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Flanders
Technical
Official Number 144391
Admiralty Number FY 4401
Yard Number 417
Launched June 02 1919
Registered February 13 1920
Gross Tonnage 290
Length126 ft
Breadth23.6 ft
86 nhp engineAmos & Smirh
Speed10.5 knots
Built byCook Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1919
OwnerMason Trawlers Ltd
History
1919 Built as Admiralty Castle CHARLES ANTRAM.
February 13 1920 Sold to Soc. Anon Armement Ostendais, Belgium and renamed EDMOND VAN BEVERON.
1938Sold to Rhondda Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby and renamed FLANDERS (GY 10) and given the official number of 144391.
August 30 1939Requisitioned by RN as minesweeper FY 600.
1943Sold to Mason Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
April 23 1946Returned to owners.
1959Sold to BISCO and allocated to the West of Scotland Ship Breaking Co Ltd.
November 11 1959Arrived Troon for breaking.