Yearly Archives: 2009

S.D/T. Coriedoune – BCK417

Technical

Official Number: 120370
Yard Number: 345
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 91
Net Tonnage: 45
Length: 82.1 ft
Breadth: 18.4 ft
Depth: 8.6 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: C.2-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

1907: Completed by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.345) for Smith’s Dock & Trust Co Ltd, North Shields (Archbald Miller, Gt Yarmouth, manager) as TWO.
6.6.1907: Registered at Yarmouth (YH211).
1908: James Bloomfield appointed manager.
1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (Ad.No.1049). Based Taranto.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Gt. Yarmouth.
29.7.1920: Sold to West Country Fishing & Curing Syndicate Ltd, Falmouth (John A. Collett, London, manager).
17.5.1921: Sold to Fish Traders Ltd, London (Andrew Robertson, Aberdeen, manager).
12.1922: Sold to James, John & William Smith & J. Farquhar, Portessie, Buckie (William Smith managing owner).
1.1.1923: Yarmouth registry closed.
1.1923: Registered at Buckie as CORIEDOUNE (BCK417).
1926: John Farquhar, Buckie managing owner.
1935: Sold to Alex Keay, Fleetwood (managing owner).
1949: Sold to Joseph Duthie, Fraserburgh.
29.7.1949: Registered at Fraserburgh (FR481).
2.8.1949: Condemned. Fraserburgh registry closed. Sold for breaking up.

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S.D. Coriedoune BCK417
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime photo collection

Changelog
22/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
02/01/2020: Information updated.

S.T. Trent FD12

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall and Peter Coxon

Technical

Official Number: 114305
Yard Number: 753
Completed: 1904
Gross Tonnage: 218
Net Tonnage: 64
Length: 121 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Boiler: R. Stephenson & Co Ltd, Hebburn on Tyne
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields

