Category Archives: Non Fleetwood Vessels

S.T. Westhill H470

In Marr (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from the port

Technical

Official Number: 160093
Yard Number: 490
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 359
Net Tonnage: 156
Length: 140.4 ft
Breadth: 24.0 ft
Depth: 13.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

6.1927: The Board of Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull decided to build three distant water trawlers. Contracts were signed with Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd to build the ships at £9,440 each and C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd to make the engines and boilers at a price of £6,300 per unit. Total cost £15,740 per vessel. The names chosen were St. MELANTE, St. ALEXANDRA and St. DELPHINE.
10.12.1927: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.490) for Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull as St. ALEXANDRA.
9.1.1928: Registered at Hull (H373).
12.1.1928: Completed trials and accepted (Thomas Boyd, manager).
14.1.1928: Sailed Hull on first trip (Sk. Alfred Fletcher).
29.6.1936: Thomas Boyd resigned from board to form Boyd Line Ltd, Hull.
29.6.1936: Harold Watson Hall appointed manager.
2.1939: Selected for procurement by The Admiralty.
28.2.1939: Sailed Hull for Liverpool following successful Admiralty trials (Skipper and nine crew – insured for £8,000). Delivered to Harland & Wolff Ltd, Bramleymoor Dock, Liverpoool for fitting out as a “Berberis” class minesweeping trawler (Batch 2).
11.3.1939: Sale to The Admiralty concluded (£7,000).
4.1939: On completion of conversion renamed HMS LARCH (P.No.T.96).
6.5.1939: Hull registry closed (On advice from The Admiraly ref. MF5342/1939 dated 3.5.1939).
8.1939: At Sheerness Dockyard armament fitted (1-12pdr AA, 2- MGs (2 x 1)).
6.1940: Based Sheerness with M/S Group 2 (Sk.J. T. White RNR).
1.1941: Remains based Sheerness (Act Sk. A. H. V. Winfield RNR).
6.1941: Based Scapa Flow with M/S Group 18 (Act Sk. A. H. V. Winfield RNR).
1.1942: Remains based Scapa Flow (Act Sk. A. H. V. Winfield RNR).
5.1946: Sold to Westholme Fishing Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Reginald Llewellyn Hancock, Hakin, manager).
31.5.1946: Registered at Milford as WESTHILL (M138).
6.1946: Special Survey at Milford.
10.1947: Sold to J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven John Charles Llewellin, manager).
5.11.1947: Milford registry closed.
11.1947: Registered at Hull (H470). Fishing from Hull (Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull, managing agents).
27.6.1949: Sold to North Eastern Trawlers Ltd, London (William Stanley Shepherd MP) (Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull, managing agents). Mortgaged to British Mutual Bank Ltd, London.
15.9.1950: Sold by mortgagee to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager) for £18,714.
2.1951: Slipped for Special Survey (drilled) at Fleetwood.
1952: Used for WFA lay up scheme and fishing quota.
6.10.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thomas Young & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for breaking up. 10.10.1952: Delivered at Sunderland.
6.3.1953: Hull registry closed.

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HMS Larch

HMS Larch
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S.T. Westhill H470

S.T. Westhill H470
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S.T. Westhill H470

S.T. Westhill H470
Picture courtesy of The Mike Thompson Collection

Changelog
23/06/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
28/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Colwyn Bay H387

In Boston (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from the port.

Technical

Official Number: 181294
Yard Number: 684
Completed: 1941
Displacement: 750
Gross Tonnage: 517
Net Tonnage: 190
Length: 166.3 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 14.1 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 1050ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

18.1.1941: Ordered.
2.5.1941: Laid down.
6.9.1941: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.684) (“Hills” class ) for The Admiralty as HMS DUNCTON.
11.2.1942: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr HA/LA, 4-MG, 1-20mm, DC) ) (P.No.T220).
1942: Home Fleet.
1942: To Freetown, 2nd A/S Group.
1945: Armament increased (2-20mm).
1946: Laid up at Rosyth on Disposal List (SORF, Rosyth).
10.4.1946: Sold to Marine Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Fitted out and classified as a fishing trawler.
1.1947: Registered at Hull as COLWYN BAY O.N.181294 (H387).
5.1951: Company in liquidation.
18.5.1951: Sold to Basil Arthur Parkes, North Ferriby.
5.1951: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. (Basil Arthur Parkes, North Ferriby appointed manager. Fishing from Hull.
3.1953: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
1953: Made one trip to Greenland fishery.
15.4.1955: Transferred to Grimsby.
1955: Company re-styled Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood.
10.4.1956: Transferred to Hull crewed and operated by Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Basil Arthur Parkes appointed manager.
11.4.1956: Sailed Hull for Iceland (Sk. A. Webster).
27.4.1956: At Hull landed 1,473 kits grossed £4,382.
25.9.1963: Sailed Hull for Iceland (Sk. E. Calvert).
16.10.1963: At Hull landed 840 kits grossed £4,237. Laid up.
1964: Sold to Arie Rijsdijk, Boss en Zonen, Hendrik Ido Ambacht for breaking up.
29.2.1964: Delivered to Hendrik Ido Ambacht.

