SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name WILLIAM SYMONS
Type Trawler (Admiralty Castle Class)
Yard Number 714
Launched 01/10/1917
Completed 10/1917
Off. Number 143944
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl
GRT 275
Length (feet) 125.5 (134 oa)
Beam (feet) 23.4
First owner Admiralty (Adm. No. 3535, in use as minesweeper)
   
History 1922 RAYVERNOL (LO458), R.D.T. Birt, London
  1927 LEPHRETO (LO458), Jenkerson & Jones (T.Jenkerson), London
  30/08/1939 - 04/11/1944 Admiralty requisition as minesweeper and fuel carrier (Adm. no. Fy.519)
  1957 MERCHANT VALOUR (M100)
   
Fate 16/6/1959 arrived Hemiksem, Belgium, for breaking up

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