History

22.9.1904: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.753) for The “Wyre” Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood as TRENT.
31.10.1904: Registered at Fleetwood (FD12), Richard C Ward & John N. Ward appointed joint managers.
11.1904: Completed.
11.2.1906: Off Antrim coast, north-west of Rathlin Island stood by and then with steam trawler LARK (GY383) connected to Sunderland registered West Hartlepool steamer QUEEN WILHELMINA (3950g/1898) which had lost her propeller nine days previously in the Atlantic 160 miles west of Rockall while on passage Tyne – Baltimore in ballast. Commenced tow to Belfast.
12.2.1906: Off Tor Point, Co. Antrim, at 10.00am. steam trawler WYRE (FD196) came upon them, made fast and assisted in the towage.
13.2.1906: At 4.45pm delivered safely to anchor in Belfast Lough.
23.5.1906: In the High Court of Justice – Admiralty Division, awarded the sum of £3,800 in respect of the salvage of the QUEEN WILHELMINA.
24.12.1906: Mortgaged to Lancaster Banking Co Ltd, Lancaster @ 5% interest (A).
24.2.1909: John N. Ward appointed manager.
8.4.1909: Mortgage (A) discharged.
22.4.1909: Mortgaged to Manchester & Liverpool District Banking Co Ltd, Manchester @ 5% interest (B).
10.4.1912: Magnus B. J. Wedum appointed manager.
8.1913: New boiler fitted.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 84.41net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
16.1.1914: Mortgage (B) discharged.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.120).
5.8.1914: Arrived Devonport. Fitted with 1-6pdr and mine-sweep; to remain for minesweeping duties.
1.1916: At Devonport with Unit No.122 – Section C (Sk. A. Norton RNR)
23.12.1916: Mortgaged to Manchester & Liverpool District Banking Co Ltd, Manchester (C). 3.1917: Renamed TRENT II. Based Stromness.
1.12.1917: Mortgage (C) discharged.
8.12.1917: Sold to Robert Moon (32/64) & Joseph Moon (32/64), Aberdeen.
20.12.1917: Robert Moon appointed managing owner.
12.12.1917: Fleetwood registry closed.
18.12.1917: Registered at Aberdeen as TRENT (A888).
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner. Reverted to TRENT (A888).
25.11.1919: Sold to Thomas Hudson, Hull (managing owner).
11.12.1919: Sold to The East Riding Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Thomas Hudson, manager).
12.12.1919: Aberdeen registry closed.
15.12.1919: Registered at Hull (H127).
1923: Sold to Charles Hudson, Hull (managing owner).
1924: Sold to Thomas Jenkerson, Milford Haven.
14.1.1925: Registered at Hull as JENWIL (H127).
3.3.1925: Hull registry closed.
6.3.1925: Registered at London (LO40).
1926: Sold to Jenkerson & Jones Ltd, Milford Haven (Thomas Jenkerson, manager).
22.10.1928: Fishing 9 miles S of Old Head of Kinsale observed SIDMOUTH (M57) 5 miles to northward in distress. Hauled and closed and found trawler had broken tailshaft. At about 10.00 a.m. having connected commenced tow to Milford.
23.10.1928: Delivered Milford.
18.5.1934: Sold to H. Elliott & Sons Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Henry Elliott appointed manager).
14.8.1935: London registry closed.
7.10.1935: Registered at Fleetwood (FD40).
27.4.1943: Typical wartime landing (Sk. Albert Coxall). 417 kits – hake-27, cod/codling-10, haddock-4, flats-4, ling/coley-335, roker-3, dogs-25, sole & prime-9.
20.9.1951: Sold to Goodleigh Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Henry J. Richards, manager).
9.1951: Fleetwood registry closed.
17.9.1951: Registered at Milford (M134).
3.10.1951: Registered at Milford as LORDLEIGH (M134).
1952: Goodleigh Fisheries Ltd in liquidation.
19.2.1953: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven.
5.5.1953: Sold to South Western Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (J. C. Llewellin, manager).
5.1956: Company wound up.
5.1956: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Rees Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Llanelli for breaking up.
26.5.1956: Milford registry closed, breaking up completed.

Note. 9.1.1946: London Gazette. Sk. Albert Coxall awarded MBE (for rescue of Swedish sailors in WW2)

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S.T. Trent FD12
Picture courtesy of Birgir Þórisson

Changelog
22/01/2009: Page published. 4 revisions since then.
09/12/2014: Information updated.
11/03/2017: Removed disputed image.
03/08/2018: Updated information.
31/01/2019: Changed image and updated information.

S.T. Orontes FD54

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Milford Trawlers

Technical

Official Number: 105040
Yard Number: 125
Completed: 1895
Gross Tonnage: 177.72
Net Tonnage: 76.27
Length: 111.5 ft
Breadth: 21 ft
Depth: 12.5 ft
Built: Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley
Engine: 374ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull

