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05/09/1895 Dandy In collision with STAG of West Hartlepool 17 miles SE by S of Spurn Point
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05/09/1895 Dandy In collision with STAG of West Hartlepool 17 miles SE by S of Spurn Point
River Nith Built 1917 Fleming & Ferguson Paisley and completed as a Minesweeper Named John Cowarder
1919 sold to Mercantile Renamed River Nith
05/1923 Went to Consolidated Steam Fish & Ice Co GY 289
09/1927 went to Consolidated Fisheries
12/1938 Went to Lowestoft Renamed Gunton
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Northern Dawn built in 1936 in Germany at Wesermunde by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, for Mac Line Ltd LO 136
She was ordered by Leverhulme Ltd to absorb frozen credits in Germany.
07/1936 Completed and went to Mac Line Ltd of London operating out of Fleetwood
10/1937 Went to Northern Trawlers Ltd London and was transferred to Grimsby
08/1939 Sold to the Admiralty for £33,088 and was converted to an Anti submarine Trawler
1941 she picked up survivors from the lifeboat of the Torpedoed ship SS URLA
1941 she became the first trawler to be fitted with RADAR
03/1942 Loaned to the US Navy
10/1942 Returned and operated in the South Atlantic based at Cape Town.
During her time in the navy she was attached to the 45th Escort Group as well as performing convoy escort duties.
02/1946 she was sold to The Ice Co Ltd Hull.
06/1946 She was Surveyed at Birkenhead before finally being returned to owners.
She was sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd London and was transferred to Grimsby
07/1946 the London registry was closed and was registered at Grimsby as GY 289
1948 the Manager was W A Bennett same owners.
03/1963 She was sold to Clayton & Davie Ltd Gateshead on Tyne for Scrapping and was delivered 27/03/1963.
Her registry was closed 09/1964
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Scrapped at Gateshead 1964
John Cowarder Built 1917 Fleming & Ferguson Ltd Paisley Built as Strath Class Trawler John Cowarder
05/1923 Acquired by Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Grimsby renamed River Nith
09/1927 Registered to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby
12/1938 Transferred to Lowestoft renamed Gunton
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Lost in 1953
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Built by Smiths Dock North Shields 1907 for J E Rushworth & R Atkinson of Grimsby
Registered 07/10/1907
11/1910 owned by T W Bascomb
08/1916 owned by J L Green
07/03/1917 Sunk by UC 73 commanded by Wilhelm Barten by Gun Fire 35 miles off North Ronaldshay whilst fishing – no reported casualties
Registry Closed
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07/03/1917 Sunk by U Boat 35 miles S by E of North Ronaldshay