Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Stoic GY1015

Technical

Official Number: 109845
Yard Number: 445
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 200
Net Tonnage: 69
Length: 115.1 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (engine made 1894 fitted 1899)
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

19.12.1898: Launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.445) for The Grimsby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as STOIC.
20.1.1899: Registered at Grimsby (GY1015).
1.1899: Completed (George E. J. Moody, manager).
1907: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1915: Defensively armed.
10.7.1917: Stopped by U-boat (U.53) 55 miles S by W of south point of the island of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands and sunk by gunfire. Crew abandoned in boat and later taken to Suðuroy.
14.8.1917: Grimsby registry closed “Sunk by a Submarine”.

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
06/08/2021: Amended position for loss.

S.T. St. Minver GY458

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4464
Official Number: 144030
Yard Number: 245
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 323
Net Tonnage: 131
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 87 hp T.3-cyl by Crossley Bros. Ltd, Manchester
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole

History

1919: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.245) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as JONATHAN COLLINS.
1919: Sold to Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull.
26.11.1919: Completed (Harold Hall, manager).
14.1.1920: Registered at Hull as St. MINVER (H136).
5.1928: Sold to Bunch Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (W. Crampin, manager).
30.4.1928: Hull registry closed.
1.5.1928: Registered at Grimsby (GY458). Fitted for lining to pursue the Greenland halibut fishery.
1930: H. G. Crampin appointed managers.
5.1936: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (F. Parkes, manager).
8.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£6,000) and fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.725).
8.1939: Grimsby registry closed.
1944: Fitted out as a fuel carrier (‘Esso’ ).
5.1946: Sold to Easton Trawling Co Ltd, Swansea. Renamed MINESSE (SA??).
15.7.1947: Approval by MoT to transfer registration from Swansea to Cape Town.
1.8.1947: Sold to James Dalgliesh, Rondesbosch, Cape Town.
2.8.1947: Sale concluded for £10,000.
3.10.1947: Arrived Cape Town. Registered at Cape Town (CTA412).
1948: Sold to East Fisheries Ltd, Cape Town. pre 1959: Managers became Irving & Johnson Ltd, Cape Town.
1963: Sold for breaking up at Cape Town.

(John (aka Jonathan) Collins, Carpenter’s crew, age 53, b. Axminster, Devon – VICTORY (SB857))

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S.T. St Minver GY458

S.T. St Minver GY458
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
28/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. St. Lucia H937

Technical

Official Number: 124749
Yard Number: 134
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 185
Net Tonnage: 67
Length: 110.5 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley

History

3.1.1907: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd.No.134) for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Hull as St. LUCIA.
15.3.1907: Completed.
27.3.1907: Registered at Hull (H937) Joseph Vivian appointed manager.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 73net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
By 11.8.1917: Fitted 1-6pdr HA.
1919: Released.
3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical).
6.3.1936: Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (Charles H. Emerson, manager) in voluntary liquidation.
3.1936: Sold to Colin H. Brand, Milford Haven (managing owner).
18.12.1936: Sold to William Wilcox, Milford Haven (managing owner).
1937: Sold to Robert P. Lewis, Fishguard (Edward W. Brand, Milford Haven, manager).
1938: William Wilcox appointed manager.
1945: Sold to Colin H. Brand, Cleveleys (managing owner).
12.6.1945: Last landing at Milford.
1949: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
12.2.1952: Arrived Preston from Fleetwood under own power.
16.2.1952: Delivered.
1952: Hull registry closed.

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S.T. St. Lucia H937

S.T. St. Lucia H937
Picture courtesy of Alan Hirst

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
20/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. St. Lolan H139

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4251
Official Number: 144032
Yard Number: 894
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 324
Net Tonnage: 148
Length: 138.3 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

17.5.1919: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.894) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as EDWARD McGUIRE (Ad.No.4251).
30.11.1919: Completed. Sold to West Riding Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Thomas Hudson, manager).
3.12.1919: Delivered as a fishing vessel.
19.1.1920: Registered at Hull as CAPE St. VINCENT (H139).
10.1928: Sold to H. Croft Baker & Sons Ltd, Grimsby (Sydney C. Baker, Cleethorpes, manager).
31.10.1928: Registered at Hull as St. LOLAN (H139).
1.10.1931: Proceeding to sea after bunkering at Blyth, at about noon in collision in South Harbour with Workington steamer GALACUM (585grt/1915). Both vessel damaged.
6.1.1932: Homeward from Norwegian coast, stranded at Storfjorden, Norway.
7.1.1932: With salvage steamer in attendance refloated at 9.20pm. with slight damage. Proceeded to Grimsby.
11.4.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
1.4.1937: Last landing at Fleetwood, 209 boxes grossed £353.
25.5.1937: Sold to Red Funnel Trawlers Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW.
26.5.1937: Hull registry closed.
16.7.1937: Registered at Sydney as KOROWA .
14.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service (Royal Australian Navy) as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.79). (6.9.1945?)
2.1946: Returned to owner after restoration and survey at Sydney.
1955: Sold for breaking up at Sydney.
13.7.1955: Registry closed after breaking up of vessel complete.

(Edward McGuire (also recorded as McQuire), AB (volunteer), age 24, b. Richmond, Surrey – VICTORY (SB158))

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. St. Leonard FD333

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 134755
Yard Number: 547
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 296
Net Tonnage: 128
Length: 135.2 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: 500ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby

History

28.10.1912: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.547) for Grimsby Victor Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as St. LEONARD.
12.12.1912: Registered at Grimsby (GY799).
12.12.1912: Matthew William Jennison appointed manager.
18.12.1912: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George Edward James Moody, Grimsby to secure the sum of £4000 with interest at 5%. (A).
11.1.1913: Completed.
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.454).
9.11.1917: Mortgage (A) discharged.
27. 11.1917: Sold to The Port St. Mary Fishing & Curing Co Ltd (64/64), London.
30.11.1917: Charles Jeffs Jnr, Cleveleys appointed manager. Based Kirkwall.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
18.7.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
21.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD333).
26.2.1922: Stranded Ardmore Rocks, Islay.
6.4.1922: Refloated, berthed Ardbeg Jetty. Returned Fleetwood, repaired and returned to service.
1924: Sold to Soc. de Pesca Golfinho Ltda, Lisbon.
5.9.1924: Fleetwood registry closed. Renamed TONINHA. Registered at Lisbon.
1928: Sold to Sociedade Maritima Treve Ltda, Lisbon, Portugal. Renamed MARIA CRISTINA PRIMEIRO.
1930: Sold to “Trevo” Ltda, Lisbon.
1933: Sold to Sociedade de Pesca Costeira Ltda, Lisbon, Portugal. Renamed TREVO TERCEIRO.
1940: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
6.1940: Sold to Hellyer Brothers Ltd, Hull.
24.6.1940: Registered in the Registry of British Ships at Hull.
7.1940: Sold to The Admiralty and fitted out at Pembroke Dock as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1683). Based Plymouth with M/S Group 53.
16.1.1941: Hull registry closed.
10.1942: Renamed FINESSE.
12.1942: While minesweeping off South West coast shot down Focke Wulf 190. Based Dartmouth with M/S Group 53.
1.1946: Laid up at Plymouth “To return to fishing”.
2.1946: Sold to Easton Trawling Co Ltd, Swansea. Name confirmed and registered at Swansea as FINESSE (SA16).
1951: Sold to Giovanni Catarame, Catania, Sicily. Swansea registry closed. Renamed S. AGATA. No port of registry recorded.
1956: Sold for breaking up.

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St. Leonard GY799

St. Leonard GY799
Picture courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
24/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.