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The loss of Wave

Information courtesy of Adrian Corkill (Dictionary of Shipwrecks off the Isle of Man)

The 47 ton Fleetwood smack Wave was trawling off St. Bees Head, Cumbria, on March 10th. 1918 when she was captured by the same submarine that had, earlier in the day, captured the smacks Marguerite and Sunrise. Marguerite had been sunk by means of a bomb placed aboard her when she was some 25 miles N ¼ E of Beaumaris while Sunrise went down by the same method 18 miles to the southeast of Maughold Head, Isle of Man. The submarine had released the crews of the two former smacks without loss of life. Wave suffered the same fate as the other two, 10 miles SW of St. Bees Head

S.T. Warstar GY73

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

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.

War Service

FLEETWOOD TRAWLERS (either former, current or future) INVOLVED IN OPERATION NEPTUNE – NORMANDY LANDINGS June 06 1944

ADMIRAL SIR JOHN LAWFORD (LO42)
ALIDA (FD192)
ALL HALLOWS (ex JAMAICA (LO186))
AMBITION (ex THRUSH (H703)
ARMANA (FD121)
CEVIC (FD7)
CLYTH NESS (FD131)
CONGRE French (ex MININGSBY (FD25)-BOSTON WAYFARER (FD110))
CREVETTE (PERN (A160)
CYELSE (FD67)
DOROTHY LAMBERT (FD122)
EN AVANT Dutch (ex MAUN (FD81))
FAIRWAY (FD140)
GENERAL BIRDWOOD (H121)
HEROINE (ex HERO (FD227))
HMS CEDAR (CEDAR/RED GAUNTLET (LO33))
HMS LAUREL (PATRICIA HAGUE (FD58)
HMS LILAC (ROBERT HEWETT (LO427))
HMS PEARL (WESTELLA (H349/FD318))
HMS RUBY (CARELLA (FD216/FD319))
JACINTA (FD235)
JAMES LAY (LO339/FD189)
LORD ESSENDON (FD75)
LORD MIDDLETON (FD67)
LORD STANHOPE (H199)
LUNE (FD59)
NEIL SMITH (FD107)
NIBLICK (FD77)
NORTHCOATES (H329)
NORTHERN FOAM (LO153)
NORTHERN GEM (LO109)
NORTHERN GIFT (LO166)
NORTHERN PRIDE (LO104)
NORTHERN REWARD (LO168)
NORTHERN SKY (LO162)
NORTHERN WAVE (LO121)
NORTHLYN (FD90)
SCOMBER (FD98)

S.T. Warland GY819

Technical

Official Number: 134762
Yard Number: 265
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 214
Net Tonnage: 88
Length: 117.2 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

11.12.1912: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.265) for Alick (Alec) Black, Grimsby as WARLAND.
12.1912: Completed.
25.2.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY819). Fishing from Fleetwood.
25.3.1915: Sold to Alfred W. Baxter, Grimsby (managing owner).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1626).
25.9.1917: Sold to Sleight’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Ernest Sleight, Bart, manager).
7.11.1917: Sold to Walter H. Beeley, Grimsby (managing owner).
1919: Returned.
30.3.1919: Sold to Thorganby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
2.5.1919: Sold to Leopold D. Napier, London (managing owner).
11.2.1920: Sold to Smithfield Trawlers Ltd, London (W. Goldstein, Cricklewood, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
14.5.1922: Stranded off Aberystwyth.
15.5.1922: Refloated and berthed at Aberystwyth.
21.8.1922: Sold to Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
20.7.1926: Sold to Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
19.9.1928: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
1928: Transferred to Grimsby.
1935: Fishing from Fleetwood (Bowden Ramster, managing agent).
7.9.1936: Reported that Sk. F. Christian had been seriously injured and landed to hospital in Skaw, Denmark.
16.9.1938: Sold to Matthew J. McCabe & W. M. M. Curtis, Dublin (A. Williams, manager). Registered at Dublin (D125).
1939: Sold to W. M. M. Curtis, Dublin.
5.1940: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager). Dublin registry closed.
22.5.1940: Registered at Grimsby (GY299).
24.5.1940: Sold to The Admiralty and fitted out to an anti-submarine trawler.
23.9.1940: Grimsby registry closed.
18.2.1942: Foundered in the North Sea after being damaged by German air attack (Sk. H.H. Firth RNR).

