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S.T. Cremlyn FD363


 	  	 
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Cremlyn


		
Technical
Official Number 143786
Admiralty Number 3504
Launched January 24 1917
Gross Tonnage276
Length126 ft
Armament1 x 12 pdr
Built bySmiths Dock Co, Southbank on Tees, 1917
OwnerNew Docks Steam Trawler Co
History
1917 Built as Admiralty Castle JAMES HUNNIFORD.
1919 Sold to mercantile and renamed CREMLYN.
1920Moved to Fleetwood. Renamed ETHEL TAYLOR.
March 15 1936Fishing off the west coast of Scotland when she collided with WINOOKA (ex SEAWARD HO), owned by Bostons. WINOOKA sank as a result.
1939Requisitioned by RN as an armed patrol vessel.
November 22 1940Sank after detonating a mine at the mouth of the Tyne. Cullercoat's lifeboat WESTMORLAND took off the last of her crew.