Category Archives: Lost Vessels

Vessels that have been lost

S.T. Inverdon FD420

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall

Technical
Admiralty Number: 4457
Official Number: 142268
Yard Number: 348
Completed: 1919
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 277.84
Net Tonnage: 121
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 14.6 ft
Built: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon

History

18.12.1918: Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon (Yd.No.348) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as MATTHEW CASSADY (Ad.No.4457).
5.2.1919: Forms for tender to purchase received by the Admiralty.
19.2.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
1919: Sold to Lieut Andrew Hardie RNR, Cults, Aberdeenshire. Horace Edward Stroud designated manager.
2.5.1919: After fitting out at Greenock for trawling, registered at Greenock (Part I & IV) as INVERDON O.N. 142268 (GK18).
5.1919: Greenock registry closed.
9.5.1919: Registered at Aberdeen (A166).
26.12.1919: Sold to Thomas Crimlis, Frank Crimlis, & Benjamin Simpson Jnr, Scarborough. Thomas Crimlis designated manager.
26.12.1919: Aberdeen registry closed.
29.12.1919 Registered at Scarborough (SH183).
29.6.1920: Sold to The Pearl Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Scarborough. Benjamin Simpson Jnr, Scarborough & Frank Crimlis, Filey designated managers.
18.11.1922: Sold to Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. James W. Armitage designated manager.
10.1922: Scarborough registry closed.
23.11.1922: Registered at Fleetwood (FD420).
29.11.1926: Sailed Fleetwood for Faroe grounds (Sk George Neves); 12 crew all told.
6.12.1926: At about 1.25 pm. stranded on a submerged reef one mile offshore from Kvalnes on the island of Sandö in the Faroe Islands. Crew taken off by local boats to steam trawler JADE (H340) and landed safely at Thorshavn.
8.12.1926: At an Inquiry in Thorshavn the skipper stated that the reason for grounding was that the reef was not marked on the navigation chart that he had onboard.
17.12.1926: Crew arrived back in Fleetwood. Sk. Neave related the story of the mishap. They had been at sea for almost a week and had only managed to do half a night’s fishing. A fresh breeze was blowing SSW and the weather was showery. The following Monday they were off the coast of Sandö, Faroe Islands, on the east side of the island and just before 2.00pm. they struck the Reefer rocks. The impact was a very severe one and a considerable quantity of water poured into the engine room and bunkers, but there was no danger of the boiler exploding. We were fast on the rocks and it was useless to try and get off, because if we had done so the vessel would have sunk immediately. We blew our whistle continuously as a distress signal and the call was answered by the steam trawler JADE (H340) and a number of small fishing boats. The JADE approached as near as possible and stood by. We remained onboard for about an hour and a half and the crew managed to get most of their gear. Some of the small motor boats came alongside and took us off. The task of boarding the small boats was an extremely difficult one owing to the rough state of the sea, but we all managed it safely. The motor boats took us to the JADE and we were landed at Thorshavn the following day.
6.1.1927: Fleetwood registry closed.

(Matthew Cassady, Landsman, age 26, b. Co. Meath – ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB614))

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S.T. Inverdon FD420

S.T. Inverdon FD420
Permission to post requested from The Keith Webster Collection

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
21/05/2017: Added image.
11/04/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Idena (1) FD288

Technical

Official Number: 139217
Yard Number: 278
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 270
Net Tonnage: 105
Length: 128.8 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee

History

23.11.1916: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.278) for Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as IDENA.
27.2.1917: Registered at Fleetwood (FD288).
2.1917: Completed (James A. Robertson, manager).
3.1917: Requisitioned from the builders and fitted out as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.3332).
18.10.1917: Re-registered at Fleetwood (FD288).
5.2.1918: Abandoned damaged and sunk by gunfire off Tromso.
14.2.1918: Fleetwood registry closed.

Changelog
23/12/2018: Page published. 3 updates since then.

