SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name ORIENTAL STAR
Type Trawler
Yard Number 973
Launched 24/09/1934
Completed 10/1934
Off. Number 163949
Engine builder Shipbuilder
Engine type T. 3cyl.
GRT 427
Length (feet) 160.3
Beam (feet) 26.7
First owner Gresham Trawlers, Hull
History 1938 Shire Trawlers (W. A. Bennett), Grimsby
  08/1939 Admiralty requisition as anti-submarine trawler
  11/1939 LA SÉTOISE (P.139), French Navy
  09/11/1942 scuttled at Oran, refloated 01/1943, allocated pennant W.53
   
Fate 01/1960 broken up.

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