Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 135082
Yard Number: 15?
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 99
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 87.80 ft
Breadth: 18.7 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Built: Livingstone & Cooper Ltd, Hessle
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1914: Launched by Livingstone & Cooper Ltd, Hessle (Yd.No.15?) for John Thomas Cullen Salmon, Gt. Yarmouth as HERRING SEARCHER.
16.6.1914: Arrived Gt. Yarmouth in tow of HULLMAN (171grt/1914) for installation of machinery.
23.6.1914: Registered at Yarmouth (YH51). John Thomas Cullen Salmon designated managing owner.
7.1914: Completed.
3.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.2216). Based Aegean Sea.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (J. T. C. Salmon, Gt Yarmouth).
1920: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood and Padstow.
7.3.1928: Sold to Henry Frederick James Eastick, Gorleston. Henry Frederick James Eastick designated managing owner.
18.10.1928: At Yarmouth landed 224 crans of herring.
21.10.1929: At Yarmouth landed 210 crans.
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
21.4.1939: Sold to Bisset Buchan Coull, Peterhead.
31.5.1939: Yarmouth registry closed.
17.6.1939: Registered at Peterhead (PD79).
12.1944: Sold to Alexander Johnston, Gardenstown & others.
12.1944: Peterhead registry closed.
26.12.1944: Registered at Banff (BF19).
17.4.1945: Sold to George Watt Wiseman, Edwin Wiseman, George William Wiseman, George William Watt, George Watt, William Watt, Gilbert Watt, Charlotte Wiseman, Francis West and George West, all Gardenstown and Robert Turnbull Morrison, Fraserburgh.
1.1947: Sold to The Shoals Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft.
1.1947: Banff registry closed.
14.1.1947: Registered at Lowestoft (LT276). Charles William Dance designated manager.
1949: At Lowestoft (Sk. Stanley Turrell) landed 253 3/4 crans. Prunier Trophy winner.
6.1954: Sold for breaking up.
9.6.1954: Sailed Lowestoft for breakers.
27.5.1955: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Herring Searcher YH51
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Herring Searcher YH51
Picture from the Internet

S.D/T. Herring Searcher YH51
Picture courtesy of The Franz Schaap Collection

Changelog
31/05/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
16/07/2016: Picture added.
31/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark.
06/01/2021: Updated information.