Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson and David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 162260
Yard Number: 569
Completed: 1931
Gross Tonnage: 381
Net Tonnage: 151
Length: 145.8 ft
Breadth: 25.1 ft
Depth: 13.6 ft
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Speed 11.2 knots
Built: Cook Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1931

History

(In 1935 the Hull trawler Leonidas (162186) (H267) was lengthened by Smiths Dock Co. Ltd. The work involved creating an improved hull form with new bow and stern sections. The design was successful, not only providing increased fish room capacity, but also, as was expected, reducing coal consumption and giving a slightly higher free running speed. Other owners stemmed vessels at Middlesbrough for similar work to be undertaken)

12.12.1931: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.569) for Hellyer Bros Ltd (64/64), Hull as BASUTO.
6.1.1932: Registered at Hull (H401).
9.1.1932: Completed. Frank O. Hellyer & Owen S. Hellyer designated joint managers.
14.1.1932: Sailed Hull on first trip, Faroes grounds.
30.5.1932: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
1939: Completed lengthening by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough to 161.0 feet (including fitting new bow and stern sections). Remeasured 404.63g 154.78n.
4.7.1939: Owen Stooks Hellyer designated manager.
25.7.1939: Insured value £19,500.
1.1.1940: Sailed Hull for Iceland last trip before requisition (Sk. W. H. Burrows).
22.1.1940: At Hull landed 556 kits grossed £1,078.
22.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No. Z.106) (Hire rate £238.2.6d/month). Nore Command based Grimsby.
24.12.1940: Mortgage (A) discharged.
13.2.1941: Hellyer Brothers Ltd in voluntary liquidation.
17.2.1941: Fleet sold en bloc to Hellyer Bros Ltd, Hull.
25.2.1941: Owen Stooks Hellyer designated manager.
14.1.1944: Employed on miscellaneous naval duties.
4.8.1945: Sold to Lord Line Ltd, Hull (Associated Fisheries Group, London) for the sum of £30,000.
5.9.1945: Thomas Wilson Boyd designated manager.
1.1946: Noted to be returned to owner. Restoration and refurbishment delayed due to lack of shipyard capacity.
6.1947: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
6.1947: Completed refurbishment and survey at Newcastle.
3.6.1947: Registered at Hull as LORD MONTGOMERY (H401) (MoT minute RG.1080/1946 dated 6.4.1947).
3.6.1947: Alteration of tonnage and other particulars. Certificate of Survey at Newcastle dated 9.5.1947. Remeasured 387.79g 154.18n
5.8.1947: Sailed Hull for Bear Island grounds.
17.4.1950: Lord Line in voluntary liquidation.
17.4.1950: Fleet sold en bloc to Associated Fisheries Trawling Co Ltd, Hull at book value. LORD MONTGOMERY valued at £15,500.
1.5.1950: Thomas Wilson Boyd designated manager.
22.7.1953: Associated Fisheries Trawling Co Ltd, Hull re-styled as Lord Line Ltd (Certificate of Registration of Companies dated 26.6.1953). Thomas Wilson Boyd designated manager.
30.3.1954: Sailed Hull for Iceland last trip at the port (Sk. G. Tate).
21.4.1954: At Hull landed 1,266 kits £3,568 gross.
8.1954: Transferred within the Associated Fisheries Group to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
13.10.1954: First landing at Fleetwood, Icelandic trip 854 boxes/60 baskets £4,290 gross.
10.11.1954: Sold to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood at book value £9,080.
11.1954: Bunkering at Heysham prior to sailing on an Icelandic trip; eighteen crew all told. Nearing completion, port diesel tank overflowed, caught the face of the furnace and oil ignited. Attempt to extinguish by Ch.Eng Sidney Turner and fireman R. W. Bailey assisted by other crew members failed and ship abandoned. Fire fought by Shell oil refinery and Morecambe fire brigades aided by steam tug/tender WYVERN (215grt/1905 – 700ihp). Fire extinguished and subsequently taken in tow by WYVERN for Fleetwood. On passage tow parted twice and ship drifted on to sand bank near Wyre Light. Refloated and delivered Wyre Dock. Repaired and returned to service.
2.12.1954: Leslie Wheildon designated manager.
4.12.1954: Hull registry closed.
7.12.1954: Registered at Fleetwood (FD13).
23.4.1959: Fishing on Icelandic grounds (Sk. George Harrison). Arrested by Icelandic Coastguard ship AEGIR for allegedly fishing nine miles inside the new 12 mile limit. Escorted to Vestmann Isles.
26.4.1959: In court in Vestmann Islands, 20 charges of illegal fishing involving Sk. Harrison in both LORD MONTGOMERY and LORD PLENDER (FD59) were brought.
29.4.1959: Case transferred to Reykjavik. Sk. Harrison found guilty and sentenced to three months ‘confinement’ a fine of £3,000 and catch and gear confiscated.
30.12.1960: Sailed Fleetwood for Iceland grounds (Sk. Alfred Watson).
1.1961: Dodging before a gale, the mate, Ralph Connelly (24) left the bridge to collect a kettle of tea from the galley. On leaving the galley a big sea came over the ship and he did not return to the bridge. With the skipper concerned about the safety of the ship, it was some 45 minutes later that it was realised he was missing. The ship was searched and with the trawler RED KNIGHT (LO445) searched the area; there was no sign of the mate. Log entry “ washed overboard and lost, presumed drowned.”
1.12.1962: Inward in Wyre Channel in thick fog struck Black Scar Perch and grounded. Refloated on next tide.
19.9.1963: Sold to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
1.10.1963: Delivered Troon from Fleetwood under own power (draughts 7’6”/16’0”).
3.10.1963: Breaking commenced.
8.5.1964: Reberthed.
30.4.1964: Beached (draughts 5’6”/12’0”).
10.6.1964: Rebeached.
26.6.1964: Fleetwood registry closed.
9.7.1964: Rebeached.
11.8.1964: Rebeached.
2.9.1964: Breaking completed.

