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Previous name: Mauch Chunk
Subsequent name: TIC Limpet, Disperser
Official Number: 145489
Class: Mooring Vessel
Pennant No: X18, X39
Laid down:
Builder: Harlan & Hollingworth Corp., WIlmington, Delaware
Launched: 1912
Into Service: 1915
Out of service: 1922 - sold commercially
Fate: Broken up
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1912 launched by Harlan & Hollingworth Corp, Wilmington, Delaware as Yard Nr 417 named MAUCH CHUNK for C.S. Smith, New York
September 1912 completed
1915 purchased by the Admiralty for Boom Defence duties at Cromarty and renamed LIMPET
6 November 1915 Engineer Lieutenant John Bothwell RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
23 November 1915 Lieutenant Edgar H Gilham RNR appointed in command
22 September 1917 Lieutenant George Smith RNVR appointed in command
1918 boom defence duties ended
27 June 1919 Engineer Lieutenant David Hed'ey RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
May 1922 purchased by Tyne Improvement Commission, Newcastle and renamed TIC LIMPET
1937 converted to a salvage vessel and renamed DISPERSER for South Stockton Shipbreaking Co Ltd ( C.A. Warne, Managers) Stockton
15 November 1938 caught fire - the fire burnt out the crew's quarters and store room, severely damaged the bridge superstructure and winding engine. Part of the deck was buckled
WW2 taken over by the MoWT under management of William R. Aitken Ltd, Aberdeen, name unchanged
4 December 1939 diverted to Loch Ewe to assist when HMS Nelson was mined and damaged
April 1940 foundered but was subsequently salved and returned to service
1947 purchased by Mr Philip Bauer, Aberdeen, name unchanged
20 January 1953 arrived Llanelly for breaking up by Rees Shipbreaking Co Ltd.
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