Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Tyne FD200

Technical

Official Number: 109678
Yard Number: 644
Completed: 1901
Gross Tonnage: 182
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 11.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields

History

1900: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.644) for Smith’s Dock Trust Co Ltd, North Shields (J. N. Ward & Son, Fleetwood, managers) as TYNE.
26.1.1901: Registered at Fleetwood (FD200).
1.1901: Completed.
20.3.1902: Sold to Abertawe Fishing Co Ltd, Swansea.
5.6.1902: Mortgaged to Lloyds Bank Ltd, London.
29.4.1902: Fleetwood registry closed.
1902: Registered at Swansea (SA26).
25.1.1911: Mortgage discharged.
4.1911: Sold to Mark Macklin, Kherson, Russia.
25.4.1911: Swansea registry closed.
5.1911: Renamed DIMITRI GEROI.
Post 1927 Pre 1930: FATE?

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

S.T. Trygon FD221

Technical

Official Number: 127566
Yard Number: 167
Completed: 1908
Gross Tonnage: 289
Net Tonnage: 112
Length: 130 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 88nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

30.6.1908: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.167) for The Mount Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as TRYGON.
7.9.1908: Registered at Fleetwood (FD221).
28.8.1908: Completed (George E. J. Moody, Grimsby, manager).
1911: Top trawler landed 11369 ten-stone boxes.
1912: Top trawler landed 9662 ten-stone boxes.
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service.
18.2.1915: Commissioned.
20.2.1915: Arrived Devonport. Fitted out for auxiliary patrol duties (Ad.No.978). Fitted as Leader.
30.3.1915: Lost in the Clyde after collision with unidentified vessel.
12.4.1915: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Trygon FD221

S.T. Trygon FD221
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
08/01/2009: 4 updates since then.
06/09/2023: Added an image.

S.D/L. Trustful PD366

Information courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 123626
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 87
Net Tonnage: 31
Length: 84 ft
Breadth: 18.9 ft
Depth: 9.6 ft
Engine: C.2-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Carnegie & Matthews, Peterhead

History

1906: Completed by Carnegie & Matthews, Peterhead (Yd.No.) for Alexander & George Mair Snr, Portknockie (George Mair Snr managing owner), as TRUSTFUL (BF369).
1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom tender (Ad.No.2441). Based Longhope. Renamed TRUSTFUL II.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Buckie (George Mair, Portknockie). Reverted to TRUSTFUL (BF369).
1920: Sold to Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields (Sir John H. Irvin, Aberdeen, manager). Banff registry closed. Registered at Peterhead (PD366).
1921: Fishing from Fleetwood as a liner (Alex Keay, managing agent).
1922: Sold to William H. Moorhouse, Thornton-le-Fylde (Harry Dingle, Thornton-le-Fylde, manager).
1923: Peterhead registry closed. Registered at Douglas (DO27).
29.12.1924: Fishing off Bray Head, Co. Wicklow, SW gale sprang up and vessel shipped heavy seas. Engine room flooded. About 5.00 pm anchored and let off flares. No response, took to boat and laid off as vessel started to settle, boiler exploded and vessel foundered. After several hours, picked up by Kingstown pilot boat, landed and taken to Dublin.
2.1.1925: Crew returned to Fleetwood. Douglas registry closed.

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

S.T. Triton SA61

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 124721
Yard Number: 192
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 230
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 120 ft
Breadth: 21.9 ft
Depth: 11.4 ft
Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee, 1907
Owner: Thomas James Wales, Swansea

