SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name WASTWATER (Fy. 239)
Type Whaler
Yard Number 1065
Launched 31/08/1939 (possibly as TIERN, original intended name KOS XXVIII)
Completed 11/1939
Off. Number  
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl
GRT 361
Length (feet) 147.5 o.a. (138.5 b.p.)
Beam (feet) 26.5
First owner The Admiralty. Purchased 26/8/1939 while building and completed as Lakes Class A/S Whaler/Escort. (Had been originally ordered by Kosmos A/S (A. Jahre), Sandefjord)
   
History Allocated the name GRASMERE on purchase by Admiralty, changed to WASTWATER either before completion (10/1939) or after (1940) according to source.
  1946 TIERN, A/S Odd (A/S Thor Dahl)
  1958 Nor-West Whaling Co. Ltd. (J. Franetovich), Fremantle
  1959 renamed ROBERT MOORE (o/n 196896)
   
Fate 10/07/1968 Scuttled off Rottnest Island, Fremantle, Australia.
   
NOTE Some sources attribute the above post-war history to sister vessel BUTTERMERE.

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