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Sailing Trawlers

s.v. Capella FD191

Technical

Official Number: Part IV Registered
Completed: 1904
Gross Tonnage: 20.35
Net Tonnage: 20.35
Length: 46 ft
Breadth: 13 ft
Depth: 6.1 ft
Rig: Cutter
Converted to auxiliary motor 16.4g 16.4n
Built: Armour Bros, Fleetwood

History

1904: Completed by Armour Bros, Fleetwood for ??, ?? as the yacht CAPELLA.
19.7.1915: Registered at Fleetwood (FD191).
20.5.1919: Fleetwood registry closed. ‘Ceased fishing’.
11.11.1943: Registered at Fleetwood (FD242). Owner George Dallas, “Eastwood” Golden Hill Lane, Leyland.
15.12.1944: Fleetwood registry closed ‘Boat no longer fishing’.
12.1.1945. Registered at Fleetwood (FD242). Owner John Callwood Kettlewell, 98 Larkfield Lane, Southport.
16.6.1947: Sold to Theodore John Beard, 113 Guildford Road, Southport.
22.4.1948: Fleetwood registry closed.
4.1948: Registered at Ramsey (RY33).
By 1953: Not recorded.

Undated: Converted to auxiliary motor 16.4g 16.4n

Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

s.v. Acceptor FD45

Additional material by Ian Wilson

Technical

Official Number: 29810
Completed: 1861
Gross Tonnage: 49
Net Tonnage: 49
Length: 71.2
Breadth: 18.1
Depth: 8.5 feet
Rig: Dandy
Built: Smith & Stephenson, Grimsby

History

11.1861: Completed by Smith & Stephenson, Grimsby for Robert Roberts, 12 Worsley Buildings, Grimsby (R. Turner, skipper). Registered at Grimsby (GY98).
3.1869: Re-registered at Grimsby (GY72).
1870: Rebuilt.
11.1883: Sold to Joseph E. Horne, 20 Stanley Street, New Clee (P. Carter, skipper).
3.1888: Sold to F. W. Moody, Grimsby (G. Beacher, skipper).
10.1988: Sold to Charles H. Saunby, 32 Victoria Street, Fleetwood (managing owner). Grimsby registry closed. Registered on the Shipping Register at Fleetwood (FD45). Employed as a trading ketch.
1.1.1892: Owned by John D. Gibson, Fleetwood (managing owner).
1894: Sold to Mrs Mary J. Conley, Belfast.
1.1.1895: Owned by Alexander Hull, 34 Nelson Street, Belfast (managing owner).
6.1899: Wrecked Bunbeg River, Co. Donegal (J. Bailie, Master) having loaded bog ore at Bunbeg for Port Dundas. Master and two crew rescued.
1899: Fleetwood registry closed.

Changelog
18/02/2009: Page published. 6 revisions since then.
20/10/2014: PLN added.

sv Louie Rigby FD127

Captain Cap information courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesné

Technical

Official Number: 127580
Completed: 1910
Net Tonnage: 23
Length: 76 ft
Rig: Dandy – trawling
Built: J & J Armour, Fleetwood

History

1910: Completed by Armour Bros, Fleetwood for Thomas Rigby, Adelaide Street, Fleetwood & others as LOUIE RIGBY.
26.11.1910: Registered at Fleetwood (FD127).
1911: Sold to William Preston, Adelaide St, Fleetwood (managing owner).
1921: Sold to Mrs Grace A. E. Cookman, Carbery Lodge, Ascot, Berks (John G. Cookman, manager).
7.1921: Transferred to fish from Milford.
18.6.1923: On Southern Irish coast grounds, stood by Milford smack MINNIE (BM90) (51grt/1904)(Sk.Willard Richards), on fire in hold. Fire could not be contained. MINNIE attempted to run on to the Blackwater Bank off Wexford. Abandoned and crew picked up, vessel foundered shortly afterwards.
9.1923: Dismasted and in distress in heavy seas. Attended by Fleetwood steam trawler SOAR (FD155), connected and towed (18 hours) to Milford Haven.
1929: Same.
5.9.1930: Fleetwood registry closed. No longer fishing.
1935: Sold for conversion to a yacht.
1958: Further converted and renamed CAPTAIN CAP.
1962: Owned by Alain Bombard. Prepared for scientific expedition to the Mediterrenian – Sicily.
1970: Picked up abandoned schooner off Florida coast, towed for 72 hours and delivered safely.
6.1973: Advertised for sale in West Indies.
1975-76: Sold to D. Valin, Fort de France. Martinique for £129,365. Sailed from Grenada to Martinique. Operated by Martinique Charter et Services, Fort de France on day charters- 60 pax.
8.1979: In hurricane David grounded on coral in Fort de France Bay. Refloated by Travaux Sous-Marins Martinique (Jean-Paul Chesné) and returned to service.
8.1980: In hurricane Allen grounded on beach in Fort de France Bay. Refloated by Travaux Sous-Marins Martinique (Jean-Paul Chesné) with no damage.
1980: Sold to Travaux Sous-Marine Martinique, Fort de France, Martinique. After survey by French Marine Marchande (FMM) continued with day charter work.
1982: FMM surveyor required complete re-decking; completed in two weeks.
1983: FMM srveyor required new rudder; fabricated in steel.
1984: After four years charter work (10,000 pax/year) vessel for sale. Sold to French owners owners in Grenada.
1986-87: Foundered after striking a reef in The Grenadines.
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Sailing Trawler Louie Rigby

