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S.T. Samurai GY175

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Dr Ian Buxton

Technical

Official Number: 137003
Yard Number: 587
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 22.73
Net Tonnage: 86.38
Length: 117.5 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: 450ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Boiler: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

22.10.1913: Ordered.
25.8.1914: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.587) for Sleights’ Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as SAMURAI.
9.1914: Completed. Price £7,487. (Cost to build £7,244 (machinery £2,745), profit £243).
21.9.1914: Ernest Sleight designated manager.
23.9.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY175).
26.9.1914: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (A).
9.1914: Completed.
12.5.1915: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank of England Ltd, London (B).
13.5.1915: Mortgage (A) discharged.
8.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.1443). Fitted with 1-6pdr HA and mine-sweep. Based Lowestoft.
8.4.1918: Mortgagee re-styled National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London.
1920: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
15.9.1921: Sir Ernest Sleight, Bart designated manager.
15.2.1924: Mortgagee restyled National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
10.10.1927: Mortgage (B) discharged.
19.10.1927: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Walter Harold Beeley, Grimsby for the sum of £4,000 with interest at 6% (C).
13.7.1919: Transfer of mortgage (C) to Margaret Isabel Beeley, Grimsby.
12.10.1937: Mortgage holder became Mrs Margaret Isabel Roger, Woodhall Spa.
1.7.1938: Mortgage (C) discharged.
4.7.1938: Sold to Ora Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
6.7.1938: Sydney Leech, Rossall Beach, Cleveleys designated manager.
5.7.1938: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to District Bank Ltd, Manchester (D).
23.3.1941: On St. Kilda ground, bombed and strafed by German aircraft, suffered damage.
1.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 271 kits – hake-53, cod/codling-1, flats-2, ling/coley-207, roker-2, dogd-6.
7.7.1952: Mortgage (D) discharged.
15.8.1952: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Amy Beatrice Leech, Thornton Cleveleys for the sum of £2,500 with interest at 5% (E).
14.4.1954: Last landing at Fleetwood, 232 boxes 20 baskets, grossed £1,207.
4.1954: Sold to The Hammond Lane Metal Co Ltd, Dublin breaking up.
28.5.1954: Mortgage (E) discharged.
30.11.1954: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel broken up.”

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S.T. Samurai GY175

S.T. Samurai GY175
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S.T. Samurai GY175

S.T. Samurai GY175
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Samurai

Samurai
Picture courtesy of The NE Lincs Library

Changelog
27/01/2009: Page published. 8 Updates since then.
14/01/2017: Information updated.
27/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
30/07/2021: Updated information.

S.T. Miletus FD349

Additional information courtesy of Chris Petherbridge, Hull Trawler Website, and Birgir Þórisson
Technical

Official Number: 139263
Yard Number: 156
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 313
Net Tonnage: 126
Length: 135.3 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 12.5 ft
Engine: 84hp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Livingstone & Cooper Ltd, Hessle

