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S.T. Braconbush A770

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4476
Official Number: 144414
Yard Number: 174
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 203
Net Tonnage: 88
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 22.2 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: 74HP T.3-cyl by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith
Built: Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith

History

30.5.1919: Launched by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith (Yd.No174) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN CONNE (Ad.No.4476).
1.3.1920: Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO341).
4.3.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
11.1921: Sold to Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (J. S. Doeg, manager).
8.11.1921: Registered at Aberdeen (A770).
9.11.1921: London registry closed.
11.1921: Registered at Aberdeen as BRACONBUSH (A770).
4.1941: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
29.1.1942: Out of Aberdeen for Minch grounds. Mined off Duncansby Head. Taken in tow for Scrabster but foundered; crew of eleven saved.
11.4.1942: Aberdeen registry closed.


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S.T. Adam FD65

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4247
Official Number: 139360
Yard Number: 890
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 324
Net Tonnage: 148
Length: 138.3 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

14.6.1919: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.890) (“Mersey” Class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS MALONEY (Ad.No.4247).
23.9.1919: Completed.
10.1919: Sold to Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull.
10.1919: Electrical installation by Humber Electrical Co Ltd. Hull (£405 plus cost of drilling).
11.1919: Completed as a fishing trawler (Harold Hall, manager). Total cost with electric lights – £18,500 (payment made 23.10.1919).
15.11.1919: Registered at Hull as St NEOTS (H112).
18.11.1927: Sold to Henry Croft Baker, Grimsby.
26.5.1928: Sold to H. Croft Baker & Sons Ltd, Grimsby (H. Croft Baker, manager).
26.4.1930: Sold to The Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sydney Croft Baker, manager).
1.5.1930: In dense fog 20 miles SE of Girdleness in collision with Aberdeen trawler BEN LAWERS (A311) which foundered in three minutes. All nine crew taken aboard and landed at Aberdeen.
2.12.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
9.11.1932: Skipper fined 3,000 kroner (£166) with confiscation dues of 5,000 kroner and forfeiture of gear and catch for fishing in Norwegian territorial waters.
19.4.1934: Mortgage (A) discharged.
6.4.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
27.4.1934: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (B).
7.2.1936: Mortgage (B) discharged.
14.1.1937: Whilst fishing at Rockall, Arthur Londesborough (20) was lost overboard and drowned.
6.1937: Sold to Towarzystwo Dalekomorskich Polowow “Pomorze” Sp.z.o.o., Gdynia.
29.7.1937: Hull registry closed “Sold Polish for trading”.
1937: Registered at Gdynia as ADAM (GDY94).
9.1939: Sold to Adam Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager). Gdynia registry closed.
3.11.1939: Registered at Fleetwood (FD65).
16.11.1939: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood for the sum of £512 with interest (C).
19.11.1939: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to John Odde, East Molesey for the sum of £6,000 with interest (D).
12.1939: On a trip to the Faroe Island grounds, bombed and machine gunned by German seaplanes. No damage; crew of twelve from Hull.
12.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1618) (Hire rate £101.5.0d/month). Based Dover with M/S Group 61.
16.4.1943: Mortgage (C) discharged.
31.5.1943: Mortgage (D) discharged.
31.5.1943: Sold to Mrs Wincenty Bartosiak, Gdynia, Poland.
1.6.1943: Fleetwood registry closed. Renamed PODLAISE.
4.- 6.1944: Minesweeping in Dover Straits (A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Delphin-Abbott, awarded DSC for skill and daring in successful minesweeping operations).
14.7.1944: Returned to owner after restoration at Fleetwood. Registered at Gdynia (GDY154).
4.8.1944: First landing at Fleetwood (Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, managers).
3.1946: Repairs at Ghent. Then fishing from IJmuiden with Dutch crews until end of year.
12.1946: Returned to Poland.
5.1948: Sold to “Lawica” Rybolowstwo Dalekomorskiie i Zegluga Sp.z.o.o., Gdynia (“Lawica” Deep-Sea Fishing & Shipping Ltd)(Kazimierza Orthweina, Wincenty Bartosiak & others). Re-registered at Gdynia (GDY124).
16.12.1949: By Order of the Ministry of Navigation the holding company and assets to be placed under control of the Polish People’s Republic. Zbigniew Kollesinskiego appointed manager.
1950: Company and assets transferred to “Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich Sp.z.ogr.odp, Gdynia (Polish Government).
1951: Sold to “Lawica” Rybolowstwo Dalekom S.A., Gdynia.
7.1951: Re classed and registered at Gdynia (GDY213).
4.1962: Sold for breaking up at Gdansk.

