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S.T. Clasina Luther IJM59 (Wartime visitor)

Additional material courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Technical

Official Number: 133222
Yard Number: 486
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 214 (As built 215)
Net Tonnage: 66 (As built 84)
Length: 117.4 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank, Middlesbrough
Engine: T.3-cyl by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge

History

7.11.1911: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.486) for Port of Blyth Steam Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd, Blyth. (J.E. Rushworth, manager) as LORD WIMBORNE.
12.1911: Completed. as LORD WOLMER.
13.12.1911: Registered at Blyth (BH74) (O.N.133222).
20.8.1913: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager).
21.8.1913: Blyth register closed.
28.8.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY917).
3.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr)(Ad.No.1235). Based Taranto.
12.3.1919: Waiting instructions whether required for Post-War Service (SS).
1919: Returned to owner.
4.3.1924: John D. Marsden created a baronet.
6.1926: Sold to N.V. Vereenigde Explotatie Mij., IJmuiden (A. J. Veltkamp & S. Koster, managers).
1931: J. F. Clercq & S. Koster appointed manager.
2.6.1926: Grimsby register closed.
6.1926: Registered at IJmuiden as CLASINA LUTHER (IJM59).
1933: Sold to N.V. Visscherij-onderneming “De Vem” (F. Thiel, manager).
1939: Sold to N.V.Vereenigde Steenkolen Handels Mij XVII (Company was a part of “ De Vem”).
1940s: Escaped to England and fishing out of Fleetwood. Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood managing agents.
28.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 234 kits – hake-4, cod/codling-13, haddock-153, flats-25, ling/coley-2, roker-15, gurnard-10, dogs-5.
5. 5.1951: Sold for breaking up in Holland. IJmuiden registry closed.

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S.T. Lord Wolmer BH74

S.T. Lord Wolmer BH74
Picture courtesy of Tees Built Ships

Changelog

11/03/2013: Page published. 6 updates since then.
13/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/12/2019: Information updated.

S.T. Uranus H1293

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

Technical

Yard Number: 740
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 429
Net Tonnage: 157
Length: 150 ft
Breadth: 25 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

6.3.1920: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.740) for Louis Dero, Le Havre as URANUS.
7.9.1920: Completed. Registered at Le Havre (H1293).
6.1921: Sold to Sociètè Havraise de Pèche, Le Havre.
1925: Transferred to Fécamp.
1929: Sold to Basil Parkes, Fleetwood.
1.1930: Sold to Victor Fournay, Boulogne. Le Havre registry closed. Registered at Boulogne as MARC ACHILLE (B1400).
04.02.1939: Off the south west Norway coast, at about 1.00am stranded 2 miles SW of Utsire, pumps unable to cope with ingress of water. Norwegian fishing vessel NIBDDJUPEVAG responded to distress and all crew taken off. At about 5.30am vessel rolled over and foundered. Boulogne registry closed.

Changelog

31/01/2013: Page published. 2 updates since then.

S.T. Jan de Waele O164

Technical

Official Number: Unknown
Yard Number: 947
Completed: 1925
As built: 338g 137n 138.8 x 23.8 x 13.3 feet
Gross Tonnage: 338
Net Tonnage: 137
Length: 138.8 ft
Breadth: 23.8 ft
Depth: 13.3 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

12.1924: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.947) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD ISLINGTON.
3.2.1975: Registered at Hull (H151).
10.2.1925: Completed.
5.1938: Sold to Société Anonyme Pêcheries Ostendaises, Ostend.
28.5.1938: Hull registry closed.
1938: Re measured 324Brt 113n
6.1938: Registered at Ostend as JAN DE WAELE (O164).
1939: Landing at Fleetwood.
13.2.1940: Homeward (to Fleetwood) from Icelandic grounds picked up twenty-nine men from boat, survivors from neutral Swedish steamer DALARÖ(3,927/1911) – Argentina for Sweden, torpedoed by U.boat (U53) to the SW of St. Kilda on 12.2.1940. Landed survivors at Buncrana, Co. Donegal. 1940: Transferred to Belgian Economic Mission, London.
19.9.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z.231).
3.12.1945: Returned to owner. Based Milford Haven.
03.12.1945: Returned.
4.1946 – 9.1946: At Antwerp, rebuilt and reclassified as a trawler.
10.9.1946: Returned to service.
1947: Sold to Cia de Pesca de Moçambique S a R L, Lourenço Marques, Moçambique.
27.10.1947: Ostend registry closed. Registered at Lourenço Marques as LAURENTINO.
1955: Sold to B. Gelcer & Co (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town, South Africa. Lourenço Marques registry closed. Registered at Cape Town.
1964: Sold to SA Metal Machinery (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town for breaking up.
1.8.1964: Breaking up commenced. Cape Town registry closed.

Changelog

30/01/2013: Page published. 3 updates since then.
16/02/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.D/T. Harvest Gleaner FR73 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 146492
Yard Number: 91
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 35
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by North British Engine Works Ltd, Whiteinch, Glasgow
Boiler: Edwind Danks & Co (Oldbury) Ltd, Oldbury
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad

History

1918: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad (Yd.No.91) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as BLIZZARD (Ad.No.3971).
30.7.1918: Completed with 1-6pdr) and mine-sweep.
1.10.1918: At Penzance with ‘Drifter Sweepers’.
1921: Sold to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Walter Scott, manager).
11.7.1922: Registered at Hull as SATINSTONE O.N.146492 (H585).
1.1925: Sold to Alexander C. Bruce & Peter Bruce, St. Combs, W. B. Ritchie & Peter Buchan, Fraserburgh, Charles L. Minty, Fraserburgh and R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields .
29.1.1925: Hull registry closed.
30.1.1925: Registered at Fraserburgh as HARVEST GLEANER (FR73). Alexander C. Bruce designated managing owner.
1938: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood (Alex Keay agent).
5.1938: Shares sold to Charles L. Minty, Gardenstown & others and R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields.
17.5.1938: Registered at Banff (BF484).
25.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
28.10.1940: Off Suffolk coast attacked by German aircraft and subsequently foundered. Four crew lost*.
20.4.1943: Banff registry closed “Lost n Naval Service”.

*Lost – Seymour Stephenson, Stoker PO; Maurice G. Langridge and Arthur Swaby, OS – killed. Charles A. L. Edwards, Stoker, died of wounds

Changelog

31/12/2012: Page published. 3 updates since then.
25/12/2020: Information updated.

S.D/T. Hamnavoe YH117 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 125373
Yard Number: 542
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Tonnage: 199dw
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1918: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.542) (“Admiralty” drifter) for The Admiralty as HORIZON (Ad.No.3905).
30.8.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-6pdr).
1945: Laid up.
1947: Sold to Robert W. Watt & A. Watt, Fraserburgh. Registered at Fraserburgh as HAMNAVOE (FR123)
1949: Sold to The Thule Fishing Co Ltd, Fraserburgh.
1951: Sold to Paul O. Williment, Gorleston. Fraserburgh registry closed. Registered at Yarmouth (YH117).
5/6.1952: Seasonal landing at Fleetwood.
1955: Sold to G. R. Newsom, Gt. Yarmouth & R. Hewett, Winterton. Registered at Yarmouth as AMARANTH (YH117).
1956: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
6.4.1956: Delivered Bruges.

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S.D/T. Hamnavoe YH117

S.D/T. Hamnavoe YH117
Picture from the Internet.

S.D/T. Amaranth YH117

S.D/T. Amaranth YH117
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
31/12/2012: Page published. 3 updates since then.
09/07/2016: Picture added.
12/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark.
02/01/2022: Added an image.