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s.v. Royal Consort FD75

Technical

Official Number: 67125
Completed: 1871
Gross Tonnage: 33
Net Tonnage: 24
Length: 53.8 ft
Breadth: 15.4 ft
Depth: 7.6 ft
Rig: Jigger Jigger Smack/Steam screw/Yawl – trawling
Engine: C.2-cyl by A. Rutherford & Co, Birkenhead
Boiler: The Lune Valley Engineering Co, Lancaster
Built: Shepherd & Leech, Whitehaven

History

1871: Completed by Joseph Shepherd & Co, Whitehaven for John William Leech as ROYAL CONSORT.
14.10.1871: Registered at Fleetwood (FD75).
1881: Sold to John Johnson, Fleetwood (managing owner).
23.12.1886: Sold to John Johnson, Fleetwood & others (John Johnson managing owner).
23.12.1886: Registered at Fleetwood (FD75).
1.10.1890: Converted to a jigger.
20.2.1905: Sold to James Johnson, 9 Wellington Terrace, Preston & Jane Price, Fleetwood.
4.7.1906: Sold to Henry Robert Moss, 22 Windsor Terrace, Fleetwood (managing owner).
7.2.1908: Sold to Richard Riley, 3 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool (later Knowsley Villa, Thornton-le-Fylde); Samuel S. Waterhouse, 8 Regent Road, Blackpool & William F. Wilkinson, Maybell Avenue, Blackpool.
22.7.1908: Converted to steam. Re-measured 19.49net.
22.7.1908: Re-registered as steam vessel. Richard Riley appointed manager
22.9.1909: Converted back to sail. Re-measured 23.26net.
22.9.1909: Steam machinery removed re-rigged as a yawl. Re-measured 23.26net.
22.9.1909: Re-registered as a sailing vessel.
6.10.1909: Sold to Thomas Nisbett, 49, Poulton Rd, Fleetwood & Walter Porter
Hutson, 3 Elm Street, Fleetwood (Thomas Nesbett managing owner).
23.9.19??: Sold to Thomas Nesbett, 49 Poulton Rd, Fleetwood.
1915: Sold for breaking up.
19.3.1915: Fleetwood registry closed “broken up”.

Changelog
05/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
30/01/2015: Information updated.

S.T. Slebech FD74

Technical

Official Number: 128741
Yard Number: 386
Completed: 1908
Gross Tonnage: 222
Net Tonnage: 85
Length: 120.5 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: David Rowan & Co, Glasgow

History

9.9.1908: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.386) for Neyland Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Neyland as SLEBECH.
10.1908: Completed.
9.11.1908: Registered at Milford (M229). Alexander Scott, Llanstadwell designated manager.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service, Commissioned at Milford. (Ad.No.1758). At Devonport fitted with 1-3pdr and mine-sweep. i.a.w. Area XIV Patrol Orders dated 30.3.1915: Allocated to Relieving Unit (to take the place of trawlers when refitting) based Penzance (Sk. F. Dyer).
26.12.1915-1.1.1916: Refit at Penzance.
10.1916: Allocated Unit No.61 – Section A 1st Division based Penzance (Sk. W. Maunder RNR).
27.8.1918: David G. Jones designated manager.
1.10.1918: At Penzance for General Patrol and Escort work.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Neyland.
14.2.1919: Sold to Jonathan Uttley, Fleetwood.
7.3.1919: Milford registry closed.
8.3.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD74). Joseph A. Taylor designated manager.
4.1921: Sold to Joseph S. Pettit, Milford Haven (managing owner).
30.4.1921: Fleetwood registry closed.
10.5.1921: Registered at Milford (M199).
1923: Sold to Hakin Steam Trawling Co, Milford Haven (Joseph S. Pettit; Frederick Steer; Horace S. Fiddy, Milford Haven & Joseph B.B. Huddlestone, Hakin) (Joseph S. Pettit, manager).
1927: J. B. B. Huddleston appointed manager.
23.3.1929: At Galway District Court, Sk. Frederick Jack Simmons was fined £5 with £15 costs for fishing in prohibited waters between Hag’s Head, Co. Clare and N of Aran Isles in Galway Bay on 20.3.1929 when apprehended by Free State ((CMS) patrol boat MUIRCHÚ (323 tons disp/1908) (Cdr. Thompson). Also convicted of the same offence was Sk. Henry Gue of the steam trawler PNINEAS BEARD (LO283).
28.12.1931: Whilst fishing 15 miles S by W of Galley Head sustained rudder damage. Contacted steam trawler GORDON RICHARDS (M217) (Sk. by radio telephone. At 1.30 pm GORDON RICHARDS connected and at 2.00 pm. commenced tow to Milford.
29.12.1931: At 10.10 am. delivered Milford.
18.9.1932: Arrived Ferrol with port furnace cracked.
24.9.1932: Repairs completed sailed for Milford.
15.3.1937: Sold to Westward Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Edgar E. Carter, Milford Haven & Richard S. Bowen, Port Talbot). Edgar. E. Carter designated manager.
16/17.1.1938: In hurricane force winds and heavy seas lost wheelhouse (Sk. W. Faull, E. Harding, Mate and deckhand W. Davies escaped with minor injuries).
7.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service and appointed for minesweeping duties (Hire rate £55.10.0d/month).
13.1.1940: Returned.
23.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service and appointed for minesweeping duties.
28.2.1940: Returned.
2.11.1941: On Irish grounds (Sk. Harry L. Thompson). About 12 miles off Old Head of Kinsale picked up crew of CALIPH (M234) which foundered after being bombed by German aircraft.
6.1942: Sk. Thompson, Hakin awarded MBE for bravery in rescuing crew of CALIPH.
15.3.1943: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out as a fuel carrier (Esso) (P.No.Y7.28).
1.1944: Fitted out as a water carrier.
21.1.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Milford Haven.
1959: Sold for breaking up.
21.3.1960: Milford registry closed, breaking up completed.