(Thomas Maloney, Landsman (volunteer), age 25, b. Connaught, Ireland – VICTORY (SB139))

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S.T. Podlasie GDY154

S.T. Podlasie GDY154
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11/08/2017: Picture added.
09/06/2019: Information updated.

S.T. Boston Attacker FD92

Technical

Official Number: 180345
Yard Number: 776
Completed: 1946
Gross Tonnage: 323
Net Tonnage: 118
Length: 130 ft
Breadth: 25.7 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Engine: 700IHP T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull. Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Speed: 11.3 knots

History

30.8.1946: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.776) for N.V. Motorvisscherij, Ostend, Belgium as VAN ORLEY (O294).
3.12.1946: Completed.
4.1951: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
4.1951: Ostend registry closed.
17.4.1951: Registered at Fleetwood as BOSTON ATTACKER (FD92).
1.10.1952: Sold to the Government of Canada, Ottawa. Renamed MAPLE LEAF and gifted under the Commonwealth Aid Scheme (Colombo plan) to the Government of Ceylon, Colombo. (Modified at Fleetwood and fitted with refrigerated fishroom and air conditioning). Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Ottawa.
19.4.1953: Sailed Fleetwood.
1955: Transferred to Government of Ceylon (Government Stores Dept), Colombo. Ottawa registry closed. Unregistered.
1971: Deleted from Lloyd’s Register.

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S.T. Boston Attacker FD92

S.T. Boston Attacker FD92
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S.T. Boston Attacker FD92

S.T. Boston Attacker FD92

S.T. Boston Attacker FD92 as Maple Leaf, April 1953

S.T. Boston Attacker FD92 as Maple Leaf, April 1953

Boston Attacker as Maple Leaf.

Boston Attacker as Maple Leaf.

S.T. Maple Leaf_int

S.T. Maple Leaf
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S.T. Maple Leaf

S.T. Maple Leaf
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20/08/2014: 4 broken image links repaired.

S.T. Boston Typhoon FD272

Technical

Official Number: 180335
Yard Number: 376
Completed: 1948
Gross Tonnage: 329
Net Tonnage: 128
Length: 137.5 ft
Breadth: 25.6 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Built: Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull (engine built 1945). Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150 ° F

History

25.5.1948: Launched by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd.No.376) for Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood as BOSTON TYPHOON.
9.1948: Completed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD272). Basil A. Parkes designated manager.
9.1948: Sailed Lowestoft for fishing grounds (Sk. Robert Wright); seventeen crew all told, to land at Fleetwood.
2.5.1953: Last landing at Fleetwood.
5.1953: Sold to Ytre Rollöya Fiskersamvirke, Hamnvik, Norway (Ove Bergvoll, Harstad, manager). Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Hamnvik as ROLLANES.
1971: Sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Boston Typhoon FD272

S.T. Boston Typhoon FD272
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S.T. Boston Typhoon FD272

S.T. Boston Typhoon FD272
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SS.T. Boston Typhoon FD272

S.T. Boston Typhoon FD272
Picture © Ford Jenkins courtesy of The Greenday Collection

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16/09/2019: Information updated.
14/10/2019: Added an image.

S.T. Daily Mail FD100

Technical

Official Number: 162062
Yard Number: 915
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 386
Net Tonnage: 165
Length: 141.7 ft
Breadth: 25.5 ft
Depth: 13.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

28.4.1930: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.915) for Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood as the DAILY MAIL.
2.6.1930: Registered at Fleetwood (FD100).
6.1930: Completed (Fred. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
1931: Basil A. Parkes, Blackpool appointed manager.
10.5.1931: Homeward from St. Kilda grounds (Sk. Albert Heywood), in thick fog stranded on rocks off Crammag Head, The Rinns of Galloway, splitting shell plating on port side.
11.5.1931: Came afloat, with TRANQUIL (FD425) and Portpatrick lifeboat standing by, but grounded again on the north side of Portencorkie Bay, crew picked up by TRANQUIL.
8.1931: After efforts to salve failed, boiler removed to barge, but foundered in deep water. Some further dismantling carried out and declared a total loss.
9.12.1931: Fleetwood registry closed “Total loss 10/5/31”.

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S.T. Daily Mail FD100

S.T. Daily Mail FD100
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