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Name: JAMES CHRISTOPHER
Type: Naval Trawler
Launched: 14/01/1918
Completed: 27/03/1918
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 306
Dimensions: 276grt, 109nrt, 125.3 x 23.4 x 12.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 35 x 26ins), 61rhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 143827
History:
27/03/1918 The Admiralty, London
02/04/1905 Skomer Steamship Co, Cardiff
16/04/1923 Brand & Curzon, Milford
02/1929 J Marr & Son, Fleetwood
28/05/1929 Renamed MARSONA
04/08/1940 Sank
Comments: Launched as a minesweeper, armed with 1 x 12pdr gun
1920: Allocated fishing registration number LO248 at London
1929: Allocated fishing registration number FD21 at Fleetwood
10/1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
04/08/1940: Mined & sunk off Cromarty. 5 crew died