SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name KILLYBEGS
Type Gunboat
Yard Number 741
Launched 07/09/1918
Completed 10/1918
Off. Number 144916
Engine builder Shipbuilder
Engine type T. 3 cyl.
GRT 629
Length (feet) 172.2
Beam (feet) 30
First owner Royal Navy
History 1920 ALWINTON, Joplin & Hull Shipping Co., Newcastle and converted to cargo vessel.
  1924 EDINA, Leith, Hull & Hamburg S.P. Co. (J. Currie & Co.), Leith
  1939 renamed EDINA II
  1940 WYETOWN, Woodtown Shipping Co. (Comben, Longstaff & Co.)
   
Fate 14/01/1943 sank in 52.13N 01.56E on passage from Hull for Ipswich with phosphate.

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