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Wardour FD146

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow
Boiler information courtesy of Jim Murphy

Technical

Official Number: 132278
Yard Number: 227
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 335
Net Tonnage: 136
Length: 140 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.4 ft
Engine: 350ihp T.3-cyl and boiler C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History
8.9.1911: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.227) for Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as St. MALO.
8.11.1911: Completed. Harold Hall designated manager.
1.12.1911: Registered at Hull (H371).
4.1915: Requisitioned for war service.
16.4.1915: Commissioned as an armed trawler (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1375).
23.8.1918: Sold to George William Jeffs (22/64), Arthur Jeffs (21/64) & Harry Birch Jeffs (21/64), Grimsby.
1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
27.9.1919: Sold to St. Malo Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
29.9.1919: George William Jeffs designated manager.
9.1919: Hull registry closed.
18.9.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY523).
22.10.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
27.11.1923: Mortgagee re-styled Midland Bank Ltd, London.
5.3.1923: Mortgaged to George William Jeffs , Arthur Jeffs & Harry Birch Jeffs, Grimsby (joint mortgagees) for the sum of £4,000 with interest at 5% (B).
20.2.1930: Mortgage (A) discharged.
21.2.1930: Mortgage (B) discharged.
3.3.1930: Sold Walter Garratt (16/64), Walter Adrian Garratt (16/64), Fred Birch Jeffs (16/64) and George Ernest Jeffs (16/64), Grimsby.
3.3.1930: Walter Garratt appointed manager.
12.3.1930: Registered at Grimsby as CARFAX (GY523) (BoT Minute M/RG 1088/30 dated 11.3.1930).
18.8.1930: Walter Garratt (16/64) shares mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
30.9.1930: Walter Adrian Garratt (16/64), Fred Birch Jeffs (16/64) and George Ernest Jeffs (16/64) shares mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (D), (E) and (F).
15.12.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs appointed manager.
17.8.1932: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgages (C), (D), (E) and (F) to Edward Cyril Grant (64/64), Grimsby.
23.8.1932: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (G).
24.8.1932: Edward Cyril Grant designated manager.
30.9.1932: Registered at Grimsby as WARDOUR (GY523) (BoT Minute M/RG 1185/32 dated 17 9.1932).
1.10.1935: Mortgage (G) discharged.
10.10.1935: Sold to The Clan Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
26.10.1935: Edward Cyril Grant designated manager.
1.11.1935: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (H).
28.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr HA, AA weapons)(P.No.FY581)(Hire rate £83.15.0d/month).
1940: Based Leith.
3.2.1940: In Firth of Forth, connected to HM Trawler FIREFLY (P.No.FY673), badly damaged when a loose British mine they had recovered exploded killing thirteen crew and wounding a similar number. Delivered Leith.
6.1940: At Gt. Yarmouth with M/S Group 30 (Sk. Frederick Leslie Hamilton DSM RNR).
3.9.1940: Sk. Hamilton awarded DSC.
20.6.1940: By B7 buoy off Frinton-on-Sea, picked up a small boat containing three men which had set out from IJmuiden. Landed them at Harwich.
1941: Based Sheerness (Quuenborough), ungrouped (Sk.C. J. Euston RNR).
1.1942: Based Sheerness (Quuenborough) with M/S Group 3 (Ty Lt. John William Box RNVR).
3.1942: Ty Lt. Henry Leonard Choppin RNVR appointed CO.
8.1943: John Hubert Hill RNVR appointed CO.
7.1944: Ty Lt. John William Box RNVR appointed CO.
11.1944: Reginald Henry Clifton RNVR appointed CO.
20.7.1944: Mortgage (H) discharged.
20.9.1944; George Brown Brewster, Fleetwood designated manager.
10.10.1944: Company registered office transferred to Fleetwood.
11.1944: Reginald Henry Clifton RNVR appointed CO.
16.4.1946: Returned to owner.
12.1946: New boiler by Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead.
12.1946: Transferred to Fleetwood.
18.2.1947: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to District Bank Ltd, Manchester (I).
6.9.1951: Mortgage (I) discharged.
17.12.1951: Sold to Fern Leaf Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
31.12.1951: William Newton designated manager.
31.1.1953: In severe weather conditions, assisted in search for steam trawler MICHAEL GRIFFITH (FD249) in distress 7 miles south of Barra Head; nothing found.
16.4.1953: Grimsby registry closed.
17.4.1953: Registered at Fleetwood (FD146).
1954: Sold to Haulbowline Industries Ltd, Passage West, Co. Cork for breaking up.
29.7.1954: Delivered Passage West from Fleetwood under own power. Fleetwood registry closed.
1954: Boiler removed during breaking, re-tubed, tested and sold to Cork Harbour Commissioners and installed in their dredger OWENACURRA (106274) (875grt/1897).

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HMT Wardour

HMT Wardour
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 2 updates since then.
17/11/2018: Information updated.
19/11/2018: Image added.