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iBase ID
260247
Vessel name
Aracari
Fishing number
FD218
Type of vessel
ST
Official number
127824
Previous names
Subsequent names
Year constructed
1908
Constructed by
Cook Welton & Gemmel
Constructed at
Beverley
Gross tons
245
Length
120.5
Beam
22.0
Depth
Engines
Amos & Smith, 76 NHP, 10.5 knots
Amos & Smith, 76 NHP, 10.5 knots
Construction notes
Yard No 159
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 scrapped
Place scrapped
Date sunk
1943
Place sunk
Filicud Island, North of Sicily
Casualties
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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.
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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