SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Thanks to Gilbert Mayes for this fuller account of her -

O.N.138949.  342g  141n  140.6 x 24.0 x 13.2 feet

1926:  Re measured under Portugese rules 341g  132n

T.3-cyl by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough - 89nhp

Boiler by Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton 

1915:  Launched by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank on Tees (Yd.No.556) for Iceland Steam Fishing & Fish Curing Co Ltd, Grimsby as ASPASIA.  2.1916:  Completed (Richard Johnson, manager).  28.2.1916:  Registered at Grimsby (GY793).  4.1916:  Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1996).   27.12.1917:  Sold to William G. Allnutt, Grimsby (managing owner). Deployed in White Sea.  By12.3.1919:  Returned to owner at Grimsby.  21.2.1919:  Sold to Awdry V. Cole, Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire (managing owner).   4.1920:  Sold to James Johnson, Scarborough (managing owner).  8.4.1920:  Grimsby registry closed.  12.4.1920:  Registered at Scarborough (SH291).  1923:   Harry Samman Jnr, Cottingham, Hull, designated manager.  1924:  Sold to Munro Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (John W. Storr, manager).  1926:  Sold to Empreza de Pesca a Vapor Lisboa Ltda, Lisbon (Ant. Lopes Moto, manager).  Scarborough registry closed.  Registered at Lisbon as LISBOA I.  1934:  Sold to Companhia Portuguesa de Pesca S.a.r.l., Lisbon.  Registered at Lisbon as ALBUFEIRA.  15.10.1980:  When W of Cape St. Vincent suffered fire with extensive damage.  16.10.1980:  Foundered 11 miles N of Sines, Portugal.

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