Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow And Granton Trawlers

Technical

Yard Number: 209
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 188.15
Net Tonnage: 66
Length: 112.7 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley
Engine: 320ihp T.3-cyl by Bailey & Leetham, Hull

History

29.9.1897: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley (Yd.No.209) for East Coast Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as as ADMIRAL.
19.10.1897: Registered at Hull (H376). Robert Blades designated manager.
21.10.1897: Completed.
23.5.1899: Arrested by Danish gunboat GRÖNSUND for alleged fishing in Danish territorial waters off Nyminde Gab and escorted into Esbjerg.
4.1900: Sold to West Riding Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. George William Stennet designated manager.
21.4.1900: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Co Ltd, Stamford (A).
26.4.1900: Hull registry closed.
27.4.1900: Registered at Grimsby (GY1168).
8.6.1900: Arrested by Danish fishery cruiser HEIMDAL fishing in Icelandic waters and taken into Eskifjordur. In court, Sk. Henry Harris was fined 1,000 kroner and catch and gear confiscated.
1907: Fishing from Fleetwood (Harpley C. Rowe, Fleetwood, manager).
26.9.1906: Mortgage (A) discharged.
26.9.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (B).
5.12.1908: At Fleetwood to land but with depressed market ordered back to sea to fish Morecambe Bay and land on 7.1908. Bosun, Oscar Pluskett, given advance to buy tobacco but then declined rejoin and sail. After ship had sailed, Pluskett, who was drunk, went to the office and demanded his “trip” money and when this was declined, threw a ledger through the office window.
8.12.1908: At a special court held at Fleetwood, Oscar Pluskett was charged with disobeying orders. Pluskett stated that he had intended rejoining but whilst in the Fleetwood Arms he had injured his arm and was unfit for work. He was fined 10/- and costs to include the advocate’s fee.
18.1.1909: H. Charles Lowe, Fleetwood designated manager.
19.1.1910: Mortgage (A) discharged.
20.1.1910: Sold to Richard Watson Lewis (64/64), Aberdeen.
22.6.1910: Grimsby registry closed.
22.6.1910: Richard Watson Lewis designated managing owner.
23.6.1910: Registered at Aberdeen (A315).
1911: Sold to Kobe Sanbashi Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, Japan (Kobe Pier Co Ltd).
19.10.1911: Aberdeen registry closed “Sold to Foreigners”. Registered at Nishinomiya as DAIGO MARU.
1920: Sold to Hara Shin-ichi, Nishinomiya, Japan.
27.11 (7?).1924: Foundered following collision.

Changelog
20/05/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
01/09/2015: Information updated.
16/07/2016: Information updated.
18/03/2017: Added further information.
09/06/2019: Updated information.

Technical

Official Number: 122714
Yard Number: 512
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 266
Net Tonnage: 105
Length: 130 ft
Breadth: 22.2 ft
Depth: 11.8 ft
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Hull
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Hull

History

14.12.1905: Launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Hull (Yd.No.512) for Crown Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as CROWN.
1.1906: Completed.
30.1.1906: Registered at Grimsby (GY108).
30.1.1906: George Edward James Moody, appointed manager.
1906: Engaged in fishery research off North Africa.
1906: Transferred to Fleetwood.
6.11.1906: Sailed Fleetwood at 2.00pm. for West of Scotland grounds (Sk. John Dier); ten hands all told. At 3.30pm. when some 50 yds south of the Lune buoy set a course NW to pass between Maughold Head and the Bahama light vessel; patent log streamed. The weather was fine and clear, the sea smooth with a light ENE breeze, the ship making 9 to 91/2 knots. At 4.30pm. the skipper went below leaving the second hand in charge of the watch, but did not give any orders except course to steer. At 6.00pm. the second hand was relieved at the wheel by deckhand Duffy, on leaving the wheelhouse the second hand spoke to the skipper and asked if he was going to get his tea. The skipper told him to go and get his own tea and to call him afterwards; this statement was born out by Duffy. At 6.15pm. the third hand took the wheel with deckhand Carroll as look-out. At some time Carroll left the wheelhouse to use the toilet leaving the third hand alone. At about 8.15pm. the vessel struck and remained fast, the skipper came on deck and stopped and reversed the engine at full speed, but all efforts to move her failed. The Ch Eng. reported the engine room and the vessel herself was fast filling and in a short time the deck aft was under water. The boat was turned out and all hands abandoned to the shore where they landed safely.
7.11.1906: The position of the stranding was about one mile SW of Maughold Head, Isle of Man and about 100 yards from the shore. A few days later wreck was attended by Liverpool and Glasgow Salvage Association’s steam derrick barge LADY KATE (135grt/1881) and attempts were made to get the vessel off but she settled and was submerged at high water. Later declared a Constructive Total Loss (CTL).
29.11.1906: At the formal investigation held at Liverpool (S.231) the Court found that the stranding of and damage to the s.s. “CROWN” were caused by the default of the master and second hand, and by the neglect of the third hand. The Court severely censures the master, John Dier, for not giving proper and sufficient instructions for the navigation of the vessel before leaving the deck, and suspends the certificate of the second hand, William Lindhurst, for three months for not carrying out such orders of the master as were given, and considers Charles Wood, the third hand, neither a fit or proper person to hold such a position, as he knew the vessel was going at full speed on a dark night and that there was no one keeping a look-out.
2.1.1907: Grimsby registry closed “Wrecked”.

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S.T. Crown GY108
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Changelog
19/05/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
24/01/2016: Picture added and information added.
09/02/2020: Updated information.