Aracari

iBase ID

260247

Vessel name

Aracari

Fishing number

FD218

Type of vessel

ST

Official number

127824

Year constructed

1908

Constructed by

Cook Welton & Gemmel

Constructed at

Beverley

Gross tons

245

Length

120.5

Beam

22.0

Engines

Amos & Smith, 76 NHP, 10.5 knots

Construction notes

Yard No 159

Owner/Manager

Talbot Steam Trawling

Previous owner

Taylor & Ashworth Ernest Taylor Walther H Beeley Cleethorpes Steam Trawling

Subsequent owner

R W Lewis Mrs M Laycock Pettit & Younds

Date sunk

1943

Place sunk

Filicud Island, North of Sicily

General notes

Laid down as SEAGULL, Launched 07/11/1907 as ARACARI for Cleethorpes Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Grimsby (GY355)
Sept 1914 Requisitioned by Royal navy as a mine-sweeper no FY 514. 1919 returned.
16/04/1918 Sold to Walter H Beeley, Grimsby.
21/05/1918 to Ernest Taylor, Grimsby.
07/07/1919 to Taylor & Ashworth, Fleetwood.
1920 to Talbot Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (FD218).
1926 to R W Lewis, Aberdeen (A155).
1932 to Mrs M Laycock, Milford Haven (M101).
1939 to Pettit & Younds, Milford Haven.
1939 Requisitioned by Royal Navy as a mine-sweeper. 1940 returned
1943 Requisitioned by Royal Navy as a fuel carrier no Y7."
03/10/1943 Grounded and declared a total loss on Filicudi Island north of Sicily.

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