S.T. Merlin GY190

Technical

Official Number: 110889
Yard Number: 228
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 186
Net Tonnage: 75
Length: 110.0
Breadth: 21.2
Depth: 11.2 ft
Built: Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Selby
Engine: 310ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull

History

1899: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.228) for Thomas Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby as MERLIN.
22.6.1899: Completed.
23.6.1899: Registered at Grimsby (GY190). Thomas Baskcomb appointed manager.
26.6.1899: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to William Nainby, Thorganby Hall (A).
17.1.1911: Mortgage (A) discharged.
20.1.1911: Sold to The South Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
21.1.1911: Alick Black, Grimsby appointed manager.
28.1.1911: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (B).
10.1912: New boiler.
10.12.1912: Mortgage (B) discharged.
19.12.1912: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby.
21.12.1912: Thomas W. Baskcomb appointed manager.
21.12.1912: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (C).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.1794).
13.10.1915: Mortgage (C) discharged.
29.2.1916: Sold to The Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
27.3.1916: Alick Black appointed manager.
10.8.1916: Sold to Henry Croft Baker (64/64), Cleethorpes.
10.8.1916: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London Joint Stock Bank Ltd, London (D).
11.8.1916: Henry Croft Baker sold (48/64) shares to John Lawrance Green (16/64), Grimsby; to Caroline Shute (11/64), Cleethorpes; to John Nutley (3/64), Cleethorpes; to Ernest Mumby Nutley (4/64), Grimsby; to Arthur Jackson Nutley (4/64), Cleethorpes and to Cyril Bernard Christy (10/64), Cleethorpes.
11.8.1916: Henry Croft Baker & John Lawrance Green appointed managers.
19.9.1917: Mortgage (D) discharged.
23.10.1917: Henry Croft Baker (16/64) sold (4/64) shares to Claude Harold Goude (4/64), Grimsby.
27.12.1917: Caroline Shute mortgaged (11/64) shares to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (E). Based Egypt.
1.10.1918: Mortgagee re-styled London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London.
14.1.1919: John Nutley died.
1920: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
12.4.1920: Mortgage (E) discharged.
12.4.1920: Caroline Shute (11/64) shares sold to Rowland Hill (11/64), Grimsby.
19.4.1920: Claude Harold Goude (4/64) shares sold to Henry Croft Baker (16/64), Grimsby.
20.8.1920: Ernest Mumby Nutley (4/64) shares sold to Rowland Hill (15/64), Grimsby.
20.8.1920: Arthur Jackson Nutley (4/64) shares sold to Rowland Hill (19/64), Grimsby.
3.9.1920: Probate for will of John Nutley granted to sole executrix Rosina Victoria Nutley (3/64), Grimsby.
1.6.1922: Rosina Victoria Nutley died.
21.11.1922: Probate granted to sole executor Fred Skelton (3/64), Cleethorpes.
15.12.1922: Fred Skelton (3/64) shares sold to Henry Croft Baker (19/64), Cleethorpes.
15.12.1922: Cyril Bernard Christy (5/64) shares sold to Henry Croft Baker (24/64), Cleethorpes.
15.12.1922: Cyril Bernard Christy (5/64) shares sold to John Lawrance Green (21/64), Grimsby.
29.12.1922: Henry Croft Baker, Cleethorpes & John Lawrance Green appointed managers.
29.12.1922: Henry Croft Baker (24/64), John Lawrance Green (21/64) and Rowland Hill (19/64) sold shares to Savoy Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
9.1.1923: Henry Croft Baker & John Lawrance Green appointed manager.
17.10.1924: Savoy Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64) shares sold to Henry Peregrine Capron (16/64), Cleethorpes; Joseph Shephard (16/64), Cleethorpes; Robert Daniel Roberts (16/64), Cleethorpes and Edmund Percy Peters (16/64), Grimsby. 18.10.1924: Henry Peregrine Capron appointed manager.
26.8.1926: Henry Peregrine Capron (16.64), Cleethorpes; Joseph Shephard (16/64), Cleethorpes; Robert Daniel Roberts (16/64), Cleethorpes and Edmund Percy Peters (16/64), Grimsby shares sold to Orontes Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
7.9 1926: William Hollingsworth Johnston appointed manager.
11.2.1932: Vessel mortgaged to William H. Johnston, Grimsby for the sum of £500 with interest at 5% (F).
17.11.1932: Mortgage (F) discharged.
17.11.1932: Sold to Filey United Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Scarborough.
22.11.1932: Richard Ferguson Cammish, Filey appointed manager.
31.5.1933: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (G).
18.11.1936: Mortgage (G) discharged.
3.1937: Sold for breaking up.
25.3.1937: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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S.T. Merlin GY190

S.T. Merlin GY190
Picture courtesy of The Alan Hirst Collection

S.T. Merlin GY190

S.T. Merlin GY190
Picture from The George Scales Collection courtesy of The George Westwood Collection

Changelog

10/03/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
04/06/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
14/06/2021: Updated history.