Yearly Archives: 2009

S.T. Royal Marine FD63

Additional information courtesy of Bil Blow and David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 181282
Yard Number: 683
Completed: July 29 1941
Gross Tonnage: 510
Net Tonnage: 160
Length: 167.7 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 14.1 ft
Engine: 970ihp T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Boiler: Central Marine Engine Works, West Hartlepool
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Speed: 11 knots

History

20.11.1940: Ordered.
1.4.1941: Laid down.
29.7.1941: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.683) (“Hill” class) for The Admiralty as HMS BUTSER (P.No.T219)
16.1.1942: Completed (1-12pdr HA, 4-MG, 1-20mm, DC).
1941: Home Fleet.
1942: To Freetown, 2nd A/S Group.
1945: Armament increased (2-20mm).
1946: Laid up at Rosyth on Disposal List (SORF, Rosyth).
10.4.1946: Sold to Devon Fishing Co Ltd, Hull for the sum of £27,750 with estimated cost of conversion at £30,000.
11.1946: Converted to a fishing vessel by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields. Remeasured 538.20g 210.40n.
11.1946: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
1946: Engine re-rated 1050ihp.
25.11.1946: Registered at Hull (Part I & IV) as BALTHAZAR O.N.181282 (H359). Mark Hellyer & Graham Hellyer designated managers.
11.1.1952: Sold to The Loyal Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. Albert Wright Butt designated manager.
1.1952: Hull registry closed.
21.1.1952: Registered at Grimsby (GY213).
7.2.1952: Registered at Grimsby as ROYAL MARINE (GY213) (MoT Minute R.G.No.1016/52 dated 28.1.1952).
7.5.1952: Arrived Harstad, northern Norway having been arrested for alleged fishing inside territorial waters (Sk. Charles Major).
14.5.1952: At court in Harstad, fined £8175, which included confiscation of catch, gear, ship value and legal costs, for allegedly fishing in Norwegian waters.
10.2.1954: At appeal disagreement between judge and jury.
7.4.1960: Sold to Wyre Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood (Associated Fisheries Group).
9.4.1960: Grimsby registry closed.
9.4.1960: On passage Grimsby – Fleetwood, developed engine trouble off West Coast of Scotland. Distress answered by steam trawler WYRE MARINER (FD34) (Sk Percy Bedford) outwards for Bear Island grounds. Closed, connected and commenced tow for Fleetwood.
11.4.1960: Delivered Fleetwood after 250 mile tow, transferred to tugs BISPHAM (21grt/1938) and LANDY II (66grt/1949) and brought into dock.
4.1960: Registered at Fleetwood (FD63).
21.4.1960: Leslie Wheildon designated manager.
17.8.1960: First landing at Fleetwood, Iceland 21 days, 910 kits, £5.500 gross.
25.7.1963: Abandoned by crew south of Mull of Galloway after fire broke out in boiler room. Taken in tow by WYRE CONQUEROR (FD187) and returned to Fleetwood but damaged beyond economical repair. Laid up.
9.1963: Sold to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
22.10.1963: Left Fleetwood for Troon under tow.
24.10.1963: Delivered Troon Harbour (draughts 8’3”/16’9”).
11.6.1964: Breaking commenced.
8.9.1964: Re-berthed.
2.10.1964: Beached (draughts 7’0”/10’0”).
27.10.1964: Re-beached.
17.11.1964: Re-beached.
15.12.1964: Breaking completed.
21.4.1965: Fleetwood registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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HMT Butser
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HMS Butser T219
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HMT Butser
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S.T. Royal Marine FD63
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S.T. Balthazar H359
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S.T. Royal Marine GY213
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S.T. Royal Marine GY213
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S.T. Royal Marine FD63
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S.T. Royal Marine FD63 on fire
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S.T. Royal Marine FD63
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Changelog
24/01/2009; Page published. 8 updates since then.
11/03/2017: Removed disputed image.
20/02/2018: Added an image.
03/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermark and updated information.
21/04/2019: Added an image.
26/09/2019: Updated information and added an image.

