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S.T. Frobisher LO15


 	  	 
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Frobisher


		
Technical
Official Number 162202
Yard Number 555
Launched September 24 1930
Registered October 28 1930
Gross Tonnage 397
Length133.7 ft
Breadth25.1 ft
104 nhp engineAmos & Smith
Speed10.7 knots
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmel, Beverley, 1930
OwnerHewett Fishing Co Ltd
History
1930 Built as H502 KOPANES for Oddsson & Co Ltd Hull.
October 03 1933 Sold to W B Willey & Sons and renamed GRAMPIAN.
1939Lengthened to 158 ft (409 gt). Work carried out by Smiths Dock Co Ltd, Middlesborough.
September 1939Requisitioned by RN as minesweeper FY546.
January 01 1940Sold under requisition to Hudson Bros Ltd, Hull.
March 05 1946Returned to owners.
1946Renamed CAPE PEMBROKE.
December 11 1946To Ocean Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull and renamed FROBISHER.
December 03 1948To Short Blue Fishing Co Ltd, London and registered LO15. Moved to Fleetwood
1957Sold to Van Heyghen Freres, Belgium, for scrap.
October 24 1957Left Fleetwood for Ghent to be broken up.