Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Antony Wright

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3836
Official Number: 145062
Yard Number: 843
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 312
Net Tonnage: 130
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

6.8.1918: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.843) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as RICHARD JEWELL (Ad.No.3836).
31.7.1918: Completed (1-6pdr and W/T) (yard drawings show provision for 2-12pdr HA, DC and W/T).
5.8.1918: Accepted.
1919: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
18.10.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) as RICHARD JEWELL O.N.145062 (LO476).
03.1921: At HM Dockyard, Devonport completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Plymouth.
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed.
1922: Sold to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
28.7.1922: London registry closed.
4.8.1922: Registered at Hull (H646).
21.8.1922: Registered at Hull as LORD KNARESBOROUGH (H646). John McCann & Edward Cartwright appointed managers.
20.12.1924: Homeward from Icelandic grounds (Sk. Jacob ‘Freezer’ Frost). Off Dunnet Head responded to distress flares from Norwegian steamer VARGE (1436grt/1905) (Capt Bjorndahl), Blyth for Reykjavik with coal, leaking having sprung starboard shell plating.
21.12.1924: At about 8.00am. with pumps unable to cope with ingress of water and vessel starting to settle, master ordered crew into lifeboats. One lifeboat with eight men located and survivors taken onboard. Trawler’s Mate and a spare hand manned the lifeboat and pulled back to the steamer which was being swept by seas and took off master and six crew. Stood by and within an hour steamer had foundered.
22.12.1924: Landed survivors at Hull *.
31.10.1928: Sold to Joseph George Little (64/64), Grimsby. Joseph George Little designated managing owner.
1.11.1928: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
9.11.1928: Hull registry closed.
10.11.1928: Registered at Grimsby (GY488).
3.12.1928: Registered at Grimsby as FAIRWAY (GY488) (BoT minute No.M/R.G.1432/1928 dated 20.11.19280.
7.5.1929: Mortgage A) discharged.
8.5.1929: Sold to Rinovia Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
8.5.1929: Joseph George Little designated manager.
8.5.1929: Vessel mortgaged to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (B).
Pre 4.1940: Employed on Fishery Protection (Nore/Humber/Grimsby).
29.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine trawler (P.No.4.23) (Hire rate £93.12.0d/month).
5.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY1551). Based Ipswich with M/S and Patrol Group79.
13.1.1942: Mortgage (B) discharged.
22.1.1942: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood for £9250.
3.2.1942: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys appointed manager.
1944: Fitted out for dan laying and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Attached to the 6th Minesweeping Flotilla as a dan layer.
5.6.1940: Sailed Solent for Gold beach ahead of Assault Convoy G1.
22.6.1944: Damaged by mine.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
25.6.1945: Sold to K. Percival (Trawlers) Ltd (64/64), Hull.
28.6.1945: Kenneth Percival appointed manager.
28.6.1945: Grimsby registry closed.
2.7.1945: Registered at Hull (H130).
11.1945: Restored and surveyed at Londonderry.
18.3.1946: Returned to owner.
10.4.1946 Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds on first trip (Sk. A. Halliwell); 14 crew all told.
2.5.1946: At Hull landed 1,303 kits £4,682 gross.
10.4.1946 – 23.12.1946: Nine Icelandic trips, 207 days at sea, 10,468 kits £30,994 gross.
19.5.1947: Sold to Hendersons Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (J. Marr & Son Ltd). Insured for £25,500. New manning agreement signed – 20 crew. William Stevenson designated manager.
10.2.1949: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds (Sk. Stanley Evison).
7.3.1949: At Hull landed 589 kits (204 of coley) £1692 gross. Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood (Sk. Henry Douglas Birch). Agreement amended to thirteen crew.
7.2.1951: Sold to Fern Leaf Co Ltd, Fleetwood. William Newton appointed manager.
18.4.1953: Hull registry closed.
19.4.1953: Registered at Fleetwood (FD140).
1955: Sold to Van Heyghen Freres, Ghent for breaking up.
4.10.1955: Fleetwood registry closed.
8.10.1955: Arrived Ghent from Fleetwood under own power.

Note * – 21 08 1926: Skipper Frost and his crew were presented with awards from the King of Norway for Gallantry at Sea. Skipper Frost received a vase bearing the crest of the King of Norway.

(Richard Jewell, OS (volunteer), age 24, b. London – VICTORY (SB251) killed in action 21 Oct 1805 at Trafalgar)

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S.T. Fairway H130
Picture courtesy of Mark Stopper

S.T. Fairway GY488
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog
11/04/2014: Picture added.
16/07/2016: Picture added.
27/11/2016: Information updated.
13/08/2020: Updated history.