SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name ARTHUR LESSIMORE
Type Trawler (Admiralty Castle Class)
Yard Number 671
Launched 09/03/1917
Completed 05/1917
Off. Number 145114
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl
GRT 276
Length (feet) 125.5 (134 oa)
Beam (feet) 23.4
First owner Admiralty (Adm. No. 3510)
   
History Used as minesweeper/escort in WW 1
  1924 AVANTURINE (H15), Kingston Steam Trawling Co.Ltd., Hull.
  06/1928 Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd., Fleetwood. (FD181)
  1929 renamed IRVANA
  02/1940 Requisitioned by Admiralty as Minesweeper (Adm. no. Fy.663)
   
Fate 16/01/1942 Sunk by German aircraft off Yarmouth

ARTHUR LESSIMORE as IRVANA

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