SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (GY519)
Type Trawler
Yard Number 956
Launched 21/08/1933
Completed 09/1933
Off. Number 162876
Engine builder Shipbuilder
Engine type T. 3cyl.
GRT 399
Length (feet) 155
Beam (feet) 26.4
First owner Consolidated Fisheries Ltd. (Sir John Marsden, Bart.), Grimsby
   
History 06/1937 ERIN, N.V. 'Shamrock I' (De Vem N.V.), IJmuiden
  1940 N.V. Vissch. Mij. Ver Steenkolenhandel IX
  08/06/1940 British Admiralty requisition as anti-submarine trawler
   
Fate 18/01/1942 sunk at Gibraltar by limpet mine laid by Italian frogmen

 

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