Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow, Douglas Paterson, Barry Banham, Mike Thompson and Barry Johnson
Technical
Official Number: 129283
Yard Number: 196
Completed: 1910
Gross Tonnage: 207
Net Tonnage: 82
Length: 112.0 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 266ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
History
25.6.1910: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.196) for Hellyers’ Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as PERICLES.
17.8.1910: Completed.
6.9.1910: Registered at Hull (H131).
6.9.1910: Charles Hellyer appointed manager.
21.4.1914: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Charles Hellyer & Benjamin West, Hull for account current not to exceed £75,000 with interest at 41/2% (A).
20.9.1916: Mortgage (A) discharged.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
18.10.1919: Company placed in voluntary liquidation.
4.11.1919: Walter Fred Harris, Frank Orlando Hellyer & William Stooks Hellyer appointed joint liquidators.
24.11.1919: Sold by the liquidators to Hull Northern Fishing Co Ltd (64/74), Hull.
24.11.1919: William Richard Nowell appointed manager.
8.1.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London (B).
15.2.1924: Mortgagee re-styled National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
1.3.1929: Mortgage (B) discharged.
17.1.1929: Frank Orlando Hellyer appointed manager.
6.3.1929: Sold to Ocean Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
6.3.1929: George Altoft appointed manager.
7.3.1929: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
16.12.1932: Mortgage (C) discharged.
16.12.1935: Sold to Alexander Robert Buthlay Jnr, George F. Buthlay & James Bruce Buthlay, all Aberdeen (64/64 joint owners).
27.12.1935: Hull registry closed.
30.12.1935: Registered at Aberdeen (A393). Alexander Richard Buthlay Jnr designated managing owner.
11.2.1936: Registered at Aberdeen as MARY BRUCE (A393) (BoT Minute R.G.1003/1936).
11.1941: Sold to Fort Rona Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
17.11.1941: Aberdeen registry closed.
21.11.1941: Registered at Milford (M147). Henry John Horwood appointed manager.
23.7.1945: Sold to United Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven for £11,000. Henry John Horwood appointed manager.
3.1948: Sold to The Shoals Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Lowestoft for £8,750. David Frederick Cartwright MBE MC, Gorleston appointed manager.
25.3.1948: Milford registry closed.
27.3.1948: Registered at Lowestoft (LT368).
1949/50: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood.
1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to C. W. Dorkin & Co Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up.
9.3.1953: Sailed Lowestoft for River Tyne.
12.3.1953: Delivered Gateshead.
7.10.1953: Lowestoft registry closed “Vessel broken up”.
Changelog
28/08/2013: Page published. 2 updates since then.
11/06/2021: Updated information.