IMPREGNABLE
Date1911
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Object numberABDSHIP000794
Keywords
Yard Number: 353
Official Number: 130031
Subsequent Names: IMPREST (02/1915); IMPERATOR (09/1916)
Fate: Demolished at Bruges in 1957.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: drifter, steam, screw, steel.
Owners:
23/06/1911: C. Catchpole, Lowestoft, registered at Lowestoft, LT 1118.
09/1914: Requisitioned by Admiralty, patrol drifter Ad. No. 219. armed with 1 x 6 pdr. H.A.
31/12/1917: W. Robbens & Sons Ltd., Lowestoft. (Impregnable Fishing Syndicate) 12/03/19: Returned to owners and reverted to original name.
1933: B. J. W. Robbens, Lowestoft.
12/04/1934: Harold David Holland & Bertie James William Robbins (managing owner), Lowestoft.
1934: P. W. Watson & Sons Ltd. & H. D. Holland (B. J. W. Robbers, manager), Lowestoft
31/05/1944: Breeze Co. (Lowestoft) Ltd., (A. H. Watson, manager), Lowestoft.
08/1957: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for demolition.
General History:
25/05/1911: Launched late following failure to travel down ways.
11/09/1957: Sailed from Lowestoft for Bruges.
12/09/1957: Arrived at Bruges for demolition.
Notes: Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion, 9¼” x 15½” x 26” with 18” stroke, 42 r.h.p., by W. V. V. Lidgerwood Ltd., Glasgow
Boiler: 1 S.B.
Single screw propeller.
See also: History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=54922&vessel=IMPREGNABLE
History (FT) - http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/category/driftertrawler/page/11/
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