In Marr (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from the port.

Technical

Official Number: 164997
Yard Number: 1173
Completed: 1936
Gross Tonnage: 498
Net Tonnage: 193
Length: 166.7 ft
Breadth: 27.6 ft
Depth: 14.2 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

14.11.1936: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1173) for Newington Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as HUGH WALPOLE.
6.1.1937: Registered at Hull (H409).
8.1.1937: Completed (Henry Burton, manager).
12.1.1937: Sailed Hull on first trip to Bear Island grounds (Sk. C. Wharam).
1.2.1937: At Hull landed3,248 kits grossed £1,234.
8.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£28,530) converted to an anti submarine trawler (P.No.FY.102).
20.5.1940: Hull registry closed. Based Kirkwall with 24th A/S Group (Sk. D. Upson RNR).
1.1941: Based Belfast with A/S Trawler Force (Escort WN/EN convoys) (Pbty Ty/Sub Lieut. J. Mackenzie RNR).
7.1941: At Belfast ((Ty/Sub Lieut. B. C. Reid RNVR).
1.1942: Based Reykjavik with 41st A/S Group (Senior Officer, Ty/Lieut. P. O. Elliott RNR).
23.5.1944: Assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings. Escort for Assault Convoy S14A.
5.6.1944: Assault ships left for Normandy.
30.6.1944: Operation Neptune ended in British sector. ).
15.11.1939: Hull registry closed.
20.10.1945: A Control Committee was formed to manage Hull and Grimsby trawlers which had been bought by the Admiralty pre war and were being offered for sale back to their original owners. The owners who bought back these vessels and wanted to take part in the scheme agreed to register the trawlers under the Hull Ice Co. Ltd and profits were shared. Management of the trawlers was given to the companies which had bought them.
4.1946: Sold to Hull Ice Co Ltd, Hull (Henry Burton, manager).
23.10.1946: After restoration and survey at Hull, registered at Hull (H336).
16.11.1946: Sold to Newington Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Henry Burton, manager).
27.11.1951: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager) for £60,321.
22.12.1951: Registered at Hull as ROSSELLA (H336).
2.6.1959: Sold to Van Heygen Freres, Ghent for breaking up.
12.6.1959: Arrived Ghent.
6.1959: Hull registry closed.

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S.T. Hugh Walpole H409
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. Hugh Walpole H336
Picture from the Internet

Changelog

11/06/2011: Page published. 5 updates since then.
21/12/2018: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.