Thomas Currell departing Auckland in 1946
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Enrico |
Builder | R Williamson & Son. Workington |
Launched | 1919 |
Completed | May 1919 |
Fate | Sold to Sanford Ltd in 1921 |
New Zealand | |
Name | Thomas Currell |
Owner | 1921-1952 Sanford Ltd
1952-late 1950s Combined fisheries Ltd late 1950s-1968 Wellington Trawler Company |
In service | 1922 |
Out of service | 1968 |
Identification | Pennant numbers AK1438, AK1, T11, AK3, WN10, WN122 |
Fate | Deliberately ran aground in 1968 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Strath-class trawler |
Length | 115.2 ft (35.1 m) |
Beam | 22.1 ft (6.7 m) |
Draft | 12.2 ft (3.7 m) |
Crew | 10 |
SS Thomas Currell was a Strath-class trawler built for the United Kingdom for use as a fishing trawler. She was purchased by Sanford Ltd in 1921 for use in New Zealand. She would be used as a minesweeper during World War II, and is currently wrecked at Port Hutt, Chatham Island.