Our Alf built 17/11/1914 Cochranes of Selby for Alfred bannister Grimsby
Original name Oropesa GY 358
11/1914 Requisitioned as a Minesweeper
06/1915 Renamed Oropesa II
Gave her name to ‘O’ sweep for cutting anchored Mines using a wire towed by a single Boat rather than by a pair to Boats, or group
1919 Returned and reverted to Oropesa GY 358
28/09/1922 Renamed Our Alf GY 358
04/1924 Sold to Estrella D’Alva Empreza de Pesca a Vap Lisbon Portugal
Renamed Estella Do Mar and registered at Lisbon
1940 Sold to Admiralty for service as a minesweeper Based at Port Edgar with M/S Group 137
1942 Renamed Dusk
1946 Sold to Estrella D’Alva Empreza de Pesca a Vap Lisbon Portugal
Renamed Estella Do Mar
1950 Sold to Soc Armadores Pesca Arrasto Lisbon
Her details are
- Official Number 137011
- Yard Number 620
- Admiralty Number FY 711, FY 1916
- Armament 1-6pdr
- GT 324 NT 171
- Dimensions 140.2 x 24.0 x 12.6
- Engines C D Holmes 84 rhp 3 cyl 10.5 knots
1956 Sold to Ship breakers and broken up