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S.D/T. Primordial FR200 (Seasonal)

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3592
Official Number: 146043
Yard Number:45
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Boiler: Gt. Central Co-op Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby
Built: Webster & Bickerton (of Goole) Ltd, Goole

History

1917: Launched by Webster & Bickerton (of Goole) Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.45) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as SEA FOG (Ad.No.3592).
18.12.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) at a cost of £2,400.
1919: Paid off. Armament removed.
15.11.1919: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London for disposal. Refurbished as a fishing vessel.
30.3.1920: Registered at Lowestoft (Part IV)(LT710).
16.7.1921: Lowestoft registry closed at request of The Admiralty.
1921: Sold to H. Croft Baker & Sons Ltd, Grimsby (Henry Croft Baker, manager).
12.9.1921: Registered at Grimsby (GY1300).
6.1922: Sold to The Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Henry Croft Baker & John L. Green, joint managers).
26.6.1922: Registered at Grimsby as SELIMUS (GY1300).
1923: Sold to L. M. Bourgain, Dieppe.
22.6.1923: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1923: Registered at Dieppe as St. PIERRE d’AlCANTARA (DI 2112).
1925: Sold to William Bruce, John McLeman, Burghead; John Campbell West, Lossiemouth & James Russell Hamilton, Elgin (William Bruce managing owner).
1925: Dieppe registry closed.
1925: Registered at Inverness as PRIMORDIAL (INS81).
1936: Sold to William Cardno, Fraserburgh (managing owner).
1936: Inverness registry closed.
1936: Registered at Fraserburgh (FR200).
1936-1939: Seasonal line fishing from Fleetwood (Alex Keay managing agent).
1939: Sold to Mrs Jessie Cardno & W. B. Ritchie Jnr, Fraserburgh.
28.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a harbour transport (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
194?: Sold to Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Thomas Walker, manager).
20.12.1945: Returned to owners.
1952: Sold to ?? for breaking up. Fraserburgh registry closed.

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S/D.T. Primordial FR200

S/D.T. Primordial FR200
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Changelog

20/09/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
29/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.D/T. Silver Seas LT235 (Seasonal)


Copyright 2010 Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 149249
Yard Number: 1103
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 117
Net Tonnage: 53
Length: 94.1 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliott & Garwood Ltd, Beccles.
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

20.12.1930: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1103) for Arthur George Catchpole, Kessingland as SILVER SEAS.
25.1.1931: Completed.
21.3.1931: Registered at Lowestoft (LT235).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
8.5.1937: Off Isle of Man, steam drifter ADVISABLE (LT168) stripped propeller. Connected and delivered Fleetwood.
24.5.1939: Arthur G. Catchpole died.
1939: Transferred to George Catchpole, Victor Charles Catchpole, Arthur George Catchpole, Frederick Ernest Catchpole, Lowestoft (in accordance with the Will).
13.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.946) (Hire rate £69.3.6d/month).
5.4.1940: Sold to Silver Fishing Co (Lowestoft) Ltd, Lowestoft (Benjamin Utting, manager) (company owned by the Catchpole family).
12.1943: Employed on port duties.
5.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
8.1944: Returned to owner.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
12.2.1960: Sold to Alick King, Lowestoft for conversion to diesel power.
1960: Converted and re-engined by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft with a 4 stroke 3-cyl oil engine 300bhp by A. K. Diesels Ltd, Lowestoft.
1960: Re measured 121g 44n.
18.2.1960: Sold to George Wood (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen (William Wood, manager).
11.3.1960: Registered at Aberdeen (A65).
16.3.1960: Lowestoft registry closed.
1971: Sold to P. & W. McLellan Ltd, Bo’ness for breaking up.
3.1971: Arrived Bo’ness in tow of NETHERLEY (A723) also for breaking up. Aberdeen registry closed.

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S.D/T Silver Seas LT235

S.D/T Silver Seas LT235
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S,D/T. Silver Seas LT235

S,D/T. Silver Seas LT235
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S,D/T. Silver Seas LT235

S,D/T. Silver Seas LT235
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S,D/T. Silver Seas LT235

M.D/T. Silver Seas LT235
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Changelog
04/09/2010: Page published.
29/05/2014: Picture added.
22/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.D/T. Abiding Star LT451

Technical

Official Number: 138872
Yard Number: 37
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 117
Net Tonnage: 52
Length: 93.8 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 10.0 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Burrell & Co, Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Wooden built drifter/trawler
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft

History

1917: Completed by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.37) for James Johnson, Scarborough as FLO JOHNSON. Registered at Scarborough (SH325).
7.1917: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.3052). Based Portland.
1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft.
7.1919: Scarborough registry closed.
10.7.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (LT451).
17.10.1925: Sold to Florence Johnson, Scarborough (James Johnson, manager).
19.10.1926: Sold to James Johnson, Scarborough.
14.12.1926: Sold to The Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Frederick Ernest Catchpole, manager).
21.3.1927: Registered at Lowestoft as ABIDING STAR (LT451). Seasonal fishing out of Fleetwood.
13.6.1928: Landed 244 boxes of herring.
6.1930: Re engined and boilered by Elliott & Garrood Ltd, Beccles (old engine fitted in KINDRED STAR (LT177).
17.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service on Degaussing Service (P.No.FY.284) (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
12.5.1945: Sold to Bay Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
1946: Returned to owner.
1947: Engine removed and vessel hulked.
4.12.1947: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Abiding Star LT451

S.D/T. Abiding Star LT451
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S.D/T. Abiding Star LT451

S.D/T. Abiding Star LT451
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Changelog

20/08/2010: Picture published. 8 updates since then.
16/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
02/05/2019: Updated the history.