Sailing Trawler Louie Rigby
Picture courtesy of rossallbeach.co.uk

sv Louie Rigby FD127

sv Louie Rigby FD127

sv Captain Cap, 1982 Martinique

sv Captain Cap, 1982 Martinique
Picture courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesne

Captain Cap at Martinique

sv Captain Cap at Martinique
Picture courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesne

Captain Cap, Martinique

Captain Cap, Martinique
Picture courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesne

Captain Cap, Martinique

Captain Cap, Martinique
Picture courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesne

Captain Cap, Martinique

Captain Cap, Martinique
Picture courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesne

Captain Cap, Martinique

Captain Cap, Martinique
Picture courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesne

Jean-Paul & Annie Chesne

Jean-Paul & Annie Chesne
Picture courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesne

Changelog
18/02/2009: Page published: 8 updates since then.
29/05/2016: Picture added.

s.v. Lily FD20

Technical

Official Number: 90382
Launched: 1879
Gross Tonnage: 42.08
Net Tonnage: 23.44
Length: 63.5 ft
Breadth: 17.4 ft
Depth: 8.3 ft
Built: St. Malo

Rig: Dandy – trawling

History

1879: Completed by ??, St. Malo as PÊCHERIES FRANCAISES No.38.
11.1884: Sold to G. P. Walford, Grimsby.
8.11.1884: Registered at Grimsby (Part I & IV) as LILY O.N.90382 (GY973).
7.1885: Sold to Great Grimsby Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
5.1888: Sold to George Maskell, 25 London Street, Fleetwood & others (George Maskell managing owner).
7.1888: Grimsby registry closed.
2.10.1888: Registered at Fleetwood (FD20). David Herbank skipper.
31.1.1891/1.2.1891: Very few of the trawlers that returned home came back without some loss or damage. With very bad weather in the Irish Channel the fleet had attempted to to reach the Irish coast but the weather on 26th January was so severe that they remained at anchor until the following day. Only a few boats made the Irish Coast and many put into Peel and Ramsey for shelter. In the midst of the heavy gale which lasted for six hours the Fleetwood boats that were still at sea suffered damage. Returned having lost sails.
2.2.1891: Nearly all the boats alongside were undergoing repairs, some had landed fair catches which made around £12 gross.
4.12.1905: Sold to Jonathan Watson Grisdale, Hoylake. Jonathan W. Grisdale skipper.
28.4.1908: Sold to William Beck, Ferndale Rd, Hoylake. William Beck skipper.
28.4.1908: Fleetwood registry closed.
29.4.1908: Registered at Liverpool (LL133).
1914: Sold to Joseph R. Beck, 15 Lake Rd, Hoylake (Joseph R. Beck managing owner).
12.10.1928: Liverpool registry closed “ Ceased fishing.”

Changelog
18/02/2009: Page published.
14/07/2022: Updated history.

s.v. Leader FD165

Technical

Official Number: 42547
Completed: 1861
Net Tonnage: 51
Rig: Smack – Trawling
Built: John Gibson, Fleetwood
Owner: Thomas and Berry Wright, Fleetwood

History

22.11.1861: Completed by John Gibson, Fleetwood (Yd.No.2) for Thomas & Berry Wright, Fleetwood as
Leader. Registered at Fleetwood (FD165).
1.1.1875: Owned by Thomas Wright, Fleetwood.
20.7.1882: Sold to Robert A. Aldred, Hoylake. (1883: MNL shows Thomas Wright as owner).
20.1.1901: Fleetwood registry closed. Broken up.

Changelog
18/02/2009: Page published.
10/12/2014: Amended PLN.