| Name: | MATTHEW FLYNN |
| Type: | Trawler |
| Launched: | 17/10/1917 |
| Completed: | 23/02/1918 |
| Builder: | Hepple & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 645 |
| Dimensions: | 275grt, 109nrt, 125.6 x 23.4 x 12.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 35 x 26ins), 61nhp |
| Engines by: | Belliss & Morcom Ltd, Birmingham |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1919: 143943) |
| History: | |
| 23/02/1918 | The Admiralty |
| 10/12/1919 | Registered at London |
| 1921 | M Francois (Altazin Frères, manager), Boulogne; renamed AMIRAL MARQUER |
| 04/1930 | Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd; registered at Fleetwood |
| 04/1930 | Renamed DAILY HERALD |
| 1935 | Thomas L Devlin & Sons; registered at Granton; renamed COMMILES |
| 1942 | Elizabeth D Breen, Edinburgh |
| 11/1946 | Shire Trawlers Ltd, London; registered at Grimsby |
| 12/1947 | J Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood |
| 16/06/1949 | Anglo-Australian Fisheries (Pty) Ltd, Perth, Western Australia |
| 1953 | Royal Australian Navy |
| 15/05/1953 | Sank |
| Comments: | A Castle Class Naval Trawler, armed with 1 x 12pdr gun |
| 1930: Allocated fishing registration number FD101 | |
| 1935: Allocated fishing registration number GN34 | |
| 31/08/1939: Requisitioned as a minesweeper | |
| 10/1945: Returned to owner | |
| 1946: Allocated fishing registration number GY390 | |
| 1948: Allocated fishing registration number FD285 | |
| 15/05/1953: Sunk as a target |
Above photo as DAILY HERALD is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as COMMILES is copyright of David McRae