Changelog
05/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
03/08/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Sleaford BN207

Additional information courtesy of Birgir Þórisson

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3551
Official Number: 147961
Yard Number: 811
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 316
Net Tonnage: 196
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl by Crossley Bros. Ltd, Manchester
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

7.6.1917: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.811) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as Charles Adair (Ad.No.3551).
02.10.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr HA, Hydrophone & W/T).
05.10.1918: Delivered.
7-9.1918: With HMTrawler ALEXANDER HILLS (Ad.No.3549) rendered assistance to Cardiff steamer BERTRAND (3613grt/1913). Salvage awarded.
1923: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Boston.
18.1.1924: Registered at Boston (Part I & IV) as SLEAFORD O.N.147961 (BN207). Fred Parkes designated as manager.
1925: Transferred to fish out of Grimsby.
6.1926: Company registered office transferred to Fleetwood.
11.1926: Chartered to Leonard Steam Trawlers Ltd, Montreal. D. J. Byrne designated manager. Fishing from North Sydney, NS.
3.1927: Returned. Fishing out of Fleetwood.
11.1927: Chartered to Maritime Fish Corporation Ltd, Montreal. Fishing out of Canso, NS.
3.1928: Returned. Charter continued until winter 1930/31.
1931: Sold to Société Boulonnaise d’Armement à la Pêch, Boulogne. Zunnequin, Bouclet et Cie designated managers. Registered at Boulogne as CRABE (B1463)
1934: Sold to Armement Lecrivain, Boulogne. Registered at Boulogne as SAINT PHILIPPE (B1463)
8.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys, designated manager.
13.8.1934: Registered at Fleetwood as NOREEN ROSE (FD37).
1935: Sold to Pêcheries de La Morinie, Boulogne. P. Ficheux designated manager.
19.7.1935: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.1935: Registered at Boulogne as St. BENOIT (B1711).
1939: Requisitioned for war services in Navy Francois (P.No.AD3).
21.5.1940: Foundered off Dunkirk after being bombed by German aircraft. Later salvaged and returned to service.
1949: Sold to “Veuve Lécrivain” (The widow Lécrivain) but still recorded in LR as owned by Pêcheries de La Morinie, Boulogne.
1952: Laid up pending survey.
1952: Sold to Italy.
1954: Broken up.

