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JOHN B. RICHARDS 1) and WILLIAM H. DANIELS (b. SCOTT MARK) were delivered to British of- These were all requisitioned in 1940. On ficers and crew at Montreal. their arrival in Britain they were modified to suit a particular trade. Most of these vessels were used to haul coal along the English coast. They were of valuable service in this area, as was anything floating Since it permitted the larger ships to engage in longer runs. The WATKINS F. NISBET saw only limited service as she was sunk in the North Sea by enemy action in December, 1940. The ROBERT E. POM- EROY broke her back in an Atlantic storm and enemy gunfire ended her sailing career on April 1, 1942. The ALBERT C. FIELD served the coastal towns until 1944 when her condition began to deteriorate. She was loaded with waste materials from the blitz and scuttled end-to-end McNutt Photo-DBossin Museum with a number of older vessels in "Operation Mulberry'. The purpose of this operation was to create a temp- Orary breakwater to provide a harbor in support of the Normandy invasion. The EDWIN T. DOUGLASS was used mainly as a floating coal depot sta- tioned at Scupa Flow on the north- Eine lp Otte wemittrsi tes less "Goal was brought out to her in smaller vessels to permit her to bunker con- voys of minesweepers that patrolled the area. She was equipped with deck cranes, winches for handling barrage baloons, and added gun nests. Since her crew often numbered as many as 50, the regular quarters were en- larged. After the war she was strip- ped of the extra gear and until Feb- ruary 1949 carried coal from north- east England to the power plants of London. She was then reconditioned and returned to her owners. The DOU- GLASS was sold to Pyke Salvage in