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S.T. Prince de Liège O83

Wartime visitor
Additional information courtesy of Maurice Voss

Technical

Official Number: ????
Yard Number: 989
Completed: 1926
Gross Tonnage: 338
Net Tonnage: 137
Length: 138.8 ft
Breadth: 23.8 ft
Depth: 13.3 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

18.11.1925: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.989) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD WEIR.
28.1.1926: Registered at Hull (280).
28.1.1926: Completed (John McCann & Edward Cartwright, joint managers).
1929: Albert Turgoose & James Clark, appointed joint managers).
1938: Re measured 42,16 x 7,23 metres – 324.40Bgrt 112.64n.
7.1938: Sold to Pêcheries à Vapeur S.A., Ostend (John Bauwens, manager).
16.7.1938: Hull registry closed.
21.7.1938: Arrived at Ostend in company with LORD MOUNTBATTEN (H225 (GRAAF VAN VLAARDEREN (O92)).
27.7.1938: Registered at Ostend as PRINCE de LIÈGE (O83).
5.1940: Escaped to England with refugees.
6.1940: Transferred to Belgian Economic Mission, London. Fishing from Fleetwood.
23.9.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z.172).
12.1945: Returned to owner.
9.1946: At Antwerp rebuilt by Guthrie & Hursch with new bow section 148.2 feet – 375.36Bgrt 137n
T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull.
18.9.1946: Returned to service after rebuild and Special Survey.
1951: Sailed for Hemiksem for conversion to a motor trawler.
1951: Re engined by St. Pieterswerf, Hemiksem with 4 stroke 6-cyl Carels oil engine 755bhp by Société d’Electricité et de Mécaniques, Ghent (Engine No.9663). Re measured 391.89 Bgrt 159.82n.
20.12.1951: Returned to service.
22.12.1962: Outward for Icelandic grounds. Stranded on Corn Holm Rock, Copinsay, Orkney in approx. position 58 54N 02 41.7W. Abandoned by crew and subsequently declared a Total Loss. Ostend registry closed.

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S.T. Prince de Liège O83

S.T. Prince de Liège O83
Picture courtesy of The Emiel Ryck Collection

M.T. Prince De Liege O83

M.T. Prince De Liege O83
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M.T. Prince de Liège O83

S.T. Prince de Liège O83
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Changelog
29/07/2013: Page published. 5 updates since then.
26/10/2015: Added 2 pictures.
24/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. Lord Darling GY116

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 136189
Yard Number: 597
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 256
Net Tonnage: 100
Length: 123.5 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

28.2.1914: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.597) for Cargill Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as PRINCE PALATINE. 5.5.1914: Registered at Hull (H95).
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr HA & Hydrophone) (Ad.No.341).
1919: Returned.
12.8.1918: Sold to Joseph Robert Elijah Mordaunt, Sk. Fred William Miles, Sk. Thomas Charles Miles & Sk. Harry Newman, all of Grimsby and Sk. George Arthur Newman, Cleethorpes (64/64 joint owners).
14.8.1918: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London Joint Stock Bank Ltd, London (A).
20.8.1918: Hull registry closed.
2.9.1918: Registered at Grimsby (GY1186).
2.9.1918: Joseph Robert Elijah Mordaunt designated managing owner.
30.9.1918: Mortgage (A) discharged.
7.10.1918: Sold to Louis Kaminski (32/64), Grimsby.
8.10.1918: Micklsky Isaacs (32/64), Cleethorpes.
8.10.1918: Louis Kaminski designated managing owner.
8.10.1918: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
1919: Returned.
28.3.1919: By Deed Poll, Louis Kaminski name changed to Louis Kay.
12.11.1919: Mortgage (B) discharged.
13.11.1919: Sold to Victa Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
13.11.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
23.12.1919: Louis Kay appointed manager.
12.1.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) by agreed buyer, Equitable Steam Fishing Co Ltd, to Barclays Bank Ltd (D).
13.1.1920: Mortgage (C) discharged.
14.1.1920: Sold to Equitable Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
14.1.1920: Joseph Harris appointed manager.
28.2.1923: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (D) to Newport (Mon) Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Newport, Mon.
16.4.1923: William Francis Goodwin appointed manager.
16.4.1923: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Newport, Mon (NT9) (2/1923).
11.1924: Newport, Mon registry closed.
26.11.1924: Registered office transferred to Grimsby.
26.11.1924: Registered at Grimsby (GY116).
27.11.1924: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (E).
5.8.1925: Registered at Grimsby as LORD DARLING (GY116) (BoT Minute No.M/R.G.1138/1925 dated 4.7.1925).
12.1925: Arrived to fish in Canadian waters landing catches at Canso and Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia.
1928: Returned to Grimsby.
30.7.1928: Mortgage (E) discharged.
31.7.1928: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (64/64), Grimsby for the sum of £3,768.2.0d.
4.8.1928: John Denton Marsden appointed manager.
30.11.1928: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (F).
31.12.1929: Capital expenditure on vessel during year £113.5.11d.
29.8.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY1774) (Hire rate £68.5.4d/month). Based North Shields with M/S Group 68.
11.1941: Transferred to Examining Service.
31.3.1942: Mortgage (F) discharged.
21.4.1942: Harry Markham Cook, Fleetwood appointed manager.
23.4.1943: Sold to J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd (64/64), London.
10.11.1944: Returned to owner.
4.12.1945: Sold to Aldred Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
6.12.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (G).
24.1.1946: Harry Markham Cook, Louth appointed manager.
7.12.1946: Registered office transferred to Grimsby.
21.6.1948: Mortgage (G) discharged.
29.9.1948: Sold to Wharfedale Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
4.10.1948: Harry Markham Cook, Louth appointed manager.
8.11.1948: Sold to William Donald McFarlane (64/64), Dundee.
15.11.1948: Joe Croan, Newhaven, Edinburgh appointed manager.
22.2.1949: Sold to Fairfield Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Dundee.
2.3.1949: Joe Croan, Newhaven, Edinburgh appointed manager.
30.10.1950: Sold to Onward Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
8.11.1950: Frank Bellamy Robinson, Cleethorpes appointed manager.
8.12.1950: Registered at Grimsby as VIRGINIAN (GY116) (MoT Minute R.G.No.1362/50 dated 1.12.1950).
12.6.1961: Sold to H. P. Heuvelman N.V., Krimpen a/d IJssell and broken up.
20.6.1961: Grimsby registry closed “… on sale of vessel to foreigners (Dutch subjects)”.

