SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name CITY OF SELBY (FD8)
Type Trawler
Yard Number 566
Launched 12/05/1914
Completed 06/1914
Off. Number 136889
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl
GRT 284
Length (feet) 128.8
Beam (feet) 23.5
First owner F. Kelsall & Co Ltd. (T.F.Kelsall), Fleetwood
   
History 11/1914-1919 Hired by Admiralty as Minesweeper/escort, Adm. No. 193
  1920 Selby Trawlers Ltd. (H. Blackburn)
  193x Mgrs. Kelsall & Blackburn, Fleetwood
  1935 WESTLYN, T.Cardwell & R.H.Bagshaw (T.Cardwell), Fleetwood
  1939 R.H.Bagshaw, Fleetwood
  17/02/1940 Admiralty requisition as Boom Defence Vessel, no. Z.154
  11/1943 Purchased by Admiralty.
  02/05/1947 Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Owen W. Limbrick)
  1947 SEA HUNTER (M237), A. J. Tilbrook Ltd, Milford Haven
  1952 Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Owen W. Limbrick)
   
Fate 23/07/1959 Milford Registry closed, sold for demolition in Belgium

For a trials photo on the Redcar and Cleveland Museums website, click here

CITY OF SELBY as WESTLYNN

See also as SEA HUNTER on the Milford Trawlers website

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