Technical

Official Number: 137610
Yard Number: 269
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 107
Net Tonnage: 51
Length: 92 ft
Breadth: 19.1 ft
Depth: 9 ft
Built: Fellows & Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth
Engine: T.3-cyl by F. W. Carver & Co, Great Yarmouth
Boiler: by Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1915: Completed by Fellows & Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth (Yd.No.269) on spec as DOROTHY F and not registered.
1.1916: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (Ad.No.1959).
1.1919: Returned.
2.1919: Renamed KINGFISHER.
4.1919: Sold to Charles H. George, Caister-on-Sea.
17.4.1919: Registered at Yarmouth as OLIVAE (YH73). Charles H. George designated managing owner.
10.1.1920: Sold to Sutton Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hartlepool. Albert R. Sutton designated manager.
26.2.1920: Sold to The Thanet Steam Trawling Co Ltd, London.
29.3.1920: Yarmouth registry closed.
30.3.1920: Registered at Ramsgate (R212). Thomas W. Chapman, Ramsgate, designated manager.
1921: E. H. Jones designated manager.
3.1922: Transferred to Fleetwood Walter Morley, Fleetwood designated manager.
1.1924: Sold to Frederick Spashett (64/64), Lowestoft.
17.1.1924: Ramsgate registry closed.
19.1.1924: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1297). Frederick Spashett designated managing owner.
30.1.1924: Sold to Pevensey Castle Ltd (64/64), Lowestoft.
13.2.1924: John Victor Breach, designated manager.
2.10.1924: In fine weather, 11 miles off IJmuiden connected to steam drifter EILEEN EMMA (LT342) disabled with broken tail shaft and delivered her to Lowestoft after fifteen hour tow.
6.7.1925: At Lerwick damaged in collision with steam drifter LIVELY (BF262).
7.12.1926: Suffered crank shaft damage.
2.6.1928: At Fleetwood landed 160 boxes.
2.3.1932: At Padstow damaged in collision with steam drifter ELIE NESS (LT1259) (Damage repaired by George Overy Ltd, Lowestoft at a contract price of £18.12.0d).
17.10.1932: Damaged in collision with sailing barge LILIAN MAY (71n/?).
3.5.1933: At about 3.00 am hauling in strong winds, heavy sea and a thunderstorm some 70 miles WbyN of St. Ann’s Head, deckhand Reginald Muskett was knocked overboard by a rope. David William Ellis, deckhand jumped into the sea and managed to hold him before becoming tangled in the net. Both hauled back onboard (David William Ellis awarded BoT Sea Gallantry Medal (Bronze)).
30.3.1938: Broke mizzen mast on passage to Downings Bay, Co. Donegal.
12.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.926) (Hire rate £27.0.0d/month).
1941: Based Harwich (Ty/Sk. A. F. Meacock RNR).
6.1941: Based Dartmouth.
1.1942: Remains at Dartmouth.
1.1944: John Victor Breech died. R. H. Self appointed manager.
6.1940: Returned to owner.
25.11.1946: Fouled and fractured propeller with gear.
6.10.1947: At Lowestoft landed 170 crans of herring.
16.10.1950: At Lowestoft landed 190 crans.
31.1.1952: Sank alongside in Hamilton Dock, Lowestoft whilst refitting. Salved and returned to service.
3.1956: Sold Belgian principals for breaking up (Sanctioned by MoT & CA letter No. G.S.P.1/1/02039 dated 12.3.1956).
11.4.1956: Sailed Lowestoft for Belgium.
19.4.1956: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Olivae LT1297
Picture courtesy of The Robert Durrant Collection

S.D/T. Olivae LT1297
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
10/02/2015: Picture added.
19/07/2016: Image added.
27/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
07/07/2021: Updated history.