Naval History and Heritage Command

The Navy retained the name carried by this vessel at the time of her acquisition.

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(S.P. 724: tonnage 121 (gross register); length 103'0" (overall); breadth 16'8"; depth 8'11"; draft 7'9" (mean); speed 7.8 knots; complement 25; armament 2 1-pounders)

The first Fearless -- a wooden-hulled single-screw trawler laid down in 1877 -- was delivered to the Navy on 20 May 1917 and commissioned on 2 June 1917. Given the identification number S.P. 724, Fearless served as a tug in the Fourth Naval District during the Great War [World War I]. Ultimately, she was stricken from the Navy Register and sold on 30 September 1921.

Robert J. Cressman

8 March 2022