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S.T. Lord Darling GY116

S.T. Lord Darling GY116
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

S.T. Virginian GY116

S.T. Virginian GY116
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

Changelog
21/07/2013: Page published. 7 updates since then.
30/04/2014: Added picture.
20/05/2017: Added image and removed FMHT watermarks.
26/04/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Oceanbreeze LT343 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Milford Trawlers

Technical

Official Number: 149200
Yard Number: 563
Completed: 1927
Gross Tonnage: 112
Net Tonnage: 48
Length: 90.6 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.6 ft
Built: John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth

History

16.7.1927: Launched by John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.563) for Allan Haward Watson, Lowestoft as OCEANBREEZE. Towed to Gt. Yarmouth to have machinery installed.
20.9.1927: Ran trials.
21.9.1927: Registered at Lowestoft (LT343). Allan Haward Watson designated managing owner.
9.1927: Completed and valued at £4.500. 1928/1930s: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood. John Victor Breach, Lowestoft, managing agent.
5.7.1928: At Fleetwood landed 40 boxes.
5.5.1932: Sold to P. W. Watson & Sons Ltd, Lowestoft. Alan H. Watson designated manager.
4.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service on contraband control (Hire rate £49.0.0d/month).
26.5.1940: ‘Operation Dynamo’ – the evacuation of Dunkirk put into effect.
31.5.1940: At 0440 arrived Ramsgate with 109 troops ex Dunkirk.
1.6.1940: At 0545 arrived Ramsgate with 35 troops ferried by Thames launch LANSDOWNE at St Malo. Other troops taken to Dutch coaster ATLANTIC (221grt/1930)(RN manned).
4.6.1940: ‘Operation Dynamo’ terminated.
9.1940: Employed as a boom drifter.
1.1942: At Lowestoft as LL sweep drifter.
11.6.1943: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T. Fitted out as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY810).
8.1943: Transferred to War Department.
6.8.1943: Lowestoft registry closed “Registry no longer required”.
20.9.1947: Sold to Arthur Claude Mitchell, Milford Haven.
1947: Registered at Lowestoft (LT341). Arthur Claude Mitchell designated managing owner.
15.11.1948: At Lowestoft landed 256 crans of herring.
12.1.1952: At Milford landed 176 crans of herring (400 kits) grossed £1,735.
20.10.1952: At Lowestoft landed 120 crans of herring.
6.1.1958: Converted to motor by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft, fitted with 330bhp 4 stroke 6VEBM oil engine by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln.
1958: Re measured 118g 49n.
6.1958: Sold to Jack Arthur Mitchell (32/64) & Sk. Charles Noel Bray (32/64), Milford Haven. Jack Arthur Mitchell designated managing owner.
28.5.1958: Returned to Milford from conversion to diesel and fished her way back, catch grossed £511.
20.12.1961: Sold to Jackora Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven. H. C. Mills designated manager.
20.8.1968: Motor trawler LORD KEITH (LT181) developed engine trouble while fishing E of Blackwater Light Vessel, Co. Wexford but managed to reach Rosslare Bay. Connected and commenced tow to Milford.
23.5.1970: Registered office transferred to Lowestoft. Vessel on offshore platform standby and safety duty.
1974: Sold to Greek owners.
14.1.1975: Lowestoft registry closed.
9.3.1975: Sailed Lowestoft in company with motor drifter trawlers WILSON LINE (YH105) and LORD KEITH (LT181) for Mediterranean with stated intention of converting them to refrigerated stern trawlers.
27.2.1978: Owner stated as Theolus Iosifides, Halkis, Greece.
1988: Deleted from registers continued existence in doubt.

