Category Archives: Lost Vessels

Vessels that have been lost

S.T. Marinda FD155

Technical

Official Number: 180329
Yard Number: 189
Completed: 1945
Gross Tonnage: 342
Net Tonnage: 124
Length: 136 ft
Breadth: 24.6 ft
Depth: 13.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (E.No.263)
Boiler: Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow

History

6.10.1945: Launched by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.189) for J. Marr & Sons Ltd, Fleetwood as MARINDA.
1.1946: Registered at Fleetwood (FD155).
14.1.1946: Completed.
3.2.1947: Sold to Seddon Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood (B. Kilaczycki, London, manager) for £54000.
2.8.1949: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £35000.
26.10.1950: Sold to National Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Cape Town for £40000. Registered at Cape Town (CTA43).
Pre 1966: Company sold to Irvin & Johnson Ltd, Cape Town, who became managers.
1968: Sold to South African Navy. Stripped of all useable parts and non-ferrous metals and sunk as a target.

A short video of Marinda rounding North End.

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S.T. Marinda FD155

S.T. Marinda FD155
Picture courtesy of The Osta Collection

Marinda FD155 at Cape Town

Marinda FD155 at Cape Town
Picture courtesy of Janet Hannah

S.T. Marinda CTA43

S.T. Marinda CTA43
Picture courtesy of the South African Ship

S.T. Marinda CTA43

S.T. Marinda CTA43
Picture courtesy of the South African Ship Society

Changelog
22/07/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
12/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
17/01/2021: Video clip added.

S.T. Loughrigg FD148

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3839
Official Number: 148228
Yard Number: 846
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 324
Net Tonnage: 3839
Length: 148 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

1918: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.846) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as SAMUEL JAMESON (Ad.No.3839).
20.9.1918: Completed (1-12pdr and W/T).
10.10.1918: Accepted.
9.1920: Re-commissioned as HMS ETTRICK (1-12pdr). Fishery Protection duties. Based Falmouth.
1926: Sold to Sam Robford & Co Ltd, London.
12.3.1927: Registered at Fleetwood as LOUGHRIGG (FD148) (Keith R. Hoare, London, manager).
27.2.1928: Sailed Fleetwood for St. Kilda with mails (11 bags). Could not locate island due to dense fog, eventually anchored in Village Bay and islanders came out. Very short of flour and other provisions.
8.3.1928: Returned Fleetwood, coaled and took on provisions.
9.3.1928: Sailed Fleetwood for St. Kilda.
1929: Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (William W. Brierley, manager), managers).
21.8.1929: Registered at Fleetwood as PHYLLISIA (FD148).
27.3.1930: Sold to New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood (William W. Brierley, manager).
27.1.1936: On an Icelandic trip, sustained damage to port side when in collision with Grimsby trawler ITONIAN (GY108).
17.7.1939: Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
7.4.1936: At Fleetwood landed 900 boxes from a three week White Sea trip.
12.11.1939: When homeward off St Kilda, at 4.42pm. closed by U-boat (U.41) which had onboard survivors from steam trawler CRESSWELL (M129) which she had shelled and sunk earlier in the day 18 miles NW by N of the Flannan Islands (approx 58.39N 07.36W). Took onboard survivors, seven in number.
14.11.1939: Landed at Fleetwood.
4.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No. Z144) (Hire rate £97.4.0d/month). Cost of conversion £17,984. South Atlantic Command.
16.11.1942: Transferred to West Africa Command. Based at Freetown, Sierra Leone.
8.10.1943: On loan to Portugese Government (P.No.B1).
23.11.1943: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T. Remaining on loan to Portugese Government.
17.1.1944: Fleetwood registry closed.
19.8.1945: Returned to M.O.W.T. Based at Plymouth (W. Tamlyn Ltd, Plymouth, agents).
6.1946: Surveyed and restored at Plymouth at estimated cost of £8,730.
7.1946: Sold to East Fisheries Ltd, Cape Town. Registered at Cape Town (CTA126).
7.9.1952: Sold to South African Navy. Stripped of all useable parts and non-ferrous metals and used as a target. Subsequently scuttled off Robin Island.

