Category Archives: Lost Vessels

Vessels that have been lost

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.

S.T. Audrey YH215 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall and Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 123212
Yard Number: 312
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 186
Net Tonnage: 73
Length: 108.9 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.3 ft
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan
Engine: T.3-cyl by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow

History

12.9.1905: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.312) for Hellyer’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as AUDREY.
1.1906: Completed (Charles Hellyer, manager).
26.1.1906: Registered at Hull (H854).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
16.4.1916: At Hull, Skipper Albert Menzies Johnston charged under the Defence of the Realm Act with being in a prohibited area and fined £50.
7.7.1916: Off North Coast of Scotland rescued all crew of the Swedish steamer LISA (1606grt/) damaged by mine and run ashore, landing them in Thurso Bay. Crew paid £100 for efforts in picking up survivors.
1919: Released.
6.2.1919: Sold to Charles Henry George, Caister on Sea (managing owner).
9.12.1919: Hull registry closed.
11.12.1919: Registered at Gt. Yarmouth (YH215).
26.1.1920: Sold to John Halifax, Southtown, Gt. Yarmouth (managing owner).
1920’s: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood (Sk. John Halifax).
11.1923: In River Yare in collision with steam drifter FAITHFUL (BK246) striking her amidships causing her to founder.
19.4.1926: Sold to Robert Boyle (32/64) and John Thomas Coulson (32/64), North Shields (Robert Boyle managing owner).
12.5.1925: Yarmouth registry closed.
15.1.1926: Registered at North Shields (SN38).
6.9.1933: Foundered.
25.9.1933: North Shields registry closed “Total loss”.

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S.T. Audrey YH215

S.T. Audrey H854
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Changelog

20/02/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
05/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
20/07/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Boston Seafire H584

In Boston (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood.

Technical

Official Number: 181351
Yard Number: 759
Completed: 1948
Gross Tonnage: 689
Net Tonnage: 249
Length: 181.7 ft
Breadth: 30.6 ft
Depth: 15.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150 ° F
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley, 1948

History

24.5.1948: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.795) for Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood as BOSTON SEAFIRE.
6.10.1948: Registered at Hull (H584).
27.10.1948: Completed. Basil A. Parkes appointed manager.
19.1.1952: Sold to Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd, Hull (Thomas Hudson, manager). Registered at Hull as CAPE TARIFA (H584).
5.2.1960: Company and assets taken over by Ross Group, Grimsby.
26.11.1961: Registered at Hull as ROSS TARIFA (H584).
27.6.1967: Transferred to Grimsby.
1968: Sold to Van Heyghen Freres S.A., Ghent for breaking up.
6.3.1968: In tandem tow with ROSS DUNER (H85) by London motor tug MOORCOCK (272grt/1959 – 1600bhp) Humber for Zeebruges, lost ROSS DUNER off the South Falls Buoy. Stranded near Dunkirk but subsequently refloated and delivered to Zeebruges.
7.3.1968: Broke away from tug and stranded on Goodwin Sands 11/4 miles from East Goodwin Light Vessel. Settled and lost to sands.
3.1968: Hull registry closed.

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S.T. Boston Seafire H584

S.T. Boston Seafire H584
Picture by Donald Innes courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

S.T. Boston Seafire H584

S.T. Boston Seafire H584
Picture courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

S.T. Boston Seafire H584

S.T. Boston Seafire H584
Picture by Mike Thompson courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

S.T. Cape Tarifa H584

S.T. Cape Tarifa H584
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. Ross Tarifa H584

S.T. Ross Tarifa H584
Picture courtesy of The JanH Collection

Changelog

19/09/2011: Page published. 7 updates since then.
03/12/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.D/T. Genius FR299

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4191
Official Number: 132190
Yard Number: 278
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Coatbridge
Built: Scott & Sons Ltd, Bowling
Boiler: Lobnitz & Co Ltd, Renfrew

