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S.T. Lord Wavell FD98


		

 

 	
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  		Lord Wavell
  		
  




  








		

		

    Technical
	

	




Official Number 181346


Gross Tonnage 636


Length177.9 ft


BuilbyCochrane & Sons, Selby, 1948


OwnerWyre Trawlers Ltd







		

    History
	



		

    1948
	Built as LORD WAVELL H 578 for the Lord Line, Hull.



1963
Transferred to Grimsby as GY97 and ownership vested in Northern Trawlers Ltd in 1966. 


April 1967Transferred to Fleetwood. Landed as LORD WAVELL GY 97. She was the last steam trawler to operate from Fleetwood.
 


June 15 1967Sailed from Fleetwood as FD 98 LORD WAVELL.


1968Sold to a Plymouth company owned by Captain Silas Oates (Of Erimo removal fame)
Initial J was added to her name to make her LORD J WAVELL



1970Scrapped.