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Name: AMELIA
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 11/11/1905
Completed: 01/1906
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 777
Dimensions: 257grt, 98nrt, 125.9 x 22.1 x 12.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 20 & 34 x 25ins), 75nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120653
History:
01/1906 GH Pinckard (C Heron), London
12/1913 Grimsby & North Sea Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby
01/1914 Renamed DELPHINUS
09/1921 Trawlers (White Sea & Grimsby) Ltd
01/1942 Trawlers Grimsby Ltd, Grimsby
04/1953 Derwent Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby
04/1955 Broken up
Comments: 1914: Allocated fishing registration number GY981 at Grimsby
09/1914: Hired by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
Armed with1 x 12pdr AA, 1 x 6pdr AA guns
1919: Returned to owners
10/1940: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as an auxiliary patrol vessel
Armed with1 x 12pdr AA, 1 x 2 x 2.5ins AA, 2 x 1 x MG AA guns
1945: Sold by Admiralty