Lying outside Rose GN 24 in Lerwick
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Shetland Museum & Archives
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Lying outside Rose GN 24 in Lerwick |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Shetland Museum & Archives |
William Caldwell GN 56
| Built | 1918 Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Steel) |
| Yard No | 395 |
| Owner at New | Admiralty (Ad.No.3719) |
| ID no | 143882 |
| Launch Date | 12.06.1918 |
| Completed | 16.11.1919 |
| Gross Tons | 290 |
| Nett Tons | 126 |
| Engine | 86 hp T.3cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull |
| Length | 125.5ft |
| Breadth | 23.6ft |
| Depth | 12.7ft |
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| Owners | |
| 28.05.1919 | Loaned to the U S Navy ( North Sea Minesweeping Detachment ) |
| 01.06.1919 | Based at Kirkwall, Orkney. |
| 16.08.1919 | Ran aground on a reef near North Ronaldsay, Orkney, and suffered slight hull damage. |
| 17.08.1919 | Refloated with the use of her anchors and sweep wire to "kedge" the ship off the reefs at high tide, steamed to Rosyth, Firth of Forth for repairs. |
| 22.08.1919 | Repairs taken in hand. |
| 27.08.1919 | Returned to service. |
| 06.10.1919 | De-commissioned at Brightlingsea, Essex. |
| 11.05.1920 | Sold at auction to the Mercantile. |
| 11.05.1920 | Owned by Edward Brand & John H. Dove, Milford Haven (owner/managers). |
| 19.06.1920 | Registered at London LO 374. |
| 19.03.1923 | Owned by John H. Dove & Sons Milford Haven (owner/manager). |
| 1935 | Owned by Mrs Gertrude E. Dove, Milford Haven (owner/manager). |
| 1937 | Owned by Pembroke Hake Fishing Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Reginald Llewellyn Hancock manager) |
| 1938 | E. V. Pennington appointed manager. |
| 15.09.1939 | Owned by Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil Arthur Parkes manager). |
| 01.1940 | Requisitioned and converted Boom Defence Vessel (P.No.Z142) (Hire rate £87.0s.0d/month). |
| 1944 | Based at Fort William, David MacBrayne Glasgow agents |
| 01.1945 | Purchased into the Royal Navy. |
| 1945 | London registry closed. |
| 12.1946 | Sold to the Mercantile |
| 12.1946 | Owned by Inch Fishing Co Ltd, Granton Edinburgh |
| 1946 | Registered at Granton GN 56 |
| 1949 | Owned by Clyde Fishing Co Ltd, Granton Edinburgh (John S. Boyle Ltd managers) |
| 1955 | Owned by Inch Fishing Co Ltd, Granton Edinburgh (Alexander A. Stuart manager Glasgow) |
| 1955 | Granton registry closed. |
| 1955 | Registered at Glasgow GW 17. |
| 1957 | Sold as scrap to BISCO (British Iron & Steel Co) |
| 30.07.1957 | Towed to the ship breaking berth. |
| 08.1957 | Scrapped by Malcolm Brechin at Granton |
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