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S.D/T. Etesian BS26

Technical

Official Number: 135346
Yard No: 298
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 94
Net Tonnage: 33
Length: 86.3 ft
Breadth: 19.8 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Built: Fellows & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Thomas Sudron & Co Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Wooden built Drifter/Trawler

History

1918: Launched by Fellows & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Yd.No.298) (wooden “Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as ETESIAN (Ad.No.3885).
31.10.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-6pdr).
19.11.1920: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London for disposal.
1920: Sold to Charles I. Chinery, Bangor, North Wales.
5.11.1920: Registered at Beaumaris (BS26). John Robinson, Grimsby designated manager.
1921: Line fishing from Fleetwood. Alex Keay managing agent.
1923: Sold to W. Flett, W. Slater & James Flett, Lossiemouth. Beaumaris registry closed. Registered at Inverness (INS575). James Flett designated managing owner.
12.1928: Sold to John & James Stephen, Carnbulg and Robert O. Stephen, Fraserburgh.
1929: Inverness registry closed. Registered at Fraserburgh as M. H. Stephen (FR17).
1939: Requisitioned for war as a minesweeping drifter (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
5.1941: Employed as an examination vessel.
12.1943: Employed on port duties.
194?: Sold to James Stephen, Carnbulg.
4.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
1945: Returned to owner.
1945: Sold to J. M. Lovie, Fraserburgh.
1948: Sold to Alexander MacIver, Bayble, Christina Bruce & others, Stornoway.
4q 1948: Registered at Stornoway (SY789).
4.1949: Sold to J. & S. Cameron, Peterhead for breaking up.
1950: Breaking up completed. Stornoway registry closed.

Changelog
13/05/212: Page published. 4 updates since then.
19/07/2020: Updated information.

S.D/T. Golden Emblem BF232 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 139885
Yard Number: 3
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 90.0 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Built: Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, Peterhead
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen

Note: Wooden built

History

1918: Launched by Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, Peterhead (Yd.No.3) for their own account (Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields) as MAUVEEN.
1918: Completed (John H. Irvin KBE, Aberdeen, manager).
10.1918: Requisitioned from the builder for war service (Ad.No.4397). Not registered as a fishing vessel. Based Kingstown.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen (R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen).
14.5.1920: Registered at North Shields (SN21).
1.1931: Sold to Alexander Watt, Gardenstown (managing owner).
22.1.1931: North Shields registry closed.
24.1.1931: Registered at Banff as GOLDEN EMBLEM (BF232).
1939: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood (Alex Keay managing agent).
1939: Sold to R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.
4.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol drifter (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
1940: Sold to E. Watt, Gardenstown & others (E. Watt managing owner).
5.1942: Employed on port duties.
18.12.1945: Returned to owner.
1947: Sold Northern Shipbreaking Co, Peterhead for breaking up. Banff registry closed.

Changelog

06/05/2012: Page published. 3 updates since then.
01/12/2020: History updated.

S.D/T. Rowan Tree BF 199 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 127399
Yard Number: 168
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 91
Net Tonnage: 39
Length: 87.5 ft
Breadth: 19.2 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Cooper & Grieg Ltd, Dundee
Built: J. & G. Forbes, Sandhaven
Wooden built

History

1918: Purchased by The Admiralty on the stocks.
1918: Launched by J. & G. Forbes, Sandhaven (Yd.No.168) (“non-standard Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as FLAT CALM.
3.6.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.3890).
1930: De-commissioned and offered for sale.
3.1930: Sold to Alexander West, Gardenstown & others (Alexander West managing owner).
14.4.1930: Registered at Banff as ROWAN TREE (BF199).
11.2.1938: White fish trawling from Fleetwood (Alex Keay managing agent). Landed 24 boxes grossed £37.
24.4.1938: Last landing at Fleetwood, 145 boxes grossed £117.
1939: Sold to Mrs E. West, Gardenstown & others.
25.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
21.11.1941: Sailed Lowestoft at 8.15 am and returning to port at about 3.00 pm struck shoulder of recently formed sand bank at the entrance. Lowestoft lifeboat MICHAEL STEPHEN (Cox Albert Spurgeon) launched at 3.30 approached and connected but line parted. Capsized when local tug had line connected, crew scrambling on to upturned hull. Cox Spurgeon took the MICHAEL STEPHEN alongside twice and took off all fifteen crew. Landed safely at Lowestoft.
12.1941: Banff registry closed declared a total loss.