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S.T. Colwyn Bay H387

S.T. Colwyn Bay H387
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S.T. Colwyn Bay H387

S.T. Colwyn Bay H387
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S.T. Colwyn Bay H387

S.T. Colwyn Bay H387
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S.T. Colwyn Bay H387

S.T. Colwyn Bay H387
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Changelog

19/07/2010: Page published. 5 revisions since then.
30/08/2014: Picture added.
03/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
27/12/2019: Information updated.

S.T. Kingston Onyx GY119

In Parkholme (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood.

Technical

Official Number: 160057
Yard Number: 488
Completed: 1927
Gross Tonnage: 352
Net Tonnage: 146
Length: 140.3 ft
Breadth: 24.0 ft
Depth: 12.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

(In 1935 the Hull trawler Leonidas (162186) (H267) was lengthened by Smiths Dock Co. Ltd. The work involved creating an improved hull form with new bow and stern sections. The design was successful, not only providing increased fish room capacity, but also, as was expected, reducing coal consumption and giving a slightly higher free running speed. Other owners stemmed vessels at Middlesbrough for similar work to be undertaken)

26.10.1926: The board of Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd decided to build four more distant water trawlers to the same design as the four built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd (SARDIUS, TOURMALINE, KINGSTON DIAMOND and KINGSTON PEARL). Contracts were signed with the shipyard to build the ships at a cost of £9,125 each and with Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd to make the engines and boilers at £6,300 each unit. Total cost £15,425 per vessel. The names chosen for the new vessels were KINGSTON GARNET, KINGSTON EMERALD, KINGSTON TOPAZ and KINGSTON ONYX.

18.6.1927: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.488) for Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as KINGSTON ONYX.
5.8.1927: Registered at Hull (H365).
11.8.1927: Completed trials and accepted (John W. Lown, manager).
15.8.1927: Sailed on first Icelandic trip.
19.8.1927: Held up by Danish Fishery Cruiser FYALL when steaming from Westerman Islands to Cape Reykanes.
5.9.1927: Landed 818 kits grossed £921.
20.4.1937: Sailed Hull for Middlesbrough to be lengthened.
6.1937: Completed lengthening by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough to 151.5 feet (including fitting new bow and stern sections). Re measured 357g 151n. Total cost £4,290.
23.6.1937: Returned to Hull.
12.7.1937: Re-registered at Hull on lengthening and tonnage change.
11.1938: Boiler fitted with superheaters by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull.
25.7.1939: Insured value £15,700.
21.8.1939: Admiralty telegram to withdraw all vessels from White Sea, Bear Island and Norway Coast.
26.8.1939: Ordered to return from sea for requisitioning.
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (P.No.4.54) (Hire rate £174.10.8d/month). War Risks Insurance value £21,315.
1.6.1940: At Sheerness fitting out as an Armed Boarding Vessel (Lt. J.B. Wright RNR).
25.12.1940: Arrived Kirkwall (Lt. J.B. Wright RNR).
6.1940: Northern Patrol (Lt. R. Walgate RNR).
7.1941: Based Granton with A/S Group 13 (Sk. E. J. Day RNR).
27.7.1944: Arrived St. Andrew’s dock, Hull for decommissioning and return to owner.
2.9.1944: Returned to owner. Taken in hand for Special Survey.
2.11.1944: Completed successful trials.
4.12.1944: Sailed Hull for fishing grounds (Sk. Albert Cornish) after refitting for 100 days.
1945: Insured value £30,000.
9.10.1945: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Harvey Wilfred Wilson, Grimsby, manager) in an en bloc sale with CHALCEDONY (H392) for £52,500.
15.10.1945: Hull registry closed.
10.1945: Registered at Grimsby (GY119).
18.2.1946: On a Norway Coast trip, responded to call from KINGSTON PEARL (H542) (Sk. J.W. Hornby) badly damaged by heavy seas. Stood by until salvage tug PARAT (191grt/1913) arrived.
4.1946: Registered at Grimsby as MOORSOM (GY119) (Grimsby Industries (Trawler Managers) Ltd, managers).
5.11.1947: Sold to J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (John Charles Llewellin, manager). Fishing from Hull (Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull, managing agents).
10.1948: Grimsby registry closed.
1.11.1948: Registered at Hull (H590).
23.9.1948: Registered at Hull as WESTHOPE (H590).
30.7.1954: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (B. A. Parkes, manager).
1956: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston upon Tyne for breaking up.
24.4.1956: Arrived River Tyne.
15.11.1956: Hull registry closed “Broken up”.