(Samuel Jameson, OS (prest), age 21, b. King’s Lynn, Norfolk – VICTORY (SB439)

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S.T. Loughrigg FD148

S.T. Loughrigg FD148
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

S.T. Phyllisia FD148

S.T. Phyllisia FD148
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

S.T. Phyllisia CTA121

S.T. Phyllisia CTA121
Picture courtesy of www.trawlerheritage.co.za

Changelog
22/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
29/08/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
10/05/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Lois (2) FD424

Technical

Official Number: 143469
Yard Number: 357
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 286
Net Tonnage: 112
Length: 130 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith, Hull

History

Ordered by Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as the CORINTHIA purchased by The Admiralty on the stocks.
30.1.1917: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.357) (non standard “Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN APPLEBY (Ad.No.3612).
25.5.1917: Completed as an A/S trawler (1-12pdr, Hydrophone and W/T).
1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as JOHN APPLEBY O.N.143469.
03.02.1920: Registered at London (Part IV) (LO286).
13. 08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
By 18.09.1920: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London and engaged in commercial trawling.
1920: Allocated to the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
11.1920: At John I. Thornycroft & Co Ltd, Woolston completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100 A1 Stm Trawler at Southampton.
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
01.1923: Sold to Fleetwood Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
18.01.1923: London registry closed.
19.01.1923: Registered at Fleetwood (FD424). George E. J. Moody, Grimsby designated manager).
22.02.1923: Registered at Fleetwood as LOIS (FD424).
12.12.1923: Responded to distress from steam trawler PETER KILLEN (FD406) stranded on small island off Isle of Lismore, Loch Linnhe.
13.12.1923: With steam trawler IDA ADAMS (FD327), connected and successfully refloated. After carrying out checks, PETER KILLEN proceeded to Fleetwood.
1926: Sir George E. J. Moody, Grimsby designated manager.
1938: Will B. Moody, Grimsby designated manager. William Moody Kelly, Fleetwood managing agent.
20.11.1939: Off Tory Island, Co. Donegal picked up crew of SEA SWEEPER (FD171) stopped by U-boat (U.33) and sunk by gunfire.
27.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.781) (Hire rate £83.8.4d/month).
31.11.1944: Returned to owner.
30.12.1946: Sailed Fleetwood for Icelandic grounds (Sk. George Smith); sixteen crew all told.
5.1.1947: Arriving at Iceland at night in a heavy blizzard and mountainous seas, stranded at Grindavik, south west coast of Iceland. Within minutes of firing the distress rockets the Lifesaving team arrived and the first line shot straddled across the deck. Breeches buoy rigged and fifteen crew taken off*. The skipper was last man to leave, but holding on to rigging before getting into buoy, a huge wave hit him and he disappeared.
12.1.1947: Flight from Iceland delayed by bad weather. Survivors boarded plane for Prestwick.
13.1.1947: Survivors arrived in Fleetwood. Later body of Sk. George Smith (42) was recovered and brought back to Fleetwood in an Icelandic cargo vessel. Six of his crew acted as pall bearers at his funeral. Persistent gales and high seas completely destroyed the trawler.
21.1.1947: Fleetwood registry closed “Total Loss”.

(John Appleby, OS (volunteer), age 24, b. Yorkshire – VICTORY (SB426))

* Rescued (all Fleetwood unless stated) – Harold Christian Kaiser, Blackpool, Mate; Mark Trott, Bosun; Michael J.Hearty, Ch. Eng; Christopher E. Bond, 2nd Eng; Colin s. Hunter; John Barratt; George Harrison; R. G. Reeve; Joseph Brunt; Phillip T. Wuhr; William C. Greaves, Preesall & Max I. Wilson, Blackpool, deckhands; James O’Dea, Blackpool & J. Connolly, firemen; H. C. Scott, cook.

** Lost George Smith, Skipper.

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S.T. Lois FD424

S.T. Lois FD424
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S.T. Lois FD424

S.T. Lois FD424
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
22/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
03/02/2017: Removed disputed image.
01/09/2020: Updated history and added an image.
16/11/2020: Updated information.
23/11/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Kennymore GY38

Technical

Official Number: 136000
Yard Number: 261b
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 112
Length: 117 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

14.1.1914: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.261B) for The Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as KENNYMORE.
6.3.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY38).
3.1914: Completed (Alick (Alec) Black, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
21.3.1914: Mortgaged to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
13.4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” bomb thrower) (Ad.No.1373).
9.10.1915: Mortgage (A) discharged.
11.10.1915: Sold to Thomas W. Baskcomb, Grimsby (managing owner).
12.10.1915: Mortgaged to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (B). Based Killybegs, Co. Donegal.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby after refurbishment and survey at Glasgow.
22.10.1935: After default of mortgage (B) re-possessed by Barclay & Co Ltd, London.
22.10.1935: Fleet of Thomas W. Baskcomb sold to Fred Parkes, Fleetwood.
24.10.1935: Sold to Dobson Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Charles Dobson, manager).
14.11.1935: Mortgaged to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (C).
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.857) (Hire rate £60.0.0d/month).
25.11.1940: Mined off Thames estuary (Temp Sk. J. W. Greene RNR); three crew missing presumed killed.
18.3.1941: Grimsby registry closed.

(MPK – James Reid, Engineman; James E. Barnard, seaman; Harold Emmett, stoker 2class.)