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S.T. Lord Montgomery FD13
Picture courtesy of The Dave Buckley Collection.

S.T. Lord Montgomery FD13
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S.T. Basuto H401
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S.T. Lord Montgomery FD13
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S.T. Lord Montgomery FD13
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Changelog
13/01/2009: Page published. 5 revisions since then.
03/08/2014: Picture added.
10/12/2015: Information updated.
03/02/2016: Information updated.
08/02/2017: Removed disputed image.
17/10/2018: Information updated.
27/08/2023: Added an image.

Technical

Official Number: 164923
Yard Number: 1155
Completed: 1936
Gross Tonnage: 464
Net Tonnage: 181
Length: 161.3 ft
Breadth: 26.6 ft
Depth: 14.1 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

24.3.1936: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1155) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD MIDDLETON.
7.5.1936: Registered at Hull (H282).
19.5.1936: Completed at a cost of £19,805. Albert Turgoose & James Clark designated joint managers.
25.5.1936: Sailed Hull on first trip to Norway Coast (Sk. Arnasson).
15.6.1936: At Hull landed 744 kits £910 gross.
22.7.1939: Sailed Hull for Bear Island (Sk. R. Pettman).
25.7.1939: Insured value £23,200.
7.8.1939: At Hull landed 1,584 kits £1,106 gross.
1939: To requisitioning, at Hull landed from Iceland/Bear Island/Norway Coast (Sk. R. Pettman) 198 days 17,000 kits. £11,202 gross.
9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine trawler (P.No. FY.219) (Hire rate £301.12.0d/month).
10.12.1939: Sk. Edgar Albert Mutten RNR appointed CO.
1.1940: Based Ardrossan with A/S Group 29.
12.1.1941: Ty/Lieut. Robert Hudson Jameson RNR appointed CO.
4.1942: Murmansk convoys PQ14 to PQ17 inclusive and return QP convoys.
8.4.1942: Sailed Oban escorting convoy PQ-14 – Oban – Murmansk.
16.4.1942: In company with NORTHERN WAVE (P.No.FY153) (Ty/Lieut. William Godfrey Pardoe-Matthews RNR) who picked up 28 survivors, picked up 9 survivors including Master (Capt. John McDonald), from MoWT steamer EMPIRE HOWARD (6985grt/1941) torpedoed by U-boat (U403) NW of North Cape (73.48 21.50E). Landed survivors at Polarnoe near Murmansk.
28.4.1942: Sailed Murmansk escorting convoy QP-11 – Murmansk – Reykjavik.
1.5.1942: 150 miles off Bear Island picked up 14 survivors of Russian steamer TSIOLKOVSKIJ (2847g/1935) torpedoed by U.boat (U589) (71.46N 34.30E) and damaged, subsequently sunk by German destroyers Z-24 and Z-25. Escorting convoy QP-14 Murmansk – Reykjavik. Took off most of crew of HMS SOMALI (G33) torpedoed amidships by U-boat ((U703) transferring them to other ships.
17.1.1943: Ty/Lieut. Trevor Davies Bennett RNR appointed CO.
15.2.1943: Escorting convoy JW-53 Liverpool – Kola Inlet. In heavy weather forward store flooded, speed reduced and fell behind. Ordered to to steam for Scapa Flow escorted by HMS DIANELLA (K07).
9.3.1943: Ty/Lieut. George O.T. D. Henderson RNVR appointed CO.
3.1944: Ty/Lieut. Leslie Alfred Berry RNVR appointed CO.
1944: Assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Convoy escort duties in British waters and across the Channel in support of landings.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
15.12.1944: Ty/Act/Lt Cdr. George Henry Riches RNVR appointed CO.
12.1944: Pickering & Haldane Ltd bought by J Bennett, London.
20.06.1945: Company restyled as Lord Line Ltd, Hull.
18.3.1946: Returned to owner.
12.1947: Converted for burning oil fuel F.P. above 150° F.
17.4.1950: Sold to Associated Fisheries Trawling Co Ltd, Hull for £20,500 (Lord Line in liquidation)
22.07.1953: Company restyled Lord Line Ltd, Hull.
30.7.1962: Sailed Hull for Iceland, last trip from port (Sk. J. Malon).
16.8.1961: At Hull landed 1,340kits grossed £5,777.
21.8.1962: Sold to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood for £28,304.
1.10.1962: Hull registry closed.
10.1962: Registered at Fleetwood (FD67). Leslie Wheildon designated manager.
14.11.1962: On Icelandic grounds arrested for alleged illegal fishing and escorted to Isafjördhur (with HMS RESSELL (P.No.F80) in company).
5.1964: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
14.5.1964: Delivered Barrow-in-Furness from Fleetwood under own power.
1964: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Lord Middleton H282
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S.T. Lord Middleton FD67
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S.T. Lord Middleton FD67
Picture courtesy of The Les Howard Collection

