S.T. Rockliffe FD98

Technical

Official Number: 124683
Yard Number: 270
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 237
Net Tonnage: 63
Length: 126.8 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Glasgow
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co, Aberdeen
Boiler: Ross & Duncan, Govan

History

1906: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.270) for Walter Henry Dickenson, Fleetwood & Others (John Sutcliffe 16.64), Hebden Bridge; Eliza Cockcroft (16/64), Rockcliffe, Hebden Bridge; William Henry Sutcliffe (16/64), Blackpool; Thomas Craston White (8/64), Fleetwood and Walter Henry Dickenson (8/64), Fleetwood) as ROCKCLIFFE.
11.1906: Completed.
26.11.1906: Sixteen shares (John Sutcliffe) and sixteen shares (Eliza Cockcroft) mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A) & (B).
24.11.1906: Sixteen shares (William H. Sutcliffe) and eight shares (Thomas C. White) mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (C) & (D).
23.11.1906: Eight shares (Walter H. Dickenson) mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (E).
27.11.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD98), Walter H. Dickenson appointed managing owner.
21.3.1907: Four shares (Walter H. Dickenson) sold to William H. Sutcliffe and four shares (Walter H. Dickenson) sold Thomas C. White. William Henry Sutcliffe, Fleetwood appointed managing owner.
25.3.1907: Mortgage (E) discharged. Four shares (William H. Sutcliffe) and four shares (Thomas C. White) mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (F) & (G).
11.11.1907: Homeward from the Minch grounds (200 boxes) in heavy rain and poor visibility, wind WSW force 3, ran on rocks at Cairnbrock Shore, 2 miles south of Craig Laggan beacon, Portobello Bay, The Rinns of Galloway. Vessel badly holed; crew of ten abandoned and saved.
19.11.1907: Fleetwood registration closed.
1908: Steamer RETRIEVER salved machinery and other equipment but bad weather halted attempt to refloat. Wreck abandoned. At subsequent BOT inquiry, skipper’s ticket suspended for 6 months and mate’s ticket for 3 months.

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