Achroite

iBase ID

260211

Vessel name

Achroite

Fishing number

H81

Type of vessel

ST

Official number

163935

Previous names

Subsequent names

Year constructed

1934

Constructed by

Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd

Constructed at

Beverley

Gross tons

314

Length

133.2 ft

Beam

24.5 ft

Depth

12.9 ft

Engines

C D Holmes, 89 NHP, 11.4 knots, coal fired steam

Construction notes

Yard No. 596

Owner/Manager

Cevic Steam Fishing Co

Previous owner

J Marr & Son Ltd

Subsequent owner

Date scrapped

Place scrapped

Date sunk

Wrecked 06/02/1963

Place sunk

Rosslare Strand

Casualties

24/02/1955 - James Webster

General notes

Built for the Kingston Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull and launched on 30/06/1934 as ACHROITE (H81). 31/08/1939 Requisitioned by the Royal Navy as a mine-sweeper (no FY914). 28/08/1945 Returned to fishing. 11/08/1949 Sold to J Marr & Son Ltd, Hull. 29/01/1952 Transferred to J Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood. 14/05/1960 Transferred to Cevic Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. She is thought to be last coal fired steam trawler to land fish at Fleetwood. 1963 Vessel sold for scrap to Haulbowline Industries Ltd. 04/02/1963 On delivery to Passage West she developed engine trouble off the Coningbeg light-vessel and was escorted into Rosslare. She broke adrift and ran ashore on Rosslare Strand approx 5 miles north-west of Rosslare Lighthouse. On 11/02/1963 in a full storm she was driven further ashore. The wreck was sold to P. Roche Killinich who broke her up in situ.