Daily Mirror

Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
iBase ID
260448
Vessel name
Daily Mirror
Fishing number
FD71
Type of vessel
ST
Official number
143471
Previous names
Kesteven; Eglias Akerman
Subsequent names
Computator
Year constructed
1919
Constructed by
Cook Welton & Gemmell
Constructed at
Beverley
Gross tons
290
Length
125.5
Beam
23.6
Engines
Amos & smith, 86 NHP, 10.5 knots
Construction notes
Yard no 410. Castle Class Trawler
Owner/Manager
Boston DSF
Previous owner
V Fourney Boston DSF
Subsequent owner
J L Devlin
Date sunk
1945
Place sunk
Normandy
General notes
Built for Admiralty as Castle class trawler EGLIAS AKEMAN pennant no FY 4294.
Completed as a fishing trawler.
1919 Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing Co Ltd, Boston renamed KESTEVEN (BN146) Official no 143471.
1926 to V Fourny, Bourloughne France renamed IMPREVU
1930 to Boston Deep Sea Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood renamed DAILY MIRROR (FD71)
1935 to J L Devlin, Granton renamed COMPUTATOR (GN42)
1939 Requisitioned by Royal Navy as a minesweeper (no FY 635)
21/01/1945 Vessel sank following collision with destroyer HMS VANOC in Seine Bay, Normandy