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S.D. Tidal Range – GY403

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham and Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 145269
Yard Number: 70
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 96.49
Net Tonnage: 41.22
Length: 87.1 ft
Breadth: 20.0 ft
Depth: 10.0 ft
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
Engine: 270ihp T.3-cyl by Robey & Co Ltd, Lincoln
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1920: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.70) (Admiralty wooden drifter) for The Admiralty as TIDAL RANGE.
13.4.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
1921: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
8.1921: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) O.N.145269.
9.1921: Sold to Edward Dolan (64/64), Grimsby.
8.9.1921: Registered at Grimsby (GY403) O.N.145269.
8.9.1921: Edward Dolan designated managing owner.
9.9.1921: Edward Dolan shares (32/64) sold to Edward Frederick Watson (32/64), Grimsby.
10.9.1921: Edward Frederick Watson & Edward Dolan designated managing owners.
11.3.1925: Sold to Samuel Franklin (64/64), Grimsby.
11.3.1925: Samuel Franklin designated managing owner.
24.3.1925: Sold to Lieut Col. William Selby Lowndes OBE (64/64), Bletchley.
30.3.1925: Harry Norman Franklin appointed manager.
10.10.1929: Sold to Harry Franklin Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
14.10.1925: Harry Norman Franklin appointed manager.
23.3.1932: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
7.11.1932: Mortgage (A) discharged.
1943: Fishing from Fleetwood.
12.5.1943: Typical landing, 40 boxes – 1 cod,13 flats, 20 roker, 6 gurnard – ten days.
1948: Sold for breaking up.
19.8.1949: Grimsby registry closed. “Ship broken up … “.

Changelog
09/11/2015: Page published.
09/11/2015: Corrected incorrect title.
17/03/2016: Significant information update.

S.T. Kingsway – GY37

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 118940
Yard Number: 62
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 210.89
Net Tonnage: 76.26
Length: 115.4
Breadth: 21.6
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

9.11.1904: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.62) for Alick Black (32/64) and Walter Olney (32/64) both Grimsby as KINGSWAY.
11.1.1905: Builder’s Certificate issued.
13.1.1905: Completed.
13.1.1905: Registered at Grimsby (GY37).
13.1.1905: Alick Black designated managing owner.
25.2.1905: Alick Black shares (32/64) and Walter Olney shares (32/64) mortgaged to The Lincoln & Lindsey Banking Co Ltd, Lincoln. (A) & (B) respectively.
29.1.1907: Mortgage (A) discharged.
31.1.1907: Alick Black shares (32/64) mortgaged to The Union of London & Smith’s Bank Ltd, Grimsby (C).
9.9.1908: Mortgage (C) discharged.
9.9.1908: Alick Black shares (32/64) sold to Alfred William Baxter (32/64), Grimsby.
9.9.1908: Alfred William Baxter shares (32/64) mortgaged to The Union of London & Smith’s Bank Ltd, Grimsby (D).
11.8.1908: Alick Black appointed manager.
7.4.1909: Mortgage (B) discharged.
24.5.1909: Walter Olney shares (16/64) sold to Albert John Wright (16/64), Grimsby.
24.5.1909: Walter Olney shares (16/64) sold to John Lawrance Green (16/64), Grimsby.
8.6.1909: Albert John Wright shares (16/64) mortgaged to The Union of London & Smith’s Bank Ltd, Grimsby (E).
12.6.1909: Alick Black appointed manager.
18.5.1910: Mortgage (D) discharged.
18.5.1910: Alfred William Baxter shares (16/64) sold to John Edgar Harrison (16/64), Grimsby.
18.5.1910: John Edgar Harrison shares (16/64) mortgaged to The Union of London & Smith’s Bank Ltd, London (F).
1.6.1910: John Lawrance Green shares (16/64) mortgaged to Stamford, Spalding & Boston Banking Co Ltd, Stamford (G).
14.6.1910: Alfred William Baxter shares (16/64) mortgaged to The Union of London & Smith’s Bank Ltd, London (H).
10.11.1911: Mortgage (G) discharged (Stamford, Spalding & Boston Banking Co Ltd in liquidation).
10.11.1911: John Lawrance Green shares (16/64) sold to Alick Black (16/64), Grimsby.
5.12.1911: Alick Black shares (16/64) mortgaged to The Union of London & Smith’s Bank Ltd, London (I).
14.7.1912: Alick Black designated managing owner.
25.2.1913: Mortgage (H) discharged.
26.2.1913: Alfred William Baxter shares (16/64) sold to Alick Black (32/64), Grimsby.
27.2.1913: Mortgage (I) discharged.
28.2.1913: Alick Black shares (32/64) mortgaged to The Union of London & Smith’s Bank Ltd, London (J).
1.4.1914: Mortgages (E0, (F) & (J) discharged.
2.4.1914: John Edgar Harrison shares (16/64) and Alick Black shares (32/64) sold to The Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd (48/64), Grimsby.
8.4.1914: Albert John Wright shares (16/64) sold to The Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
8.4.1914: Henry Croft Baker appointed manager.
8.4.1914: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The National Provincial Bank of England Ltd, London (K).
8.4.1914: Mortgagee (K) re-styled The National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London.
12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler (1-3pdr). Based Kirkwall.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
15.2.1924: Mortgagee (K) re-styled National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
26.10.1929: Mortgage (K) discharged.
28.10.1929: Sold to Samuel Chapman Snr, Samuel Chapman Jnr, Fred Chapman and Benjamin Chapman all Grimsby (64/64 joint owners).
4.11.1929: Samuel Chapman Jnr designated managing owner.
20.4.1931: Sold to Charles Dobson (64/64), Grimsby.
28.9.1932: Charles Dobson designated managing owner.
29.9.1937: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (L).
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £52.15.0d/month).
5.2.1940: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
26.3.1941: When some 10 miles E of Bell Rock, bombed and damaged by German aircraft.
5.11.1941: Mortgage (L) discharged.
24.12.1941: Sold to The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
7.1.1942: Leslie James Marr, Thornton-le-Fylde appointed manager.
1942/3: Occasional landings at Fleetwood from Iceland grounds.
26.6.1943: Typical wartime landing. 790 boxes – cod/codling-50, haddock-550, flats-50, coley-100, cats-20, bream-20.
22.9.1943: Sold to Richard Cammish, Robert Cammish, Matthew Cammish all Filey and Sk. James Heritage, Scarborough (64/64 joint owners).
1.10.1943: Richard Cammish Jnr designated managing owner.
24.5.1945: James Heritage died.
7.12.1950: Richard Cammish, Robert Cammish and Matthew Cammish (64/64 joint owners).
17.1.1951: Richard Cammish, Scarborough appointed manager. Last skipper Jim “Batten’er down” Crawford.
5.1954: Sold to BISCO and allocated to J. J. King & Co Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up.
18.6.1954: Grimsby registry closed. “Vessel broken up, …”. See memo from BISCO (Salvage) Ltd dated 17.6.1954.

