Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Vera H960

Technical

Official Number: 124791
Yard Number: 150
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 333
Net Tonnage: 149
Length: 140 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.4 ft
Engine: 87nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

27.7.1907: Launched by Cook Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.150) for Humber Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as VERA.
27.9.1907: Completed (Richard H. Hobbs, manager).
8.10.1907: Registered at Hull (H960).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1569). Based Larne.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
1920: Sold to Fresh Fish Supplies Ltd, Hull (Thomas Nightingale, manager).
1923: Sold to Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, Cleveleys, manager).
5.3.1925: Stranding at Myrdalssandur, south coast of Iceland; crew saved. Vessel declared a Total loss.
1.5.1925: Hull registry closed “Total loss”.

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Vanilla GY202

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 108441
Yard Number: 173
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 158.11
Net Tonnage: 67 .03
Length: 101.0 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Built: Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley
Engine: 250ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull

History

21.12.1896: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley (Yd.No.173) for Arctic Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as VANILLA.
5.2.1897: Registered at Grimsby (GY202).
2.1897: Completed.
6.2.1897: Edwin Bacon appointed manager.
15.9.1903: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Edwin Bacon Snr & John George Bates, Grimsby (joint mortgagees) (A).
10.5.1911: Mortgage (A) discharged.
10.5.1911: Sold to The South Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
10.5.1911: Alick Black, Grimsby appointed manager.
22.5.1911: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (B).
27.5.1914: Mortgage (B) discharged.
28.5.1914: Sold to The Savoy Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
5.6.1914: Henry Croft Baker appointed manager.
30.6.1914: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
18.4.1915: Mined 53 miles E by S from Inner Dowsing Light Vessel (On 17.4.1915 the German light cruisers STRALSUND and STRASSBURG laid a minefield from 53.30N, 02.30W to about 53.40N, 03.25W). Nine crew MPK including skipper.
26.4.1915: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel blown up and sunk in North Sea on the 18th April 1915 by a German submarine”.

(MPK – Sk. Thomas T. Bennett; John Maney, Mate; William W. May, Deckhand; George Cruse; C. Phillips; R. Lovelock; R. Ducker; T. Sanders & J. Macarthy)

Changelog

08/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.

S.T. Valpa FD160

Technical

Official Number: 139202
Yard Number: 413
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 230
Net Tonnage: 90
Length: 123.3 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 11.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Lidgerwood Ltd, Glasgow
Built: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen

History

15.3.1915: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.413) for The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood as VALPA.
24.6.1915: Registered at Fleetwood (FD160).
6.1915: Completed. Requisitioned from the builders and fitted out for armed escort duties (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1543).
19.3.1916: Mined off Spurn Head.
1.6.1916: Fleetwood registry closed “Lost in Admiralty service”.
(Lost – John Fowler, 2nd Hand; Robert W. Garnham, Ch. Gunner; William F. Skinner, CPO; Samuel Greep, seaman.)

Changelog

08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Valetta FD183

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson

Technical

Official Number: 99545
Yard Number: 463
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 144
Net Tonnage: 31
Length: 105.4 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 110 ft
Built: Hepple & Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: 360ihp T.3-cyl by T.3-cyl by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Boiler: J. T. Eltringham & Co, South Shields

History

26.8.1891: Launched by Hepple & Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.463) for John Kelsall, Manchester as VALETTA.
10.1891: Completed.
6.11.1891: Registered at Hull (H178).
11.1891: Edmund Kelsall, Hull appointed manager. Vessel fishing out of Fleetwood.
1895: Transferred to John Kelsall, Fleetwood. Kelsall & Co appointed managers.
30.5.1897: Sold to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester.
9.1897: Hull registry closed.
4.9.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD183). John Edmund Ambrose Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood appointed managers.
13.1.1898: Reported that at Bowmore, Islay, Third Hand, Arthur George Whittleton (18) of Hull, carried away and drowned when anchor fell away while he was passing the chain stopper through the ring of the anchor. Body recovered and brought back to Fleetwood (Whittleton was the son of the skipper of the VALETTA).
24.3.1899: Fleetwood registration closed. Transferred to Hull.
13.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H446). George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London appointed managers.
14.9.1899: Fishing in North Sea with K&B ’Gamecock’ fleet, James Fenton (50) of Hull lost overboard and drowned.
5.6.1903: Working North Sea grounds (Sk. Luther Hayward) with K&B ’Gamecock’ fleet. Foundered after being involved in a collision.
23.7.1903: Hull registry closed “Vessel sunk by collision in the North Sea on the 5th of July 1903”.

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/02/2016: Information updated.

S.T. Valesca GY915

Additional information courtesy of Maurice Voss

Technical

Official Number: 138970
Yard Number: 340b
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 188
Net Tonnage: 82
Length: 110.4 ft
Breadth: 21 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

2.5.1916: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.340B) for South Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as VALESCA.
17.6.1916: Left Hull in tow for North Shields to have machinery fitted.
20.6.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY915).
8.1916: Completed (Alick (Alec) Black, manager).
9.1916: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.2963). Based Portland.
1.1.1918: Sold to John L. Green, Grimsby (Henry C. Baker, manager).
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
17.5.1922: Sold to North Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
20.2.1926: Sold to Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black,Bart, manager).
19.9.1928: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
1931: Transferred to Fleetwood.
1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.814)(Hire rate £53.5.4d/month).
12.1941: Fitted out for wreck location/salvage duties.
10.12.1940: Sold to Sir Alec Black, Bart, Grimsby.
2.1943: Sold to J. Harrison, Grimsby.
8.2.1943: Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd, London (William. A. Bennett, manager).
12.1945: Returned.
1947: Laid up pending survey.
6.3.1948: Sold to William Brebner, Aberdeen (managing owner).
3.1948: Grimsby registry closed.
3.1948: Registered at Aberdeen (A536).
1949: Sold to Chantiers & Armement Seghers, Ostend.
28.10.1949: Arrived Ostend.
12.1950: Re-measured after conversion to motor 196.76g 56.37n.
12.1950: Converted to motor with 4stroke 6-cyl 450bhp oil engine by Moteren Werke Mannheim A.G.(MWM), Mannheim.
21.12.1950: Trials after conversion. Registered at Ostend as CHARVIC (O335).
23.12.1950: Sailed Ostend for Icelandic grounds first trip under Belgian flag (Sk. Pierlot).
1954: Sold to Charles & Victor Seghers, Ostend.
22.9.1954: Rebuilt with new bow section and lengthened by 3,50 metres. Remeasured 192.18g 56.40n.
1966: Sold to Rederij Seghers, Ostend.
1968: Sold to Charles Seghers & Lea Heyne, Ostend.
22.12.1971: Ostend fishing registry closed.
1972: Sold to Rederij “Java” P.B.V.A., Ostend. Converted for sports fishing and registered at Ostend as JAVA IV.
1972: Converted for sports fishing.
1972: Sailed Scotland for offshore work subsequently laid up at Aberdeen.
1990: Deleted from Lloyd’s Register.

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HMT Valesca

HMT Valesca
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M.V. Charvic O335

M.T. Charvic O335
Picture courtesy of The Maurice Voss Collection

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 10 updates since then.
21/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.