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FD 63 Royal Marine

Royal Marine as Butser



 	  	 
Royal Marine


		
Technical
Official Number 181282
Yard Number 683
Pennant Number T219
Launched November 20 1940
Registered April 01 1941
Gross Tonnage510
Length167.7 ft
Breadth28.01 ft
Draught14.01 ft
970 hp engineC D Holmes
Speed11 knots
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1940
OwnerWyre Trawlers Ltd
History
1940 Completed as Admiralty Hills BUTSER.
January 1942 Completed as A/S and based at Freetown, West Africa, for convoy duties.
1946Sold to Devon Fishing Co Ltd, Hull and renamed BALTHAZAR (H 359).
November 1946Fitted for fuel oil.
January 11 1952Sold to Loyal Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby and renamed ROYAL MARINE (GY 213).
April 11 1960Transferred to Wyre Trawlers Ltd.
July 25 1963Abandoned south of the Mull of Galloway after a fire in the stokehold. After being towed back to Fleetwood she was found to be damaged beyond repair and laid up.
1963Sold for scrap to the West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd.
October 22 1963Left Fleetwood under tow for Troon for breaking.