| Name: | RORQUAL |
| Type: | Trawler |
| Launched: | 12/10/1908 |
| Completed: | 12/1908 |
| Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 268 |
| Dimensions: | 468grt, 148nrt, 156.0 x 27.1 x 14.3ft; (1924: 529grt, 159nrt, 167.6ft) |
| Engines: | T3cyl (15, 24 & 39 x 27ins), 118nhp |
| Engines by: | GT Grey, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 12/1908 | Soc des Pecheries du Golfe de Gascogne (J Duvergier, manager), Arcachon, France |
| 1911 | Poret Lobez, Boulogne |
| 1924 | Societe “La Peche au Banc”, St Malo |
| 11/1930 | Mrs Delpierre, Boulogne; renamed VIERGE de BOULOGNE |
| 12/02/1940 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | The largest trawler in the world when built |
| 12/1908: Allocated fishing registration number ARC355 at Arcachon | |
| 11/12/1914: Requisitioned by the Marine National & converted to an Armed Patrol Vessel patrolling the Channel ports | |
| 07/1916: Based in the Mediterranean & patrolling the Greek coast | |
| 02/04/1919: Returned to Owners | |
| 1924: Lengthened by Baheux, Boulogne | |
| 1924: Registered at St Malo and fishing from Fecamp | |
| 1929: Fishing at Newfoundland, Iceland & Spitzbergen | |
| 11/1930: Allocated fishing registration number B195 at Boulogne | |
| 12/02/1940: Ran aground on rocks near Cherbourg | |
| All crew rescued by the Omonville lifeboat |
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