History

30.3.1895: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley (Yd.No.125) for Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd(64/64), Hull as ORONTES.
3.5.1895: Registered at Hull (H282).
4.5.1895: Completed. Thomas Hamling appointed manager.
28.11.1905: Sold to James Alexander Robertson (64/64), Fleetwood.
30.12.1905: Sold to The Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood. James A. Robertson designated manager.
8.1.1906: Hull registry closed.
9.1.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD54).
10.1.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to William Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A*).
1909: New boiler fitted.
24.1.1912: Mortgage (A*) discharged.
31.1.1912: Sold to William Wallace (64/64), Glasgow.
6.2.1901: William Wallace designated managing owner.
22.7.1912: Sold to Wallace Fisheries Ltd (64/64), Vancouver, BC.
17.2.1912: Fleetwood registry closed “no longer used for fishing purposes”.
1912: Registered at Vancouver, BC (109/1912).
1.1919: Sold to A. & R. Loggie Co Ltd (64/64), Loggieville, N B. Vancouver registry closed. Registered at Chatham, NB (1/1919).
21.6.1919: M. W. Jennison, Grimsby designated manager.
9.7.1919: Chatham registry closed.
9.7.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY411).
11.8.1919: Sold to Northwold Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
3.9.1919: Thomas Sowerby designated manager. 11.3.1921: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London (A). 28.1.1924: Sold by Order of the mortgagee under mortgage (A) to Henry Peregrine Capron (32/64) & Robert Daniel Roberts (32/64), Grimsby.
31.1.1924: Robert Daniel Roberts designated manager.
27.6.1924: Henry Peregrine Capron shares (13/64) sold to Charles Knott (13/64), Southampton.
27.6.1924: Robert Daniel Roberts shares (13/64) sold to John Burgess (13/64), Portsmouth.
20.8.1926: Charles Knott shares (13/64) sold to The Orontes Steam Fishing Co Ltd (13/64), Grimsby.
24.8.1926: John Burgess shares (13/64) sold to The Orontes Steam Fishing Co Ltd (13/64), Grimsby.
26.8.1926: Henry Peregrine Capron (19/64) & Robert Daniel Roberts (19/64) shares sold to The Orontes Steam Fishing Co Ltd (38/64), Grimsby.
17.9.1926: William Hollingsworth Johnston designated manager.
11.2.1932: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to W. H. Johnston Ltd, Grimsby for the sum of £500 with interest at 5% (B).
2.1.1933; Mortgage (B) discharged.
2.1.1933: Sold to Alexander McKay (64/64), Hakin.
2.1.1933: Reginald Llewllyn Hancock designated manager.
13.4.1934: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
7.11.1935: Mortgage (C) discharged.
8.11.1935: Sold to Reginald Llewellyn Hancock (64/64), Hakin.
9.11.1935: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George Frederick Lovell, Newport for the sum of £1500 with interest at 5% (D).
20.11.1935: Reginald Llewllyn Hancock designated manager.
4.1937: Last landing at Milford. Laid up.
9.1937: Sold to shipbreakers in the Netherlands.
8.9.1937: Grimsby registry closed “… on sale of vessel to foreigners (Dutch subjects) for breaking up except so far as relates to mortgage (D)”.
13.9.1937: Grimsby registry finally closed on discharge of mortgage (D). Receipt produced dated 17.4.1937.

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S.T. Orontes FD54
Picture courtesy of The Thomas Jensen Collection

S.T. Orontes H282
Picture courtesy of The Mike Thompson Collection

Changelog
22/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
31/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
20/01/2020: Information updated.

S.T. Northern Sky LO162

Technical

Official Number: 165343
Yard Number: 552
Completed: 1936
Gross Tonnage: 655
Net Tonnage: 243
Length: 188.1 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 15.5 ft
Built: Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde
Engine: T.3-cyl & LP turbine with DR gearing & hydraulic coupling by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde

History

1936: Ordered by Leverhulme Ltd, London to absorb frozen credits in Germany.
10.1936: Completed by Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde (Yd.No.552) for MacLine Ltd, London (Leverhulme Ltd) as NORTHERN SKY.
19.10.1936: Registered at London (LO162). Operating out of Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
17.10.1936: Arrived Fleetwood for final fit out.
9.11.1936: First landing at Fleetwood, 1,900 boxes £690 gross.
22.9.1937: Last landing at Fleetwood, 925 boxes £673 gross
9.10.1937: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (H. Markham Cook, Grimsby, manager).
9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (P.No.4.41) (Hire rate £425.15.0d/month).
5.6.1941: Shot down Heinkel 111 (Temp Lieut R. A. Harman RNVR).
1942: Fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler.
1943: Employed on convoy escort duties.
1944: Assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Convoy escort duties in British waters and across the Channel in support of landings.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
28.9.1945: Returned to owner.
12.1946: London registry closed.
12.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY427).
10.1947: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
10.1947: Remeasured 620g 239n.
10.8.1958: On an Icelandic trip (Sk. Alf Kissack), boarded and arrested by gunboat ODINN on alleged fishery charges and escorted to Seidisfjord.
12.8.1958: At court in Seydisfjord, Sk. Kissack was fined £2200 for fishing inside Icelandic territorial waters with £700 costs and gear and catch confiscated.
Pre 1959: John Bennett appointed manager.
Pre 1963: John A. Butt appointed manager.
1964: Sold to Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston-on-Tyne, for breaking up.
27.7.1964: Delivered Dunston-on-Tyne.
8.1964: Grimsby registry closed.

