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S.T. Loch Morar FD252



		
Technical
Official Number 143800
Yard Number 381
Launched November 02 1917
RegisteredMarch 01 1918
Gross Tonnage290
Length125.5 ft
480 ihp EngineAmos & Smith
Speed10.5 knots
Built byCook Welton & Gemmell 1917
OwnerVanessa Fishing Co Ltd
History
1917 Built as Admiralty Castle JOSEPH BARRETT.
1919 Registered by Admiralty as a trawler LO252
1919Sold to Skomer Steam Ship Co Ltd, Cardiff and renamed LOCH MORAR.
1920Sold to Brand & Curzon, London.
1929Sold to A S Bowlby, London.
1929To Vanessa Fishing Co Ltd London.
1933To P Fischeaux, Bordeaux, France and renamed SAINT BARNABE.
1934To Boston Deep Sea Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood and renamed HARRY HAWKE FD5.
August 10 1935To Caledonian Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as LOCH KINNORD (H204).
April 06 1939To Trident Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull and renamed TILBURY NESS.
September 03 1939Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper.
November 01 1940lost to air attack in the Thames Estuary.