History

13.3.1915: Launched by Livingstone & Cooper Ltd, Hessle (Yd.No.156) for Herbert Field, Hull as MILETUS.
8.1915: Completed.
11.8.1915: Registered at Hull (H366). Herbert Field designated managing owner.
9.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an armed trawler (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1886). Employed as a Special Service Vessel. Based Portsmouth.
1917: Based at Yukonski, Russia, minesweeping.
1917: Icelandic trawler-owners sold 10 trawlers to the French navy. Export licence was contingent upon replacing the ships as soon as possible after the war.
11.11.1918: Sold to Magnus B. J. Wedum, Fleetwood. Magnus B. J. Wedum designated managing owner.
1919: Icelandic trawler-owners ordered 11 new trawlers from Britain and 5 from Germany.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
8.9.1919: Sold to The Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
17.9.1919: Hull registry closed.
22.9.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD349). Magnus B. J. Wedum designated manager.
1920: Delivery of new Icelandic trawlers delayed, in case of England by strikes. Fearing to lose the main salting season (March-June), several owners resorted to leasing trawlers from Fleetwood.
3.1920: Hired by Icelandic owners for the salting season and based Hafnarfjörður.
10.10.1921: Renamed LOWTHER (FD349).
15.3.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
16.3.1928: Registered at Hull (H403).
7.6.1929: Hull registry closed.
14.6.1929: Registered at Fleetwood (FD48).
6.4.1932: Off Sanda Island stood by RIVER KENT (FD75) disabled with rudder lost and jury rudder carried away.
7.4.1932: On arrival of EDWARD CATTELLY (FD204), departed for fishing grounds.
27.9.1937: Fishing 40 miles north of Flannan Islands (Sk. T. Barcock), sustained fractured tail shaft. Steam trawler CALDEW (FD347) although the nearest vessel took four hours to reach the casualty. Connected via rocket line and commenced tow for Fleetwood.
30.9.1937: Delivered Fleetwood 60 hours later after 400 mile tow in moderate weather.
17.10.1937: On completion of repairs sailed Fleetwood for fishing grounds carrying a wreath to to be cast into the sea off Portrush, Co. Antrim in memory of the loss of steam trawler MALAGA (GY393) which disappeared in a severe storm on 18.10.1935 with the loss of all her crew.
29.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out for minesweeping duties (P.No.FY.782) (Hire rate £86.1.6d/month).
1943: Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood appointed managers.
1.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Liverpool.
1948: Renamed WYRE LAW (FD48).
10.1952: Sailed Fleetwood for West of Scotland grounds (Sk.George Wood); thirteen crew all told.
22.10.1952: Fishing off the coast of Isle of Lewis when wind freshened and SE gale sprang up. Hauled gear and headed for Broad Bay, Isle of Lewis to shelter.
23.10.1952: At 3.00 am in total darkness, stranded in the bay and immediately started to flood in the stokehold. Boat launched and siren sounded. Anchored close by was the steam trawler CHARLE DORAN (FD275) (Sk.Charlie Robinson) and on hearing the distress siren, weighed anchor and moved in close to enable survivors to be taken onboard from the boat. Crew landed at Stornoway.
10.1952: With the ship upright and stable, Skipper and Chief Engineer (L. J. Snape) remained in Stornoway and pumps and other equipment was sent up to Lewis in the WYRE CORSAIR (FD287) along with a salvage tug. Unfortunately severe weather returned before an attempt to salvage could be made. Within the week she started to settle and the attempt was abandoned.
12.1952: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Lowther FD349

S.T. Lowther FD349
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S.T. Lowther FD48

S.T. Lowther FD48
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HMT Lowther

HMT Lowther
Frederick Farrow holding the dog
Picture courtesy of The Dennis Fletcher Collection

S.T. Wyre Law FD48

S.T. Wyre Law FD48
Picture courtesy of The Frank Pook Collection

S.T. Wyre Law FD48

S.T. Wyre Law FD48
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

S.T. Wyre Law FD48

S.T. Wyre Law FD48
Wreck pictures courtesy of The David Buckley Collection

Changelog
27/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
19/03/2015: Picture added.
12/11/2015: Updated information.
29/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
21/08/2017: Added pictures of wreckage.
30/05/2019: Updated the information.
18/04/2020: Updated history and added an image.

S.T. George Cousins FD343

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4461
Official Number: 141950
Yard Number: 352
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 276
Net Tonnage: 122
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr
Engine: 481ihp T.3-cyl Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon.
Boiler: Bow, McLachlan, Paisley

