SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | KILMARTIN |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Yard Number | 749 |
| Launched | 31/03/1919 |
| Completed | 06/1919 |
| Off. Number | 145032 |
| Engine builder | Shipbuilder |
| Engine type | T. 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 629 |
| Length (feet) | 170 |
| Beam (feet) | 30 |
| First owner | Royal Navy |
| History | 1920 MANDRAKE, L. Gueret & Co., London and converted to cargo vessel. |
| 1927 Gueret, Llewellyn & Price, London | |
| 1928 Radnor S.S. Co. (P. Bossalini), London (intended to be renamed MONTECARLO) | |
| 1934 FOINAVON, Viscount Chaplin, London and converted to a yacht | |
| 10/1939 Admiralty requisition as an accommodation ship | |
| 1945 returned to owner | |
| 1946 rebuilt as a cargo vessel by Brod. Lothe, Haugesund | |
| 1947 VARAFJELL, D/S A/S Saga (Leif Skogland), Haugesund | |
| 1947 DIXI, J. E. Samuelson, Oskarshamn | |
| Fate | 09/1949 sank at Saltvik, refloated 09/1952 and broken up at Gateshead where arrived on 05/12/1952. |
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