OCEAN SUNLIGHT

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date9 May 1929

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 94 3/12' x breadth 20 1/12' x depth 10 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 131 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001501

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 615
Official Number: 161628

Fate: Sank, E.A. (mine), 800 yards off Newhaven Harbour, 13 June 1940.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: drifter/trawler (side), steam, screw, steel.

Owners:
06/06/1929: Bloomfield Limited, Great Yarmouth, Registered at Yarmouth, YH 28.
15/11/1939: Requisitioned by Admiralty, minesweeper.
13/06/1940: Sunk by mine.

General History:
Sister to and twin launch with Yard No. 616, OCEAN LIFEBUOY.
09/05/1929: Launched. Both vessels named by Miss Mackay, sister of the owner’s M.D.
17/03/1934: In collision with ASCONA, LT 108 at Padstow. Damaged.

Notes:
Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 10” x 16½” x 27” with 20” stroke, 39 r.h.p. by Alexander Hall.
One single boiler.
Single screw propeller.

CREW LOST
BALLISTER, Cyril Leslie (27), Second Hand, R.N.P.S., No. LT/JX198887.
Son of Gilbert Ewan Balster and Angeline Mabel Balster, Ramsgate.
BELCHER, Thomas Charles William (26), Seaman R.N.P.S., No. LT/JX166982.
Son of Mrs & Mrs Charles Belcher, Fleetwood.
Husband of Lilian Belcher, Fleetwood.
COWIE, John (35), Engineman, R.N.P.S. No. LT/109821.
Son of Alexander & Jane Cowie, Macduff.
Husband of Christina McGregor Cowie, Macduff.
CROSTON, Harry (29), Seaman, R.N.P.S., No. LT/JX167018.
Son of Henry and Edith Annie Croston, Fleetwood.
DICKSON, Peter, Engineman, R.N.P.S., No. LT/KX101616.
Husband of Elizabeth Montgomery Dickson, Cockenzie.
KINLEY, William Edward (19), Seaman, R.N.P.S., No. LT/JX174488.
Son of John James and Charlotte Mary Kinley of Douglas, IoM.
LATHAM, Albert Edward (20), Able Seaman, R.N., No. C/SSX21381
Son of Albert Edward and Elizabeth Latham, Wolverhampton.
MCCONDACH, Charles James, Engineman, R.N.P.S., No. LT/KX100143.
ROBERTS, Albert Victor (30), Seaman/Cook, R.N.P.S., No. LT/JX165060.
Husband of Mrs Roberts, Newhaven (5 children under 8).
SCARLETT, Leonard A. (24), Leading Signalman, R.N., No. P/JX137452.
Son of Charles and Francis Alice Scarlett, East Clandon, Surrey.

See also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=52631&vessel=OCEAN+SUNLIGHT
History (FT) - http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/2010/04/s-t-ocean-sunlight-yh28/
WW II Service (BC) - https://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/naval_trawlers.htm
Wrecksite (WS) - https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?80287