Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.D/T. Leonard LT149 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Jan Harteveld, Barry Banham and Hans-J Heise

Technical

Official Number 149227
Yard Number: 901
Launched 1913
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 107
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 27.25m (89.4 ft)
Breadth: 6.04m (19.8 ft)
Depth: 2.83m (9.3 ft)
Built: Gebr. Boot Scheepsbouwwerf “De Hoop”, Leiderdorp
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Burgerhout’s Maschfb. Rotterdam

History

1913: Completed by Gebr. Boot Scheepsbouwwerf “De Hoop”, Leiderdorp, (Yd.No.901) for NV Zeevisscherij Mij. “Majestic”, IJmuiden as MAJESTIC.
19.8.1913: Registered at IJmuiden (IJM46). NV Visscherij Exploitatie Mij. “Witte Ster”, IJmuiden designated managers.
1917: L. J. Van der Weyden designated manager.
191?: New survey remeasured 111g 42n.
2.7.1918: Sold to Partenreederei Hofman & Co, Altona. Registered at Altona as EGON (SD78).
21.2.1920: Sold to NV Visscherij Mij. “Helegoland”, IJmuiden.
1922: New survey remeasured 115g 31n.
15.2.1922: Registered at IJmuiden as HELGA (IJM46).
23.2.1927: Sold to Stoomvissch Mij. “Helgoland”, IJmuiden.
1930: New survey remeasured 105g 45n 90.6 x 19.9 x 9.5 feet.
11.1.1930: Sold to Head & Wright Ltd, Lowestoft.
13.2.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (Part I & IV) as Leonard O.N.149227 (LT149). Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood. Sir Alec Black Bt managing agent.
9.11.1940: In a NNW gale and heavy seas put into Llandudno with fish room full of water. Lifeboat THOMAS & ANNIE WADE RICHARDS (Cox Trevor Davies) was
launched to take pump and fireman to ship.
10.11.1940: By 0645 pumped out, fish landed and other gear put on pier. Escorted by lifeboat, sailed for Bangor for repairs.
4.9.1941: Letter to owners from HM Customs & Excise, Fleetwood stating that Certificate of Registry had not been endorsed for the year and requesting that it be brought or forwarded without delay.
27.10.1941: In Irish Sea (Sk. G. E. Knights); nine crew all told. When hauling and lifting bag, mast broke with weight of fish.
15.11.1941: When hauling and lifting bag, mast broke again with weight of fish.
7.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 72 kits – cod/codling-19, whiting-16, plaice-1, roker-15, gurnard-12, dogs-3, sole & prime-6.
8.2.1946: Sold to Cranbrook Shipping Co Ltd, London. Leonard Frederick Milton designated manager.
10.1955: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
27.10.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for Bruges (Sk. Scarlett).
28.10.1955: Delivered.
4.11.1955: Lowestoft registry closed “ Sold to Belgian subjects for demolition”.

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S.T. Leonard LT149
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Leonard HMC&E Letter
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Changelog

14/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
07/05/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
12/05/2018: Updated information.
18/05/2018: Updated information and added image.

S.T. Julia Brierley FD103

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 168578
Yard Number: 1265
Completed: 1943
As built: 670tons disp. 146.0 x 25.25 x 13.2 feet
Gross Tonnage: 380
Net Tonnage: 142
Length: 147.8 ft
Breadth: 25.1 ft
Depth: 13.2 ft
Engine: 700ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

24.12.1942: Keel laid.
6.4.1943: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1265 ) (“Fish” class) for The Admiralty as HMS GRILSE (P.No.T.368).
5.7.1943: Completed as an A/S trawler (1-12pdr HA/LA, 3-20mm, ASDIC, DC). Based Mediterranean (Act Sk. Lieut. George Main RNR).
28.11.1944: Ty Act. Sk. Lieut. Harold Chandler RNR appointed CO.
1946: Laid up at Rosyth on Disposal List (SORF, Rosyth).
20.5.1946: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby for the sum of £18,858. Converted to steam trawler at a cost of £26,239. (Total £45,096).
2.1947: Registered at Swansea (Part I & Part IV) as CARDIFF CASTLE O.N.168578 (SA66). 380g 142n. Sir John D. Marsden, Bart, Lincoln designated manager. Insured for £75,680.
24.6.1947: First trip.
1952: Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
6.1947: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
5.1952: Swansea registry closed.
08.5.1952: Registered at Fleetwood (FD103).
13.07.1952: Registered at Fleetwood as JULIA BRIERLEY (FD103). John Channock, Cleveleys designated manager.
6.7.1956: Company taken over and vessel transferred to Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood. Fred Parkes, Blackpool designated manager.
4.4.1957: Sold to Carry On Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Fred Parkes, Blackpool designated manager.
11.1957: On the St. Kilda grounds (Sk. Jim Port). Bosun, Michael Quinn (28) taken seriously ill with a suspected perforated appendix. Sk. Port radioed the missile tracking station on the island of Hirta and the RAF doctor advised that the Bosun should be landed there for attention. During the night a severe gale blew up and they had to dodge for two days until the weather abated. The sick man’s condition deteriorated and he was in need of immediate medical aid. Coming into Parson’s Bay, Hirta, the boat was launched and under the mate, Bill Cossey and six crew they landed on the beach and the sick man was transferred to the hutments. The skipper was advised that the Bosun should be kept on the island and that they were best to continue fishing and pick the man up on the way home. After twelve days they returned and picked up the Bosun who had been under observation and kept comfortable with injections and also took onboard mail from the twenty-eight servicemen stationed on the island. On return to Fleetwood Mr Quinn visited the hospital for a further check up and to see if an operation was necessary.
20.8.1958: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood, Sir Fred Parkes, Blackpool, designated manager.
By 6.1961: Laid up at Grimsby.
10.1961: Sold to Ets van Heygen Frères SA, Brugge, Belgium for breaking up.
10.10.1961: Fleetwood registry closed.

