Re: T239 Gruinard (Isles class trawler)
Posted by:
roger (IP Logged)
Date: July 08, 2008 04:05PM
Hello Wilfran I trust you are well
GRUINARD T239 ISLES CLASS Royal Navy trawler
Specs for this class 545grt 164 X 27.5 X 10.5 850IHP, 12knts, 1 X 12 pounder, 3 X 20mm AA Crew of 40
Built by Crown and Son's Sunderland, launched 20/1/1942
Engineered by C D Holmes Hull
On loan to the Portugese Navy Oct.1943 Renamed P7
Sold in 1946 to N.V. Ooostendsche Reederij, Ostend she was converted for fishing and to oil fuel at Antwerp completing June 1947 and renamed PRESIDENT F. D. ROOSVELT, registered at Ostend (Do you have her port number?)
Name changed in 1950 to ODIN Have you any details of her after this? Did she stay with Belgian interests or was she sold to Scandinavian owners?
regards
Roger