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S.T. Bridesmaid LO231





  
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Official Number 128944


Admiralty Number 2665


Pennant Number (WWII) 4. 120


Gross Tonnage255


Engine85 hp


Armament (WWI)1 x 6 pdr


Armament (WWII)1 x 12 pdr


Length125 ft


Built bySmith's Dock Co Ltd, Middlesborough, 1915


OwnerHewett Fishing Co Ltd







		

    History
	



		

    1913
Built as AMROTH CASTLE (SA8) for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby.



May 1915
Requisitioned by RN and converted to a M/S.


1919Returned to owners.
 


May 1940Requisitioned and converted to an APV.


January 1941Converted to a M/S, based at Grimsby.



1945Returned to owners.



UndatedAcquired by Hewett.



1954Scrapped.



NotesThe fourth BRIDESMAID in the Short Blue fleet. The first two being sailing trawlers and the third a steam powered fish carrier operating North Sea - Billingsgate.