KINGSTON AMBER H471 (GBBV)
Built
1937
Smiths Dock - South Bank
Off Number
165677
Length Ft
178.1
Tons Gross
467
Yard Number
1047
Breadth Ft
27.1
Tons Net
170
Launched
Draught
14.3
Hp
99HP
Registered
09 Sept 1937
Engine Builder
Smiths Dock Co
Knots
K
Registered KINGSTON AMBER H471 Owners 1937 - 1959 Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd Hull
  H.M.T KINGSTON AMBER Owners 1939 - 1946 Admiralty
  KINGSTON AMBER H471 Owners 1946 Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd Hull
Fate : Scrapped 1959
Admiralty Requisition
Pennant No
Role
Returned
Sept 1939
FY 211
Anti - Submarine
Feb 1946
 

Fact File

24 Oct 1954 an RAF Sunderland flying boat on its way to pick up Edward Owen from the Kingston Amber for urgent hospital treatment, crashes in a storm with the loss of four lives.

 

Surname
Christian
Age
Vessel
Birth Pl
Occupation
Date/ Scource
Detail
CREWMEN
. . . . . Skipper . .
LONGDEN ? . KINGSTON AMBER H471 . Deckhand Sept 1958 .
YOUNG W E . KINGSTON AMBER H471 . Deckhand Sept 1958 .
FISHBURN KEN . KINGSTON AMBER H471 . Deckhand 1949 .
CROCKETT TERRY . KINGSTON AMBER H471 . Deckie Learner Sept 1958 .
OWEN EDWARD WILLIAM . KINGSTON AMBER H471 . Seaman 24 Oct 1954 .
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