Berkshire built 20/02/1935 Smith’s Dock Middlesborough for Berkshire Fishing Company
01/1936 Admiralty and renamed Tourmaline
1940 Converted to AS
Employed as Escort duties, Engaged 2 E boats in the Channel sinking 1 and badly damaging the other
05/02/1941 she was sunk by Aircraft off North Foreland with the loss of 3 lives
Her Details are
- Official Number 162898
- Yard Number 985
- Admiralty T 42
- Armament 1 4inch
- GT 443 NT 161
- Dimensions 162.3 x 26.7 x 14.4
- Quarter Deck 84′ Foc’sle 28′
- Engines 99Hp
Sank by aircraft off North Foreland on the 05/02/1958