S.T. Clevela FD94

Additional material courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number 162061
Yard Number: 1073
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 355
Net Tonnage: 140
Length: 140.0 ft
Breadth: 25 ft
Depth: 13.4 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 97hp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

Notes (In 1935 the Hull trawler LEONIDAS (162186) (H267) was lengthened by Smiths Dock Co. Ltd. The work involved creating an improved hull form with new bow and stern sections. The design was successful, not only providing increased fish room capacity, but also, as was expected, reducing coal consumption and giving a slightly higher free running speed. Other owners stemmed vessels at Middlesbrough for similar work to be undertaken)
T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

15.2.1930: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd. No.1073) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as CLEVELA.
10.3.1930: Completed.
7.4.1930: Registered at Fleetwood (FD94). Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
1.1937: Transferred to fish out of Hull. Crewed and operated by The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
1937: Insured value £13,000.
1.1.1938: Insured value 13,000.
13.1.1938: At Hull last landing before lengthening (Sk. R. Turner), 13 days 645 kits £801 gross.
17.11.1938: Completed lengthening by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough to 155.5 feet (including fitting new bow and stern sections). Re measured 387g 151n.
17.11.1938: First trip after lengthening, sailed Hull for Bear Island (Sk.J. Bywater).
5.12.11938: At Hull landed 1,274 kits 933 gross.
25.7.1939: Insured value £18,000.
9.8.1939: Sailed Hull for White Sea grounds (Sk. William Drever).
1.9.1939: At Hull landed 1,767 kits grossed £1,552.
1939: To requisitioning, at Hull landed from Bear Island/Iceland/Norway coast (Sks. J. Bywaters, William Dreever, G. Barker, T. Welch), 227 days 15,249 kits £11,399 gross.
2.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (P.No.FY.678) (Hire rate £202.12.11d/month).
1940: Based Grimsby with M/S Group 19.
1945: Based Grimsby with M/S Group 134.
2.1946: Sold to Trident Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
2.1946: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.2.1946: Registered at Hull (H201). Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
13.5.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Liverpool.
15.5.1946: Sailed Hull on first trip to Icelandic grounds (Sk. C. Johansen).
5.6.1946: At Hull landed 1,661 kits £1,819 gross (depressed market).
11.10.1946: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. David Marr designated manager.
2.11.1946: Last landing at Hull, from White Sea grounds (Sk. C. Johansen), 1,507 kits grossed £4,490.
11.12.1947: Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Percy Lincoln Campbell, manager).
17.6.1948: Hull registry closed.
6.1948: Registered at London as RED PLUME (LO419). Transferred to Fleetwood. (A/Capt) Cdr. Edward Douglas Wyndham Lawford DSO designated manager.
10.8.1955: Sold to Thos. Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull for £17,000 plus £2,269.7.1d for gear and £250 for radar.
8.1954: London registry closed.
19.8.1955: Registered at Hull (H83). Harold Watson Hall designated manager.
13.8.1955 – 24.11.1955: Made three trips to Icelandic grounds (Sk. G. Barker); total 65 days, 2,417 kits £9,225.12.0d gross.
24.11.1955: Laid up.
1956: Sold to BISCO (£6,000) and allocated to J. J. King & Co Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up (value of gear landed prior to sale £984.14.5d).
26.3.1956: Delivered Tyne under tow (Towage cost £323.13.7d).
15.11.1956: Hull registry closed.

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S.T. Clevela FD94
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HMT Clevela
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S.T. Red Plume LO419
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Changelog
24/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
25/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.
18/12/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Rachael FD2

Additional information courtesy of Milford Trawlers and Gordon Sinclair

Technical

Official Number: 141965
Yard Number: 439
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 216
Net Tonnage: 96
Length: 115.9 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow

History

19.12.1912: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow (Yd.No.439) for Soc. Anon Pecheries d’Islande, Ostend as KONING ALBERT.
1912: Completed. Registered at Ostend (O25). J. Baels designated manager.
14.9.1914-16.12.1919: Landing at Milford (Belgian crew).
1.1924: Sold to Walter M. Olney, Cleveleys.
1.1924: Ostend registry closed.
15.1.1924: Registered at Fleetwood (Part I & Part IV) as RACHAEL O.N.141965 (FD2). Walter M. Olney designated managing owner.
17.1.1924: Sold to Reliance Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood. Walter M. Olney designated manager.
25.8.1924: While alongside at Milford Haven, fireman William Frederick Sinclair, 33 Wildman St, Blackpool, fell into the dock and was drowned.
5.5.1935: At about 2.00 am when fishing 15 miles off Rockabill Lighthouse run down by Dublin registered steam coaster SAINT FINTAN (495grt/1921) sustaining damage starboard side aft and losing fishing gear.
1937: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Preston.
26.11.1937: Fleetwood registry closed “Broken up”.

