SS James Cosgrove
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 James Cosgrove as a minesweeper during World War II | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | James Cosgrove |
| Builder | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Aymanr, Ayrshire. |
| Launched | 1918 |
| Fate | Sold to Sanford LTD in 1920 |
 New Zealand | |
| Name | James Cosgrove |
| Owner | 1920–1939 Sanford Ltd 1939-1951 Royal New Zealand Navy |
| In service | 1920 |
| Out of service | 1939 |
| Identification | Pennant numbers AK1295, 6, T10 |
| Fate | Broken up at the Viaduct Basin, Auckland. Hulk sunk at sea 1952. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Castle-class trawler |
| Length | 125.6 ft (38.3 m) |
| Beam | 23.5 ft (7.2 m) |
| Draft | 12.85 ft (3.92 m) |
| Crew | 10 |
SS James Cosgrove was a Castle-class trawler built for the United Kingdom for use as a minesweeper. She was purchased by Sanford Ltd in 1920 for use in New Zealand as a fishing trawler, being used as a minesweeper again during World War II. She was scrapped at the Western Viaduct in the 1950s, with her hulk being sunk in 1952.
James Cosgrove was built by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, located in Ayr, for use as a minesweeper, being converted into a fishing trawler after World War I had ended.[1] She was purchased by Sanford in 1920 and sailed to Auckland from Glasgow in May 1920, arriving at Auckland on 2 July 1920. [1][2] In March 1928, James Cosgrove was mistaken to have been in distress after the inspector of police in Napier received a call about the vessel, which appeared to be in trouble four miles (6.4 km) offshore, later seen steaming south.[3] Once James Cosgrove arrived back in Auckland a few days later, the officers stated that there were no grounds whatever for the reports that she was in distress, with the probable explanation that the locals were unfamiliar with trawling and mistook it as the ship breaking down.[4] On 24 May 1936 the cook of James Cosgrove disappeared from the vessel while she was trawling in the Bay of Plenty.[5] James Cosgrove would turn back and would retrace the ship's course for an hour, also searching the entire ship, but the cook was never found.[5] It is likely that he fell overboard.[5]
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