SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name Z1 MEG
Type Admiralty Whaler
Yard Number 641
Launched 29/05/1915
Completed 07/1915
Off. Number  
Engine builder  
Engine type T. 3cyl.
GRT 237
Length (feet) 125
Beam (feet) 25
First owner The Admiralty (for transfer to the French Navy on completion)
   
History 22/07/1915 transferred to the French Navy and named MEG after the wife of her commander, Jean Charcot
  13/01/1916 returned to the Royal Navy and renamed ZEDWHALE
  02/1920 sold to Yugoslavia Express Agency Ltd. and in April registered at London as merchant ship TSAR DUSHAN
  1924 Deleted from UK registry and removed from Lloyd's Register. She was transferred to Royal Yugoslavian Navy and became naval tug JAKI.
  1941 In April taken over by Italians (Regia Marina) as a war prize and renamed PODEROSO
  1945 On March 25th returned to Yugoslavian Navy and name reverted to JAKI
  1945 On December 25th renamed R 1 by Yugoslavian (Communist) Navy
  1949 On May 18th renamed PR 11 LUBIN
   
Fate 1958/1959 Stricken from the fleet list and broken up

 

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