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Name: OYAMA
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 14/02/1908
Completed: 07/1908
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 371
Dimensions: 257grt, 81nrt, 125.4 x 22.1 x 12.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 35 x 26ins), 82nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 123199
History:
07/1908 Neale & West, Cardiff
1921 L Ballias et Cie, Lorient; renamed BRIVET
1935 G Gautier, E & A Gautier, Fils & Cie, Lorient
1941 Armements Castaings, La Rochelle
12/01/1943 Missing
Comments: 1908: Allocated fishing registration number CF23 at Cardiff
10/1914: Hired by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
Armed with 1 x 12pdr gun & 1 x 7.5ins bomb thrower
1919: Returned to owner
1940: Requisitioned by the French Government
1940: Returned to owners
12/01/1943: Disappeared near Concarneau