SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name HONJO
Type Trawler
Yard Number 853
Launched 12/11/1928
Completed 12/1928
Off. Number 148306
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl
GRT 308
Length (feet) 129.4
Beam (feet) 24.0
First owner Neale & West Ltd., Cardiff
   
History 31/08/1939 Admiralty requisition as minesweeper, Adm. no. Fy.661
   
Fate 18/01/1942 Caught fire and sank when ERIN alongside exploded in Gibraltar harbour. ERIN (ex SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY, built Smith's 1933, yard no.956) had been blown up by Italian frogmen.

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