New Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd  Hull
   
ID no 136181
   
Launch Date 29.11.1913
   
Completed 02.1914
Gross Tons 248
   
Nett Tons 98
 
Engine 76 hp   T.3-cyl by C D Holmes & Co Ltd Hull
   
Length 121.9ft
   
Breadth 22.1ft
   
Depth 12.2ft
 

 

Owners  
23.02.1914 Registered at Hull H 33.
02.1916 Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper Ad.No1226) based on the Northern Patrol.
21.08.1917 In company with "Thomas Young" SN67 & "Chikara" GY 364 Sank U- 41  by Depth Charge  in the Firth of Tay.
1919 Returned to Owners.
02.1926 Owned by Bunch Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby (Herbert G. Crampin manager).  
27.02.1936 Hull registry closed.
02.1926 Registered at Grimsby GY 383.
28.11.1928 Owned by David Dryburgh, Newhaven  Edinburgh.
15.09.1934 Rescued members of a British Arctic exploration team from Angmagsalik Greenland (after receiving radio message ) and returned them safely to Aberdeen.
05.02.1936 Grimsby registry closed.
02.1936 Renamed "INVERFORTH"
02.1936 Registered at Granton GN 35.
30.12.1937 Towed the propeller less Aberdeen S.T. "Calvinia" A.8, 15 miles to Aberdeen.
28.11.1939 Requisitioned and converted to an Auxiliary Patrol Vessel.
04.1940 Converted to minesweeper (P.No.FY.729) based at Swansea with the 132nd M/S group.
1945 Owned by Yolland Trawling Co Ltd  Milford Haven (John Yolland manager).
12.04.1946 Returned  to Owners.
1946 Owned by Cairo Fishing Co. (Yolland Bros.) Ltd Milford Haven  (John Yolland manager).
1955 Scrapped at Antwerp Belgium.