Technical

Official Number: 138872
Yard Number: 37
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 117
Net Tonnage: 52
Length: 93.8 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 10.0 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Burrell & Co, Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Wooden built drifter/trawler
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft

History

1917: Completed by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.37) for James Johnson, Scarborough as FLO JOHNSON. Registered at Scarborough (SH325).
7.1917: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.3052). Based Portland.
1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft.
7.1919: Scarborough registry closed.
10.7.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (LT451).
17.10.1925: Sold to Florence Johnson, Scarborough (James Johnson, manager).
19.10.1926: Sold to James Johnson, Scarborough.
14.12.1926: Sold to The Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Frederick Ernest Catchpole, manager).
21.3.1927: Registered at Lowestoft as ABIDING STAR (LT451). Seasonal fishing out of Fleetwood.
13.6.1928: Landed 244 boxes of herring.
6.1930: Re engined and boilered by Elliott & Garrood Ltd, Beccles (old engine fitted in KINDRED STAR (LT177).
17.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service on Degaussing Service (P.No.FY.284) (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
12.5.1945: Sold to Bay Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
1946: Returned to owner.
1947: Engine removed and vessel hulked.
4.12.1947: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Abiding Star LT451
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S.D/T. Abiding Star LT451
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog

20/08/2010: Picture published. 8 updates since then.
16/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
02/05/2019: Updated the history.