S.T. Hornet FD168

Additional information courtesy of Göran Olsson

Technical

Official Number: 98708
Yard Number: 14
Completed: 1890
Gross Tonnage: 149
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 100.5 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow

History

14.10.1890: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow (Yd.No.14) for British Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as HORNET.
1890: Completed (William L. Robins, manager).
1.12.1890: Registered at Hull (H113).
6.11.1912: Sold to James Alexander Robertson, Fleetwood.
15.11.1912: Hull registry closed.
16.11.1912: Registered at Fleetwood (FD168).
7.12.1912: Sold to The Active Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 55.16 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
1914: Re-measured 155g.
26.1.1914: Sold to Fiskeri A.B. Sälen, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager) for £1350.
26.6.1914: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.1914: Registered at Gothenburg as EVALD (GG588).
30.9.1920: Sold to Rederi A.B. Karin, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager).
1925: Sold to A.B. Mercari, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager).
21.10.1925: Trawling westward off the Danish coast between the Skaw and Hirtshals, making three knots. At 5.17am in collision head on with the Finnish Mariehamn registered barque PLUS (1256grt/1885) sustaining severe damage to shell plating port side forward, started to take in water and when engine room flooded started to settle. Crew of ten abandoned in ship’s boat and ship foundered; picked up by PLUS.
27.10.1925: Survivors landed at Helsingør, Denmark. Gothenburg registry closed.

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S.T. Hornet H113

S.T. Hornet H113
Picture courtesy of The Billy Worrall Collection

S.T. Hornet FD168

S.T. Hornet FD168
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Changelog
22/13/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
19/02/2018: Added an image.
19/10/2023: Added an image.

S.D/T Honora Evelyn FD165

Additional Information courtesy of Ian Wilson

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3870
Official Number: 162066
Yard Number: 54
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 100
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 87.7 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co, Gt. Yarmouth
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Lowestoft

History

1918: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.54) (wooden “Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as SILHOUETTE (Ad.No.3870).
3.8.1918: Completed (1 – 6pdr).
3.1931: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
8.7.1931: Renamed HONORA EVELYN (FD165).
1937: Sold to J. Bier & Son (Iron & Steel) Ltd, London for use on salvage work.
23.9.1937: Attending the wreck of the Fleetwood steam trawler DINAS (FD63) which stranded on 4.12.1936 at Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal and became a total loss. Reported stranded on rocks inside Dunfanaghy Bar, attempts to refloat failed and now submerged.
27.9.1937: Completely submerged and considered a complete wreck.
30.10.1937: Fleetwood registry closed “Total loss”.

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HMD Silhouette

HMD Silhouette
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
22/08/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
04/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Honjo FD356

Technical

Official Number: 139620
Yard Number: 535
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 274
Net Tonnage: 90
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 22.7 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

8.1917: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.535) for Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff as HONJO.
9.1917: Completed (Morley H. Neale, Joshua S. Neale & Wilfred Neale, joint managers). Registered at Cardiff (CF48).
1.1918: Requisitioned for war service and appointed as a minesweeper but returned.
9.1919: Sold to John T. Barratt, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
11.1919: Cardiff registry closed.
21.11.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD356).
19.4.1921: Sold to Swan Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
14.4.1923: Sold to Société. Anonyme des Pêcheries Ostendaises, Ostend (Aspeslagh & Deceuninck, managers) (BoT approved sale).
5.5.1923: Fleetwood registry closed.
5.1923: Registered at Ostend as NEPTUNE (O126).
Pre 1927: Delete managers.
25.3.1928: Outward for fishing grounds, after passing Ness Head, Caithness in thick fog, at 1.26 am. struck rocks at Freswick. Refloated but taking water, crew of sixteen abandoned in boat as started to settle. Boat was carried by ebb tide around Duncansby Head and landing was made in Gills Bay. Vessel foundered in Freswick Bay. Ostend registry closed.

Changelog
22/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.