SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | WILLIAM SPENCER |
| Type | Trawler (Admiralty Castle Class) |
| Yard Number | 700 |
| Launched | 19/06/1917 |
| Completed | 07/1917 |
| Off. Number | 143903 |
| Engine builder | Hawthorn Leslie |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl |
| GRT | 275 |
| Length (feet) | 125.5 (134 oa) |
| Beam (feet) | 23.4 |
| First owner | Admiralty (Adm. No. 3521) |
| History | 24/01/1921 Registered by Admiralty as fishing vessel at London (LO498). |
| 11/1924 NORMANBY (FD31), Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co.Ltd. (F.Parkes), Fleetwood. | |
| 1936 ASTROS (GN31), Carnie & Gibb (W.Carnie, Jr.), Newhaven, Edinburgh. (Regd. Granton) | |
| 28/12/1939 Requisitioned by Admiralty as boom defence vessel (Adm. no. Z.130) | |
| 12/1943 Purchased by Admiralty | |
| 1947 (GN31) Sold to Joseph Croan, Newhaven, Edinburgh. | |
| Fate | 25/03/1960 arrived Charlestown, Fife, for breaking up. |
WILLIAM SPENCER as NORMANBY
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