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S.D/T. Rowan Tree BF199

S.D/T. Rowan Tree BF199
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Changelog

04/05/2012: Page published. 6 updates since then.
08/12/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.D/T. Alcor LT140 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham, Maurice Voss and Jan Harteveld

Technical

Yard Number: 768
Completed: 1922
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 35
Length: 85.2 ft
Breadth: 19.1
Depth: 9.0 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: C.2-cyl by International Engine Works, Amherst, Nova Scotia to a Goldie & McCulloch Co Ltd, Galt, Ontario design
Boiler: International Engine Works, Amherst, Nova Scotia
(All machinery new 1917 and ex Canadian wooden Admiralty drifter CD.48 )

History

14.2.1922: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.768) for John McCann, Hull (Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull) as OLEARIA.
28.3.1922: Completed.
25.4.1922: Registered at Hull (H478).
8.5.1922: Transferred to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (John McCann & Edward Cartwright, managers).
2.1925: Sold to L. Espersen, Denmark.
17.2.1925: Hull registry closed. Registered at Esbjerg (E444).
16.11.1925: Sold to Soc. Anon. Armement Ostendais, Ostend.
25.11.1925: Registered at Ostend as HECTOR DENIS (O237).
16.9.1930: Laid up until sold.
6.2.1936: Sold to Jubilee Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Alfred S. Ling, manager). Ostend registry closed.
16.4.1936: Registered at Lowestoft as ALCOR (LT140).
1937: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
24.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY960) (Hire rate £35.3.3d/month).
3.1942: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
12.8.1943: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager).
12.1943: Employed on port duties.
8.4.1945: Arrived Lowestoft for restoration and survey.
17.9.1945: Returned to owner.
8.1948: Sold to Jozef Arts, Ostend.
14.8.1948: Lowestoft registry closed.
12.5.1948: Taken in hand by Scheepswerf Seghers, Ostend for conversion to motor and fitted with a 270bhp 4 stroke 5-cyl oil engine by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln
1948: Re measured 99.72g 42.98n.
20.9.1948: Renamed MARJOLENE on completion.
31.9.1948: Registered as a motor trawler at Ostend as MARJOLENE. (O337).
5.1950: Sold to P.V.B.A. Jozef Arts & Co, Ostend.
4.3.1955: Crewman Emiel Makelberghe washed overboard and drowned.
22.12.1956: Whilst on passage home from Newlyn for Christmas when off Start Point started to take in water in the engine room. Taken in tow by Brixham motor trawler ROGER BUSHELL (BM76) but started to settle and foundered in position 50 14 12 N 03 08 45 W. All crew picked up by ROGER BUSHELL and landed at Brixham.

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S.D/T. Alcor LT140

S.D/T. Alcor LT140
© Ford Jenkins-Robert Durrant Collection

S.T. Alcor LT140

S.T. Alcor LT140
Picture courtesy of the Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

M.T. Marjolene O337

M.T. Marjolene O337
Picture courtesy of the Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

M.T. Marjolene O337

M.T. Marjolene O337
Picture courtesy of The Jan Harteveld Collection

Changelog

08/04/2012: Page published. 12 updates since then.
06/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
16/06/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Audrey YH215 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall and Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 123212
Yard Number: 312
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 186
Net Tonnage: 73
Length: 108.9 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.3 ft
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan
Engine: T.3-cyl by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow

History

12.9.1905: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.312) for Hellyer’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as AUDREY.
1.1906: Completed (Charles Hellyer, manager).
26.1.1906: Registered at Hull (H854).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
16.4.1916: At Hull, Skipper Albert Menzies Johnston charged under the Defence of the Realm Act with being in a prohibited area and fined £50.
7.7.1916: Off North Coast of Scotland rescued all crew of the Swedish steamer LISA (1606grt/) damaged by mine and run ashore, landing them in Thurso Bay. Crew paid £100 for efforts in picking up survivors.
1919: Released.
6.2.1919: Sold to Charles Henry George, Caister on Sea (managing owner).
9.12.1919: Hull registry closed.
11.12.1919: Registered at Gt. Yarmouth (YH215).
26.1.1920: Sold to John Halifax, Southtown, Gt. Yarmouth (managing owner).
1920’s: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood (Sk. John Halifax).
11.1923: In River Yare in collision with steam drifter FAITHFUL (BK246) striking her amidships causing her to founder.
19.4.1926: Sold to Robert Boyle (32/64) and John Thomas Coulson (32/64), North Shields (Robert Boyle managing owner).
12.5.1925: Yarmouth registry closed.
15.1.1926: Registered at North Shields (SN38).
6.9.1933: Foundered.
25.9.1933: North Shields registry closed “Total loss”.

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S.T. Audrey YH215

S.T. Audrey H854
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Changelog

20/02/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
05/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
20/07/2019: Updated information.