HM Trawler Force

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HM Trawler FORCE
HM Trawler Force
Nationality	British,
Port	to be added
1st Owner:	HM Royal Navy.
2nd Owner:	1922: City Steam Fishing Company of Hull.
3rd Owner:	1934: Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd of Hull.
4th Owner:	1938: Towarzystwo Dalekomorskicz Polowow "Pomorze", Gydynia, Poland.
5th and final Owner:	1939: Adam Steam Fishing Co Ltd of Fleetwood.
Service:	Fishing Trawler, Armed Fishing Trawler
Ordered:	unknown
Builder:	Cochrans Co Ltd of Selby.
Yard No:	825 (Mersey class Trawler).
Launched:	1917
Maiden voyage:	1917
Fate:	Sunk by German aircraft in June 1941 North Norfolk coast
General characteristics
Tonnage:	438 gross tonnage
Length:	138 feet overall.
Beam:	23 feet.
Depth	13.5 feet.
Engine	Three cylinder triple expansion steam engine, By C.D. Holmes Company Limited of Hull
Propulsion:	Single screw
Speed:
Complement:

H.M. Trawler Force was a British trawler built for the Royal Navy in the First World War and subsequently requisitioned for service in the Second World War. She was sunk by air attack in June 1941.

1 Career
2 Requisitioned
3 The end
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Career

Force was built at Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd at Selby in Yorkshire in 1917 (shipyard number 825), commissioned as the trawler James Bucham. She was an armed trawler built for the Royal Navy. She had a 3 cylinder triple expansion engine from C.D. Holmes of Hull. She was launched on the 18 September 1917.

In 1922, after five years' service in the Royal Navy, she was sold to the City Steam Fishing Company Ltd of Kingston upon Hull and re-named as Stoneferry. She remained with them for twelve years and, in 1934, she was sold again and re-named. The new owners were the Hudson Fishing Company Ltd of Kingston upon Hull, who renamed her as Cape Tarifa. In 1938, she was sold to the Polish company Towarzystwo Dalekomorskiz Polowow of Gdynia and again renamed, as Franciska. After a year she returned to British ownership with the Adam Steam Fishing Company Ltd of Fleetwood, Lancashire, who renamed her Force.

[edit] Requisitioned

In February 1940, after the outbreak of the Second World War, Force returned to the Royal Navy and was fitted with two 12 pounder anti-aircraft guns.

[edit] The end

The end came for Force off the north east Norfolk coast, six miles from Winterton Ness. On 27 June 1941, Force was attacked by German aircraft and was sunk (52° 48” 55’ North, 001° 47” 48’ East).