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Neath Castle GY 52

Neath Castle Built 1942 Cochrane & Son Selby Built as Fish Class Trawler for the Admiralty Named Mullet T 311
Commissioned as an A/S Trawler
24/05/1946 Bought by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd and registered to subsidiary Rhondda Steam Fishing Co
02/1947 Registered at Swansea as the Neath Castle SA 49
04/06/1947 Sailed her first trip out of Swansea
03/1958 Sold to Rhondda Fishing Co Grimsby
20/03/1958 Registered in Grimsby as GY 52 
10/06/1960 Sold to BISCO and allocated to Clayton & Davie Dunston for breaking up

Her Details are

  • Official Number 168577
  • Yard Number 1253 
  • GT 380 NT 142
  • Dimensions 147 x 25.1 x 13.2
  • Quarter Deck 81 Foc’sle 25 
  • Engines Amos & Smith 700 ihp 3 cyl 11.0 knots

Scrapped 06/1960 at the River Tyne, Registry closed 05/06/1961