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S.T. Kingsway GY37

S.T. Kingsway GY37
Builders certificate courtesy of The Bill Blow Collection

S.T. Kingsway GY37

S.T. Kingsway GY37
Picture courtesy of The George Westwood Collection

S.T. Kingsway GY37

S.T. Kingsway GY37
Picture courtesy of The George Westwood Collection

S.T. Kingsway GY37

S.T. Kingsway GY37
Picture courtesy of The George Westwood Collection

S.T. Kingsway GY37

S.T. Kingsway GY37
Picture courtesy of The George Westwood Collection

S.T. kingsway GY37

S.T. kingsway GY37
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S.T. Kingsway GY37

S.T. Kingsway GY37
Scrap certificate courtesy of The Bill Blow Collection

Changelog
01/11/2015: Page published.
14/11/2015: Added two pictures.
16/11/2015: Added another picture.
07/04/2016: Significant information update. 2 certificate pictures added.
07/04/2016: Picture added.
19/10/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks.
22/03/2021: Updated history.

S.Y. John Fell (2)

Fishery cruiser
Additional information courtesy of David Whiteside

Technical

Official Number: 111361
Yard Number: 79
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 145
Net Tonnage: 44
Length: 110 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon
Engine: C.2-cyl and boiler by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon

History

1899: Completed by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon (Yd.No.79) for Samuel T. Chadwick, Haulfre nr Beaumaris, Anglesey as steam yacht ZISKA.
31.5.1899: Registered at Troon.
1900: Sold to Lancashire & Western Sea Fisheries Committee, Preston for £8,250. John P. Muspratt, Preston, County Offices appointed manager.
1901: Troon registry closed.
1901: Fitted out as a Fishery Cruiser and remeasured 145g 59n.
1901: Registered at Preston after fit out as a Fishery Cruiser.
1901 – 1907: Visited Preston on 13 occasions, either from Southport or sea. Frequently coaled and laid over at Fleetwood.
4.1902: Towed the Blackpool long line boat and fishermen north to fish off the Cumberland coast based at Seascale.
1907: Sold to Montague Grahame-White, The Royal Automobile Club, Piccadilly, London & others. Montague Grahame-White designated managing owner.
1909: Refitted as a steam yacht and remeasured 145g 44n.
1910: Registered at Preston as MAJESTA after refitting as a steam yacht.
14.08.1912: At Cowes week and anchored in Cowes Roads, Jack Douglas of Southwick drowned after falling from boat returning to the yacht.
14.08.1913: Sold to the Earl of Morton, Conaglen, Ardgour, Argyllshire. The Earl of Morton designated managing owner.
1913: Remeasured 145g 59n.
1927: Sold to James Napier, “The Drums”, Old Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire. James Napier designated managing owner.
1939: Sold to Arthur Gore, 7th Earl of Arran.
3.1940: Requisitioned for war service employed on harbour defence patrol. Based Sheerness.
29.5.1941: Compulsorily purchased by MoWT.
8.1941: Employed on balloon barrage.
8.1941: Deployed as an auxiliary patrol vessel. Based at Aultbea, Loch Ewe.
7.1942: Laid up.
4.1943: Used as an accommodation ship at Aultbea.
1.1946: Laid up and offered for sale.
1946: Sold (not traced further at the moment).

