Additional information courtesy of Swansea Mariners, Barry Johnson and Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 108428
Yard Number: 192
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 169
Net Tonnage: 64
Length: 108.4 ft
Breadth: 20.8 ft
Depth: 11.1 ft
Engine: 320ihp C.2-cyl and boiler by Hall, Russell & Co, Aberdeen
Built: J. Duthie Sons & Co, Aberdeen

History

8.12.1897: Launched by J. Duthie Sons & Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.192) for Thomas Ridley Oswald (64/64), Milford Haven as SEA HAWK.
22.1.1898: Registered at Milford (M138).
1.1898: Completed.
9.1899: The Swansea Steam Trawling, Pure Ice & Cold Storage Co Ltd, Swansea formed, capital of £35,000 in £1 shares.
1899: Sold to The Swansea Steam Trawling, Pure Ice & Cold Storage Co Ltd (64/64), Swansea (Thomas R. Oswald, Milford, manager).
22.12.1890: Off St. Ann’s Head (Sk. G. Nichols) found Italian barque SANT ERASMO (1909grt/1894), Cardiff for Genoa with coal, with sails carried away and in distress. Connected and delivered Milford.
22.3.1900: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Capital & Counties Bank Ltd, Brighton (A). Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Thomas Cadman, Swansea (B).
23.3.1900: Milford registry closed.
27.3.1900: Registered at Swansea (SA1).
19.12.1900: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Capital & Counties Bank Ltd, Brighton (C).
12.1901: Off Lundy in heavy seas lost boat and gear and returned to Swansea.
17.8.1904: Mortgage (B) discharged.
25.8.1904: Mortgage (A) discharged.
12.12.1905: Mortgage (C) discharged.
10.2.1906: Sold to Percy Molyneaux, Swansea.
21.2.1906: Sold to The Swansea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Swansea.
late 1906: Laid up at Swansea.
12.1906: Sold to Samuel J. Drennan (64/64), Newhaven, Edinburgh (managing owner).
19.12.1906: Swansea registry closed.
12.1906: Registered at Granton (GN37).
30.8.1909: When hauling 50 miles E of May Island, mainmast collapsed when lifting bag of fish. Returned to Granton.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
6.1917: Sold to William Ellis (64/64), Grimsby. William Ellis designated managing owner.
6.1917: Granton registry closed.
26.6.1917: Registered at Grimsby (GY1073).
3.9.1918: Sold to James Coombes, Grimsby.
18.9.1918: James Coombes designated managing owner.
23.9.1918: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London (D)
1919: Released.
1919: New boiler fitted.
26.1.1920: Mortgage (D) discharged.
22.4.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London (E).
15.10.1924: Mortgagee re-styled National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
22.9.1925: Mortgage (E) discharged.
22. 9.1925: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
30.9.1925: Fred Parkes, Blackpool appointed manager.
6.2.1928: Registered office transferred to Fleetwood.
2.4.1928: Sold Ernest Alfred Sheldon (64/64), Plymouth.
7.4.1928: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (F).
18.4.1928: Ernest Alfred Sheldon designated managing owner.
4.10.1932: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (F) to John Chant (64/64), Plymstock.
12.10.1932: John Chant designated managing owner.
17.10.1932: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Lloyds Bank Ltd, London (G).
28.2.1936: Mortgage (G) discharged.
16.3.1936: Sold to Plymouth Trawlers Ltd (64/64) Plymouth.
16.3.1936: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Lloyds Bank Ltd, London (H).
18.3.1936: John Chant, Plymstock appointed manager.
29.7.1936: Mortgage (H) discharged.
5.1937: Sold to Netherlands for breaking up.
14.5.1937: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel sold to foreigners (Dutch subjects) for breaking up”.

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04/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.