Fairway

iBase ID

260521

Vessel name

Fairway

Fishing number

FD140

Type of vessel

ST

Official number

145062

Previous names

Lord Knaresborough; Richard Jewell

Subsequent names

Year constructed

1918

Constructed by

Constructed at

Selby

Gross tons

312

Length

138.5 ft

Beam

23.7 ft

Depth

12.8 ft

Engines

Construction notes

Admiraly 'Mersey' Class trawler

Owner/Manager

J Marr & Son Ltd

Previous owner

Hendersons Rinovia Fishing Co

Subsequent owner

Fernleaf Fishing Co

Date scrapped

1955

Place scrapped

Belgium

Date sunk

Place sunk

Casualties

General notes

Built as the Admiralty 'Mersey' class trawler RICHARD JEWELL (LO476).
1922 Became LORD KNARESBOROUGH (H646).
1928 Renamed FAIRWAY (GY448).
22/01/1942 Purchased by J. Marr & Son from Rinovia Fishing Co, Grimsby for 9,250 pounds.
Served as a Royal Navy minesweeper from 1940-1946 (no. 433).
1946 Returned to fishing.
To Hull as H130 and operated by Henderson's (an associate company of J Marr & Son).
1953 To Fleetwood for Fernleaf Fishing Co and registered FD140.
1954 Collided with the dredger 'Rossall' near the lifeboat slipway.