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S.D/T. E.W.B. LT1124 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 130039
Yard Number: 496
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 87.0 ft
Breadth: 18.4 ft
Depth: 8.9 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1.4.1911: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.496) for Arthur Evans, Ernest Wisker & Walter Bartlett (joint owners), Lowestoft as E.W.B.. 4.7.1911: Completed.
7.7.1911: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1124).
8.6.1914: Sold to Arthur Evans (32/64) & Walter Bartlett (32/64), Lowestoft.
09.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.1872). Fitted with 1-3pdr, E.C. mines and as an anti-submarine net drifter. i.a.w. Area XIV Patrol Orders dated 30.3.1915 allocated to Isles of Scilly Net Drifters (Sk. J. Reynolds).
11.8.1916: Sold to Arthur Evans, Lowestoft.
10.1916: With Falmouth Net Drifters (Sk. J. Reynolds).
29.1.1918: Sold to Frederick W. Moxey (32/64), Bertha Richards & Charles Jordan (32/64 joint shares), Lowestoft. Based Aegean Sea.
1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (F. W. Moxey).
16.1.1922: Arrived Lowestoft (Sk. Jenkerson) with Capt Gestersen and nine crew members, the only survivors of a crew of twenty of the Hamburg registered steamer VESTA (1839grt/??) which caught fire through explosion of deck cargo of naptha in heavy weather some 40 miles SE of Lowestoft when on passage Hamburg to Lisbon with general cargo. Rescue was effected at great risk because of the heavy sea, the blaze and fumes from the steamer.
17.12.1919: Sold to The Viking Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (James Pye, manager).
2.4.1925 Sold to The Viking Steam Fishing Co Ltd (32/64), Richard & Edward Mallet (16/64 shares each), Lowestoft.
3.2.1926: Sold to Frederick W. Moxey (32/64), Thomas Richards & Herbert Drake (32/64 joint shares), Lowestoft.
17.4.1938: Sold to Arthur Dexter (64/64), Brixham.
11.03.1939: Sold to Thomas Richards Ltd & Reginald Riley (64/64 joint shares), Brixham.
2.2.1940: Sold to Torbay Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Brixham.
6.1.1941–12.1.1942: Landing at Milford.
1943-1945: Landing at Fleetwood.
1.7.1943: Typical landing. 110 kits – cod/codling-50, flats-15, whiting-10, roker-30, prime-5.
1.2.1946: Sold to Respondo Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
17.11.1947 Sold to Cairo Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
29.10.1954: Sold to Yolland Brothers Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
22.7.1955: Last landing at Milford.
1955: Sold to shipbreakers in Belgium.
5.9.1955 Arrived Boom near Antwerp for breaking up.
19.9.1955 Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. E.W.B. LT1124

S.T. E.W.B. LT1124
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog
17/05/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
13/12/2014: Information updated.
21/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
07/05/2020: Updated information.

S.D/T. Playmates YH141 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 144146
Yard Number: 964
Completed: 1925
Gross Tonnage: 93
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.3 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9.0 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees

History

25.4.1925: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.964) for Clifford Edward Strowger (32/64) & Alfred Willie Wilkinson (32/64), Gorleston as PLAYMATES.
25.5.1925: Completed (Clifford E. Strowger managing owner).
27.6.1925: Registered at Yarmouth (YH141).
5.10.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.738) (Hire rate £37.4.0d/month). Based Dover.
20-26.5.1940: Evacuation from Boulogne, Calais & Dunkirk.
25.5.1940: Sailed Dover for Calais in company with the trawlers ARLEY (P.No.FY.620) (FD41), BOTANIC (P.No.FY.707) (H463), BROCK (P.No.FY621) (FD47), CALVI (GY269), FYLDEA (P.No.666) (FD72), MARETTA (P.No.FY.665) (FD45), POLLY JOHNSON (H322) and drifter WILLING BOYS (P.No.FY.947) (LT737) with several river launches in tow.
26.5.1940: At 1.40am. arrived off the French coast. No evacuation order was given.
7.1943: Employed on balloon barrage.
9.10.1945: Returned to owner.
11.2.1946: Sold to East Briton Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Arthur Easto, manager).
2.1946: Yarmouth registry closed.
28.2.1946: Registered at Lowestoft (LT180).
1940s-1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood.
24.10.1952: Moving in Hamilton Dock, Lowestoft, struck by lightning losing top of mainmast.
3.1955: Fishing mackerel out of Newlyn.
22.3.1955: On a trip, last reported 40-50 miles WNW of Seven Stones Light Vessel.
28.3.1955: Posted missing, part of lifebuoy picked up, no other wreckage or survivors.
28.9.1955: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Playmates YH141

S.D/T. Playmates YH141
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S.D/T. Playmates YH141