(Charles William Adair, Captain, Marine, age 31, b. Co. Antrim, Ireland – VICTORY (SBML1) killed in action 21 Oct 1805 at Trafalgar)

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S.T. Sleaford BN207

S.T. Sleaford BN207
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S.T. Sleaford BN207

S.T. Sleaford BN207
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Changelog
05/01/2008: Page published. 5 updates since then.
16/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/02/2018: Information updated.
17/02/2018: Information updated.
31/03/2019: Added an image.

S.T. Sidmouth BL1

Technical

Official Number: 117725
Yard Number: 791
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 220
Net Tonnage: 105
Length: 120.8 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow-on-Tyne
Built: Smith’s Dock Co, North Shields

History

8.3.1906: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.791) for The Western Steam Trawling Co, Bristol as SIDMOUTH.
1906: Completed (Sydney M. Price, Milford Haven, manager).
3.1906: Registered at Bristol (BL1).
14.7.1908: Returned to Milford and reported 2nd Eng Howard Mackeen, Neyland had disappeared the previous day after feeling unwell.
21.2.1912: Arrived Gibraltar with Italian ship CANARA (1425grt/?) of Genoa in tow, picked up leaking on passage Pensacola to Genoa.
9.1912: Transferred to Fleetwood.
1914: Fishing from Milford.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr)(Ad.No.123).
1919: Returned to owner.
1919: Sold to William Davies & Herbert G. Bricknell, Milford Haven (Herbert G. Bricknell, manager).
7.1919: Bristol registry closed.
31.7.1919: Registered at Milford (M57).
6.4.1926: Inward from the fishing grounds, stranded on Great Castle Head in the Haven while making for the docks.
7.4.1926: Refloated with assistance of KUROKI (M103) but lost her propeller. Delivered Milford.
4.2.1928: Returned to Milford with damage sustained in severe weather conditions on the fishing grounds.
22.10.1928: Fishing off Old Head of Kinsale disabled with broken tailshaft. JENWIL (LO40) fishing nearby hauled and connected for tow to Milford.
23.10.1928: Arrived Milford.
6.1934: Sold to Alexander A. Davidson, Aberdeen (managing owner).
23.6.1934: Sailed Milford for Aberdeen, north about, with runner crew, five hands (Sk. William Wood).
26.6.1934: At western end of Pentland Firth encountered fog and speed reduced but proceeded through. At about 9.10 a.m. abreast Duncansby Head, still in dense fog, set a course SbyE3/4E for Rattray Head. At about 11.00 a.m. when off Noss Head, struck amidships by ROSE (GW26) in vicinity of port wing bunker indenting the plating.
10.7.1934: Milford registry closed.
12.7.1934: Registered at Aberdeen (A103).
29.11.1934: At BOT Formal Investigation (No.S.371) in Aberdeen the Court found that the collision was due to the wrongful act and default of John Macintosh, skipper of the ROSE and the wrongful act and default of Charles Ennis, second hand of the ROSE. Sk. Macintosh was severely censured and ordered to pay £20 towards the costs of the Inquiry; Charles Ennis was also severely censured and ordered to pay £15 towards the costs of the Inquiry.
1937: Sold for breaking up.
9.11.1938: Aberdeen registry closed.

Changelog
05/01/2009: Page published. 4 revisions since then.
01/12/2014: Information updated.

S.T. Shikari CF74

Technical

Official Number: 137007
Yard Number: 588
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 221
Net Tonnage: 86
Length: 117.5 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

25.8.1914: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd. No.588) for Staples’ Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as SHIKARI.
6.10.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY179).
10.1914: Completed. Ernest Sleight appointed manager.
4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1617). 21.8.1917: In company with HMTrawlers JACINTH (Ad.No.1226)(H33) and THOMAS YOUNG (Ad.No.1143)(SN67) sweeping in mouth of River Tay, detected submarine. Depth charged and believed destroyed submarine (UC.41). (13.4.1921: Awarded £145 Bounty by Prize Court).
1917: Base support ship.
2.1918: Renamed SHIKARI II.
1919: Returned to owner and reverted to SHIKARI (GY179).
9.1938: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
12.1940: Sold to Sir Alec Black, Bart, Grimsby.
8.1941: Sold to Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff.
5.8.1941: Grimsby registry closed.
8.1941: Registered at Cardiff (CF74).
1948: Sold to Adam Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
2.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
30.5.1952: Arrived Grays, Essex.
1952: Cardiff registry closed.

Changelog
04/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.