Additional information courtesy of Christine Simm
Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham.

Technical

Official Number: 123389
Yard Number: 435
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 221.46
Net Tonnage: 46.33
Length: 115.0 ft
Breadth: 22.65 ft
Depth: 12.0 ft
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: 450ihp T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

13.8.1907: Launched by Mrs Kennard at Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.435) for Wetherly’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Aberdeen as GRACE WETHERLY.
9.1907: Completed at a cost of £6,413 0s 5d.
6.9.1907: Registered at Aberdeen (A160). William R. Wetherly designated manager.
1907: At Aberdeen (Messrs Smith, Jameson and Holmes, agents).
5.10.1907: Landed 200 boxes and 24 score.
5.11.1907: Landed 270 boxes and 61/2 tons side fish.
11.11.1907: Landed 170 boxes and 2 score.
1908: At Aberdeen (same agents).
2.1.1908: Landed 110 boxes and 16 score.
13.1.1908: Landed 180 boxes and 1 ton side fish.
1.2.1908: Landed 10 tons mostly cod.
7.3.1908: Landed120 boxes and 10 score.
1909: Fishing out of Fleetwood (Messrs Smith, Jameson & Holmes, agents).
19.1.1909: With poor weather on the fishing grounds, landed 50 boxes.
14.4.1909: Landed 250 boxes, market depressed.
1.5.1909: Landed 280 boxes, including 200 boxes hake.
9.6.1909: Landed 400 boxes.
1.1910: Returned to Aberdeen.
6.1.1910: Possibly first landing at Aberdeen.
26.1.1910: Land 100 boxes and 40 score.
3.1910: Fishing out of Fleetwood (Messrs Smith, Jameson and Holmes, agents).
25.3.1910: Possibly first landing at Fleetwood, 110 boxes.
16.8.1910: Landed 240 boxes.
6.1911: Again fishing out of Fleetwood (Messrs Smith, Jameson & Holmes, agents).
5.6.1911: Landed 246 boxes.
23.6.1911: Landed 135 boxes.
29.6.1911: Landed 115 boxes.
20.8.1911: Landed 92 boxes. 9.1913: Sold to Bakker & Dijksen, IJmuiden through Hull shipbrokers W. A. Massey & Sons Ltd.
29.9.1913: Aberdeen registry closed.
25.10.1913: Placed on pontoon dock for inspection.
1913: Remeasured 231g 54n.
10.1913: Registered at IJmuiden as JOHANNA HENRIËTTE (IJM201).
1914: At Aberdeen (Messrs John Brown & Son agents).
21.6.1914: Landed 30 boxes 30cwt side fish.
8.9.1914: Landed 181/2 tons.
2.4.1915: On arrival at IJmuiden reported that when in the North Sea in position 56 17N 5 14W, sighted the Norwegian three masted schooner NOR of Sandefjord, low in the water and on fire. The schooner, bound Hull, had been torpedoed earlier by U-boat (U20).
17.5.1919: Sold to J. N. Klein, N. Parlevliet & J. M. Barneveld, IJmuiden. Renamed JOHANN N. KLEIN (IJM201).
1924: Sold to N.V. Vissch. Maats. “Noorderlicht”, IJmuiden. W. H. de Voogd designated manager.
1926: Company taken over by Bank (Scheepsverbandbank, Amsterdam). Laid up.
1927: Sold to N.V. Vissch. Maats. “Heemstede III”, IJmuiden. P. J. Bakker designated manager. Registered at IJmuiden as P. AZ. TIMMERS (IJM201).
1932: Laid up.
4.1935: Sold to Mrs Annie I. Fraser, Aberdeen for the sum of £900.
4.1935: IJmuiden registry closed.
1935: Remeasured 211g 92n.
1.5.1935: Registered at Aberdeen as AVENUE (A283). J. MacDonald Fraser designated manager.
5.6.1935: First landing at Aberdeen.
1.7.1935: Landed the jaw bone of a whale over 10 ft in length which attracted considerable attention on the Fish Market.
12.10.1935: Landed 25 boxes and 20 score.
19.10.1935: Landed 30 boxes and 1 score.
4.1.1936: Landed150 boxes and 3 score.
7.2.1936: Landed 30 boxes and 2 score.
30.3.1936: Landed 170 boxes and 10 score.
9.10.1936: Landed. 90 boxes and 2 score.
12.3.1937: Landed 170 boxes and 8 score.
1.11.1937: At Aberdeen, landed 31/2 score turbot, 180 boxes and 4 score.
10.1937: Fishing out of Fleetwood. Alex Keay managing agent.
5.10.1937: First landing, 175 boxes £275 gross.
6.10.1937: Sailed for fishing grounds.
1.11.1937: At Aberdeen, landed 31/2 score turbot, 180 boxes and 4 score.
1.12.1937: Sailed Fleetwood for fishing grounds.
6.1.1938: Last landing at Fleetwood, 129 boxes £335 gross. Laid up. Mrs Annie I. Fraser in financial difficulties.
By 6.1938: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Preston.
23.11.1938: Aberdeen registry closed “Broken up”.

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S.T. Grace Wetherley A160
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog

03/03/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
12/08/2021: Updated history and technical details.
02/09/2021: Updated history and added an image.
12/05/2022: Updated image.