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HMS Grilse
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S.T. Julia Brierley FD103
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S.T. Julia Brierley FD103
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Changelog
14/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
12/06/2016: Picture added.
01/04/2017: Added images and removed FMHT watermark.
07/03/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Hazelgrove BCK35

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 132149
Yard Number: 415
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 99
Net Tonnage: 34
Length: 87.6 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 8.8 ft
Built: Mackie & Thomson Ltd, Govan
Engine: T.3-cyl by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge

History

1911: Completed by Mackie & Thomson Ltd, Govan (Yd.No.415) for John Walker, Portgordan (managing owner) as WALKERDALE.
9.8.1911: Registered at Buckie (BCK84).
12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a boom drifter. Based at Scapa Flow.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Buckie (Alex Hendry, Cliff Terrace, Buckie).
1919: Sold to Alexander Addison, Cullen & others (Alexander Addison managing owner).
6.1919: Buckie registry closed.
10.6.1919: Registered at Banff (BF107).
7.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £25.10.0d/month). Based Scapa Flow in Drifter Pool/Fraserburgh.
6.9.1945: Returned to owner.
1945: Sold to Andrew Wilson, Buckie & others and fitted out for trawling. Banff registry closed. Registered at Buckie as Hazelgrove (BCK35).
1949: Fishing from Fleetwood.
Pre 1952: Managers became Hazael Fishing Co Ltd (J. Thain).
1955: Converted by Jones Buckie Slip & Shipyard Ltd, Buckie, fitted with 4 stroke 5-cyl 300bhp oil engine by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln.
1955: Re measured 98g 36n.
Pre 1964: Owners restyled James Wilson, Fleetwood c/o Hazael Fishing Co Ltd (J. Thain, manager).
9.1968: Sold to Messrs C. & J. Davies Ltd, Fleetwood for breaking up.
1983(?): Buckie registry closed.

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S.T. Walkerdale BF107
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S.T. Walkerdale BF107
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M.T. Hazelgrove BCK35
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M.T. Hazelgrove BCK35
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
14/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
22/04/2014: Picture added.
19/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
31/12/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Evalana FD55

Technical

Official Number: 148235
Yard Number: 1351
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 386
Net Tonnage: 142
Length: 145.3 ft
Breadth: 25 ft
Depth: 11.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by McKie & Baxter, Glasgow
Built: O. Anderson (London) Ltd, Wivenhoe

