Category Archives: Lost Vessels

Vessels that have been lost

S.T. Thrush (2) GY114

Technical

Official Number: 122717
Yard Number: 372
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 264
Net Tonnage: 105
Length: 130.0 ft
Breadth: 22.0ft
Depth: 11.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

23.12.1905: Launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.372) for Pioneer Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as THRUSH .
2.1906: Completed (George E. J. Moody, manager).
12.2.1906: Registered at Grimsby (GY114). Fishing from Fleetwood.
26.8.1908: Off West Coast of Ireland ran down French schooner ARIANE. All twenty-six crew picked up.
28.8.1908: Survivors landed at Fleetwood.
9.8.1915: Stopped by U-boat (U38) 50 miles W of Eagle Island, Co Mayo, crew put in boat. Sunk by explosive charges.
12.8.1915: After sixty-two hours in open boat, picked up and brought into Buncrana by HMTrawler SCOTT (A179) (Ad.No.1580).
18.8.1915: Grimsby registry closed “Sunk by a submarine”.

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S.T. Thrush GY114

S.T. Thrush GY114
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
24/04/2015: Picture added.
05/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Gull FD177

Technical

Official Number: 108533
Yard Number: 555
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 144
Net Tonnage: 44
Length: 106 ft
Breadth: 20 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl (300 IHP) and boiler by N. E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Built: Edward Bros, North Shields

History

15.7.1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, North Shields (Yd.No.555) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester as GULL.
4.9.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD177).
9.1897: Completed
7.9.1897: John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood appointed managers.
24.3.1899: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Hull.
13.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H241).
22.10.1904: The Dogger Bank Incident. Shelled and damaged by Russian Navy Baltic Fleet while fishing on the Dogger Bank. Russians on passage to the Pacific in the darkness opened fire on the trawlers (approx 45 vessels) under the impression that they were about to be attacked.
8.9.1911: Registered office transferred to Hull (George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London, managers).
31.10.1912: At Goole lengthened to 118.2 ft . Re-measured 166g 69n.
31.10.1912: Hull registry closed and vessel registered anew in consequence of material alterations (H241).
10.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.409). Based Peterhead with Unit 41.
1.11.1915: Based Longhope with Unit 41.
9.1.1916: Based Malta with Unit 41.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
7.6.1919: John Slater, London appointed manager.
12.1922: Lost after collision in North Sea.
13.6.1923: Hull registry closed “Total Loss”.

S.T. Gull FD177

S.T. Gull FD177
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Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
17/01/2021: Added image.

S.T. Golden Hope FD205

Additional information courtesy of Birgir Þórisson

Technical

Official Number: 98728
Yard Number: 43
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 157.69
Net Tonnage: 60.38
Length: 104 ft
Breadth: 21 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Built: Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

14.2.1891: Launched by Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Yd.No.43) for William R. Leyman (64/64), Hull as GOLDEN HOPE.
19.3.1891: Registered at Hull (H131). William R. Leyman designated managing owner.
14.3.1891: Completed.
14.1.1901: Sold to Charles Henry Double (64/64), Hull. Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Hall, Leyman & Co Ltd, Hull for £2,000 @ 5% interest (A).
17.2.1903: Hull registry closed.
18.2.1903: Registered at Fleetwood (FD205). Charles H. Double designated managing owner.
16.11.1906: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (A) to George William Stennett & Fred Forge, Fleetwood (joint owners 64/64).
20.11.1906: George W. Stennett designated managing owner.
20.11.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George William Ellis, Grimsby for £1,200 @ 5% interest (B).
4.5.1908: Mortgage (B) discharged.
5.1908: Sold Gustav Emil Forum, Esbjerg, Denmark.
7.5.1908: Fleetwood registry closed.
5.1908: Registered at Esbjerg as OLGA (E154). Fishing out of Fleetwood.
29.4.1908: Out of Fleetwood in SW fresh breeze. Trawling WSW at about 5 knots with lights burning, a steamer was seen a little to port running NNE. Rudder was ported and whistle sounded once but slow to turn hampered by the trawl. The steamer which proved to be the Glasgow registered CLAN MACAULEY (2834grt/1899) also took evasive action but struck the trawler a glancing blow twisting the stem. The steamer hove to and offered assistance but as the damage was above the water line this was declined and both vessels proceeded. There was no explanation for the incident.
1910: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
22.2.1910: Registered at Fleetwood as TORS (FD114). James Alexander Robertson designated manager.
1910: Sold to Charles Hall (64/64), Cleadon, Co. Durham.
29.4.1911: Fleetwood registry closed.
1911: Registered at Hartlepool (HL59). Charles Hall Jnr designated manager.
7.1915: Sold to H. Woods (64/64), Grimsby.
7.1915: Hartlepool registry closed.
17.7.1915: Registered at Grimsby (GY555). H. Woods designated managing owner.
30.7.1915: Mined 43 miles east of Spurn Point. Eight crew lost.
9.8.1915: Grimsby registry closed “Sunk by a mine”.

