SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name YEZO
Type Trawler
Yard Number 787
Launched 07/02/1924
Completed 03/1924
Off. Number 145745
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl
GRT 301
Length (feet) 130.2
Beam (feet) 24.0
First owner Neale & West Ltd., Cardiff
   
History 1931 (LO74) Jenkerson & Jones (T.Jenkerson), London
  27/11/1939 - 07/1946 Admiralty requisition as minesweeper & wreck dispersal vessel from 1944, Adm. no. Fy.829
   
Fate 04/10/1950 Foundered on the Porcupine Bank, crew rescued but sank the following day

For an illustration of YEZO as LO74, and more details of her loss,

see the Milford Trawlers website

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