Dean Swift

iBase ID

260462

Vessel name

Dean Swift

Fishing number

FD29

Type of vessel

ST

Official number

109030

Previous names

City Of Hull

Year constructed

1898

Constructed by

Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd

Constructed at

Hull

Gross tons

181

Length

110 ft

Beam

21 ft

Depth

11.3 ft

Engines

C D Holmes 58 NHP, 10 knots

Construction notes

Yard No. 204
Built in the yard of Earles Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.
Launched 26/02/1898

Owner/Manager

Dalby Steam Fishing Co Ltd

Previous owner

Thornely & Co, Fleetwood Mrs J M F A Nierinck, Dublin Dublin Steam Trawling Co City Steam Fishing Co, Hull

Date scrapped

20/01/1959

Place scrapped

Dublin

Casualties

21/09/1934 - Percival Starbridge, 10/11/1945 - E Kemp

General notes

Built for the City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as CITY OF HULL (H396).
27/05/1907 Sold to Dublin Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Dublin and renamed DEAN SWIFT (FD335).
1917 Requisitioned by the Royal Navy as a fishing trawler (Fishery Reserve).
1919 Returned to fishing.
1925 To Mrs J M F A Nierinck, Dublin.
1928 To Thornely & Co Ltd Fleetwood (FD29).
1929 To Dalby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. She was the last iron ship at the port.
February 1957 Went to the aid of the ship 'Alcmaria' off Maughold Head, Isle of Man. She managed to get a rope aboard the vessel and towed her home.
20/01/1959 Sold for scrap to Hammond Lane Foundry, Dublin.
27/10/1959 Arrived in Dublin for breaking up.

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