History

13.6.1919: Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr (Yd.No.352) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as GEORGE COUSINS (Ad.No.4461).
1919: Sold to Henry Blackburn, Fleetwood.
18.8.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
27.8.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD343).
10.9.1919: Sold to Henry Blackburn & Henry Robertson, Fleetwood.
1.10.1919: Sold to Blackburn Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Henry Blackburn, manager.
9.04.1926: Outward for the fishing grounds (Sk. Percival Ashcroft), when off the Fleetwood – Knott End ferry dock collided with the ferry BOURNE-MAY (25grt/1901)(William Greenwood, master), which was seriously damaged. Despite making water the ferry managed to return to the dock and land the passengers before settling alongside. Returned to North Corner.
7.7.1928: At Campbeltown Sheriff Court, Sk. Thomas William Kirkby admitted a charge of illegal fishing in the Firth of Clyde and was fined £100 with forfeiture of net and £5 for not showing the fishing signal.
8.10.1928: Put in to Oban to clear fouled propeller.
9.10.1928: sailed for fishing grounds.
1935: Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
8.10.1935: Fleetwood registry closed.
9.10.1935: Registered at London (LO66).
12.2.1937: Sank the Fleetwood trawler OCTAVIA (H274) in collision off Maughold Head, Isle of Man; crew rescued. Returned to Fleetwood with damage to fore end.
31.1.1939: Inwards from the fishing grounds in Wyre Channel collided with steam trawler ADMIRAL SIR JOHN LAWFORD (LO42).
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.627) (Hire rate £86.5.0d/month).
6.1940: Based Invergordon with M/S Group 43 (Ch Sk. E. J. Marshall RNR).
4.8.1940: Off Cromarty tasked to sweep approach channel to Firth. At 0650 off Sutor Buoy, Cromarty Forth, passed sweep wire for ‘M’ sweep to MARSONA (FD21) (P.No. FY.714) (Ch Sk. E. J. Marshall RNR) and steaming ahead veered sweep wire while MARSONA deployed her magnets. At 0724 1/2 mile SSE of Whistle Buoy Marsona detonated a mine underneath and a second in the sweep and blew up. HM Drifter INDUSTRY (PD378) (P.No.FY.938 (Sub Lieut E. A. F. Weller RNR) proceeded to scene but found no survivors.
26.1.1943: A/Capt Edward Douglas Wyndham Lawford RN awarded DSO for service in HMS POZARICA (P.No.4.261) A/A ship on Russian convoys.
7.1945: Reclassed at Port Glasgow and returned to owner.
2.1946: Sold to Haven Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (R. Lewis, manager).
13.8.1948: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £12500. Registered at Fleetwood (FD281).
5.4.1951: Sold to Harrow Baxter Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen for £7700. Fleetwood registry closed.
13.4.1951: Registered at Aberdeen (A681).
24.3.1955: On a trip to Faroe fishing grounds. Put into Klaksvig, Faroe to carry out repairs on starboard gallows and burst steam heater pipe.
26.3.1955: Sailed Klaksvig for fishing grounds but could not maintain vacuum in condenser due to holes in the air pump. Returned to Klaksvig. 29.3.1955: After patching, sailed for Aberdeen as permanent repair could not be undertaken.
31.3.1955: Experienced problems with boiler and feed pumps being stopped for several hours.
1.4.1955: At 3.00 a.m. stopped engine to adjust patch to prevent condensate loss. At 9.45 a.m when 25 miles NW by N of Ronaldsay suffered boiler explosion. Subsequently taken in tow by VIKING MONARCH (A25) for Aberdeen.
2.4.1955: Delivered Aberdeen at about 10.00 p.m.
1955: No repairs effected. Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for breaking up.
7.8.1955: Arrived Granton from Aberdeen under tow.
26.10.1955: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up.”
21.1.1956: At the Preliminary Inquiry (No.3385) held in Aberdeen by the Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation, the assessors found that heavy build up of salt deposits within the boiler due to failure to follow port routine and no serious attempt to test boiler water density had resulted in the explosion. No one was injured.

(George Cousins, Landsman, age 20, b. Mort, North Devon – ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB653?))

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S.T. George Cousins FD343

S.T. George Cousins FD343
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Changelog
27/01/2009: Page published. 2 updates since then.
04/11/2020: Updated history.
24/11/2022: Updated history.

S.T. Dunnet LO204

Technical

Official Number: 136188
Yard Number: 588
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 205
Net Tonnage: 79
Length: 112.2 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.4 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 49hp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

14.2.1914: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.588) for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Hull as DUNNET.
24.4.1914: Registered at Hull (H77).
30.4.1914: Completed. Joseph Vivian designated manager.
2.1917: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.3004).
1919: Returned.
13.5.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
22.10.1925: Robert Burton designated manager.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson designated manager.
10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
1.11.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (Joint mortgagees). 5.3.1933: On return to Hull Sk. Parks reported that while fishing in North Sea the Third Hand, Arthur Webb, was injured. Bosun and deckie launched boat to take him to mission ship, but the boat was swamped all three drowned *.
1935: Insured value £2,800.
3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical).
7.3.1936: Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd in voluntary liquidation.
6.3.1936: At Extraordinary General Meeting at Hull, Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd placed in Creditors’ Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, London appointed liquidators).
3.2.1937: Sold by the mortgagee under mortgage (A) to Heward Trawlers Ltd (64/64), London (Robert Scott Hewett & Harold Frank Hayward).
17.2.1937: Robert S. Hewett, London appointed manager.
3.4.1937: Arrived Fleetwood from Hull. Refurbished.
2.7.1937: Hull registry closed.
5.7.1937: Registered at London (LO204).
1945: Sold to Robert Walkington, Fleetwood. Alex Keay designated manager.
26.4.1943: Typical wartime landing. 190 kits – hake-100, cod/codling-10, flats-5, ling/coley-35, dogs-40.
1947: Sold to Mrs Minnie Walkington & Mrs Florence Tuff, Fleetwood. Alex Keay designated manager.
1949: Sold to Mrs Florence Tuff, Fleetwood. Alex Keay designated manager.
1954: Sold to Alvis Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, managers).
1955. Sold to Fern Leaf Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Hewitt Fishing Co Ltd). London registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD121).
12.1.1956: Sold for breaking up in The Netherlands.
5.9.1956: Breaking up commenced at Dordrecht.