History

1919: Launched by Scott & Sons Ltd, Bowling (Yd.No.278) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as WAFT (Ad.No.4191).
11.9.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
9.1.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
1921: Sold to John Murray, Portessie & others (John Murray, managing owner) under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen).
12.4.1921: Registered at Buckie as GENIUS O.N.132190 (BCK358).
1924: Sold to George Farquhar, Buckie & others (George Farquhar, managing owner).
1928: Sold to John Buchan, St. Combs & others (John Buchan, managing owner).
1.1928: Buckie registry closed.
14.1.1928: Registered at Fraserburgh (FR299).
2.10.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.748) (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
1.1942: At Yarmouth ‘LL’ drifter.
11.1943: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
4.1944: Re deployed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
1945: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, manager).
12.11.1945: Returned to owner (David F. Cartwright MBE MC, Gorleston, manager).
1946: Sold to Adam Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (David F. Cartwright MBE MC, Gorleston, manager).
15.3.1948 – 30.6.1948: Seasonal white fish trawling from Milford Haven ((Arthur C. Mitchell, managing agent).
3.1949: Sold to Merchants (Milford Haven) Ltd, Milford Haven (Frederick Walter Goffin, Hakin, manager).
19.2.1949 – 9.5.1955: Seasonal white fish trawling from Milford Haven.
5.1956: Fraserburgh registry closed.
1955: Laid up at Milford.
2.5.1956: After refurbishment, registered at Milford as MERCHANT VANGUARD (M46).
6.1956: On a trip to the Irish grounds (Sk. Charles Wilson); nine crew.
15.6.1956: Off the Co. Waterford coast, caught by a sudden gale and with a heavy sea running sought shelter at the back of The Hook, opposite Dunmore East. In late evening, in heavy rain and nil visibility, stranded on the Hook Peninsula, Co. Waterford. With vessel listing to port and well over, Sk. Wilson ordered the boat to be swung out and all crew* abandoned.
16.6.1956: After two and a half hours with boat almost swamped sighted by Dunmore East lifeboat, picked up and landed at Dunmore East.
16.6.1956: Attempts by MERCHANT VENTURER (M49)(Sk. Ernie Smith), HOSANNA (LT167 ((Sk. A. Wiseman) and DEELUX (YH84)(Sk.Hubert Griffiths), to refloat the vessel failed.
24.6.1956: Attempt to refloat failed.
2.8.1956: Lightening, with removal of coal, stores, nets etc had succeeded in bringing the vessel upright, survey showed little damage.
8.1956: Further attempts to refloat on favourable tides failed. Subsequently declared a Total Constructive Loss and abandoned to Underwriters.
2.1.1957: Milford registry closed.

Crew* saved – All Milford unless noted. Sk. Charles A. Wilson; Leonard S. Gale, Mate; F. Osbourne, Bosun; T. Jones, Ch. Eng; W.Kelly, 2nd Eng, Pill; L. Curtis and G. Setterfield, Deckhands; T. Walsh, Deckhand/trimmer; G. A. Taylor, Cook.

(Seasonal at Milford as Genius – 15 Mar – 30 Jun 1948; 19 Feb – 25 Sep 1949; 11 Mar – 3 Sep 1950; 2 Mar – 2 Aug 1951; 18 Mar – 22 Jun 1952; 1 Mar – 19 Oct 1953; 7 Mar – 1 Dec 1954; 4 Mar – 9 May 1955; 17 Apr 1956).

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S.D/T. Genius FR299

S.D/T. Genius FR299
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Changelog

19/06/2011: Page published. 7 updates since then.
01/11/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Ocean Tide LH 80

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall

Technical

Official Number: 139796
Yard Number: 149
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 227.12
Net Tonnage: 97.69
Length: 117.1 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Built: Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith

History

28.11.1916: Launched by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith (Yd.No.149) for Peterhead Trawling Co Ltd, Peterhead as GREG NESS.
1.1917: Completed.
4.1917: Sold to James Glennie Adam (64/64), Aberdeen.
7.4.1917: Registered at Aberdeen (Part I) O.N.139796.
9.4.1917: Registered at Aberdeen Part IV) (A730). James Glennie Adam designated managing owner.
4.1917: Requisitioned for war service as minesweeper (1-6pdr, 1-7.5” Howitzer) (Ad.No.3035). Based Holyhead.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
2.2.1920: Sold to Philip Belman, Aberdeen. Sidney Morris Cannon designated manager.
15.3.1920: Registered at Aberdeen as ERIC BELMAN (A730) (BoT Minute 3208/1920).
22.12.1921: Sold to Horace Edward Stroud and Sidney Morris Cannon (64/64 joint owners), Aberdeen. Sidney Morris Cannon designated managing owner.
2.1922: Sold to G. Denis, Dieppe (BoT Minute 2613/1922).
9.2.1922: Aberdeen registry closed.
1922: Re-measured 240g 53n.
2.1922: Registered at Dieppe as CAPITAINE BOURDIN (DI?).
6.1927: Sold to William Walker, North Shields (managing owner).
1927: Re-measured 227.12g 97.69n.
2.7.1927: Registered at North Shields as AGNES S. WALKER (SN82).
1928: Sold to George Flockhart, Leith. Alexander Flockhart designated manager.
13.6.1928: When some 240 miles NE by E from May Island, George Rae (24), Leith, fireman, washed overboard when dumping ash and drowned.
1935: Sold to Alexander Flockhart, Newhaven, Edinburgh & others.
13.2.1935: North Shields registry closed.
5.3.1935: Registered at Leith as OCEAN TIDE (LH80).
By 1939: Carnie & Gibb, Newhaven, Edinburgh appointed managing agents.
11.1939: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes Thornton-le-Fylde designated manager.
By 11.1940: Sold to Carnie & Gibb, Newhaven, Edinburgh (William Carnie Jnr, Glasgow, manager).
15.1.1942: Fishing from Ayr. Stranded on Tiree in position 49.76N 7.55W. All crew saved.
29.1.1942: Leith registry closed. “Total loss”.

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S.T. Ocean Tide LH80

S.T. Ocean Tide LH80
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Changelog

27/06/2011: Page published. 7 updates since then.
30/12/2018: Added an image.
29/06/2019: Updated information.