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WILLIAM KNIGHT
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WILLIAM KNIGHT

DateJune 1919
Object NameADMIRALTY TRAWLER
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 125 5/6' x breadth 23 7/12' x depth 12 7/12'
Gross Tonnage: 275 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000872
About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co.
Yard Number: 450.
Subsequent Names: HENRICUS (1919); LE PERREY (1921); ALFRED DEFUISSEAUX; COBBERS (1939)

Fate: Sunk by German aircraft in the North Sea, 3 March 1941.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Admiralty “Castle” class side trawler, screw, steel.

Owners:
1919: The Admiralty
1919: East Hull Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Hull.
1920: H. Sutton, Yarmouth.
1921: Pecheries du Havre, Havre.
Date unknown: Soc. Anon. Armement Ostendais, Ostend.
1939: St. Andrews Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, Fleetwood.

Note: Triple expansion engine, 87 RHP, by Fawcett, Preston & Co., Liverpool.

CAPTAIN POLLEN
Alexander HALL & Co.
1917
THISTLE
Alexander HALL & Co.
May 1904
GRANUWEAL
Alexander HALL & Co.
1909
BEN LUI
John Lewis & Sons
1953
ADMIRAL BURNETT
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
17 May 1961
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1918
Black and White Photograph in album of launch of Norwegian whaler 'POL XV'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 May 1951
JONATHAN BAZINO
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
29 January 1919
FAIRTRY
John Lewis & Sons
1954
GUYENNE
John Lewis & Sons
1947
GASCOGNE
John Lewis & Sons
1946
SAVITIRI
Alexander HALL & Co.
1917
HONJO
Alexander HALL & Co.
1917
LOCH TORRIDON
John Lewis & Sons
1930
Photograph in album showing John Lewis built vessel Loch Carron
John Lewis & Sons
1929
WILLIAM BEAUMONT
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
9 July 1918
PRINCESS ROYAL
John Lewis & Sons
1952
JAMES BASHFORD
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
12 June 1919
ERN
DUTHIE
1900