Category Archives: Drifter/Trawler

S.D/T. Norman Wilson LT1158

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4126
Official Number: 140843
Yard Number: 567
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

8.3.1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.567) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as TIDAL WAVE (Ad.No.4126).
12.8.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
11.12.1919: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
1920: Sold to A. & J. Summers, Peterhead under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen) for £7000, reduced to £4875.
6.8.1920: Registered at Peterhead as SOPHIA S. SUMMERS (PD379) O.N.140843.
By 15.6.1921: Payments outstanding.
1921: Mortgage foreclosed. Repossessed by His Majesty, represented by the Commissioners representing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, London.
1921: Sold to Alexander B. Summers, Peterhead (managing owner).
1923: Sold to William C. Wilson, Whitley Bay & A. J. Gardner (later J. & P. Gardner), Cellardyke (John T. Graham, Anstruther, manager).
29.5.1923: Peterhead registry closed.
5.1923: Registered at Kirkcaldy as NORMAN WILSON (KY228).
1939: Sold to Mrs L. R. Gardner, Cellardyke.
9.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on the balloon barrage (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month). Based at Rosyth (Attendance drifter).
194?: Sold to William C. Wilson, North Shields.
1946: Sold to Supreme Fishcuring Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
9.1946: Returned to owner.
1946-1949: Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth.
1947: Sold to Neptune Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (P. Garnett, Epsom, manager).
1.1949: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven.
12.5.1955: Last landing at Milford.
1955: Fished herring season from Lowestoft.
1956: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
7.3.1956: Sailed Lowestoft for Bruges (Sk. Pye).
7.3.1956: Delivered.
1956: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Norman Wilson KY228

S.D/T. Norman Wilson KY228
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Changelog

15/10/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
07/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
27/06/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Kindred Star (2) LT177 (Seasonal)

© Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 149212
Yard Number: 580
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 115
Net Tonnage: 49
Length: 92.1 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Burrell & Co, Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1930: Launched by John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.580) for Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as KINDRED STAR.
61930: Completed (Frederick E. Catchpole, Lowestoft, manager).
10.6.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT177).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
24.1.1939: Disabled in North Sea. Steam drifter ADVISABLE (LT168) connected and delivered Lowestoft.
1.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No. FY1524) (Hire rate £64.16.7d).
6.1941: Based Portland (Ty/Sk. T. W. Sheridan RNR).
27.2.1946: Returned to owner.
17.10.1950: At Lowestoft landed 210 crans of herring of which 40 crans were iced.
5.1954: Converted by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft, fitted with 300bhp 4 stroke 3-cyl diesel by W. H. Podd Ltd, Lowestoft.
5.1954: Re measured 120.49g 50.33 n.
29.5.1954: Completed successful trials after conversion to diesel propulsion.
29.9.1954: At Lowestoft first landing 7 crans.
22.12.1964: Sold to Leslie John Derrington, Lowestoft & Miriam Ursula Harman (joint owners).
Prior to 9.1965: Arrest warrant for unpaid harbour dues rescinded.
10.1965: Refitted.
19.4.1966: Sold to Leslie John Derrington, Lowestoft & David William Alan Chamberlain, Towcester (joint owners).
19.9.1966: Sailed Lowestoft for Bathurst , NSW, with huts on foredeck.
13.2.1968: Registered owners Kindred Marine Products Ltd, St. Helier, Jersey.
9.12.1974: Mail returned “owners not known”.
16.4.1985: Lowestoft registry closed on advice from Registrar of Shipping & Seamen, Llanishen, Cardiff.

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S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177

S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177
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S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177

S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177
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S.D/T Kindred Star LT177

S.D/T Kindred Star LT177
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S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177

S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177
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S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177

S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177
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HMT Kindred Star

HMT Kindred Star
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M.D/T. Kindred Star LT177

M.D/T. Kindred Star LT177
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S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177

M.D/T. Kindred Star LT177
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S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177

S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177
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Changelog
08/10/2010: Page published.
14/05/2014: Picture 3 added.
17/12/2014: Added another picture.
06/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
22/07/2023: Added an image.

