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Official Number 143847


Admiralty Number 3159


Pennant Number 4. 174


Launched June 06 1917


Gross Tonnage275


Length125.3 ft


Armament1 x 12 pdr


Built bySmith's Dock Co Ltd, Southbank-on-Tees, 1917


OwnerWyre Trawlers Ltd







		

    History
	



		

    1917
Built as Admiralty Castle JAMES ROBERTSON and fitted with listening hydrophones.



1921
Sold to mercantile as CAPSTONE and acquired by Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd.


June 1940Requisitioned as CAPSTONE and converted to a minesweeper.
 


October 1945Returned to owners.


1945To Fleetwood registration.



1949Renamed WYRE CAPTAIN.



1960Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos W Ward.



September 15 1960Arrived at Barrow for  breaking.