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S.T. Arlita FD188

Technical

Official Number: 138286
Yard Number: 647
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 326
Net Tonnage: 134
Length: 138.7 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

11.10.1916: Launched by Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.647) (Prototype “Mersey” class vessel) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD MERSEY.
15.2.1916: Registered at Hull (H427).
2.1916: Completed.
4.1916: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1991). Based Kirkwall.
27.11.1917: At Aberdeen fitted with hydrophones.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
27.4.1928: Sold to Malcolm S. McFarlane, London & John A. Spilman, Hull.
13.7.1928: Sold to Alan Spilman Ltd, London (A. Spilman, Hull, manager).
29.8.1928: Registered at Hull as CASTLETHORPE (H427).
19.5.1933: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey E. Marr, Cleveleys, manager) for £4100.
14.6.1933: Hull registry closed.
16.6.1933: Registered at Fleetwood (FD188).
14.12.1933: Registered at Fleetwood as ARLITA (FD188) (BoT Minute M/RG.1378).
20.8.1934: Transferred to Hull, crewed and operated by The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull on the company acquisition (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys, manager).
11.6.1935: Transferred to Fleetwood.
9.1939: On a trip to St. Kilda grounds (Sk. Ernest Christie); twelve crew.
18. 9.1939: At 6.48pm. when trawling 22 miles WNW of St. Kilda, stopped by U-boat (U.35) in position 58.09N 09.17W. Advised to follow the submarine in the direction of smoke from two other trawlers. Seized along with trawlers LORD MINTO (FD51) and NANCY HAGUE (FD133). As boats not considered safe for crew, transferred along with crew of LORD MINTO to NANCY HAGUE. Sunk by gunfire in position 57.51N 09.28W along with LORD MINTO. NANCY HAGUE returned to Fleetwood.
27.9.1939: Fleetwood registry closed.

(Crew (all Fleetwood unless stated) – Sk. Ernest Christie; James Mayson, Mate; W. Sloane, Thornton, Bosun; Peter Croft, Ch.Eng; A. Nyquist, 2nd Eng; Thomas Christy; J. Astles; H. Ramshaw, Thornton; W. Lee, deckhands; C. Bird, Hoylake, half deckhand; F. Woolfenden & H. Dearden, firemen; L. Cashmere, cook.)

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S.T. Arlita FD188

S.T. Arlita FD188
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Unterseeboote 35

Unterseeboote 35
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Changelog
17/05/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
18/06/2016: Picture added.
09/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
03/11/2019: Updated information and added an image.

S.T. Armana FD121

Technical

Official Number: 162064
Yard Number: 1088
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 355
Net Tonnage: 139
Length: 140.4 ft
Breadth: 25.0 ft
Depth: 13.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

(In 1935 the Hull trawler LEONIDAS (162186) (H267) was lengthened by Smiths Dock Co. Ltd. The work involved creating an improved hull form with new bow and stern sections. The design was successful, not only providing increased fish room capacity, but also, as was expected, reducing coal consumption and giving a slightly higher free running speed. Other owners stemmed vessels at Middlesbrough for similar work to be undertaken)