(* Drowned men. Ernest Parks (23), Bosun; Arthur Webb (60), Third hand; Herbert Featherstone (21) deckhand.)

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S.T. Dunnet FD121

S.T. Dunnet LO204
Picture courtesy of The David Buckley Collection

S.T. Dunnet LO204

S.T. Dunnet LO204
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S.T. Dunnet FD121

S.T. Dunnet FD121
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

Changelog
27/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
17/02/2014: Picture added.
21/01/2017: Removed disputed image.
01/08/2018: Added an image.
05/05/2020: Updated information.
23/02/2024: Added an image.

S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4446
Official Number: 141952
Yard Number: 122
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 280
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: George Brown & Co, Greenock
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Gauldie, Gillespie & Co, Glasgow
Pennant FY531

History

1919: Ordered by The Admiralty (“Castle” class) (Ad.No.4446).
8.8.1919: Sold while building to Victory Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood.
13.11.1919: Completed by George Brown & Co, Greenock (Yd.No.122) as DANIEL CLOWDEN.
13.10.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (Part IV) O.N.141952.
20.11.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (Part IV) (FD355). Walter Morley designated manager.
9.10.1922: Registered at Fleetwood as HANNAH WOODBRIDGE (FD355).
1928: Sold to Iago Steam Trawlers Ltd, London & Milford Haven (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
8.3.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
10.3.1928: Registered at London (LO129).
16.5.1928: Registered at London as DANIEL CLOWDEN (LO129).
3.1930: Transferred to Fleetwood when Edward D. W. Lawford moved his vessels to the port.
6.1930: On Klondyke (Inishtrahull) ground in scruffy weather, shooting the trawl, warps tangled rudder and propeller. After discussion with owners, steam trawler PETER CAREY (LO126) was dispatched to assist, connected and towed to Innishtrahull where warps were freed. Sailed again for grounds off Co. Galway but had boiler stay collapse, steam and boiling water flooding into the stokehold and engineroom. 2nd engineer, C. W. Ollsen, Blackpool was on watch and although scalded shouted to the fireman who was in the bunkers to escape which he did through the open bunker lid. Ollsen managed to get a pump running and filled the boiler with cold water. Drifted for 24 hours until taken in tow by PETER CAREY for the 300 mile trip to Fleetwood.
27.6.1930: Arrived Fleetwood.
27.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examination service and as a minesweeper (1-12pdr)(P.No.FY.531) (Hire rate £87.10.0d/month).
21.12.1939: S. Daniel Smith RNR appointed CO. Based Kirkwall with M/S Group 45.
18.12.1940: Ty/Lieut A. Flaaten RNR appointed Co. Based Scapa Flow with M/S Group 44.
25.7.1941: Ty/Act/Lieut. N. Fitzsimmons RNVR appointed CO.
12.1941: Sk. Peter Buchan DSC RNR appointed CO.
2.1942: Ty/Sk. Edward Westhead RNR appointed CO.
21.10.1942: Sk. J. Ferguson RNR apponted CO.
31.3.1943: Ty/Sk. Arthur John Thomas RNR appointed CO.
7.1943: Ty/Sk. J.S. Cobby RNR appointed CO.
16.9.1944: Sk. Murdo Macleod RNR appointed CO.
23.1.1945: At Le Havre.
7.2.1945: At St. Vess.
26.2.1945: At Cherbourg.
27.3.1945: At Falmouth.
29.3.1945: At Milford Haven.
1.5.1945: Paid off.
30.5.1945: Sailed Milford Haven for Greenock.
31.5.1945: Arrived Greenoock.
2.6.1945: Moved to Port Glasgow.
9.1945: Surveyed and restored at Port Glasgow.
5.10.1945: Returned.
4.1946: Sold to Haven Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Robert P. Lewis, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
13.8.1948: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £13698. Registered at Fleetwood (FD280).
27.11.1952: Sank whilst berthed at North-end staging, Fleetwood; the steam ejector valve had been removed and after storing and priming boiler on staging, outlet was below waterline.
12.1952: Refloated by Liverpool & Glasgow Salvage Assoc’s salvage steamer Ranger (409grt/1880), towed back to Wyre Dock but following survey declared beyond economical repair.
12.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
13.12.1952: Delivered Preston.

(Daniel Clowden, AB, age 24, b. London – ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB250))

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S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355

S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355
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S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355

S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355
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S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355

S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355
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S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355

S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355
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S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355

S.T. Daniel Clowden FD280
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

Changelog
12/01/2014: Picture added.
27/02/2015: Picture added.
01/08/2016: Information updated.
21/07/2017: Removed disputed image and FMHT watermarks.
25/03/2020: Updated information.