Technical

Official Number: 148963
Yard Number: 625
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 23.64
Net Tonnage: 99.05
Length: 124.5 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by R. W. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen

History

22.8.1929: Launched by Miss Kate Lewis, daughter of a shipyard director, by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.617) for Richard Watson Lewis, Pitfodels, Aberdeen as RICHARD W. LEWIS.
1929: Completed.
25.9.1929: Registered at Aberdeen (A57). Richard W. Lewis designated managing owner.
12.04.1930: Sailed Aberdeen for Iceland grounds.
4.3.1930: Arrived Aberdeen and landed 300 boxes 200 score, chiefly codling and haddock, £492 gross. Fish was of good quality and in excellent condition and return was considered fairly satisfactory in view of the state of the market.
2.11.1932: Richard W. Lewis & Sons Ltd placed in voluntary liquidation. Mr John McBain, chartered accountant, Aberdeen appointed liquidator for the winding up.
By 1933: Sold to North Eastern Fisheries Ltd, Aberdeen. Sir Andrew Lewis designated manager.
3.11.1933: When fishing off the Kincardineshire coast (Sk. William Henry Collins), arrested by Fishery cruiser BRENDA (174grt/1898) for allegedly fishing within the three mile limit, some 1.8 miles NE of Tod Head using otter trawl; ordered to Aberdeen.
6.11.1933: At Aberdeen Sheriff Court, Sk. Collins pleaded guilty and admitted a previous conviction, fined £75.
1935: Sold to Alexander Flockhart, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
11.1.1935: Aberdeen registry closed.
14.1.1935: Registered at Leith as OCEAN EDDY (LH62). Alexander Flockhart designated managing owner.
Pre 1939: Carnie & Gibb, Newhaven appointed managing agents.
27.3.1939: Experienced machinery problems. Steam trawler OCEAN DRIFT (LH63) connected and delivered Lerwick after 30 mile tow.
1.1940: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde designated manager.
1.1940: Sold to William Carnie Jnr, Glasgow. Placed in ownership of Flockhart & Sons, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
6.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom trawler (P.No.Z.143)(Hire rate £108.15.3d/month).
29.9.1945: Paid off.
30.9.1945: Laid up.
1945: Sold to Huxley Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby. Harry Markham Cook designated manager.
2.1946: Restored and re-classed at Leith.
25.2.1946: Returned to owner.
11.1946: Leith registry closed.
11.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY391).
5.1948: Sold to George Walker, Aberdeen.
5.1948: Grimsby registry closed.
26.5.1948: Registered at Aberdeen (A609).
16.12.1950: Re-possessed by Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Ltd, Glasgow.
15.1.1951: Sold to Andrew Walker King, James King & William Jappy, Aberdeen. Long lining. Andrew W. King designated managing owner.
13.6.1954: Sold to Andrew Walker King & James King, Aberdeen. Andrew W. King designated managing owner.
23.5.1957: Aberdeen registry closed.
28.5.1957: Sold to George Inglis Ward, Edinburgh (trading as Ocean Fishing Co Ltd, Newhaven). George Inglis Ward designated managing owner.
5.1958: Registered at Leith (LH85).
1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to James A. White & Co Ltd, St. David’s for breaking up.
15.4.1960: Arrived St. David’s from Granton.
1960: Leith registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Eddy LH62
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

Changelog

26/6/2011: Page published. 8 updates since then.
19/11/2015: Added picture.
29/12/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
30/06/2019: Updated history and technical details.