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S.T. Rachael FD2

S.T. Rachael FD2
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S.T. Rachel FD2
Waiting scrapping at Preston 1937

Rachael (background) Redwing (foreground)
Hercules (alongside)
Dania (outboard)
Picture courtesy of Bill Blow

Changelog
24/01/2009: Page published.
12/06/2014: Information updated.
25/12/2014: Picture added.
29/01/2016: Picture added.
02/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
30/12/2017: Added an image.
04/03/2018: Added information.

S.T. Macbeth FD74

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 164438
Yard Number: 1034
Completed: 1938
Gross Tonnage: 540
Net Tonnage: 198
Length: 175.8 ft
Breadth: 28.6 ft
Depth: 15 ft
Engine: 925 ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough. Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F
Boiler: Boiler: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

17.1.1938: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.1034) for Ayrshire Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), London as AYRSHIRE.
2.1938: Completed. Total cost with extras, £26,642.17.10d.
19.2.1938: Harry Markham Cook appointed manager.
19.2.1938: Registered at Grimsby (GY520).
9.3.1938: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
8.8.1939: Mortgage (A) discharged.
9.8.1939: Sold to Hellyer Bros Ltd (64/64), Hull.
9.8.1939: Owen Stooks Hellyer appointed manager.
9.8.1939: Grimsby registry closed.
10. 8.1939: Registered at Hull (H113).
22.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine trawler (1-4”, AA weapons, ASDIC, DC) (P.No.FY.225) (Hire rate £384.15.0d/month). Based Rosyth.
20.2.1940: On patrol off Copinsay (Sub Lieut. Nigel Dixon RN), attacked by two German aircraft, HM Trawler FIFESHIRE (Sub Lieut. John V. Searles-Wood RN) sunk but attackers withdrew.
17.2.1941: Hellyer Bros Ltd in liquidation sold to reconstituted Hellyer Bros Ltd (64/64), Hull.
25.2.1941: Owen Stooks Hellyer appointed manager.
8.1941: Transferred to Iceland for convoy escort duties. Murmansk convoys including Convoy PQ17.
28.11.1945: Sold to Devon Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
28.11.1945: Mark Hellyer & Graham Hellyer appointed managers.
10.1945: Returned after survey and restoration at Middlesbrough.
18.12.1945: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (B).
28.5.1946: Registered at Hull as MACBETH (H113) (MoT Minute R.G.1212/1946 dated 22.5.1946).
13.8.1947: Alteration to tonnage and other particulars, Certificate of Survey at Hull dated 9.8.1947. 575g 215n.
13.1.1948: Mortgage (B) discharged.
25.2.1948: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (C).
5.1951: Boiler fitted with superheaters by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull and fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
15.11.1952: Name of Devon Fishing Co Ltd changed to Hellyer Bros. Ltd, Hull (Certificate dated 7.11.1952).
29.3.1963: Mortgage (C) discharged.
1963: Company amalgamated with Associated Fisheries.
2.5.1963: Sailed Hull for Iceland/North Sea, last trip from port (Sk. R. McLane).
22.5.1963: At Hull landed 734 kits grossed £3,759.
4.6.1963: Sold to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
12.6.1963: At Fleetwood landed 1,300 kits grossed £5,300.
6.1.1964: Leslie Wheildon appointed manager.
6.1.1964: Hull registry closed.
7.1.1964: Registered at Fleetwood (FD74).
1966: Sold to W. H. Arnott Young & Co Ltd, Dalmuir for breaking up.
19.1.1967: Sailed Fleetwood for Glasgow arriving same day.
30.1.1967: Breaking up commenced. Fleetwood registry closed.

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HMT Ayrshire
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S.T. Macbeth FD74

S.T. Macbeth FD74
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S.T. Macbeth H113
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog
24/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
30/04/2014: Removed FMHT watermark and added image.

