AIGLON

Date1907

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Object numberABDSHIP000729

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Ltd.
Yard Number: 303

Fate: Scrapped 1954/55.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1907: Poret, Lopez & Cie, Boulogne
1908: C. Picken, Boulogne.
03/07/1940: Royal Navy
07/1946: Returned to France.
1953: P. & A. Deconinck & Cie, Boulogne.

General History:
French armed patrol vessel seized at Plymouth 3 July 1940 in Operation Grab. Converted to minesweeper and deployed to the Mediterranean. Returned to the UK in 1941. Joined the 152nd minesweeping group based at Grimsby. Converted for the examination service, 1945.