Official Number                185949

Class:                                 Coastal Stores Carrier

Builder:                               Charles Hill & Sons Ltd., Bristol

Launched:                         11 May 1953

Into Service:

Out of service:                   1968

Fate:                                    Broken up

Official Number                185949

Class:                                 Coastal Stores Carrier

Builder:                               Charles Hill & Sons Ltd., Bristol

Launched:                         11 May 1953

Into Service:

Out of service:                   1968

Fate:                                    Broken up

Items of historic interest involving this ship: –

Background Data:  One of the small vessels completed as an Admiralty stores carrier

11 May 1953  launched by Charles Hill & Sons Ltd, Bristol as Yard Nr 386  named THOMAS GRANT

July 1953 completed as a stores carrier

1959 turned over to the Port Auxiliary Service (PAS)

1968 converted into a torpedo recovery vessel name unchanged

Purchased by Louis J.S. Le Jeune, name unchanged

1981 purchased by A.G. Brown Marine Services Ltd, Peel name unchanged

1983 suffered engine and bottom damage as a result of grounding

28 February 1984 arrived Shipbreaking (Queensborough) Ltd for demolition

19 March 1984 breaking up commenced at Cairnryan