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S.Y. John Fell (2)

S.Y. John Fell (2)

Changelog
03/07/2015: Page published.

S.T. John Fell PN6

Additional information courtesy of Nick Miller
Technical

Official Number: 97466
Yard Number: 16
Completed: 1892
Gross Tonnage: 85
Net Tonnage: 16
Length: 85.5 ft
Breadth: 17.1 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Built: McGill & Gillmour, Irvine
Engine: 150ihp C.2-cyl and boiler by Muir & Houston Ltd, Kinning Park, Glasgow

History

1892: Completed by McGill & Gillmour, Irvine (Yd.No.16) for Lancashire Sea Fisheries Committee, Lancaster (Frederick C. Hulton, Preston, Clerk of the Peace, Lancashire County Council) as JOHN FELL (named after Committee Chairman).
1893: Registered at Preston (PN6). Robert A. Dawson, Lytham, Superintendent of the Lancashire Sea Fisheries Committee, appointed manager. Trawl mesh trials fishing Jordan Flats and Queen’s Bar, Rock and Horse Channels and Crosby Channel landing at Liverpool. Landing at Fleetwood from other trial and research trips.
5.5.1893: At a meeting in Preston, Cumberland Sea Fisheries Committee agreed to share the costs of the JOHN FELL.
13.1.1898: The Committee considered and resolved to discontinue the use of the JOHN FELL.
1900: Sold to Italian flag operators. Preston registry closed “Sold to foreigners (Italian subjects)”.

Changelog
29/06/2015: Page published.

S.T. St. Peter H102

In Premier Steam Fishing Co. (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from the port
Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson and Maurice Voss

Technical

Official Number: 186693
Yard Number: 765
Completed: 1946
Gross Tonnage: 534
Net Tonnage: 192
Length: 166.9 ft
Breadth: 27.7 ft
Depth: 14.4 ft
Belgian register: 523,30g 188,91n 49,88 x 8,41 x 4,27 metres
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 1000ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F

History

One of four oil fired steam trawlers to the same design ordered by Basil Arthur Parkes, Fleetwood during 1945 from Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. Two for Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull, St. JOHN and St. MATHEW (Yd.Nos.763, 764) and two on behalf of N.V. Motorvisscherij, Ostend, BREUGHEL (Yd.No.765) and RUBENS (Yd.No.767).

01.06.1946: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.765) for N.V. Motorvisscherij, Ostend as BREUGHEL.
31.07.1946: Completed,
07.1946: Registered at Ostend (O299).
2.8.1946: Arrived Ostend.
3.8.1946: In service.1946-1947: Occasional landings at Hull.
1948: First Belgian trawler to fish Greenland and Labrador grounds.
19.11.1948: One crewman (Roger Vanhoome) lost overboard and drowned.
23.6.1950: Sailed on an Icelandic trip. First Belgian trawler to fish Icelandic waters with newly installed radar.
10.1955: Sold to Basil Arthur Parkes, North Ferriby en bloc with RUBENS (O297).
11.1955: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Basil A. Parkes, Hull, manager).
17.11.1955: Ostend registry closed.
28.11.1955: Registered at Hull as St. PETER O.N.186693 (H102) (MoT R555/1/0622 dated 3.11.1955).
28.11.1955: Sold to The Premier Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Hull, manager). Insured for £87,000.
29.11.1955: Sailed Hull for White Sea trip (Sk. Sydney Ness).
22.12.1955: At Hull landed 1792 kits, 363 shelf, £4,827 gross.
20.3.1965: Sailed Hull on Icelandic trip (Sk. Frederick Henry Patmere).
13.4.1965: At Hull landed 776 kits, 237 shelf, £3,331 gross. Laid up for disposal.
05.1965: Sold to Clayton & Davie Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up.
14.05.1965: Arrived River Tyne for breaking up at Dunston.
24.08.1965: Hull registry closed.

Note: ST.PETER is the patron saint of fishermen and with this in mind the Parkes family presented the ship’s bell to The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, Hull. At the present time the bell is placed in the fishermen’s memorial area of the Holy Trinity Church, Hull.

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S.T.Breughel O299

S.T. Breughel O299
Picture courtesy of Maurice Voss

S.T. St Peter H102

S.T. St Peter H102
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

S.T. St. Peter H102

S.T. St. Peter H102
Picture courtesy of The Mike Thompson Collection

S.T. St. Peter H102

S.T. St. Peter H102
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
15/06/2015: Page published.
26/06/2015: Picture added.
05/01/2018: Added an image and removed FMHT watermarks.