Category Archives: Sailing Trawlers

Sailing Trawlers

s.v. Annie

Technical

Official Number: 73767
Net Tonnage: 14
Rig: Smack
Note: Unable to find any evidence that she ever was engaged in fishing at Fleetwood.

History

No date of build or builder.
1.1.1875: Not listed in MNL.
1882: Sold to Edward Johnson, Fleetwood.
7.2.1882: Appropriated.
7.2.1882: Registered at Fleetwood.
1884: Sold to John Turner, Barrow. Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Barrow. Mainly employed in the Fleetwood – Barrow trade carrying potatoes, fruit, vegetables with occasional stone cargoes on return.
1897: Barrow registry closed.

Changelog
17/02/2011: Page published, one update since then.

I.V. Wild Cherry FD429

Technical

Completed: 1904
Length : 33.0 ft
Beam : 10ft 6in
Draught : 3 ft 9in
Weight : 9.90 tons
Built: Lathom at Crossens, Southport

History

1/1904 Completed by Lathom at Crossens, Southport as WILD CHERRY for John Jones, Dee View Road, Connahs Quay.
1906 Registered at Chester (CH7).
1910 Sold to Ramsey IOM and re-registered as RY24.
30/12/1918 Sold to Arthur Walker, Oaklea, Whitehaven (Fished by Thomas Tubman).
1921 Fitted with an engine.
21/02/1922 Sold to Herbert Wilson Walker, Lingmell, Seascale.
28/11/1923 Sold to Charles Schofield, 72 Adelaide St, Fleetwood and registered as FD429.
3/12/1924 Suffered engine damage.
23/10/1926 Re-engined.
5/01/1940 Sold to William Schofield, Crown Hotel Fleetwood.
13/08/1940 Sold to Robert Anderson Blackledge, Hatfield Avenue, Fleetwood.
25/04/1945 Sold to Vernon Cowpe, 81 Bold St Fleetwood (Fished by Fred Price)
13/11/1946 Sold to Herbert Rawcliffe, 39 Poulton Rd Fleetwood.
19/5/1954 Sold to Ernest Wilson, 43 Poulton Rd Fleetwood.
14/6/1955 Sold to Willie Wilkinson, Lytham St Annes.
1958 Laid up at Allansons Boatyard Freckleton.
19/5/1959 Sold to John Coulton, Long Lane, Banks for £90 and re-registered at Preston PN34.
1959-60 Rebuilt (redecked, new wheelhouse, new upper stem, rewired) at Crossens Sluice by owner. Fowler diesel 1:1 gearbox fitted.
On completion moored at Southport and Hesketh Bank and fished with Peter Rimmer, Marshside.
9/7/1962 Sold to FW Coward, Fernyhalgh Lane, Fulwood, Preston for £500.
9/7/1969 Sold to Arthur Mervyn Filton, Burnley (Fished in 1971 by FW Groden, Fleetwood).
1/11/1973 Sold to Tom Gorew and fishing registry closed.
27/7/81 Returned to fishing under ownership of Michael Stephens of Rochdale.
27/7/1986 sold to K Lyne, Ashton under Lyne.
17/11/1988 Fishing registration removed under Merchant Shipping Act 1988.
1994 Rebuilt at Liverpool Marina by Jim Weir.
?? Sold to Fiddlers Ferry
12/1998 Parted moorings off Rock Ferry and struck Rock Ferry Pier losing lower stem, breaking keel and capsizing.
1/1999 Aground upside down alongside Tranmere Oil Terminal, eventually destroyed by wind and tide. Iron keel recovered.

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I.V. Wild Cherry FD429

I.V. Wild Cherry FD429

s.v. Meta FD5

Technical

Registered Part IV
Gross Tonnage: 22
Sailing trawler/steam trawler/liner

History

Previously registered at Caernarvon (CO98).
Converted to steam.
2.1919: Sold to M. Blyth, Fleetwood.
26.2.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD5).
15.7.1919: Sold to ??, ??.
9.3.1920: Fleetwood registry closed “Broken up”.

Changelog

22/08/2010: Page published.

s.v. Fern Leaf BM317


Additional information courtesy of Christine Simm and David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 131935
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 41
Net Tonnage: 29
Length: 64.7 ft
Breadth: 16.2 ft
Depth: 7.9 ft
Rig: Ketch/Aux-trawling
Built: Sanders & Co, Galmpton, Devon

