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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