Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 135082
Yard Number: 15?
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 99
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 87.80 ft
Breadth: 18.7 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Built: Livingstone & Cooper Ltd, Hessle
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1914: Launched by Livingstone & Cooper Ltd, Hessle (Yd.No.15?) for John Thomas Cullen Salmon, Gt. Yarmouth as HERRING SEARCHER.
16.6.1914: Arrived Gt. Yarmouth in tow of HULLMAN (171grt/1914) for installation of machinery.
23.6.1914: Registered at Yarmouth (YH51). John Thomas Cullen Salmon designated managing owner.
7.1914: Completed.
3.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.2216). Based Aegean Sea.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (J. T. C. Salmon, Gt Yarmouth).
1920: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood and Padstow.
7.3.1928: Sold to Henry Frederick James Eastick, Gorleston. Henry Frederick James Eastick designated managing owner.
18.10.1928: At Yarmouth landed 224 crans of herring.
21.10.1929: At Yarmouth landed 210 crans.
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
21.4.1939: Sold to Bisset Buchan Coull, Peterhead.
31.5.1939: Yarmouth registry closed.
17.6.1939: Registered at Peterhead (PD79).
12.1944: Sold to Alexander Johnston, Gardenstown & others.
12.1944: Peterhead registry closed.
26.12.1944: Registered at Banff (BF19).
17.4.1945: Sold to George Watt Wiseman, Edwin Wiseman, George William Wiseman, George William Watt, George Watt, William Watt, Gilbert Watt, Charlotte Wiseman, Francis West and George West, all Gardenstown and Robert Turnbull Morrison, Fraserburgh.
1.1947: Sold to The Shoals Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft.
1.1947: Banff registry closed.
14.1.1947: Registered at Lowestoft (LT276). Charles William Dance designated manager.
1949: At Lowestoft (Sk. Stanley Turrell) landed 253 3/4 crans. Prunier Trophy winner.
6.1954: Sold for breaking up.
9.6.1954: Sailed Lowestoft for breakers.
27.5.1955: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Herring Searcher YH51
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Herring Searcher YH51
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S.D/T. Herring Searcher YH51
Picture courtesy of The Franz Schaap Collection

Changelog
31/05/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
16/07/2016: Picture added.
31/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark.
06/01/2021: Updated information.

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham for FMHT.
Additional information courtesy of Laura Powell

Technical

Official Number:
Yard Number: 416
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 99
Net Tonnage: 34
Length: 87.5 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 10.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: A. W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws
Built: Mackie & Thomson Ltd, Govan

History

15.8.1911: Launched by Mackie & Thomson Ltd, Govan (Yd.No.416) for J. Archibald, Buckie & J. Reid, Portgordon & others as DARDA.
1911: Completed.
31.8.1911: Registered at Buckie (BCK99). John Reid designated managing owner.
9.1913: Embarked Buckie Thistle football team for passage across Moray Firth to play Wick Academy in a Highland League game; the passage took 41/2 hours each way.
7.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence drifter. Based Scapa.
Post 12.3.1919: Required for minesweeping post war. Returned to owner at Buckie (John Reid, Portgordon).
30.10.1925: At Yarmouth landed 180 crans of herring.
Pre 1937: Sold to John Reid, Portgordon & George Bruce, Buckie. John Reid designated managing owner.
Pre 1939: George Bruce designated managing owner.
30.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service on port duties/miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £25.10.0d/month).
12.1941: Employed on port duties. John Reid designated managing owner.
1946 : Returned to owner.
10.1946: Sold to Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth.
10.1946: Buckie registry closed.
19.10.1946: Registered at Yarmouth (YH151). Cecil Mayo designated manager.
16.6.1947: Registered at Yarmouth as OCEAN VETERAN (YH151).
1946 – 1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood and Padstow.
8.10.1948: At Yarmouth landed 130 crans of herring.
4.10.1949: At Yarmouth landed 130 crans of herring.
12.10.1949: At Yarmouth landed 130 crans of herring.
18.7.1954: Sold to Kings & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth for breaking up.
11.9.1954: Yarmouth registry closed.
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S.T. Ocean Veteran YH151
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Collection

30/05/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
20/11/2011: Added information and removed FMHT watermark.

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 130039
Yard Number: 496
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 87.0 ft
Breadth: 18.4 ft
Depth: 8.9 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1.4.1911: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.496) for Arthur Evans, Ernest Wisker & Walter Bartlett (joint owners), Lowestoft as E.W.B.. 4.7.1911: Completed.
7.7.1911: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1124).
8.6.1914: Sold to Arthur Evans (32/64) & Walter Bartlett (32/64), Lowestoft.
09.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.1872). Fitted with 1-3pdr, E.C. mines and as an anti-submarine net drifter. i.a.w. Area XIV Patrol Orders dated 30.3.1915 allocated to Isles of Scilly Net Drifters (Sk. J. Reynolds).
11.8.1916: Sold to Arthur Evans, Lowestoft.
10.1916: With Falmouth Net Drifters (Sk. J. Reynolds).
29.1.1918: Sold to Frederick W. Moxey (32/64), Bertha Richards & Charles Jordan (32/64 joint shares), Lowestoft. Based Aegean Sea.
1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (F. W. Moxey).
16.1.1922: Arrived Lowestoft (Sk. Jenkerson) with Capt Gestersen and nine crew members, the only survivors of a crew of twenty of the Hamburg registered steamer VESTA (1839grt/??) which caught fire through explosion of deck cargo of naptha in heavy weather some 40 miles SE of Lowestoft when on passage Hamburg to Lisbon with general cargo. Rescue was effected at great risk because of the heavy sea, the blaze and fumes from the steamer.
17.12.1919: Sold to The Viking Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (James Pye, manager).
2.4.1925 Sold to The Viking Steam Fishing Co Ltd (32/64), Richard & Edward Mallet (16/64 shares each), Lowestoft.
3.2.1926: Sold to Frederick W. Moxey (32/64), Thomas Richards & Herbert Drake (32/64 joint shares), Lowestoft.
17.4.1938: Sold to Arthur Dexter (64/64), Brixham.
11.03.1939: Sold to Thomas Richards Ltd & Reginald Riley (64/64 joint shares), Brixham.
2.2.1940: Sold to Torbay Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Brixham.
6.1.1941–12.1.1942: Landing at Milford.
1943-1945: Landing at Fleetwood.
1.7.1943: Typical landing. 110 kits – cod/codling-50, flats-15, whiting-10, roker-30, prime-5.
1.2.1946: Sold to Respondo Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
17.11.1947 Sold to Cairo Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
29.10.1954: Sold to Yolland Brothers Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
22.7.1955: Last landing at Milford.
1955: Sold to shipbreakers in Belgium.
5.9.1955 Arrived Boom near Antwerp for breaking up.
19.9.1955 Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. E.W.B. LT1124
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog
17/05/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
13/12/2014: Information updated.
21/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
07/05/2020: Updated information.