S.D/T. Neves LT246 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham.

Technical

Official Number: 162951
Yard Number: 298
Completed: 1931
Gross Tonnage: 122
Net Tonnage: 62
Length: 94.1 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.5 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co (1927) Ltd, Goole
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliott & Garrood Ltd, Beccles.

History

21.3.1931: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co (1927) Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.298) for Seven Ltd, Lowestoft as NEVES.
5.1931: Completed (Frederick W. Moxey, manager).
14.5.1931: Registered at Lowestoft (LT246).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow, Milford & Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
20.11.1931: In collision off Milford Docks with British motor schooner MAYALS (226g/1880) which foundered. Liability admitted by owners and limited to £8 per gross ton – £59.12.6d. by Court.
1937: Sold to Ritson J. Tripp, Kessingland (managing owner).
11.10.1939: Requisitioned for war service employed on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £72.2.7d/month).
24.10.1945: Returned to owner.
11.1945: Sold to County Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Frederick Spashett, manager). Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood.
4.7.1947: Connected to steam drifter/trawler THRIFTY (LT152) disabled with boiler trouble and delivered Lowestoft.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
1955: Converted by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft, fitted with 330bhp 4 stroke 6VEBM oil engine by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln.
1955: Re measured 127g 52n.
1955: Registered at Lowestoft as Fellowship (LT246). David F. Cartwright, MBE MC appointed manager.
1961: Sold to J. J. Colby, Lowestoft & others.
1965: Sold to Holkar Fishing Co, Lowestoft (Colby Fish Selling Co Ltd, managers).
1967: Sold to Colby Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft. Employed on offshore platform standby duties.
3.1974: Advertised for sale.
6.1974: Sold to Peter F. Horlock, Mistley. Subsequently sold to Greek principals.
1977: Sold to Red Sea interests.
By 1985: Fate unknown.

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S.D/T. Neves LT246

S.D/T. Neves LT246
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S.T. Neves LT246

S.T. Neves LT246
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S.T. Neves LT246

S.T. Neves LT246
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M.T/D. Fellowship LT246

M.T/D. Fellowship LT246
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Changelog

04/06/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
21/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
24/06/2021: Updated information.

S.D/T. Ocean Hunter YH298 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4148
Yard Number: 499
Official Number: 139888
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
Boiler: Danks, Edwind & Co (Oldbury) Ltd, Oldbury,Birmingham
Built: John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft

History

1919: Launched by John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.499) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as CURRENT (Ad.No.4148).
3.12.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
29.9.1920: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London and placed on sales list.
8.1920: Sold to Henry C. Thompson, North Shields (Robert Boyle, manager).
30.8.1920: Registered at North Shields (SN43).
26.5.1922: North Shields registry closed “Ceased fishing”.
1922: Sold to A. Grant & John T. Graham, Cellardyke (John T. Graham managing owner). Registered at Kirkcaldy as COPIOUS (KY175).
1925: Sold to W. C. Wilson, North Shields & Others (John T. Graham, Cellardyke, manager).
27.8.1931: Answered distress call from Port Seaton steam trawler CHOICE (A764) holed while hauling some 19 miles off Peterhead and making water. Took off crew and connected but after two hours towing Choice started to settle and foundered. Survivors landed at Anstruther.
8.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service on miscellaneous Naval duties (P.No.FY.337) (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
1945: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
8.1945: Returned to owner.
1947: Sold to The Adam Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
2.1948: Sold to Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Cecil Frank Mayo, manager).
2.2.1948: Registered at Yarmouth (YH296).
25.3.1948: Registered at Yarmouth as OCEAN HUNTER (YH296). Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood and Padstow.
31.12.1952: Sold to Edward Albert Beamish, Lowestoft.
31.1.1953: Registered at Lowestoft (LT322).
10.2.1953: Yarmouth registry closed.
24.10.1953: At Lowestoft landed 145 crans of herring.
1.1955: Sold for breaking up.
18.1.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for breakers.
26.5.1955: Lowestoft registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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S.T. Ocean Hunter YH298

S.T. Ocean Hunter YH298
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S.D/T. Ocean Hunter YH298

S.D/T. Ocean Hunter YH298
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Changelog

01/06/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
01/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
22/06/2019: Updated information and added an image.