*Crew lost: C. Dix, J. Jaskin, W. Elliott, T. Mountain, D. Hubbard, H. Dyson, C. Faley, J. Harboard.

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
02/12/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Giovanni Guinti FD367

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3792
Official Number: 143807
Yard Number: 341
Completed: 1918
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 277
Net Tonnage: 109
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr
Engine: T.3-cyl by Fawcett Preston & Co Ltd, Liverpool

History

31.5.1918: Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr (Yd.No.341) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as GIOVANNI GUINTI (Ad.No.3792).
11.7.1918: Completed as an escort (1-4” and W/T).
1.1919: Renamed IDAHO.
4.1919: Carried out 4” mounted gun trials.
1919: Reverted to GIOVANNI GUINTI.
8.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as GIOVANNI GUINTI O.N.143807.
1.1920: Sold to The Cygnet Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Thomas Cardwell, manager).
24.1.1920: Registered at Fleetwood (FD367).
11.6.1921: Name change approved.
24.6.1921: Registered at Fleetwood as CYMREA (FD367).
1932: Sold to W. C. Farrow, Hull.
1932: Sold to Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Archibald Hudson, Hessle, manager).
19.7.1932: Fleetwood registry closed.
26.7.1932: Registered at Hull (H438).
3.8.1932: Registered at Hull as SIR MARK SYKES (H438).
1935: Sold to White Star Steam Fishing Co of Aberdeen Ltd, Aberdeen (Harry A. Holmes, manager).
15.10.1935: Hull registry closed.
16.10.1935: Registered at Aberdeen (A361).
21.11.1935: Registered at Aberdeen as LOCH MORAR (A361).
1936: Malcolm Smith appointed manager.
22.3.1937: Sailed Aberdeen on an Icelandic trip (Sk. Walter Edward Barber).
31.3.1937: In heavy weather, drove onto reef 1500yds offshore at Eyrarbakki, south west coast of Iceland; with heavy surf breaking over the vessel, a motor boat approached to within 500 yards but no sign of life; all twelve crew lost*. HMS FOYLE on FPS tasked to sail from Reykjavik to site; did not sail due to weather conditions and report from Eyrarbakki.
11.5.1937: Aberdeen registry closed. Only six bodies discovered and buried in Iceland.
1998: British Fisheries Minister, Eric Morley, unveiled a memorial at Patreksfjordur to all British fishermen who lost their lives on Iceland’s NW coast.

Lost* – Sk. Walter Edward Barber (42); George Hay Duthie (38), Mate; Thomas Phillip McKay(29), Second Fisherman; Alexander Stevenson, Ch Eng; John Connell, 2nd Eng; John Mitchell (28), John Barrett (52), William J. Brady, John Scott, deckhands; Charles Milne & F. Jackman, firemen; Duncan Lownie, cook

(Giovanni (Gioanni) Guinti, Private, Marine, age ?, b. Messina, Sicily – VICTORY (ML170))

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S.T. Cymrea FD367

S.T.Cymrea FD367
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Note: Excerpt from “The True Price Of Fish” by George Ritchie

S.T. Loch Morar A361

S.T. Loch Morar A361
Picture courtesy of The Elizabeth Dripen Collection

Loch Morar A361

Loch Morar A361
Excerpt courtesy of The Elizabeth Dripen Collection

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 8 updates since then.
04/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
10/11/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Germanic FD185

Technical

Official Number: 99553
Yard Number: 469
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 14.53
Net Tonnage: 30.06
Length: 105.4 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Built: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Engine: 360ihp T.3-cyl by Hepple & Co, North Shields
Boiler: J. T. Eltringham & Co, South Shields

History

15.10.1891: Launched by Hepple & Co, North Shields (Yd.No.469) for John Kelsall (64/64), Prestwich. Manchester as GERMANIC.
12.1891: Completed. Edmund Kelsall, Hull designated manager.
2.1.1892: Registered at Hull (H184).
1895: Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood.
1896: Sk. William Gilmour convicted on charges of fishing in the Minches with beam trawl.
12.12.1896: Kelsall Brother & Beeching formed.
30.8.1897: Transferred to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64/64), Manchester. John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood drsgnated managers.
4.9.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD185).
8.6.1898: Foundered after sustaining damage in collision with steam trawler TEAL (FD166).
15.6.1898: Fleetwood registry closed “ Vessel a total loss through collision with ST. “Teal” of Fleetwood on 8th June 1898”.
15.6.1898: Fleetwood registry closed.

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
05/11/2020: Updated history.