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M.V. Thrifty FD201





  
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Official Number 149228


Gross Tonnage145


Length145 ft


Breadth20 ft


Draught10 ft


Engine1 x 3 cyl AKD


Built byGodreeders, Leiderdorp


OwnerAlvis Trawlers Ltd and, later, Norrard Trawlers Ltd







		

    History
	



		

    1916
Built as drifter/trawler BALTIC IJM255.



1919
Sold to Belgian owners and renamed FERNANDO. 


1928Sold to Dutch owners and renamed LIMBURGIA.
 


1929Sold to S Allerton, R Read, & Frederick Spashett.


1939Ownership transferred to Kittiwake Ltd.



December 1939Requisitioned by RN as minesweeper FY 1523. Based at Portland for sweeping in the Channel. Took part in Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Dunkirk, in May - June.



1950Fitted as a motor vessel.



1960To Fleetwood ownership. Previously registered at Lowestoft as LT152.



1967Renamed CATHERINE SHAUN.