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S.T. Kennymore GY38

S.T. Kennymore GY38
Picture courtesy of Alan Hirst

Changelog

22/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
12/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Ida Adams FD327

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 121615
Yard Number: 397
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 275.34
Net Tonnage: 104
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 520ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith, Hull

History

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

19.12.1906: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.397) for Robert Cole, Erel Edwin Carter & Sk. Bernard Henry Galvin (64/64 joint owners), Milford Haven as RUBY.
16.3.1907: Registered at Milford (M204).
26.3.1907: Completed. Erel E. Carter designated managing owner.
12.4.1907: Reported landed her maiden catch, £339 gross.
18.10.1907: In heavy seas about 240 miles W from St. Ann’s Head, lost boat and sustained other minor damage (Sk. Bernard H. Galvin).
16.10.1908: Arrived Hull with Herr Hackstetter and Herr Schreiterer survivors of the German balloon PLAUEN picked up in the North Sea, 240 miles from Spurn on 14 Oct.
17.2.1910: Sold to Robert Cole, Erel E. Carter, Milford Haven & David Gwilym Jones,Pembroke Dock (64/64 joint owners). David G. Jones designated managing owner.
12.9.1911: Sold to David Gwilym Jones (32/64), Pembroke Dock & Robert Cole (32/64), Milford Haven. David G. Jones designated managing owner.
10.3.1912: Fishing 250 miles WbyS from St. Ann’s Head (Sk. George Owston), came fast and damaged large and small pinion wheels of winch.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 109.21n net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907
24.3.1914: Last landing at Milford.
8.4.1914: Sold to John Edward Rushworth (32/64), Grimsby & Herbert Lee (32/64), Wimbledon. John Edward Rushworth designated managing owner.
6.4.1914: Milford registry closed.
8.4.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY58).
8.4.1914: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (A).
8.5.1914: Registered at Grimsby as IDA ADAMS (GY58) (BoT Minute R.G.No.11180/1914).
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-4”, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.252).
19.2.1916: Mortgage (A) discharged.
21.2.1916: Sold to The Rushworth Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
21.2.1916: John Edward Rushworth designated manager.
21.2.1916: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (B).
22.2.1917: Mortgagee re-styled Barclays Bank Ltd, London.
30.7.1917: Mortgage (B) discharged.
30.7.1917: Sold to Noah Ashworth & Ernest Tomlinson (64/64 joint owners), Fleetwood.
30.7.1917: Ernest Taylor designated manager. Based Peterhead.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood. Joseph A. Taylor designated manager.
18.7.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
20.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD327).
31.7.1917: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
2.9.1920: Sold to Vulcan Steam Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood. Joseph A. Taylor designated manager.
12.12.1923: Responded to distress from steam trawler PETER KILLEN (FD406), stranded on small island off Isle of Lismore, Loch Linnhe.
13.12.1923: With steam trawler LOIS (FD424), connected and successfully refloated. After carrying out checks, PETER KILLEN proceeded to Fleetwood.
1924: William W. Brierley designated manager.
23.3.1926 (?): Sold to Ernest Noble (64/64), Rossall trading as Fleetwood Fish Selling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Ernest Noble, Rossall designated manager.
18.9.1930: Fishing 9 miles S from Barra Head (Sk. William Atkinson). On hauling, warps fouled and fractured lower part of stern casting at rudder pintle. Put into Oban for repair.
21.9.1930: Temporary repairs completed, sailed Oban for Fleetwood.
21.11.1930: Homeward from the West of Scotland grounds (Sk.William Atkinson). At about 5.15 am. with the Rinns of Islay light on Orsay Island obscured by thick fog, stranded on Frenchman’s Rocks, north west of Portnahaven, Rinns of Islay. The impact caused damage to the shell plating in way of the engine room which quickly became flooded and a small fire in the galley which was quickly extinguished. Despite efforts by the crew to stem the ingress of water it became obvious that with the continued motion of the vessel on the rocks further damage was being sustained. After about an hour, Sk. Atkinson gave the order to abandon ship and the crew boarded the boat and stood off. As they watched the trawler continued to rise and fell back on the rocks in the swell, subsequently slipping off into deeper water. The crew pulled away and after about four miles reached the shore and were taken in by cottagers, given hot food and later walked to Portnahaven. After resting they were taken by car to Port Askaig where they were accommodated in the hotel to await the ferry steamers to the mainland. Sk. Atkinson remained on Islay to assist if necessary with a salvage attempt, but weather conditions prevented this and the wreck was abandoned. 28.11.1930: Fleetwood registry closed “Total Loss”.

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S.T. Ida Adams FD327

S.T. Ida Adams FD327
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
22/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
19/-5/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
14/11/2019: Updated information.