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S.T. Red Lancer LO442


  	  	 
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Technical
Official Number 163938
Yard Number 592
Launched July 31 1934
Registered August 30 1934
Gross Tonnage 390
Length151.9 ft
Breadth25.6 ft
117 nhp engine C D Holmes
Speed 11.6 knots
Built byCook Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1934
OwnerIago Steam Trawlers Ltd
History
1934 Built as LADY MADELEINE (H85) for Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd Hull).
January 27 1939 Sold to RN as anti-submarine vessel no. T90 MOONSTONE.
June 19 1940 On patrol in the Red Sea she captured the Italian submarine Galileo Galilei with depth charges and gunfire. The submarine was escorted to Aden repaired and renamed as HMS Europa and served with the RN.
April 1946Bought by Iago Steam Trawlers Ltd and renamed RED LANCER.
January 1947Converted for fuel oil.
1964Sold to Lacmots of Glasgow as scrap.
January 27 1964Left Fleetwood for Glasson Dock for breaking up.