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S.T. Michael Griffith FD249


  	  	 
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The Steam Trawler Michael Griffiths


		
Technical
Official Number 145118
Admiralty Number FY3781
Yard Number 401
Launched September 05 1918
Registered April 05 1919
Gross Tonnage 290
Length125.5 ft
Breadth23.6 ft
480 ihp engineAmos & Smith
Speed10.5 knots
Built byCook Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1918
OwnerClifton Steam Trawlers
History
1919 Built as Admiralty Castle Michael Griffith.
1923 Sold to H. Leetham & Sons Ltd. Hull.
1926Sold to Phoenix Trawling Co. Ltd. London.
1930Sold to Ritchie & Davis Ltd. London.
August 30 1938Requisitioned by RN as minesweeper No. FY 567 and, in 1943, she was used as a boom defence vessel.
January 1945Returned and sold to Clifton Steam Trawlers and registered at Fleetwood.
January 31 1953Lost in a storm 7 miles south of Barra Head. One distress message was received saying that she was helpless and full of water and out of steam. 13 crew lost.

Crewmen

Charles Singleton Skipper
Leonard Grundy Mate
J.T.Wilson Bosun
Harry Anderson Chief Engineer
Thomas Burns Second Engineer
W. Hargreaves Fireman
R. Bodden Fireman
J. Tucker Deckhand
S.J. Johns Deckhand
J. Cryson Deckhand
C. Murdoch Deckhand
G. Palin Deckhand
A. Bidle Cook

  	  	 
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