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Swansea Castle GY 51

Swansea Castle Built 1943 Cochrane & Son Selby as Fish Class Trawler Pollack T 347 for the Admiralty
1946 Bought by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd registered to subsidiary
Rhondda Steam Fishing Co.
Renamed Swansea Castle
1958 Registered in Grimsby as GY 51

Her Details are

  • Official Number
  • Yard Number 1266 
  • GT 380 
  • Dimensions 147  

Scrapped 1960

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Rilette GY 1046

Rilette built 1917 A. Hall Aberdeen for Earl Steam Fishing Grimsby
05/1917 Requisitioned as minesweeper then hydrophone vessel 
06/1917 Sold to W. Barrett Grimsby 
1919 Returned
07/1919 Bought by E. Cox.
06/1932 To owners in Edinburgh 
11/1934 Sold to Thomas H. Scales Leith LH 35
31/09/1942 Bought by J. Marr Fleetwood The vessel was free to fish during the war 1945
Sold to C. Wilson Grimsby 
02/1946 Bought by the Rilette Steam Fishing Co Leith 
02/1947 To owners in Aberdeen 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 139947
  • Admiralty Number 3340
  • Armament: 1-12pdr 1-7.5in Bomb Thrower
  • GT 212 NT 82
  • Dimensions 115.5 x 22.1 x 11.9

Scrapped in 1960

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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