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Name: CHARLES LEGG
Type: Naval Trawler
Launched: 19/11/1918
Completed: 20/01/1919
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 312
Dimensions: 275grt, 106nrt, 125.4 x 23.4 x 12.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 35 x 26ins), 62rhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 145031
History:
20/01/1919 The Admiralty, London
23/11/1923 Hull Northern Fishing Co Ltd, Hull; renamed RODERIGO
07/01/1930 John M Knight, Milford
27/01/1930 Renamed KENNETH MCRAE
1932 McRae Steam Trawling Co, Milford
25/11/1936 Milford Steam Trawling Co, Milford; renamed MILFORD COUNTESS
26/08/1949 Ailsa Craig Fishing Co, East Aberdeen; renamed CRAIGWOOD
1959 Broken up
Comments: 11/1918: Completed as a minesweeper, armed with 1 x 12pdr gun
14/09/1920: Allocated fishing registration number LO466 at London
23/11/1923: Allocated fishing registration number H862 at Hull
25/11/1936: Allocated fishing registration number M52 at Milford
08/1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
04/1946: Returned to owners
26/08/1949: Allocated fishing registration number A641 at Aberdeen
27/08/1959: Arrived at Rotterdam for breaking up