S.D/T. Kathleen LT673 (Seasonal)

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Technical

Admiralty Number: 4143
Official Number: 139994
Yard Number: 10
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.55
Depth 9.3 ft
Engine: T. 3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Coatbridge
Boiler: Gt. Central Co-op Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby

History

1919: Launched by J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad (Yd.No.10) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as BREAKER (Ad. No. 4143.)
16.9.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
1919: Sold to Edward William Bird, Lowestoft.
10.10.1919: Sold to Head & Wright Ltd, Lowestoft (William J. Head, manager).
31.10.1919: Registered at Lowestoft as KATHLEEN (LT673).
1930s: Seasonal fishing from Padstow and Fleetwood (William J. Head, managing agent).
17.4.1931: At Padstow badly damaged when jammed under berth fendering.
25.5.1935: Off Irish coast, broke mainmast when hauling.
24.4.1938: In fog in Morecambe Bay suffered damage in collision with ASCONA (LT108).
23.8.1938: On Small’s ground damaged gallows after coming fast.
11.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (Hire rate £32.16.0d/month) (P.No.FY1828).
6.1940: Based Swansea (Sk. J. W. Chenery RNR). Renamed CLARIBEL.
15.6.1940: Strafed with machine gun fire by two German aircraft but returned safely.
1943: Harold Frank Weeks, Fleetwood appointed manager.
10.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
1945: Returned and reverted to KATHLEEN (LT673).
18.2.1946: Sold to Anglo Continental Fish Traders Ltd, Grimsby (Harry Franklin, manager).
4.3.1946: Lowestoft registry closed.
9.3.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY219).
1946: Sold to Norwegian owners. Registered at Haugesund as JOTNAFJELL.
1993: Sold to German owners.
12.09.2022: After conversion to a gaff-rigged cutter, still sailing under the name NOBILE, providing youth sailing trips during summer months.

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S.D/T. Kathleen LT673

S.D/T. Kathleen LT673
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S.D/T. Kathleen LT673

S.D/T. Kathleen LT673
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Changelog
08/10/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
01/07/2016: Picture added.
05/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
12/09/2022: Updated history.
25/09/2022: Added an image.

S.D/T. Kindred Star (1) LT399 (Seasonal)

© Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 149212
Yard Number: 1022
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 115
Net Tonnage: 50
Length: 92.05 ft
Breadth: 19.6 ft
Depth: 9.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Burrell & Co, Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

9.6.1928: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1022) for Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as KINDRED STAR.
4.7.1928: Completed (Frederick E. Catchpole, Lowestoft, manager).
17.8.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT399).
3.3.1930: Struck rocks off South Bishops Rock, Pembrokeshire while on passage Padstow to Fleetwood (Sk. Teddy Marjoram). Subsequently foundered after crew had taken to boat. Sighted and picked up by Liverpool steamer CHESHIRE COAST (1122grt/1915).
4.3.1930: Crew landed at Bristol.
24.3.1930: Lowestoft registry closed “Vessel foundered”.

Changelog

07/10/2010: age published. 3 updates since then.

S.D/T. S.D.J. LT1187

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Wartime visitor

Technical

Official Number: 132971
Yard Number: 376
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 100
Net Tonnage: 36
Length: 87.3 ft
Breadth: 18.4 ft
Depth: 9.0 ft
Built: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliott & Garrood, Beccles

History

1912: Launched by John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.376) for James Smith, Lowestoft as S.D.J.
8.1912: Completed (James Smith, managing owner).
28.8.1912: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1187).
9.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (1-6pdr HA, 1-2pdr) (Ad.No.1857). Based Dover.
Post
12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (James Smith, Lowestoft).
17.8.1922: James Smith died.
22.12.1922: James Smith & Stephen James Smith, Lowestoft- joint owners (James Smith, manager).
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Padstow & Fleetwood.
Pre 1943-1945: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
1.6.1943: Typical wartime landing. 49 kits – cod-12, whiting-5, flats-5, roker-13, dogs-13, sole & prime-1 – ten days.
11-12.5.1947: Missing in North Sea presumed mined; debris later found. Nine crew lost *.
4.6.1947: Lowestoft registry closed.

Lost * – Sk, F. S. Church, A. W. Ames, L. C. Church, R. J. Gooding, W. H. Harman, W. Hart, A. E. Long, C. F. Mobbs, J. E. Winfield.

S.D/T S.D.J. LT1187

S.D/T S.D.J. LT1187
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S.D/T. S.D.J. LT1187

S.D/T. S.D.J. LT1187
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Changelog

30/09/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
01/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
28/07/2021: Updated history.