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Name: JOSEPH HODGKINS
Type: Trawler
Launched: 18/12/1918
Completed: 20/06/1919
Builder: Hepple & Co Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 650
Dimensions: 275grt, 120nrt, 125.0 x 23.4 x 12.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 35 x 26ins), 87rhp
Engines by: Belliss & Morcom Ltd, Birmingham
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 139809
History:
20/06/1919 Felix R Samson, London
04/1921 S & B Trawling Co, Fleetwood
28/12/1921 Sank
Comments: A Castle Class Naval Trawler, armed with 1 x 12pdr gun
Launched for the Admiralty but sold before completion
08/07/1919: Registered for fishing at Aberdeen, number A186
28/12/1921: Sank after collision with st CUIRASS off Maughold Head, Isle of Man