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At Milford Haven GN 52 |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgment to John Stevenson & Milford Trawler websit |
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 |
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| 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. |