In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood
Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 135957
Yard Number: 277
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 225.09
Net Tonnage: 111.62
Length: 117.4 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 460ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

22.7.1913: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.277) for The North Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as THE TETRARCH.
10.1913: Completed.
13.10.1913: Alick (Alec) Black appointed manager.
14.10.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY945).
29.10.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Union of London & Smiths Bank Ltd, London (A).
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.254). Based Longhope.
9.10.1915: Mortgage (A) discharged.
11.10.1915: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby.
11.10.1915: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
12.10.1915: Vessel mortgaged to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (B).
27.2.1917: Mortgagee restyled Barclays Bank Ltd, London.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
22.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (B) to Fred Parkes (64/64), Fleetwood & Blackpool.
24.10.1935: Sold to Dobson Ship Repairing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
29.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes appointed manager.
29.10.135: Charles Dobson appointed manager.
14.11.1935: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (C).
23.12.1940: Mortgage (C) discharged.
24.12.1940: Sold to Perihelion Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
24.12.1940: Herbert G. Crampin appointed manager.
30.11.1941: Foundered off 20T buoy, Coquet Island following collision with Aberdeen steamer KOOLGA (1110g/1910). Nine crew lost.
28.2.1942: Grimsby registry closed “ Sunk in collision …”.

(Lost – Sk. T. W. Norris. J. Carle, E.T.S. Love, J. Pearson, W. Rendall, W. Revell, E. E. Shulver, G. L. Singleton, G. Waring)

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S.T. The Tetrarch GY945
Picture by Steve Pulfrey courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

S.T. The Tetrarch GY945
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog

20/06/2010: Page published. 8 updates since then.
22/08/2019: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.