28.7.1930: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1088) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as ARMANA. Contract price £15,090.
17.9.1930: Registered at Fleetwood (FD121).
23.9.1930: Completed (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager).
1.9.1931: Struck dock wall at Fleetwood damaging shell plating.
1934: Transferred to Hull.
27.10.1935: Off Mull of Galloway picked up master and three crew from Glasgow steamer KERRERA (90grt/1894), waterlogged and abandoned. Stood by to attempt to tow but steamer sank at 2.45 pm. Landed survivors at Fleetwood.
11.1936: Completed lengthening by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough to 151.5 feet (including fitting new bow and stern sections). Re measured 357g 145n.
6.11.1936: Re-registered after alteration to length.
1937: Transferred to fish out of Hull Crewed and operated by The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
1937: Insured value £16,000.
1938: At Hull worked Bear Island/Iceland/White Sea (Sk. T. Welch), 319 days 21,033 kits £14,405 gross.
25.7.1939: Insured value £16,500.
2.1940: Sold to The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (J. Marr & Son Ltd). Leslie James Marr designated manager.
28.2.1940: Fleetwood registry closed.
1.3.1940: Registered at Hull (H302).
17.5.1940: Sailed Hull for Iceland (Sk. A. Fletcher Jnr).
4.6.1940: At Hull landed 1,905 kits grossed £1,877.
1940: To requisitioning, at Hull landed from Iceland (Sks. W. Harris, A. Fletcher), 114 days 8,127 kits £14,847 gross.
4.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (1-12pdr).
5.6.1940: Hire rate £202.12.11d/month. At Barry with M/S Group 81 (Ty/Sk. A. C. Fletcher RNR).
15-25.6.1940: Operation Ariel *.
18.6.1940: Left French coast.
5.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.1809). At Ipswich with M/S & Patrol Group 81.
5.1944: Fitted out for dan laying and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Attached to the15th Minesweeping Flotilla as a dan layer.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
11.1945: Returned to owner after restoration and survey at Birkenhead.
30.11.1945: Insured value £35,000; for 1946 proposed £38,000.
18.2.1946: Sold to Hull Merchants Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull (A. Bailey & J. Balderson, managers) for £35000.
13.11.1946: Registered at Hull as BARDIA (H302).
19.10.1947: On a Bear Island trip, Jasper Woolridge (50), cook, lost overboard and drowned.
26.2.1954: On an Icelandic trip, John McLane (42), spare hand, lost overboard and drowned.
28.1.1955: Sailed Hull for Faroe last trip before sale (Sk. T. Eddams).
16.2.1955: At Hull landed 533 kits £1,993 gross.
6.1955: Sold to G. F. Sleight & Sons Ltd, Grimsby.
28.6.1955: Hull registry closed.
2.7.1955: Registered at Grimsby (GY3).
8.1956: Sold B.J. Nijkerk, Antwerp for breaking up.
21.8.1956: Grimsby registry closed.
15.10.1956: Arrived Antwerp from Grimsby.

*Operation Ariel – withdrawal of remaining troops of the British Expeditionary Force from France plus other nationals, civil and military.

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S.T. Armana FD121

S.T. Armana FD121
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HMT Armana

HMT Armana
Picture courtesy of The Richard Hilton Collection

HMT Armana

HMT Armana
Picture courtesy of The Richard Hilton Collection

HMT Armana

HMT Armana
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S.T. Armana FD121

S.T. Armana FD121
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S.T. Bardia H302

S.T. Bardia H302
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S.T. Bardia H302

S.T. Bardia H302
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Changelog
17/05/2012: Page published. 10 revisions since then.
12/07/2014: Picture 6 added.
05/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
16/07/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Annie FD28

Technical

Official Number: 106973
Yard Number: 580
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 158
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 105.8 ft
Breadth: 20.9 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by H. S. Edwards & Sons, South Shields
Boiler: Jos. T. Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Built: Edwards Bros, North Shields

History

7.2.1898: Launched by Edwards Brothers, North Shields (Yd.No.580) for The Hartlepools Steam Fishing Co Ltd, West Hartlepool as ANNIE.
3.1898: Completed. Registered at West Hartlepool (HL53)(3/98). (Charles H. Ford designated manager.
1899: Sold Fiskeri-aktieselskabet Isafold (Isafold Fishing Co Ltd), Iceland. Renamed DALANES.
1900: Sold to Joseph Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
1901: Registered at Newcastle (NE1).
1901: Sold to James Herbert Marr, Hull James Herbert Marr designated managing owner. Fishing from Fleetwood.
5.7.1902: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
1904: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood. James H. Marr designated manager. Registered at Newcastle as ANNIE (NE1).
2.1905: Newcastle registry closed.
28.2.1905: Registered at Fleetwood (FD28).
14.8.1905: Mortgage (A) discharged.
14.8.1905: Fleetwood registry closed.
1905: Sold to Tejero, Marimos & Co, Corunna for £3,350. Renamed GERÓ.
1924: Not in Yard List under any name.
1936: Sold for breaking up.

Changelog
17/05/2012: Page published. 4 updates since then.
03/09/2021: Updated history.

S.T. City of Selby FD8

Technical

Official Number: 136889
Yard Number: 566
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 285
Net Tonnage: 110
Length: 128.8 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