S.D/T. Playmates YH141
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S.T. Playmates LT180

S.T. Playmates LT180
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S.D/T. Playmates YH141

S.D/T. Playmates YH141
Picture courtesy of The Robert Durrant Collection

Seaman's Discharge Certificate

Seaman’s Discharge Certificate

Changelog
16/05/2010: Page published. 6 updates since then.
06/03/2015: Picture added.
12/01/2016: Picture added.
20/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.D/T. Ocean Sprite YH56 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4122
Official Number: 137609
Yard Number: 563
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Coatbridge
Boiler: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1918: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.563) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as PHOSPHOROUS (Ad.No.4122).
21.2.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
4.1919: Sold to Bloomfields Ltd , Gt. Yarmouth (James Bloomfield, manager) for £6590.
17.4.1919: Renamed OCEAN SPRITE (YH56).
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay appointed manager. (Fished from Yarmouth mainly as a trawler).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
21.11.1935: Connected to TESSIE (YH769) disabled with lost rudder and delivered Yarmouth.
1936: Home fishing made £1200 but skipper (George Balls) sacked due to heavy weather damage at time of loss of motor drifter OLIVE BRANCH (PD77).
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
1946: Returned to owner.
6.1946: Sold to Drifters (Peterhead) Ltd, Peterhead (Robert Foreman, manager).
1.7.1946: Yarmouth registry closed.
8.7.1946: Registered at Peterhead (PD94).
1952: Sold to Peter & George Buchan, Peterhead & Others.
1954: Used as a ‘barking vessel’ at Fraserburgh.
1960: Sold for breaking up. Peterhead registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Sprite YH56

S.T. Ocean Sprite YH56
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Ocean Sprite PD94

S.D/T. Ocean Sprite PD94
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection(TPF)

Changelog
15/05/2010: Page published. 4 revisions since then
23/08/2014: Picture 2 added.
19/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.D/T. Ocean Lassie YH78 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham for FMHT.

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4124
Official Number: 137615
Yard Number: 565
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.565) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as TYPHOON (Ad.No.4124).
5.1919: Sold to W. E. Shreeve Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (James Bloomfield, manager).
28.5.1919: Registered at Yarmouth as OCEAN LASSIE (YH78).
22.9.1919: Completed.
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay appointed manager.
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft/Alex Keay, managing agent) and Padstow out of herring season.
26.8.1939: Hired for Examining Service (T90 – Dormant contract).
25.11.1939: Terminated.
26.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service on Examining Service (T98D – Net charter party) (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
3.6.1940: Mined 23/4 cables bearing 55° from Outer Ridge Buoy off Harwich. Four crew missing*.
6.9.1940: Yarmouth registry closed.

(Missing* – Charles G. Bullock, Mate; Herbert J. Long, 1st Eng; Ernest A. Beckett, A. Smith, Deckhands; Samuel Cumby, Cook.)

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S.T. Ocean Lassie YH78

S.T. Ocean Lassie YH78
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S.D/T. Ocean Lassie YH78

S.D/T. Ocean Lassie YH78
George Mann and Ocean Lassie.
Picture courtesy of Andrew Mann

Changelog
14/05/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
12/11/2016: Picture added.

S.D/T. Landbreeze LT1296 (Seasonal )

Wartime Visitor
Copyright 2010 Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4169
Official Number: 144783
Yard Number: 103
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 94
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Lowestoft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollitt & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Boiler: Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln

History

1919: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd.No.103) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as LANDBREEZE (Ad.No.4169).
11.2.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
17.4.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
8.11.1920: Registered at Aberdeen O.N.144783 (A315).
2.6.1921: Sold under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen) to Frederick Alfred Sibley, Aberdeen (Sidney M. Cannon, manager).
9.1923: Mortgage foreclosed. Repossessed by His Majesty, represented by the Commissioners representing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, London.
4.9.1923: Aberdeen registry closed.
2.1924: Sold to P. W. Watson & Sons Ltd, Lowestoft (Allan H. Watson, manager).
7.2.1924: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1296).
1928/1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood. Alex Keay/William Head, managing agent.
20.6.1928: Typical landing 29 boxes. Fished out of Fleetwood during WW2.
2.7.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 112 kits – cod/codling-66, flats-10, whiting-7, roker-15, ling/coley-6, gurnard-4, prime-4.
3.10.1943: Sold to Jubilee Fishing Co Ltd, London.
6.1945: Returned to Lowestoft.
2.1955: Condemned following Special Survey.
6.1955: Sold to Jas. de Smedt, Antwerp for breaking up.
13.7.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for Antwerp towing PEACE WAVE (LT47) also sold for breaking up.
3.8.1955: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Landbreeze LT1296

S.T. Landbreeze LT1296
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog

14/05/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
16/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
28/03/1911: Updated history.