S.T. Flamborough H261

Note: Flamborough was not a Fleetwood vessel and. as such, only appears in the “Non Fleetwood” category. It forms part of a deeper look into the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd and Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the effect that they had on the fishing industry at Fleetwood.

Technical

Official Number: 144071
Completed: 1917
Length: 132.6 ft
Breadth: 23.3 ft
Depth: 12.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Flensburger Schiffsbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Built: Flensburger Schiffsbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg

History

1917: Completed by Flensburger Schiffsbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg (Yd.No.Not recorded) for Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei Act. Ges., Wesermünde-G as MURWIK. Registered at Wesrmünde-G. Requisitioned for war service in Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy).
1919: Returned.
1921: Sold to Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
19.4.1921: Registered at Hull as FLAMBOROUGH (H261). O.N.144071.
22.4.1921: Joseph Vivian appointed manager.
8.6.1921: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
22.10.1928: Robert Burton appointed manager.
16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson appointed manager.
10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
1.11.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherina Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (Joint mortgagees).
16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson appointed manager.
3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical). 6.3.1936: At Extraordinary General Meeting at Hull, Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd placed in Creditors’ Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, Hull appointed liquidators).
8.4.1936: Sold to A/S Shetland (F. N. Nordbö A/S), Haugesund. Sale effected by joint mortgagees under mortgage (A).
8.4.1936: Hull registry closed “Sold to Norwegians for trading”. Registered at Haugesund as SHETLAND.
6.1937: Foundered.

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Boxing Fleet

Boxing Fleet