Category Archives: Lost Vessels

Vessels that have been lost

S.T. Gallinule LL116

Technical

Official Number: 124108
Yard Number: 364
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 238
Net Tonnage: 90
Length: 120.5 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: 57hp T.3.cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

20.11.1907: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.364) for Harley & Miller Ltd, Liverpool as GALLINULE.
12.1907: Completed.
7.1.1908: Registered at Liverpool (LL116). Robert Harley appointed manager.
1.1915: Requisitioned for war services as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.908). Based Ardrossan.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Liverpool.
1923: Charles Miller appointed manager.
1935: Richard H. Jones appointed manager.
5.1939: Sold to Yolland & Llewellin Trawling Co, Milford Haven (C. J. C Llewellin, manager).
22.5.1939: First landing at Milford.
1.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service and designated for minesweeping duties (Hire rate £59.10.0d/month).
16.1.1940: Returned to owner.
3.1.1941: Last landing at Milford.
1941: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
14.3.1942: In a snowstorm stranded on Skerryvore; three crew lost. Wreck ended up in Machrihanish Bay in position 55.25N 06.45W. Liverpool registry closed.

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
19/10/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Force FD100

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3565
Official Number: 143888
Yard Number: 825
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 327
Net Tonnage: 150
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

18.9.1917: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.825) (“Mersey“ class) for The Admiralty as JAMES BUCHANAN (Ad.No.3565).
13.12.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr HA and W/T).
15.12.1917: Accepted.
27.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as JAMES BUCHANAN O.N.143888.
23.8.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV)(LO396).
2.1922: Sold to City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (John A. Laverock, manager).
24.8.1922: London registry closed.
14.9.1922: Registered at Hull as STONEFERRY (H676).
19.12.1930: Reported stranded near Saltfleet.
20.12.1930: Refloated.
1934: Sold to Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Archibald Hudson, Hessle, manager).
11.6.1934: Registered at Hull as CAPE TARIFA (H676).
7.1938: Sold to Towarzystwo Dalekomorskich Polowoe “Pomorze” Sp.z.o.o., Gdynia.
28.7.1938: Hull registry closed.
1938: Registered at Gdynia as FRANCISZKA (GDY119).
1939: Sold to Adam Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (Basil A Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
11.1939: Gdynia registry closed.
7.11.1939: Registered at Fleetwood as FORCE (FD100).
12.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.NI) (Hire rate £94.10.0d/month).
28.6.1941: At anchor six miles off Winterton Ness, Norfolk (Act/Ty Sk C E Smalley RNR), attacked by German aircraft, damaged and set on fire and in twenty minutes foundered in approximate position 52.48.55N 01.47.48E. Eleven crew lost*. Fleetwood registry closed.

(James Buchanan, Private, Marine, age 23, b. Carlisle, Cumberland – VICTORY (ML107))

Lost.*
BACKHOUSE, William A H, Ordinary Telegraphist, D/JX 165427, MPK
GIBBS, Thomas H, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 116205, MPK
HOWELL, George H, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 117060, MPK
KENDALL, Walter S, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 106131, MPK
MAYNARD, John, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 106811, MPK
MCEUNE, John F, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 107954, MPK
MORRISON, Alexander, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 217792, MPK
SAYERS, Oliver T B, 2nd Hand, RNR (PS), LT/X 302 SA, MPK
TEAGUE, Norman, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 180337, MPK
WILLIAMS, John, Ordinary Seaman Cook, RNPS, LT/JX 214264, MPK
WILSON, Arthur N, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 105619, MPK

Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published, 3 updates since then.
19/09/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Ferrol FD124

Technical

Official Number: 148222
Yard Number: ??
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 271
Net Tonnage: 123
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Davie Shipbuilding & Repair Co Ltd, Levis, Quebec
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada

