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SIR GARETH

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Shipownervessel built for Admiralty

Date1942

Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 125' x breadth 23' 6" x depth 13' 9"
gross tonnage 108 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002465

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 764
Subsequent Names: STAR OF THE EAST (1946); MILFORD STAR (1958); RUDILAIS (1964)

Fate: Broken up at Cork, 18 December 1967.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Round Table Class Trawler, single screw, armament 1 x 12 pdr AA, 1 x 20 mm AA., 2 x Lewis gun.

Owners:
1942: Royal Navy, pennant number T227.
02/1947: Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co., Aberdeen, A277.
1958: Milford Steam Trawling Co. Ltd, Milford.
1964: Westward Trawlers Ltd.
(Gerald Toghill (2003), "Royal Navy Trawlers, Part One: Admiralty Trawlers" (Maritime Books, Liskeard), p. 162)

General History:
18/01/1941: Ordered
17/06/1941: Laid down
19/01/1942: Launched, completed as a minesweeper.
29/04/1942: Commissioned

Note: Round Table Class Trawlers were based on Hall, Russell's 1936 STAR OF ORKNEY.

See also:
www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6727.html
www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/milfordtrawlers/