Wooden built drifter/seiner

Technical

Official Number: 132346
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 88
Net Tonnage: 38
Length: 84.6 ft
Breadth: 19.4 ft
Depth: 9.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliott & Garrood Ltd, Beccles
Built: John Chambers, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft

History

1911: Launched by John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.) for Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth(43/64) & William E. Shreeve, Caister on Sea (21/64) as OCEAN CREST.
8.7.1911: Ran trials.
8.7.1911: Registered at Yarmouth (YH876).
14.7.1911: Completed (James Bloomfield, manager).
21.10.1911: Landed 300 crans for freshers and 50 crans for salters at Yarmouth – £300 gross.
20.2.1914: Sold to W. E. Shreeve Ltd, Gt Yarmouth (William E. Shreeve, Caister on Sea, manager).
1914: Requisitioned for war service and employed as an escort and auxiliary patrol vessel (Ad.No.231). Based Ramsgate.
1919: James Bloomfield appointed manager.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Gt Yarmouth (Bloomfields Ltd, Gt Yarmouth).
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay appointed manager.
20.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on port duties (Hire rate £21.10.0d/month).
9.1939: Returned to owner.
10.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed on port duties.
10.1940: Returned to owner.
1940: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood management. Landing at Fleetwood and occasionally at Ullapool.
1943. Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth.
1951: Sold for breaking up.
17.11.1954: Yarmouth registry closed.

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S.D/S. Ocean Crest YH876
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
01/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
19/07/2016: Image added.
07/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.