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S.T. William Mannell LO370


  	  	 

  	  	  

  	  	  	
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    Technical
	

	




Official Number 144425


Gross Tonnage 276


Length125.5 ft


Breadth23.4 ft


Draught12.8 ft


Built atMiddlesborough 1917


OwnerJ Marr & Son Ltd







		

    History
	



		

    1917
	Built as Admiralty Castle WILLIAM MANNELL.



1917 - 1920
In service as an escort vessel. 


1940 - 1945In service as a minesweeper.
 


September 13 1948Bought from Yolland Bros, Milford Haven for £12,500 and brought to Fleetwood.


February 22 1949Stranded off Portaleen, Donegal. Refloated on the afternoon tide but sank while being towed by the trawler GAVA. All crew saved.