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S.D/T. Golden Emblem BF232 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 139885
Yard Number: 3
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 90.0 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Built: Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, Peterhead
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen

Note: Wooden built

History

1918: Launched by Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, Peterhead (Yd.No.3) for their own account (Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields) as MAUVEEN.
1918: Completed (John H. Irvin KBE, Aberdeen, manager).
10.1918: Requisitioned from the builder for war service (Ad.No.4397). Not registered as a fishing vessel. Based Kingstown.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen (R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen).
14.5.1920: Registered at North Shields (SN21).
1.1931: Sold to Alexander Watt, Gardenstown (managing owner).
22.1.1931: North Shields registry closed.
24.1.1931: Registered at Banff as GOLDEN EMBLEM (BF232).
1939: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood (Alex Keay managing agent).
1939: Sold to R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.
4.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol drifter (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
1940: Sold to E. Watt, Gardenstown & others (E. Watt managing owner).
5.1942: Employed on port duties.
18.12.1945: Returned to owner.
1947: Sold Northern Shipbreaking Co, Peterhead for breaking up. Banff registry closed.

Changelog

06/05/2012: Page published. 3 updates since then.
01/12/2020: History updated.

S.D/T. Rowan Tree BF 199 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 127399
Yard Number: 168
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 91
Net Tonnage: 39
Length: 87.5 ft
Breadth: 19.2 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Cooper & Grieg Ltd, Dundee
Built: J. & G. Forbes, Sandhaven
Wooden built

History

1918: Purchased by The Admiralty on the stocks.
1918: Launched by J. & G. Forbes, Sandhaven (Yd.No.168) (“non-standard Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as FLAT CALM.
3.6.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.3890).
1930: De-commissioned and offered for sale.
3.1930: Sold to Alexander West, Gardenstown & others (Alexander West managing owner).
14.4.1930: Registered at Banff as ROWAN TREE (BF199).
11.2.1938: White fish trawling from Fleetwood (Alex Keay managing agent). Landed 24 boxes grossed £37.
24.4.1938: Last landing at Fleetwood, 145 boxes grossed £117.
1939: Sold to Mrs E. West, Gardenstown & others.
25.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
21.11.1941: Sailed Lowestoft at 8.15 am and returning to port at about 3.00 pm struck shoulder of recently formed sand bank at the entrance. Lowestoft lifeboat MICHAEL STEPHEN (Cox Albert Spurgeon) launched at 3.30 approached and connected but line parted. Capsized when local tug had line connected, crew scrambling on to upturned hull. Cox Spurgeon took the MICHAEL STEPHEN alongside twice and took off all fifteen crew. Landed safely at Lowestoft.
12.1941: Banff registry closed declared a total loss.

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S.D/T. Rowan Tree BF199

S.D/T. Rowan Tree BF199
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Changelog

04/05/2012: Page published. 6 updates since then.
08/12/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Forward II GY98

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow and NE Lincs Archives

Technical

Official Number: 122713
Yard Number: 355
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 249.67
Net Tonnage: 104.62
Length: 127.0 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 11.4 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby
Engine: 450ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

14.11.1905: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.355) for Edward Cyril Grant (64/64), Grimsby as FORWARD.
20.1.1906: Registered at Grimsby (GY98).
25.1.1906: Completed (Edward C. Grant managing owner).
30.1.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The York City & County Banking Co Ltd, York (A).
31.1.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to William Somerville Letten & George Somerville Letten, Grimsby (joint mortgagees).
1.5.1906: Mortgage (A) discharged.
29.10.1910: Mortgage (B) discharged.
22.1.1913: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby
23.1.1913: Shares (48/64) sold to Ernest Davy Baxter (8/64), John Henry Bryant (8/64), Ernest James Baskcomb (8/64), Charles Richard Baskcomb (8/64) and John Lawrence Green (16/64), all Grimsby.
23.1.1913: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
23.1.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (C).
11.9.1913: Ernest Davy Baxter (8/64), John Henry Bryant (8/64) and John Lawrence Green (16/64) shares sold to Thomas William Baskcomb (48/64), Grimsby.
8.10.1913: Ernest James Baskcomb (8/64), Charles Richard Baskcomb (8/64) shares sold to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby.
31.12.1913: Vessel mortgaged to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (D).
6.1.1914: Mortgage (C) discharged.
4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.1409).
17.5.1915: Registered at Grimsby as FORWARD II. (BoT Minute M.12227 dated 11.5.1915). Based Buncrana.
13.10.1915: Mortgage (D) discharged.
2.12.1915: Sold to Rowland Hill (64/64), Grimsby.
3.12.1915: Walter Harold Beeley appointed manager.
4.12.1915: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank of England Ltd, London (E).
27.1.1917: Mortgage (E) discharged.
1.2.1917: Sold to Jasper George Smith (32/64), Kingsland, Midx and Albert William Green (32/64), Grimsby.
1.2.1917: Albert William Green designated managing owner.
1.2.1917: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank of England Ltd, London (F).
1.2.1917: Albert William Green (32/64) shares mortgaged to Jennie Green, Cleethorpes for the sum of £700 with interest at 6% (G).
8.4.1918: Mortgagee re-styled National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
19.10.1920: Mortgage (G) discharged.
20.10.1920: Jasper George Smith (32/64) shares sold to Albert William Green (64/64), Grimsby.
21.10.1920: Vessel mortgaged to Jasper George Smith, Kingsland, Midx for the sum of £7,500 with interest at 8% (H).
22.10.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Jennie Green, Cleethorpes for the sum of £500 with interest at 8%. (I).
19.11.1920: Mortgage (F) discharged.
14.10.1922: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (H) to Grimsby Trawler Owners Direct Fish Supply Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
7.11.1922: Thomas William Baskcomb, appointed manager.
1.4.1923: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby.
17.8.1923: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
4.8.1923: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Grimsby Trawler Owners Direct Fish Supply Co Ltd, Grimsby (J).
30.6.1924: Mortgage (J) transferred to Harry Allen Baskcomb, Grimsby.
31.3.1925: Mortgage (J) discharged.
1.4.1925: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Harry Allen Baskcomb, Grimsby (K).
1.4.1925: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Grimsby Trawler Owners Direct Fish Supply Co Ltd, Grimsby (L).
13.11.1937: Mortgage (L) discharged.
11.12.1937: Mortgage (K) discharged.
12.1937: Sold for breaking up.
13.12.1937: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel sold for breaking up”.