History

192?: Laid down by Otto Andersen (London) Ltd, Wivenhoe (Yd.No.1351).
12.1928: Pollock, Andersen Oil Engines Ltd, London in compulsory liquidation. Assets of Otto Anderson & Co (London) Ltd to be sold by Order of the Sheriff of Essex by auction at Wivenhoe on 25.1.1929. Trawler (partly constructed) (Yd.No.1351) Lot No.490 in catalogue.
22.1.1929: Auction cancelled. Trawler sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
c7.1929: Hull launched as EVALANA* (by Miss Evelyn Anne Hayward). Towed to Fleetwood for completion by James Robertson & Sons (Fleetwood) Ltd.
c8.1929: Towed to Barrow for boiler and engine to be lifted in.
15.11.1929: Completed basin trials.
16.11.1929: Registered at Fleetwood (FD55).
18.11.1929: Completed by James Robertson & Sons (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood. On gridiron for final survey.
19.11.1929: Sailed for West Coast of Scotland grounds (Sk. Albert E. Hayward).
26.11.1929: Landed maiden catch (70 boxes).
8.6.1930: Grounded on Tiger’s Tail, approach to Wyre Dock (one of 23 trawlers inbound). Refloated and subsequently slipped for inspection.
1.1931: Sold to Victor Fourny, Boulogne.
21.1.1931: Fleetwood registry closed.
1.1931: Registered at Boulogne (B1464).
10.1932: Re-measured 384g 126n 142.5 x 25.0 x 13.0 feet.
12.1935: Sold to Pêcheries de la Morinie, Boulogne (P. Ficheux, manager).
11.1937: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
11.1937: Sold to Towarzystwo Dalekomorskich Polowow “Pomorse” Sp.z.o.a., Gdynia. Registered at Gdynia as CEZARY (GDY111). Fishing from Ijmuiden.
10.8.1939: Sold to Adam Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (Basil A Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
10.1939: Re-measured 388g 140n 145.3 x 25.0 x 11.3 feet
3.11.1939: Renamed COUNT (FD89).
9.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No. Z.109) (Hire rate £172.1.0d/month).
12.11.1945: Returned to owner.
9.1946: Sold to Chr. Holm Jacobsen, Thorshavn, Faroe Islands.
8.4.1946: Fleetwood registry closed.
9.1946: Registered at Thorshavn as SILDBERIN (TN40).
1949: Sold to P/f Sjovinnubankin, Thorshavn (F. H. Sölvsteen, manager). Registered at Thorshavn as GUTTABERG (TN40).
1955: Sold to P/f Holmur, Faroe Islands (Rosing Rasmussen) for conversion to dry cargo on completion renamed HOLMUR.
1955: Fitted out to dry cargo – 412g 201n 508d.
1955: Re-engined with 545bhp 2stroke 7-cyl oil engine by British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow (Engine (Type M47I) built 1942 ex minesweeper/passenger vessel GREEN DOLPHIN, (ex MMS112) Lowestoft, sold to Faroe Islands 1949.)
1957: Lengthened to 157.0 feet loa 145.0 x 25.0 x 14.0 feet, re-measured – 412g 201n 508d.
Pre 1959: K. Hansen, Sorvag, Thorshavn, appointed manager.
1965: Havstein Ellingsgaard, Runavik, appointed manager.
11.1965: Re-engined with 510bhp 2stroke 7-cyl oil engine by Alpha-Diesel A/S, Falkenburg – CP prop.
29.3.1978: Stranded at Olafsjördur, north coast of Iceland on passage Faroe Islands to Iceland with salt. Total loss.

(* Named after Sk. Albert Hayward and family – EV (daughter Evelyn) AL (Albert) ANA (wife Annie)

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S.T. SILDBERIN TN40
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S.T. Sildberin TN40
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M.V. Holmur
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M.V. Holmur.
Picture courtesy of the JJ collection

Changelog
14/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
01/08/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Dunsby H306

Technical

Official Number: 162895
Yard Number: 980
Completed: 1935
Gross Tonnage: 422
Net Tonnage: 160
Length: 157.0 ft
Breadth: 26.7 ft
Depth: 12.3 feet
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Boiler: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool

History

20.12.1934: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.980) for H. Croft Baker & Sons Ltd, Grimsby as MILDENHALL.
1.1935: Completed.
21.1.1935: Registered at Grimsby (GY124).
21.1.1935: Sydney Croft Baker designated manager.
25.1.1935: Mortgaged to Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (A).
9.1935: As a result of the Abyssinian crisis and failure of British diplomacy, the Government authorised The Admiralty to procure twenty modern trawlers for conversion to minor war vessels.
4.12.1935: Mortgage (A) discharged.
12.1935: Following successful trials sold to The Admiralty (£27,231).
28.12.1935: Grimsby registry closed “On advice from Manager and from the Lords Commissioners of The Admiralty”. Fitted out as a “Gem” class anti-submarine trawler (1-12pdr, ASDIC, DC). Renamed HM Trawler SAPPHIRE (P.No.T.27).
1943: At Harwich. East Coast convoy escort.
1946: Laid up at Rosyth on Disposal List (SORF, Rosyth).
1946: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes designated manager.
9.1946: Restored and re-classed at Liverpool. Registered at Hull as DUNSBY (H306).
1948: Sold to Seddon Fishing Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood. B. Kilaczycki, London designated manager.
1951: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Basil Arthur Parkes, North Ferriby designated manager.
23.1.1953: At Hull landed from White Sea (Sk.H. Parker) 1,044 kits grossed £3,003. Transferred to Grimsby.
1953: Sold to Findus Hammerfest, Hammerfest (Hammerfest Havfiske A/L, managers). Registered at Hammerfest as FINDUS 1 (F2M)
2.1954: Sold to Hammerfest Havfiske A/L, Hammerfest (Lorentz A. Roksvaag, manager). Renamed SKAIDI (F2M).
2.1954: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
6.1970: Sold for breaking up at Stavanger.

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S.T. Dunsby H306
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S.T. Skaidi F2M
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HMT Sapphire
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S.T. Skaidi F2M
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Changelog

14/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
28/05/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
10/02/2020: Updated information.

The Bosun's Watch

Fleetwood Steam and Sailing Trawlers

Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.D/T. Leonard LT149 (Seasonal)

S.T. Julia Brierley FD103

S.T. Hazelgrove BCK35

S.T. Evalana FD55

S.T. Dunsby H306