| Name: | SWIFT |
| Type: | Fishing Vessel |
| Launched: | 04/05/1897 |
| Completed: | 06/1897 |
| Builder: | Edwards Brothers |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 544 |
| Dimensions: | 242grt, 76nrt, 133.7 x 21.6 x 10.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (13.5, 22.5 & 38 x 27ins), 70nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 108526 |
| History: | |
| 06/1897 | Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (JEA Kelsall), Manchester |
| 1936 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1897: Allocated fishing registration number FD170 at Fleetwood |
| 1899: Allocated fishing registration number H99 at Hull | |
| 10/1914: Admiralty requisition as a minesweeper | |
| 07/1915: Used as a ‘Q’ ship under names Q32, CAROLINA, MASTER & SINTON | |
| 11/1918: Released to owners | |
| 03/1936: Owners in liquidation | |
| 1936: Broken up in the Netherlands |
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