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S.T. Forward II GY98

S.T. Forward II GY98
Picture courtesy of The Steve Farrow Collection

Changelog
26/04/2012: Page published. 7 revisions since then.
08/10/2014: Picture added.
07/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
05/10/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Dahlia GY223

Technical

Official Number: 96206
Yard Number: 29
Completed: 1889
Gross Tonnage: 155g
Net Tonnage: 71
Length: 100.9 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Built: Cochrane, Hamilton, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull

History

31.7.1889: Launched by Cochrane, Hamilton, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Yd.No.29) for The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as DAHLIA.
8.1889: Completed.
1896: re measured 91n.
31.8.1889: Registered at Grimsby (GY223). George Doughty appointed manager.
4.2.1907: Reported found derelict vessel, NAJA, abandoned and very badly damaged. Connected and commenced tow, but as vessel started to settle, abandoned and sank about 70 miles from Dutch coast.
1910: New boiler fitted.
1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.731).
1915: Henry Morrice appointed manager.
11.10.1915: Registered at Grimsby as DAHLIA II (GY223).
7.1918: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
12.1919: Sold to Thomas W. Baskcomb, Grimsby (managing owner).
20.3.1922: Registered at Grimsby as DAHLIA (GY223).
22.10.1935: Sold by order of the mortgagee to Fred Parkes, Blackpool & Fleetwood.
11.1935: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby. Sir John D. Marsden, Bart appointed manager. Transferred to Lowestoft.
27.11.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
29.11.1935: Registered at Lowestoft (LT109).
1938: Sold to shipbreakers at Willebroek, Belgium.
6.10.1938: Sailed Lowestoft for Belgium.
20.8.1938: Lowestoft registry closed “Sold to Belgium for demolition”.

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S.T. Dahlia LT109

S.T. Dahlia LT109
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Changelog
15/04/2012: Page published. 4 updates since then.
29/07/16: Information added.
06/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
20/02/2020: Updated information.

S.D/T. Alcor LT140 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham, Maurice Voss and Jan Harteveld

Technical

Yard Number: 768
Completed: 1922
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 35
Length: 85.2 ft
Breadth: 19.1
Depth: 9.0 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: C.2-cyl by International Engine Works, Amherst, Nova Scotia to a Goldie & McCulloch Co Ltd, Galt, Ontario design
Boiler: International Engine Works, Amherst, Nova Scotia
(All machinery new 1917 and ex Canadian wooden Admiralty drifter CD.48 )

History

14.2.1922: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.768) for John McCann, Hull (Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull) as OLEARIA.
28.3.1922: Completed.
25.4.1922: Registered at Hull (H478).
8.5.1922: Transferred to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (John McCann & Edward Cartwright, managers).
2.1925: Sold to L. Espersen, Denmark.
17.2.1925: Hull registry closed. Registered at Esbjerg (E444).
16.11.1925: Sold to Soc. Anon. Armement Ostendais, Ostend.
25.11.1925: Registered at Ostend as HECTOR DENIS (O237).
16.9.1930: Laid up until sold.
6.2.1936: Sold to Jubilee Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Alfred S. Ling, manager). Ostend registry closed.
16.4.1936: Registered at Lowestoft as ALCOR (LT140).
1937: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
24.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY960) (Hire rate £35.3.3d/month).
3.1942: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
12.8.1943: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager).
12.1943: Employed on port duties.
8.4.1945: Arrived Lowestoft for restoration and survey.
17.9.1945: Returned to owner.
8.1948: Sold to Jozef Arts, Ostend.
14.8.1948: Lowestoft registry closed.
12.5.1948: Taken in hand by Scheepswerf Seghers, Ostend for conversion to motor and fitted with a 270bhp 4 stroke 5-cyl oil engine by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln
1948: Re measured 99.72g 42.98n.
20.9.1948: Renamed MARJOLENE on completion.
31.9.1948: Registered as a motor trawler at Ostend as MARJOLENE. (O337).
5.1950: Sold to P.V.B.A. Jozef Arts & Co, Ostend.
4.3.1955: Crewman Emiel Makelberghe washed overboard and drowned.
22.12.1956: Whilst on passage home from Newlyn for Christmas when off Start Point started to take in water in the engine room. Taken in tow by Brixham motor trawler ROGER BUSHELL (BM76) but started to settle and foundered in position 50 14 12 N 03 08 45 W. All crew picked up by ROGER BUSHELL and landed at Brixham.

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S.D/T. Alcor LT140

S.D/T. Alcor LT140
© Ford Jenkins-Robert Durrant Collection

S.T. Alcor LT140

S.T. Alcor LT140
Picture courtesy of the Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

M.T. Marjolene O337

M.T. Marjolene O337
Picture courtesy of the Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

M.T. Marjolene O337

M.T. Marjolene O337
Picture courtesy of The Jan Harteveld Collection

Changelog

08/04/2012: Page published. 12 updates since then.
06/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
16/06/2019: Updated information.