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S.T. Springwell FD297

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Springwell 


		

		

    Technical
	

	




Official Number 139219


Admiralty Number 3341


Launched 1917


Registered 161474 


Gross Tonnage286


Length130 ft


Engine80 hp


Armament1 x 12 pdr


Built byGoole Shipbuilding & Repair Co Ltd, 1917


OwnerSun Steam Trawler Co Ltd







		

    History
	



		

    1917
To Fleetwood as a new vessel.



May 17 1917
Requisitioned as a minesweeper.


1919Returned to owners.
 


1927ecorded the port's biggest single trip landing (1127 x 10 st boxes)

1928 (991 x 10 st boxes)

1929 (978 x 10 st boxes)

1933 (982 x 10 st boxes).


1960Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos W Ward.



August 30 1960Arrived at Barrow for breaking.



NotesSpringwell was the only Fleetwood trawler to regularly fish Iceland and the Faroes throughout the 1950s.