Name: | JAMES CHRISTOPHER |
Type: | Naval Trawler |
Launched: | 14/01/1918 |
Completed: | 27/03/1918 |
Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 306 |
Dimensions: | 276grt, 109nrt, 125.3 x 23.4 x 12.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 35 x 26ins), 61rhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 143827 |
History: | |
27/03/1918 | The Admiralty, London |
02/04/1905 | Skomer Steamship Co, Cardiff |
16/04/1923 | Brand & Curzon, Milford |
02/1929 | J Marr & Son, Fleetwood |
28/05/1929 | Renamed MARSONA |
04/08/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | Launched as a minesweeper, armed with 1 x 12pdr gun |
1920: Allocated fishing registration number LO248 at London | |
1929: Allocated fishing registration number FD21 at Fleetwood | |
10/1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper | |
04/08/1940: Mined & sunk off Cromarty. 5 crew died |