Author: Trevor Hallifax

George French Built 1918 Murdoch & Murray Port Glasgow Built For The Admiralty as Strath Class Trawler
10/06/1918 Delivered to owners
1921 Renamed as Arlette
10/1921 Acquired by Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co
09/1927 Registered with Consolidated Fisheries Ltd
1940 Requisitioned and converted for the Examination Service
1945 Returned to owners
1949 Sold to A. M. Meikle Aberdeen
06/1949 Surveyed at Grimsby
07/1952 Moved to North Shields to unknown owners

Her Details are

Official Number 143467
Yard Number 281
GT 205 NT 83
Admiralty Number FY 3747
Armament 1-12pdr
Dimensions 123.2 x 22.1 x 12.1
Engines Triple expansion 12, 20, 34 in x 23 in 75 NHP by Ross & Duncan Glasgow

Scrapped in 11/1959

Tags 1959-11, gy-1315

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George Castle GY 583

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 6 July 2020

George Castle Built 1919 R. Williamson & Son Ltd Workington Built as Strath Class Trawler for the Admiralty
10/1923 Bought by Beacon Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
01/1924 Surveyed at Grimsby
09/1924 Surveyed at Grimsby
04/1925 Renamed Lord Tennyson
08/1928 Bought by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby
10/1928 Moved to Granton became Fernelea
07/1932 Surveyed at Leith
06/1936 LR class Withdrawn at owner’s request
1937 In Lloyd’s Register owner G. G. Paton Granton Renamed as River Annan
11/1939 Requisitioned as a Boom defence vessel
11/1945 Returned

Her Details are

Official Number 140798
Yard Number 236
GT 204 NT 84
Dimensions 115.2 x 22.1 x 12.2
Engines Triple expansion 12, 20, 34 x 23in 75rhp by W Beardmore & Co Ltd Glasgow

Tags gy-583