George Castle Built 1919 R. Williamson & Son Ltd Workington Built as Strath Class Trawler for the Admiralty
10/1923 Bought by Beacon Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
01/1924 Surveyed at Grimsby
09/1924 Surveyed at Grimsby
04/1925 Renamed Lord Tennyson
08/1928 Bought by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby
10/1928 Moved to Granton became Fernelea
07/1932 Surveyed at Leith
06/1936 LR class Withdrawn at owner’s request
1937 In Lloyd’s Register owner G. G. Paton Granton Renamed as River Annan
11/1939 Requisitioned as a Boom defence vessel
11/1945 Returned
Her Details are
- Official Number 140798
- Yard Number 236
- GT 204 NT 84
- Dimensions 115.2 x 22.1 x 12.2
- Engines Triple expansion 12, 20, 34 x 23in 75rhp by W Beardmore & Co Ltd Glasgow