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Dhoon FD54


Technical
Official Number 136249
Yard Number 636
Admiralty Number 1748
Gross Tonnage323
Length131 ft
Breadth23.5 ft
Draught12.9 ft
87 rhp EngineTriple expansion steam with a single ended Scotch boiler
Pennant Number WWII 4 .131
Armament 1 x 6 pdr
Built byCochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby, 1915
OwnerWyre Trawler (Fleetwood Merchants) Ltd
History
1915 Built as ARMAGEDDON H319.
1915 Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties.
1919Returned and registered at Fleetwood as ARMAGEDDON.
1928Sold.
1929Sold to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (J. N. Ward & Son, Fleetwood, managers) and returned to Fleetwood as DHOON FD54.
1939Lost her wheelhouse in violent storm off West Coast Scotland; disabled. Taken in tow by EDWARD WALMSLEY (FD412).
May 1940Requisitioned for war service and converted for auxiliary patrol duties.
June 01 1940Assisted at Dunkirk.
1943Renamed DHOON GLEN and converted for minesweeping duties.
November 1945Returned and reverted to DHOON.
December 12 1947Wrecked at Latrabjarge, Flaugernef, Iceland; three crew members lost.