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12/03/1906 Ketch Stranded Wilsthorpe Gap near Bridlington Yorkshire

Cape Barracouta Built 26/06/1930 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Christensen & Co Ltd Hull as Leonidas H 267
1937 The vessel was lengthened to 151.5 feet 390 gross tons at Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough 
17/05/1938 Sold to the Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd Hull who renamed her as Cape Barracouta 
26/08/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper  
30/10/1939 Returned to owners 
03/06/1940 Requisitioned as an auxiliary patrol vessel 
24/01/1945 Sold to Hudson Bros Trawlers Ltd Hull 
17/08/1946 Returned to owners 
28/04/1947 Bought by Trawlers Grimsby Ltd and registered as GY 479 
1948 Sold to Heward Trawlers Fleetwood renamed New Prince FD 471

Her Details are

• Official Number 162186
• Yard Number 548 
• Admiralty Number FY 4  122
• Armament 1-12pdr
• GT 369 NT 159 
• Dimensions 140.3 x 24.6 x 13.5 
• Quarter deck 77 Foc’sle 33 
• Engines Amos & Smith 99 NHP 10.7 knots  

Left Fleetwood on 18/06/1959 for Ghent to be broken up