S.T. John Cattling LO364

Additional material courtesy of Alan Sandall, Frome Rotary Club

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3676
Official Number: 143829
Yard Number: 356
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 276
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley
Built: Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley

History

Further information John Cattling at War

12.4.1918: Launched by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley (Yd.No.356) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN CATTLING (Ad.No.3676).
24.4.1918: Completed (1-12pdr, 1-3.5” A/S Howitzer, Hydrophone and W/T). Based Portland.
8.8.1918: Off St. Cathrine’s Point, Isle of Wight, in collision in the morning with HM Trawler MICHAEL CLEMENTS (Ad.No.3676) which foundered in position 50.21N 01.25W.
28.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as JOHN CATTLING O.N.143892.
4.5.1920: Sold by auction at Milford to The Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Milford Haven for £8300.
2.6.1920: Registered at London (Part IV)(LO364). Charles Curzon designated manager.
1930: Transferred to Fleetwood when Edward D. W. Lawford moved his vessels to the port.
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examination service and as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 2-20mm) (P.No.FY.536) (Hire rate £82.16.0d/month).
30.1.1940: Ty/Sk. George W. Aldan RNR appointed CO.
24.5.1940: Off Dover picked up one officer and five ratings from carley float, survivors from HMS WESSEX (P.No.D43) (Lt. Cdr. W. A. R. Cartwright RN) bombed and sunk in defence of Calais.
24.5.1940: Arrived Calais for service as W/T link.
26.5.1940: At 1857 ‘Operation Dynamo’ (Dunkirk evacuation) put into effect.
29.5.1940: At 1330 ARLEY and FYLDEA entered Dunkirk harbour in company to pull the fully laden passenger steamer LOCHGARRY (1280grt/1898) away from the east pier; occupied the vacant berth. BROCK, CALVI, JOHN CATTLING and POLLY JOHNSON berthed, triple banked to evacuate troops, At 1530 attacked by German aircraft (Junkers Ju87, Stuka dive bombers), destroyer HMS GRENADE (P.No.H86) (Cdr Richard Courtenay Boyle RN) hit by two bombs and set on fire with 14 killed and 4 wounded. Warship cast off from jetty in case she foundered alongside, but drifted into harbour channel. Left berth, connected and towed destroyer to the west side of the outer harbour. CALVI bombed and sank alongside and POLLY JOHNSON damaged. In the evening GRENADE magazines exploded.
30.6.1940: Arrived Dover at 1800 with 77 troops. Ty/Sk. George W. Aldan RNR awarded DSC for this incident and evacuation. (See also GWENLLIAN (FD102).
13.9.1940: Sk. Robert Burwood RNR appointed CO (Sk. Aldan injured by bomb blast while on shore leave).
4.4.1941: Ch. Sk. Albert Winterburn Bowles RNR appointed CO.
30.5.1941: Sk. Tom Smith RNR appointed CO.
Late 1942: Ty/Sk. Joseph Thomas Arnold RNR appointed CO.
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.
31.12.1943: Ty/Sk. Bertram Carlton RNR appointed CO.
5.9.1944: Ty/Sk. Alfred Halliwell DSC RNR appointed CO.
5.1945: Paid off.
6.1945: Surveyed and restored at Glasgow.
12.7.1945: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
1949: Sold to George Walker, Aberdeen.
5.1949: London registry closed.
25.5.1949: Registered at Aberdeen (A628).
16.12.1950: Repossessed by Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Ltd, Glasgow.
15.1.1951: Sold to Andrew Walker King, James King & John Black, Aberdeen. Andrew W. King designated managing owner.
12.2.1954: Sold to Andrew Walker King, James King & James Caie, Aberdeen. Andrew W. King designated managing owner.
22.2.1954: Sold to Andrew Walker King & James King, Aberdeen. Andrew W. King designated managing owner.
5.1957: Sold for breaking up in Germany.
10.5.1957: Arrived Hamburg from Aberdeen under own power.
21.5.1957: Aberdeen registry closed.
(John Cattling, Boy, age 19, b. Harford, Devon – VICTORY (SB?))

(Note: During WW2 the ship was adopted by the Rotary Club and Inner Wheel in Frome, Somerset and close contact maintained between the Rotary Club and the Commanding Officers throughout the war.)

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S.T. John Cattling LO364
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Skipper George William Aldan
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Skipper Aldan letter
courtesy of Frome Rotary Club

Changelog
24/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
07/05/2017: Added image and removed FMHT watermark.
14/05/2019: Updated the history of this vessel.
25/02/2021: Updated history.

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Yearly Archives: 2009

S.T. Royal Marine FD63

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S.T. Rachael FD2

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S.T. John Cattling LO364