History

12.9.1907: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.192) for Thomas James Wales (64/64), Swansea (managing owner) as Triton.
11.10.1907: Completed.
11.10.1907: Registered at Swansea (SA61).
16.10.1907: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (A).
19.10.1908: Mortgage (A) discharged.
3.11.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Lloyds Bank Ltd, London (B).
13.4.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to William Deacons Bank Ltd, London (C).
6.5.1913: Mortgage (B) discharged.
20.12.1913: Mortgage (C) discharged.
20.12.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (D).
1913: Transferred to Fleetwood.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service.
22.5.1915: Commissioned.
24.5.1915: Arrived Falmouth. Fitted out as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.1761).
12.1918: Mortgage (D) discharged.
12.1918: Sold to William Sutherland (64/64), Aberdeen (managing owner).
12.1918: Swansea registry closed.
16.12.1918: Registered at Aberdeen (A94). Based Aegean Sea.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
28.5.1923: Sold to Loch Line Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen & Bonaccord Steam Trawling Co Ltd (Harry A. Holmes, manager).
25.10.1924: Sold to Thomas & S. Hall, Newhaven, Edinburgh (Alexander Flockhart, Leith, manager).
8.3.1926: Sold to Fred Birch Jeffs (32/64) & Walter Garratt (32/64), Grimsby. Walter Garratt appointed manager.
8.3.1926: Aberdeen registry closed.
10.3.1926: Registered at Grimsby (GY384).
26.3.1926: Walter Garratt designated managing owner.
18.8.1930: Walter Garratt shares (32/64) mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (E).
30.9.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs shares (32/64) mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (F).
15.12.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs designated managing owner.
11.8.1931: Sold by mortgagee under mortgages (E) & (F) to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby. (managing owner).
14.8.1931: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
11.8.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (G).
22.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (G) to Fred Parkes (64/64), Fleetwood & Blackpool.
24.10.1935: Sold to Charles Dobson (64/64), Grimsby.
29.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
29.10.1935: Charles Dobson appointed manager.
29.9.1937: Vessel mortgaged to Midland Bank Ltd, London (H).
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed as auxiliary patrol (Nore/Sheerness)(Hire rate £57.10.60d/month).
1.1940: Renamed WRANGLER. Designated for conversion to a minesweeper.
27.3.1940: Returned to owner and reverted to TRITON (GY384).
3.2.1941: Mortgage (H) discharged.
4.2.1941: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood for £6000.
13.2.1941: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys appointed manager.
26.9.1941: Sold to Henderson’s Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
27.9.1941: Leslie James Marr, Thornton-le-Fylde appointed manager.
14.8.1942: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out at London for fuel carrying duties (Esso) (P.No.Y7.42).
3.1944: Refitting at Milford and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
5.1944: At Plymouth allocated to Force O.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
1944: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull appointed manager.
6.1945: Returned.
5.11.1945: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
6.11.1945: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys appointed manager.
1946: Sold to BISCO and allocated to John Lee, Belfast for breaking up.
28.2.1946: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel sold for breaking up”.

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S.T. Triton SA61

S.T. Triton SA61
Triton’s funnel visible at the bottom of the picture

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
12/07/2015: Information and picture added.
19/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Trinity N.B. FD324

Technical

Official Number: 131830
Yard Number: 555
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 203
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 115.5 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

27.8.1914: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.555) for David Dow & W. Carnie, Newhaven, Edinburgh as TRINITY N.B.
9.1914: Completed (Thomas Y. Carnie, Leith, manager).
17.9.1914: Registered at Granton (GN24).
12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.470). Based Granton.
1918: Sold to Ernest Taylor, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
1918: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
7.1919: Sold to Ernest Taylor & Noah Ashworth, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
15.7.1919: Granton registry closed.
18.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD324).
1919: Sold to Edward Ferry, Granton (managing owner).
1923: Sold to Archibald G. Brown, Granton.
1.3.1923: Fleetwood registry closed.
2.3.1923: Registered at Granton (GN95).
17.12.1939: Outward from Granton for Orkney fishing grounds (Sk. Daniel Young).
18.12.1939: When 17 miles NE of Rattray Head bombed and damaged by German air attack. Subsequently foundered; two crew lost, rest of crew picked up by Danish schooner START (131grt/1918) but one man died of exposure. Survivors landed in Egersund, Norway.
(Casualties. David Addison, Chief Engineer and William S. Murray, drowned. Robert Wright, cook, died of exposure.)

Changelog
08/12/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.