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HMT Kingston Onyx

HMT Kingston Onyx
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S.T. Westhope H590

S.T. Westhope H590
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S.T. Westhope A590

S.T. Westhope A590
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Changelog
10/07/2010: Page published. 8 updates since then.
03/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
21/03/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Leeds LT131

In Boston (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood

Technical

Official Number: 108443
Yard Number: 132
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 162
Net Tonnage: 63
Length: 104.2 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson Ltd, Govan

History

30.12.1896: Launched by Mackie & Thomson Ltd, Govan (Yd.No.132) for Hagerup & Doughty Ltd, Grimsby as LEEDS.
2.1897: Completed (Fred. E. Hagerup, manager).
5.2.1897: Registered at Grimsby (GY207).
4.1906: Transferred to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager) on the formation of the company.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
22.9.1924: Transferred to Lowestoft.
8.1.1925: Grimsby registry closed.
9.1.1925: Registered at Lowestoft (LT131).
9.1927: Owners re-styled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby (Sir John D. Marsden, Bart, manager).
9.5.1940: Sailed Lowestoft for Swansea. Fished from that port.
29.9.1941: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
28.11.1944: Sold to William D. Uglow (32/64) & Samuel F. Uglow (32/64), Milford Haven (William D. Uglow & Co, managers).
31.12.1946: Sold to Respondo Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (J. Yolland, manager).
1947-1948: Laid up in poor condition at North Quay, Lowestoft.
1951: Sold to BISCO for breaking up.

Changelog

03/07/2010: Page published. 2 updates since then.

S.T. Jonquil GY391

In Parkes (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood
Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 99187
Yard Number: 44
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 143.08
Net Tonnage: 61.01
Length: 96.5 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Engine: C.2-cyl (285ihp) by A. & W. Robertson & Co, Victoria Docks, London.
Boiler: (105lbs) by Lindsay Burnet & Co, Govan
Built: A. W. Robertson & Co, Canning Town, London

History

1.1891: Launched by A. W. Robertson & Co, Canning Town, London (Yd.No.44) for The International Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as LYNBROOK.
8.1891: Completed.
23.9.1891: Thomas Baskcomb, Cleethorpes designated manager.
23.9.1891: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George Doughty, Grimsby for the sum of £2,000 with interest at 6% (A).
28.9.1891: Registered at Grimsby (GY391).
15.10.1892: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Marine Securities Corporation Ltd, London (B).
17.10.1892: Mortgage (A) discharged.
23.12.1895: Mortgage (B) discharged.
31.12.1895: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, Lincoln (C).
8.1.1896: Mortgaged to The York City & County Banking Company Ltd, York (D).
5.6.1898: George Doughty, appointed manager.
30.6.1898: Sold to The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
30.6.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London for sum on account at 4% interest (E).
5.7.1898: Mortgages (C) & (D) discharged.
1902: Re-engined with T.3-cyl (300ihp) by G. T. Grey, South Shields.
1902: Re-boilered with boiler (185lbs) made 1900 by Schofield, Hagerup & Doughty Ltd, Grimsby.
27.11.1902: Tonnage altered to 49.24 net following alterations and survey dated 26.11.1902.
27.11.1902: Registered at Grimsby as JONQUIL (GY391) (R.S.S. Minute 21909).
15.11.1907: Mortgagee re-styled Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London.
31.12.1908: Mortgage (E) discharged.
31.12.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London (F).
26.1.1914: Mortgage (F) discharged – The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London in liquidation.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 54.17 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
12.5.1914: Henry Morris designated manager.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
12.1919: Released.
26.11.1919: The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby in liquidation. Arthur John Downs, Grimsby appointed Official Liquidator.
29.11.1919: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb, Grimsby.
1.12.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (G).
2.12.1919: Thomas William Baskcomb designated manager.
22.10.1935: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (G) to Fred Parkes, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
24.10.1935: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. Sir John D. Marsden, Bart designated manager.
30.10.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
4.11.1935: Registered at Lowestoft (LT94).
17.11.1935: Vessel transferred to Lowestoft.
1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Grays, Essex.
11.5.1953: Sailed Lowestoft for London River.
11.9.1953: Lowestoft registry closed “Vessel broken up.”

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S.T. Jonquil GY391

S.T. Jonquil GY391
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S.T. Jonquil GY391

S.T. Jonquil GY391
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
14/06/2010: Page published.
06/07/2014: Picture added.
16/10/2017: Removed FMHT watermark and updated information.
03/03/2021: Updated history and technical details.