12.5.1914: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.566) for Thomas F. Kelsall, Poulton-le-Fylde as CITY OF SELBY.
15.6.1914: Registered at Fleetwood (FD8).
6.1914: Completed.
10.6.1914: Sailed Middlesbrough for Fleetwood. ETA 15.6.1914.
1914: Sold to Fred Kelsall & Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Thomas F. Kelsall, Poulton-le-Fylde designated manager.
23.11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.193).
1917: Based Granton. Employed on escort duties.
26.4.1918: Transferred to Kirkwall.
13.2.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
1920: Sold to Selby Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood ( Henry Blackburn, manager).
193?: Managers became Kelsall & Blackburn Ltd, Fleetwood.
1935: Sold to Thomas Cardwell & Robert H. Bagshaw, Fleetwood (T. Cardwell, manager).
12.9.1935: Registered at Fleetwood as WESTLYN (FD8).
1939: Sold to Robert H. Bagshaw, Fleetwood.
Post 21.11.1939: Recovered two bodies* from WILLIAM HUMPHRIES (LO533) shelled and sunk by U.boat (U-33), 75 miles NW of Rathlin Island
17.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z154) (Hire rate £75.14.8d/month). Cost of conversion £30,262.
23.11.1943: Compulsorily acquired by the M.O.W.T.
1944: Based at Plymouth (W. Tamlyn Ltd, Plymouth, agents).
1946: Laid up at Plymouth. Estimated cost of re-conditioning £7,500.
16.4.1947: Advertised for sale by tender. Not to be resold within two years.
24.4.1947: Tenders closed.
2.5.1947: Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Owen W. Limbrick, manager).
1948: Sold to A. J. Tilbrook Ltd, Milford Haven.
2.1948: At P. K. Harris & Sons Ltd, Appledore completed rebuild and fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Appledore.
2.1948: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.2.1948: Registered at Milford as SEA HUNTER (M237).
31.12.1951: After fishing on the South of Ireland grounds (Sk. James MacLelland), returned to Milford on Boxing Day with damaged caused by severe weather.
1.1952: A. J. Tilbrook Ltd suspended operations; laid up.
1952: Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Owen W. Limbrick, manager).
7.1959: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
20.7.1959: Delivered Bruges.
23.7.1959: Milford registry closed.

(* James Gorden and William Wright)

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S.T. City Of Selby FD8

S.T. City Of Selby FD8
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S.T. City Of Selby FD8

S.T. City Of Selby FD8
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HMT Westlyn

HMT Westlyn
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HMT Westlyn

HMT Westlyn
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S.T. Westlyn FD8

S.T. Westlyn FD8
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Changelog
17/05/2012: Page published. 7 updates since then.
15/07/2015: Information updated.
12/03/2017: FMHT watermarked images replaced.
30/12/2017: Added an image.
14/12/2019: Information updated.
07/04/2020: Added images.

S.T. Craik FD134

Technical

Official Number: 136902
Yard Number: 608
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 219
Net Tonnage: 85
Length: 117.0 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

16.3.1915: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.608) for The “Wyre” Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood as CRAIK.
17.4.1915: Registered at Fleetwood (FD134).
4.1915: Completed (Magnus B. J. Wedum, managers). Requisitioned from the builders for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1471).
1919: Returned to owner.
26.11.1932: Homeward from fishing grounds in heavy seas and poor visibility, stranded 4 miles N of Feolin Ferry, Jura; crew of eleven rescued by Craighouse Life Saving Apparatus Company.
8.12.1932: Refloated by salvage steamer and anchored Port Askaig. Repaired and returned to service.
4.1935: Sold to Richard Cameron Kelman & Andrew Robertson, Aberdeen.
29.4.1935: Fleetwood registry closed.
1.5.1935: Registered at Aberdeen (A300).
1935: Sold to Andrew Robertson & Richard Cameron Kelman, Aberdeen (Andrew Robertson managing owner).
26.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service for examination service (Hire rate £60.4.6d/month). Based Aberdeen.
11.1944: Returned.
28.2.1945: Sold to Richard Cameron Kelman, Aberdeen (A. Hay, manager).
2.3.1946: Sold to Devanha Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (William Wood, manager).
8.1948: Registered at Aberdeen as GILMAR (A300) (MoT Minute RG No. 1775/47 dated 26.8.1948).
29.6.1957: Went to assistance of CARENCY (A129) (Sk. David Wood) which in thick fog had stranded at Greenigoe one mile north of Wick. Connected and moved the vessel about 20 ft. Wick lifeboat (Cox. Neil Stewart), which had been standing by for fourteen hours, took off crew of thirteen and two hours later vessel slipped off rocks, rolled over and sank.
19.4.1960: Registered at Aberdeen as GILMAR II (A300) to free name for newbuilding (MoT Minute RSS 8/1/01844 dated 18.3.1960).
1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to James A. White & Co Ltd, St. Davids, Fife for breaking up.
7.12.1960: Delivered St. Davids from Aberdeen under own power.
21.6.1960: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.
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S.T. Craik FD134

S.T. Craik FD134
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S.T. Craik FD134

S.T. Craik FD134
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S.T. Craik FD134

S.T. Craik FD134
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Changelog
17/05/2012: Page published. 7 updates since then.
13/04/2013: Picture added.
28/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
25/01/2020: Updated information.