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Oystermouth Castle GW 23
Built | 1914 Smiths Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough (Steel) |
Yard No | 564 |
Owner at New | Castle Steam Trawlers Ltd, Swansea (Crawford Heron manager) |
ID no | 136112 |
Launch Date | 11.03.1914 |
Completed | 03.1914 |
Gross Tons | 283 |
Nett Tons | 112 |
Engine | 85 hp T.3-cyl by Smiths Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough |
Length | 128.8ft |
Breadth | 23.5ft |
Depth | 12.8ft |
Owners | |
07.04.1914 | Registered at Swansea SA 4 |
17.04.1914 | Mortgaged by Castle Steam Trawlers Ltd, Swansea (A) |
17.04.1917 | Mortgagee De Eirste Rederlandsche Scheeps Verband Maatsschappij, Dordrecht Holland. |
22.10.1918 | Owned by Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (John Denton Marsden manager). |
29.05.1917 | Requisitioned as a Fishery Patrol Vessel. |
08.1917 | Converted to minesweeper (Ad.No 3060) based at Lerwick Shetland. |
1919 | Returned to Owners. |
01.04.1919 | Mortgage (A) discharged. |
27.11.1923 | Mortgaged by Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (B). |
27.11.1923 | Mortgagee London Joint City and Midland Bank Ltd, London |
04.03.1924 | Manager becomes Sir John Denton Marsden, Bart |
09.1927 | Owned by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby (Sir John Denton Marsden, Bart manager). |
29.05.1940 | Requisitioned and converted to Auxiliary Patrol Vessel, based at Grimsby. |
1941 | Converted to minesweeper (P.No.4.101) |
24.07.1942 | Mortgage (B) discharged. |
14.08.1942 | Owned by Northern Trawlers Ltd, London ( William Alfred Bennett manager ). |
01.1946 | Returned to Owners. |
31.12.1946 | Owned by Lord Line, Hull. |
21.12.1946 | Swansea registry closed. |
12.1946 | Registered at Hull H 378. |
1949 | Owned by John S. Boyle Ltd, Glasgow (R. Allen manager). |
1949 | Hull registry closed. |
1949 | Registered at Glasgow GW 23 |
05.1954 | Sold as scrap to BISCO (British Iron & Steel Co) for £4500 |
06.1954 | Arrived at Charlestown Fife |
06.1954 | Scrapped by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd at Charlestown Fife |