Changelog
13/01/2009: Page published. 3 revisions since then.
03/11/2014: Picture added.
21/12/2019: Updated information and added an image.

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 187848
Yard Number: 1412
Completed: 1956
Gross Tonnage: 656
Net Tonnage: 244
Length: 169.0 ft
Breadth: 30.5 ft
Depth: 16.0 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 900ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150°F

History

Note: Last steam trawler built for Fleetwood

13.2.1956: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1412) for Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood as WYRE MARINER.
23.7.1956: Completed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD34). Leslie Wheildon appointed manager.
1956: Maiden trip from Icelandic grounds (Sk. Percy Bedford), landed 1145 kits grossed £7900.
4.1958: From a 10 day Icelandic trip (Sk. Percy Bedford) grossed £10,797 and set a new average daily gross of £1,079.
8.4.1960: Sailed Fleetwood for Bear Island grounds (Sk. Percy Bedford).
9.4.19060: Off West Coast of Scotland answered distress call from steam trawler ROYAL MARINE (GY213) disabled with engine trouble. Closed, connected and commenced tow to Fleetwood.
11.4.1960: Delivered Fleetwood after 250 mile tow, transferred to tugs BISPHAM (21grt/1938) and LANDY II (66grt/1949) and brought into dock.
14.9.1960: On E coast Icelandic grounds (Sk. Percy Bedford) approx 30 miles from shore, in heavy weather and 45mph gale, LORD LLOYD (FD52) started to take in water. Crew secured two liferafts together abandoned and taken onboard.
15. 9.1960: Vessel still afloat, boarded and secured line and towed to Seydisfjordur. Sk. Percy A. Bedford arrested for illegal fishing said to have been carried out on 7.7.1960 off the island of Hvalbakur.
17.9.1960: Court in Reykjavik fined Sk. Bedford £2000 or seven months imprisonment.
1960: Top Fleetwood trawler.
11.1.1961: At Fleetwood landed 920 boxes (including 620 boxes of plaice), £9,223 gross.
19.4.1961: At Fleetwood landed 1,430 kits (including nearly 900 kits of haddock), £6,000 gross from a 17 day Icelandic trip.
26.4.1961: At Fleetwood landed 1,003 kits, £6,452 gross from a 12 day Icelandic trip.
1961: Top Fleetwood trawler grossed £108,000.
20.3.1962: Arrested for alleged fishing inside six mile limit off Westman Islands, Iceland.
25.3.1962: Court in Reykjavik fined Sk. Percy Bedford £1670 and confiscated gear and catch (about £625).
21.1.1964: Inward from Icelandic grounds, in thick fog in Wyre Channel ran on mussel beds off Lifeboat Slipway and came fast.
22.1.1964. Tug from Barrow and local boats unsuccessful in refloating.
23.1.1964. Motor trawlers BORDER PRINCE (KY198), STAR of FREEDOM (FD215) and GOODWILL (FD113) alongside and loaded catch of 1,120 kits for transfer to market.
24.1.1964: Landing grossed £4800.
26.1.1964: Refloated with tug assistance and proceeded into Wyre Dock.
4.1968: Transferred within Associated Fisheries Group (later British United Trawlers Ltd) to Northern Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby.
4.1968: Fleetwood registry closed.
10.4.1968: Registered at Grimsby (GY2).
25.4.1968: Registered at Grimsby as NORTHERN SUN (GY2).
5.1976: Sold to Blyth Shipbreakers & Repairers Ltd, Blyth for breaking up.
6.1976: Breaking commenced.
28.6.1976: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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S.T. Wyre Mariner FD34
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S.T. Wyre Mariner FD34
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S.T. Wyre Mariner FD34
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S.T. Wyre Mariner FD34
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S.T. Wyre Mariner FD34
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S.T. Wyre Mariner FD34
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S.T. Wyre Mariner FD34
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S.T. Wyre Mariner FD34
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S.T. Wyre Mariner FD34
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S.T. Wyre Mariner FD34
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S.T. Northern Sun GY21
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S.T. Northern Sun GY2
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S.T. Northern Sun GY2
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Changelog
12/01/2009: Page published. 9 revisions since then.
19/09/2014: Updated information.
04/10/2014: Mended broken pic link.
04/12/2014: Picture added.
03/08/2018: Removed disputed images and updated history.
10/11/2020: Updated history.