History

1.1917: Ordered.
5.6.1918: Launched by Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Levis, Quebec, Canada (Yd.No.) (Canadian “Castle”- “T.R.” class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built for under direction of RCN) as TR.36.
5.6.1918: Completed and commissioned in the Royal Canadian Navy (1-12pdr).
7.1.1919: Paid off.
1920: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain D. J. Munro as agent) to bring drifters with trawlers as escorts to UK for lay-up in Muirtown Basin, Caledonian Canal, Inverness prior to sale and possible refit for classification as steam trawlers (The Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd letter dated 12 April 1920).
1921: Brought over at The Admiralty’s expense.
1.1926: Still laid up.
2.1926: Rejected offer for all remaining trawlers at £2,000 each (B. Allenby, Aberdeen letter dated 10 Feb 1926).
8.1926: Sold “as is” to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (F. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
8.12.1931: On a trip to Butt of Lewis ground (Sk. Robert Stafford). At about 06.00 a.m. in the darkness with strong southerly wind and sea, stranded Crianan Head, 3 miles W of Tuipan Head Lighthouse, Eye Peninsular, Isle of Lewis. William Atkinson, mate, managed to get on cliff face with line and crew evacuated. After two hours reached the top of cliffs and walked to Sheshader village. Vessel a total loss, but all crew of twelve safe. Only wheelhouse and funnel above water.
25.8.1932: Fleetwood registry closed “Total loss”. (BoT awarded a binocular glass to William Atkinson, in recognition of the services rendered by him to enable his shipmates to reach safety.)

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S.T. Ferrol FD124

S.T. Ferrol FD124
Picture as TR36 courtesy of Ronnie Bell

S.T. TR36

S.T. TR36
Launching picture courtesy of Ronnie Bell

Changelog
26/04/2014: Information updated.
28/10/2016: Image added.

S.T. Gladys (1) FD61

Technical

Official Number: 122936
Yard Number: 514
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 97
Length: 130.0 ft
Breadth: 22.2 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

26.2.1906: Launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.514) for Fleetwood Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as GLADYS.
19.3.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD61). George E. J. Moody, Grimsby desgnated manager.
3.1906: Completed.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 105.66net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
21.1.1917: Stopped by U-boat (U.45) while fishing 40 miles NW by W of Inishtrahull and sunk by gunfire; crew saved.
26.1.1917: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Gladys FD61

S.T. Gladys FD61
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
15/05/2107: Added image.

S.T. Princess Victoria (2) FD50

Technical

Official Number: 137380
Yard Number: 720
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 245
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 124.8 ft
Breadth: 22.7 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Cooper & Greig Ltd, Dundee
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

22.3.1916: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.720) for The Dodds Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as PRINCESS VICTORIA.
9.1916: Completed (William H. Dodds, manager).
11.12.1916: Registered at North Shields (SN321).
1.1917: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdrAA) (Ad.No.3320). Based Newhaven.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
12.5.1924: Arrived Aberdeen having lost man overboard.
6.1929: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
15.6.1929: North Shields registry closed.
19.6.1929: Registered at Fleetwood (FD50).
1.1930: Sold to Northern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Edwin Pearson, Cleethorpes, manager).
14.1.1930: Fleetwood registry closed.
16.1.1930: Registered at Grimsby (GY166).
12.1933: Sold to Sir Thomas Robinson & Son (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (Frank W. Robinson, manager).
18.1.1934: Registered at Grimsby as MARANO (GY166).
11.1939: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out for minesweeping duties (P.No.FY.777) (Hire rate £69.8.4d/month).
5.1942: Sold to J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager).
8.1.1945: Returned to owner.
10.1947: Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager).
3.1948: Sold to Benjamin Gelcer, Cape Town. Registered at Cape Town(CTA306?).
1953: Owners re-styled B. Gelcer & Co (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town.
1957: Stripped of non-ferrous metals and usable materials.
4.11.1957: Sunk by Naval gunfire in False Bay.

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HMT Marano

HMT Marano
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence

S.T. Princess Victoria FD50

S.T. Marano GY166
Picture courtesy of Steve Farrow

Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published. 5 updates since then.
29/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.