History

1911: Completed by Sanders & Co, Galmpton for Charles Bond, 16 Prospect Road, Brixham as FERN LEAF.
25.10.1911: Registered at Brixham (BM317).
5.12.1912: Reported hull damage following collision with other Brixham smacks.
5.5.1919: Sold to Charles C. Bond, Church Street, Brixham.
28.8.1919: At Brixham took part in race for Brixham registered ketch rigged trawlers over 40grt. In very light winds, with MISTLETOE (BM250) (Sk. E. R. King), VIOLET (BM228) (Sk.T. Lovell) and SUNNY ISLE (BM318) (Capt Jones) participated. After a collision at the start between SUNNY ISLE and VIOLET, made good of her advantage and got away from her rivals finishing the winner (First Prize £15, Special for owner, £10 and three gallons of anti fouling paint).
23.7.1920: In the early morning off the Lizard (Sk. E. Maddick), in rough weather with a heavy sea running, the main mast fell over the starboard side, fortunately without injuring any of the crew. The top portion of the stem was damaged and the main gaff, mainsail, fore sail and rigging had to be cut away.
24.7.1920: Sk. Maddick, with great skill, navigated the smack back to Brixham without the need of a tow. The smack is insured by the Brixham Fishing Smack Insurance Society.
20.8.1920: Brixham Royal Regatta, The Perpetual Challenge Cup, “Vancouver Trophy” and added prizes for Brixham registered ketch rigged trawlers over 40grt. Participated along with LOVE AND UNITY (BM263) (Sk. W. Dart), PREVALENT (BM337) (Sk. J. H. Blackhurst) and SEAPLANE (BM83) (Sk. R. C. Elliot). The winner was PREVALANT by about eight and a half minutes and in an exciting finish FERN LEAF took second place from SEAPLANE by seven seconds.
192?: Remeasured 24n.
1922: Sold to George Henry Cole, 10 Trafalgar Terrace, Brixham.
25.4.1925: Sold to Charles M. Ashford, Brixham.
30.8.1925: Sold to John Edmund Rowse Jnr (64/64), Milford Haven.
26.3.1927: At Newlyn, alongside an East Coast drifter (Sk. Richard Penny). In the afternoon, a Penzance youth by the name of Dunn, in crossing the boats, fell between the two. On hearing the splash, Sk. Penny, who was onboard at the time, went to his assistance. Being unable to reach the lad, he jumped into the water and took hold of him. The boats were ranging against each other and those men that had gathered, with great difficulty, kept them apart. Penny was able to pass the lad to those on deck and he was hauled onboard. Penny, a large man, made for a difficult task, but he was safely hauled out of the water.
21.8.1921: At the Brixham Regatta, ketch rigged trawler REPLETE (BM27) (Sk J. R. Bond) under full sail, came between the Committee boat and the FERN LEAF and collided with a launch owned by Mr S, Ellis, Brixham, which was chartered to carry the British Movietone News camera crew. The launch which had been attempting to come alongside the Committee boat was badly damaged, but the camera equipment (£2,000) was saved and the damaged launch towed into Brixham.
26.8.1932: Reported finished fifth (Sk. J. Rowsell) in the annual Brixham Regatta.
22.1.1934: Sold to Ralph Stockman Dugdall (64/64), The Quay, Brixham.
25.8.1934: Reported finished fourth in the annual Brixham Regatta.
4.7. 1935: Reported finished third in the annual Brixham Regatta.
24.8.1936: Reported finished third in the annual Brixham Regatta.
1938: Remeasured 13n.
1938: Fitted with 8nhp oil engine, re-classed as auxiliary fishing vessel.
1938: Brixham registry closed. Reregistered as an auxiliary fishing vessel by Ralph S. Dugdall, 57 Esplanade, Fleetwood.
9.2.1941: Requisitioned for war service and employed on miscellaneous naval duties (Hire rate £20.0.0d/month).
1942: Brixham registry closed “no longer fishing”.
1943: Based Clyde as TRV attached to Alexandria Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire.
1946: Returned to owner.
1947: Sold to William Newton (64/64),
113 Abercrombie Road, Fleetwood.
6.6.1947: Reported that a company, the Fern Leaf Co Ltd, had been formed at Fleetwood with a capital of £5,000, to acquire the business of fishing vessel owner William Newton. The directors are William Newton and Arthur Smith with the registered office 134-136 Dock Street, Fleetwood.
1947: Sold for breaking up.

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Fern Leaf BM317

Fern Leaf BM317
Picture from the Internet

Changelog

05/04/2010: Page published.
10/11/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
20/09/2022: Updated history.

s.v. Brazen Nose FD3

Additional information courtesy of Christine Simm

Technical

Official Number: 17237
Completed: 1839
Registered Tonnage: 27
Net Tonnage: 28
Rig: Smack
Built: ??, Lytham

History

1839: Completed by ??, Lytham for ??, ?? as BRAZEN NOSE.
3.6.1851: Landed at Fleetwood.
4.6.1851: Sailed Fleetwood for fishing grounds.
18.6.1851: Sailed Fleetwood for fishing grounds.
19.6.1851: Landed at Fleetwood.
23.6.1851: Sailed Fleetwood for fishing grounds.
24.7.1851: Landed at Fleetwood.
27.11.1851: Registered at Fleetwood. O.N.17237.
28.6.1852: Landed at Fleetwood.
10.8.1863: At Blackpool Petty Sessions, seven fishermen, Peter Leadbetter (ALICE); James Wilson (BRAZEN NOSE); Richard Wright (ELIZABETH); William Ball (EMMA); Nicholas Leadbetter (MARY ELLEN) and Richard Roskell (NIMBLE), had summonses issued against them for illegally landing and having onboard their vessels quantities of oysters during a prohibited time of the year. Richard Roskell giving evidence maintained that they could not avoid catching these oysters which damaged their nets, and that they were not the type of oysters forbidden in the Act. After legal argument the cases against William Ball, Peter Leadbetter, Richard Roskell and James Wilson were dismissed with costs; Nicholas Leadbetter and Richard Wright were each fined 8s and costs.
18.12.1964: Reported that at Fleetwood Magistrates Court, Peter Leadbetter Jnr, Richard Leadbetter, Henry Clarkson and William Horne were charged with that on the night of 23rd November, secreted 112lbs of palm oil. Part of the cargo of the brig CHIMERA of Liverpool. wrecked off Lytham on 18th November. The casks of oil were landed along with the catch, some 20 baskets of fish, and driven away from the Ferry Boat slip. When challenged by Matthias Flatworthy, coastguard, Clarkson said they had picked up three casks of oil. Later Flatworthy returned and searched the small boat and found nothing but walking away saw a fish basket hidden behind the piling and on inspection it contained a cask of palm oil to the value of 30s – £2. The case was proven but the bench wished to treat the defendants leniently and were fined 1s each with costs.
11.1.1865: Owned by Peter Leadbetter, Victoria Street, Fleetwood. Registered at Fleetwood (FD3).
1885: Not recorded in MNL after this year.

Changelog
08/01/2010: Page published.
20/12/2022: Updated information.