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S.T. Northern Sky LO162
Picture courtesy of The Billy Worrall Collection

S.T. Northern Sky LO162
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

S.T. Northern Sky LO162
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

HMT Northern Sky
Picture courtesy of The Imperial War Museum

On board HMT Northern Sky
Picture courtesy of the Imperial War Museum

HMT Northern Sky Crew 1942
Picture courtesy of the Imperial War Museum

HMT Northern Sky
Picture courtesy of the Imperial War Museum

S.T. Northern Sky GY427
Picture courtesy of The Billy Worrall Collection

S.T. Northern Sky GY427
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. Northern Sky GY427
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
22/01/2009: Page published.
16/06/2014: Picture added.
17/12/2014: Added another picture.
26/03/2015: Added 2 pictures.
28/03/2015: Picture added.
04/04/2015: Picture added.
08/04/2015: Added 2 pictures.
23/07/2015: added picture.
16/05/2017: Added image and removed FMHT watermarks.
10/03/2021: Added an image and updated history.

S.T. Maud FD40

Technical

Official Number: 122932
Yard Number: 80
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 223
Net Tonnage: 79
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole

History

2.9.1905: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.80) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as MAUD.
30.9.1905: James Herbert Marr, appointed as manager.
6.10.1905: Registered at Fleetwood (FD40).
10.1905: Completed.
21.11.1907: Sold to Eliza Cockcroft, Hebden Bridge (16/64); John Sutcliffe, Hebden Bridge (16/64); William Henry Sutcliffe, Blackpool (20/64) & Thomas Craston White, Fleetwood (12/64) for £6150.
23.11.1907: William Henry Sutcliffe appointed manager.
22.12.1907: Sixteen shares (E. Cockcroft) and sixteen shares (J. Sutcliffe) mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A) & (B).
23.12.1907: Twenty shares (W. H. Sutcliffe) and twelve shares (T. C. White) mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd,London ((C) & (D).
26.9.1908: John Sutcliffe, Hebden Bridge died.
12.10.1908: Shares (16/64) left to John William Cockcroft, Shuttleworth and Wilfred Ogden, Hebden Bridge.
3.7.1909: John Potter (Rockcliffe Steam Fishing Co Ltd) appointed manager.
10.11.1910: Sold to The Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager).
19.1.1912: Outward for North Channel grounds missed the Bahama lightship ran ashore at Cornaah, Isle of Man severing submarine cable between Port Cornaah – St Bees Head with her propeller. Crew rescued with assistance of local farmers.
25.1.1912: Cable repaired by MONARCH.
10.2.1912: Off Cornish coast in tow for Hull. In heavy weather shipped several seas and became waterlogged. Crew of nine left in boat and were picked up by London tug CHALLENGE and landed at Falmouth.
11.2.1912: Vessel foundered and washed into Kynance Cove, near Lizard Point.
2.3.1912: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Maud FD40
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

S.T. Maud FD40 wrecked at Kynance Cove

Changelog
22/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
31/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

The Bosun's Watch

Fleetwood Steam and Sailing Trawlers

Yearly Archives: 2009

S.D/T. Coriedoune – BCK417

S.T. Trent FD12

S.T. Orontes FD54

S.T. Northern Sky LO162

S.T. Maud FD40