Author: Trevor Hallifax

John Hunter Built 1919 Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd Wivenhoe Built as Strath Class Trawler John Hunter
12/1921 Acquired by Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co.
02/1922 Renamed as Delila 
09/1927 Registered to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd 
10/1934 Sold to Alexander A Davidson Commercial Quay Aberdeen where the vessel was registered 
06/1940 Requisitioned as Auxiliary Patrol vessel 
01/1946 Returned to owners 
1952 Sold to Looker Fishing Co Ltd Aberdeen
The vessel was sold to BISCO and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for breaking up

Her Details are

• Official Number 143802
• Call Sign GYZL
• Admiralty Number FY 4.273
• GT 202 NT 77 
• Dimensions 115.4 x 22.1 x 12.1  
• Engines Triple expansion 12, 20, 34 in x 23 in 56 rhp by A G Mumford Ltd Colchester

She arrived at Charlestown Fife 08/09/1960

John Howard Built 1919 Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd Wivenhoe as Strath Class Trawler John Howard.
12/1921 Acquired by Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Grimsby 
02/1922 Renamed Evelina
09/1927 Registered to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd 
12/1929 Moved to North Shields
1935 Passed into the ownership of John W Tomlinson Jnr 42 Washington Terrace North Shields 
11/1939 Hired by the Admiralty served as an Auxiliary Patrol Trawler 

Her Details are

• Official Number 144362
• Yard Number 1323
• GT 202 NT 77 
• Dimensions 115.4 x 22.1 x 12.1  

Lost presumably mined in the Tyne area 16/12/1939