Technical

Completed: 1904
Length : 33.0 ft
Beam : 10ft 6in
Draught : 3 ft 9in
Weight : 9.90 tons
Built: Lathom at Crossens, Southport

History

1/1904 Completed by Lathom at Crossens, Southport as WILD CHERRY for John Jones, Dee View Road, Connahs Quay.
1906 Registered at Chester (CH7).
1910 Sold to Ramsey IOM and re-registered as RY24.
30/12/1918 Sold to Arthur Walker, Oaklea, Whitehaven (Fished by Thomas Tubman).
1921 Fitted with an engine.
21/02/1922 Sold to Herbert Wilson Walker, Lingmell, Seascale.
28/11/1923 Sold to Charles Schofield, 72 Adelaide St, Fleetwood and registered as FD429.
3/12/1924 Suffered engine damage.
23/10/1926 Re-engined.
5/01/1940 Sold to William Schofield, Crown Hotel Fleetwood.
13/08/1940 Sold to Robert Anderson Blackledge, Hatfield Avenue, Fleetwood.
25/04/1945 Sold to Vernon Cowpe, 81 Bold St Fleetwood (Fished by Fred Price)
13/11/1946 Sold to Herbert Rawcliffe, 39 Poulton Rd Fleetwood.
19/5/1954 Sold to Ernest Wilson, 43 Poulton Rd Fleetwood.
14/6/1955 Sold to Willie Wilkinson, Lytham St Annes.
1958 Laid up at Allansons Boatyard Freckleton.
19/5/1959 Sold to John Coulton, Long Lane, Banks for £90 and re-registered at Preston PN34.
1959-60 Rebuilt (redecked, new wheelhouse, new upper stem, rewired) at Crossens Sluice by owner. Fowler diesel 1:1 gearbox fitted.
On completion moored at Southport and Hesketh Bank and fished with Peter Rimmer, Marshside.
9/7/1962 Sold to FW Coward, Fernyhalgh Lane, Fulwood, Preston for £500.
9/7/1969 Sold to Arthur Mervyn Filton, Burnley (Fished in 1971 by FW Groden, Fleetwood).
1/11/1973 Sold to Tom Gorew and fishing registry closed.
27/7/81 Returned to fishing under ownership of Michael Stephens of Rochdale.
27/7/1986 sold to K Lyne, Ashton under Lyne.
17/11/1988 Fishing registration removed under Merchant Shipping Act 1988.
1994 Rebuilt at Liverpool Marina by Jim Weir.
?? Sold to Fiddlers Ferry
12/1998 Parted moorings off Rock Ferry and struck Rock Ferry Pier losing lower stem, breaking keel and capsizing.
1/1999 Aground upside down alongside Tranmere Oil Terminal, eventually destroyed by wind and tide. Iron keel recovered.

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I.V. Wild Cherry FD429