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S.D/T. Oceanbreeze LT341

S.D/T. Oceanbreeze LT341
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S.D/T. Ocean Breeze LT343

S.D/T. Ocean Breeze LT343
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S.D/T. Ocean Breeze LT341

S.D/T. Ocean Breeze LT341
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S.D/T. Oceanbreeze LT341

S.D/T. Oceanbreeze LT341
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M.D/T. Ocean Breeze LT341

M.D/T. Ocean Breeze LT341
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Changelog
16/07/2013: Page published. 9 changes since then.
19/07/2016: Image added.
13/02/2017: Image added.
26/02/2017: Image added.
24/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
11/05/2019: Added information.

S.T. Salvini GY70

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 138995
Yard Number: 337
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 226
Not Tonnage: 109
Length: 117.0 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 460ihp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

9.12.1915: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.337) for Alick Black (64/64), Grimsby as SALVINI.
4.4.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY892).
4.4.1916: Alick Black designated managing owner.
6.6.1916: Completed. Requisitioned from the builders and fitted out as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.3283).
14.12.1916: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Union of London & Smiths Bank Ltd, London (A).
1.2.1917: Mortgage (A) discharged.
5.2.1917: Sold to Rowland Hill (64/64), Grimsby.
5.2.1917: Walter Harold Buley appointed manager.
5.2.1917: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank of England Ltd, London (B). Based Portland.
19.2.1918: Mortgage (B) discharged.
20.2.1918: Sold to Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
22.2.1918: William Richard Nowell appointed manager.
2.3.1918: Grimsby registry closed.
20.2.1918: Registered at Hull (H593).
7.2.1919: Sold to James Coombes (64/64), Grimsby. James Coombes designated managing owner.
17.2.1919: Hull registry closed.
20.2.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY70).
15.2.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London (C).
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner.
15.2.1924: Mortgagee restyled National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
4.6.1925: Mortgage (C) discharged.
4.6.1925: Sold to The South Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
5.6.1925: Sir Alec Black, Bart appointed manager.
2.11.1925: Sold to The Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
7.11.1925: Sir Alec Black, Bart appointed manager.
11.11.1930: Arrived Grimsby with serious damage to port side having been in collision with Granton steam trawler THOMAS L. DEVLIN (GN58), 250 miles off May Island, Firth of Forth.
19.4.1940: Requisitioned for war service on the balloon barrage (P.No.4.457); hire rate £64.0.8d per month.
15.12.1940: Sold to Sir Alec Black, Bart (64/64), Grimsby. Sir Alec Black, Bart designated managing owner.
38.6.1942: Sir Alec Black, Bart died.
16.1.1943: Probate granted to The Public Trustee, London and John Edgar Harrison, Grimsby (64/64 joint owners).
3.2.1943: John Edgar Harrison appointed manager.
8.2.1943: Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd (64/64), London.
10.2.1943: William Alfred Bennett, Sanderstead appointed manager.
4.1944: Fitted out as a smoke making (Esso) trawler and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
8.6.1944: Sailed Thames for Bracklesham Bay.
9.6.1944: Arrived Mulberry B with Group B1. Employed smoke making with replenishment at Southampton.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended. Employed on miscellaneous naval duties.
21.11.1944: Returned to owner.
7.11.1945: Sold to Western Trawlers Ltd (64/64) Fleetwood.
10.11.1945: Harvey Wilfred Wilson, Grimsby appointed manager.
22.6.1947: Sold to Alfred Bannister (Trawlers) Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
24.6.1947: Fred Bannister appointed manager.
11.1959: Sold to A.C. Slooten Handelsonderneming, Wormer and broken up.
19.11.1959: Grimsby registry closed “… on sale of vessel to foreigners (Dutch subjects)”.

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S.T. Salvini GY701

S.T. Salvini GY701
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Changelog
10/07/2013: Page published. 3 updates since then.
16/07/2015: Picture added.
24/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
30/07/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Gelsina (1) GY869

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 138946
Yard Number: 327
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 226.27
Net Tonnage: 108.88
Length: 117.0 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 450ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

12.10.1915: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.327) for Walter Olney (64/64), Fleetwood.
7.2.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY869).
7.2.1916: Alick Black, Grimsby designated manager.
18.2.1916: Completed.
2.1916: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr HA) (Ad.No.3258).
25.6.1917: Mined off Girdle Ness and foundered in position 57.07N 01.58W . Mine laid by U.boat (UC40). Four men lost*.
16.4.1919: Grimsby registry closed “Ship lost on Admiralty service 25.6.17”.
Lost * Peter Brown, 2nd Hand, John D. Meldrum & Henry Neslen, Deckhands, George S. Buchan & Alexander H. Clark, Trimmers all RNR

Changelog
04/12/2013: Page published. 2 updates since then.
28/10/2020: Updated technical details.