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Name: OKU
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 14/10/1909
Completed: 11/1909
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 412
Dimensions: 248grt, 95nrt, 125.6 x 22.1 x 12.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 35 x 26ins), 81nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 128499
History:
11/1909 Henry West, Cardiff
1912 Neale & West, Cardiff
12/07/1926 Hakin Steam Trawling Co, Milford
11/02/1928 Sank
Comments: 1909: Allocated fishing registration number CF25 at Cardiff
03/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
Armed with 1 x 12pdr & 1 x 6pdr AA gun
1919: Returned to owners
1926: Allocated fishing registration number M103 at Milford
11/02/1928: Foundered off Fastnet