Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall and Christine Simm

Technical

Official Number: 108442
Yard Number: 131
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 161
Net Tonnage: 63
Length: 104.2 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan

History

30.1.1897: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.131) for Hagerup, Doughty & Co Ltd, Grimsby as KINGSTON.
1.1897: Completed (Fred. E. Hagerup, manager).
1.2.1897: Registered at Grimsby (GY206).
4.1906: Transferred to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager) on the formation of the company.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.2575). Based Egypt.
2.1919: Restored and surveyed at Liverpool.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
2.10.1920: Transferred to Lowestoft.
4.1922: Sold to Thomas W. Mason & Thomas Cardwell, Fleetwood (Thomas W. Mason managing owner).
29.4.1922: Sailed Lowestoft for Fleetwood.
20.10.1926: Grimsby registry closed.
21.10.1926: Registered at Fleetwood (FD144).
23.10.1926: Sold to Mason Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Thomas W. Mason, manager).
1927: Thomas Cardwell appointed manager.
23/11/1928: Sailed Fleetwood (Sk. Ernest Salthouse) for the fishing grounds and immediately encountered weather so severe that it took 28 hours to reach the shelter of Ramsey Bay. Decks swept, fittings and lifeboat damaged and vessel flooded and needing pumping. During a lull in the weather, Sk. Salthouse decided to return to Fleetwood but immediately ran into increasingly violent weather, so bad that it took 6 hours to reach the port. Ernest Salthouse stated “During the 38 years I have followed the sea, I have never encountered such a continuous gale as that weekend. We encounterd heavy seas and one huge wave wrenched the lifeboat from its lashings, smashing the bottom. The decks were leaking and it was deemed advisable to return to Fleetwood.
7.1930: Fishing out of Fleetwood in Irish Sea (Sk. Edward Cook, Lowestoft).
9.7.1930: With ONE ACCORD (LT324) (Sk. Francis George Camble) arrested by HMS SPEY some 91/2 miles W-S-W of Ailsa Craig, after a chase and a boarding, suspected of trawling in the Firth of Clyde. Taken to Campbeltown where nets and gear was landed.
10.7.1930: At a special sitting of Campbeltown Sheriff Court, Edward Cook was charged with illegal trawling; covering or concealing the name of the ship and her PLN; failing to show correct signals when fishing and failing to stop instantly when ordered by signal from HMS SPEY to do so. Cook pleaded not guilty and was ordered to find bail of £200.
16.7.1930: At Campbeltown Sheriff Court, Cook pleaded guilty to the first charge but not guilty to the rest. Penalties imposed were; for illegal trawling £100 and forfeiture of nets and gear; for failing to display fishing signals, £30; for concealment of name and PLN, £10; for failure to stop, £30. Fines were paid.
11.11.1930: At Bangor Magistrates Court, Sk. Andrew Armitage was fined £10 for illegal trawling off the Welsh coast.
1934: Sold for breaking up.
27.10.1934: Fleetwood registry closed, breaking up completed.

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S.T. Kingston FD144
Picture courtesy of Fred Baker

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
27/07/2016: Information added.
20/03/2021: Information updated.
31/01/2024: Updated history.