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S.T. Achroite H81



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Achroite


		
Technical
Official Number 163935
Yard Number 596
Launched June 27 1934
Registered August 09 1934
Gross Tonnage314
Length133.2 ft
Breadth24.5 ft
154 nhp engineC D Holmes
Speed11.4 knots
Built byCook Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1934
OwnerCevic Fishing Co Ltd
History
1934 Built as H81 for Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
August 31 1939 Requisitioned by RN as a minesweeper.
August 28 1945Returned to fishing.
August 11 1949Bought from Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull for £72,500 and sold to J Marr & Son Fleetwood.
May 14 1960Sold to Cevic Steam Fishing Co Ltd.
1963Sold for scrap to Haulbowline Industries Ltd.
February 04 1963While on delivery to Passage West she broke down off Rosslare, just off the Conningbeg Lightship and was escorted onto Rosslare.
February 06 1963Broke adrift and ran ashore on Rosslare Strand 5 miles NW of Rosslare Lighthouse.
February 11 1963A full storm developed and she was driven further ashore. The wreck was sold to P Roche Killinich who broke her up where she lay.