Technical

Official Number: 136005
Yard Number: 289
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 112
Length: 117 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

12.2.1914: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.289) for Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as WARSTAR.
14.5.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY73).
5.1914: Completed (Alick (Alec) Black, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1633).
2.11.1915: Sold to Henry Croft Baker, Grimsby (managing agent).
7.10.1918: Sold to Harry Wood, Grimsby (managing owner).
10.10.1918: Re-registered at Grimsby (GY73).
1919: Returned.
26.1.1920: Sold to Smithfield Trawlers Ltd, London (W. Goldstein, Cricklewood, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
12.1920: Sold to Lewis Trawling Co, Grimsby (Joseph Lewis, manager).
8.1922: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager). Transferred to Fleetwood.
1928: Transferred to Grimsby.
16.9.1938: Sold to Mathew J. McCabe & W. M. M. Curtis, Dublin (A. Williams, manager).
17.9.1938: Grimsby registry closed.
9.1938: Registered at Dublin (D121).
1939: Sold to W. M. M. Curtis, Dublin.
5.1940: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
5.1940: Dublin registry closed.
22.5.1940: Registered at Grimsby (GY294).
5.1940: Requisitioned for war service for auxiliary patrol duties.
1940: Sold to The Admiralty.
23.9.1940: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1942: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.292).
5.1944: Fitted out as a fuel carrier (“Esso”).
10.1944: At Milford, port duties.
9.1945: Towing at Milford, “To return to fishing”.
10.1945: Paid off C&M at Plymouth.
5.1946: Sold to William Wood & John Wood, Aberdeen.
5.1946: Registered at Aberdeen (A130).
10.1959: Sold to BISCO (£2050) and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for breaking up at Charlestown, Fife (Contract No.72E).
2.11.1959: Arrived Charlestown from Aberdeen towing GUNTON (A12) also sold for breaking up.
7.11.1959: Delivered.
21.3.1960: Breaking up commenced.

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S.T. Warstar A130
Picture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.