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Name: SLEBECH
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 09/09/1908
Completed: 10/1908
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 386
Dimensions: 222grt, 85nrt, 120.4 x 21.5 x 11.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 20 & 33 x 24ins), 68nhp
Engines by: WVV Lidgerwood, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 128741
History:
10/1908 Neyland Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd (A Scott), Milford
14/02/1919 John Uttley, Fleetwood
10/05/1921 Joseph Samuel Pettit, Milford
23/09/1927 Hakin Steam Trawling Co Ltd (JS Pettit), Milford
16/04/1937 Westward Trawlers Ltd (EE Carter), Milford
02/04/1947 Westward Trawlers Co (EE Carter), Milford
21/03/1960 Broken up
Comments: 1908: Allocated fishing registration number M229 at Milford
05/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
Armed with 1 x 6pdr gun
1919: Returned to owners
1919: Allocated fishing registration number FD74 at Fleetwood
1921: Allocated fishing registration number M199 at Milford
12/1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
01/1944: Converted to a water carrier
01/1946: Returned to owners