Name: | VALENTINE BOWER |
Type: | Naval Trawler |
Launched: | 01/10/1017 |
Completed: | 1917 |
Builder: | Charles Rennoldson & Co |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 189 |
Dimensions: | 275grt, 113nrt, 125.3 x 23.4 x 12.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 35 x 26ins), 61nhp |
Engines by: | Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 143813 |
History: | |
1917 | The Admiralty, London |
10/11/1919 | Registered at London |
1923 | Hull Northern Fishing Co Ltd (Hellyer Bros), Hull; renamed MALVOLIO |
1936 | Milford Steam Trawling, Milford Haven |
1936 | Renamed MILFORD KING |
1959 | Milford Fisheries Ltd (OW Limbrick), Milford Haven |
02/1960 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1920: Allocated fishing registration number LO451 at London |
1923: Allocated fishing registration number H863 at Hull | |
1936: Allocated fishing registration number M226 at Milford | |
12/1939: Requisitioned by The Admiralty as a patrol vessel | |
Armed with 1 x 12pdr gun | |
07/1945: Returned to owners | |
17/02/1960: Arrived at Newport for breaking up by John Cashmore Ltd |
Above photo as MILFORD KING is copyright of David Todd
Above photo as MILFORD KING is copyright of the Milford Mercury