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S.T. Rangoon FD149

Technical

Official Number: 93140
Yard Number: 25
Completed: 1888
Gross Tonnage: 129
Net Tonnage: 54
Length: 100.4 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 10.6 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Engine: 45nhp C.2-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull

History

5.1888: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.25) for Kelsall Bros & Beeching Ltd, Manchester as RANGOON.
15.6.1888: Registered at Hull (H45).
15.6.1888: Completed (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood, managers).
1896: Sold to George Beeching, Hull (managing owner).
1896: Sk. Philip Kay convicted of fishing in the Minches with beam trawl.
12.12.1896: Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd formed.
8.1.1897: Sold to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood, managers).
13.1.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD149).
4.1899: Transferred to Hull.
7.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H86).
12.5.1899: Fleetwood registry closed.
22.11.1910: Registered owners now Kelsall Bros & Beeching Ltd, Hull.
8.11.1911: Address of registered managers now George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London.
5.1912: Sold to Gjerdajö & Balkkevig, Haugesund.
1912: Fitted out for dry cargo 125g 43n.
23.5.1912: Hull registry closed. Converted to dry cargo, on completion renamed ATLE.
Pre 1930: Sold to Steffen Staalesen, Haugesund.
1934: Renamed MIMAR.
1948: Re-measured134g 55n.
1948: Re-engined with oil engine by Nils N. Finnöy Motorfbk, Finnöy.
1948: Renamed ATLE.
9.9.1955: Lost following collision east of Langenes.

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04/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
18/07/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Quixotic GY982

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Douglas Paterson

Technical

Official Number: 109837
Yard Number: 436
Completd: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 197
Net Tonnage: 66
Length: 115.6 ft
Breadth: 21 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull, 1898
Owner: Grimsby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby

History

14.9.1898: Launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.436) for The Grimsby Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as QUIXOTIC.
1.12.1898: Registered at Grimsby (GY982).
2.12.1898: George Edward James Moody appointed manager.
12.1898: Completed.
1907: Fishing from Fleetwood.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
11.1920: New boiler fitted.
11.6.1928: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
21.1.1930: Mortgage (A) discharged.
22.1.1930: Sold to Miss Lilian Warbutton (64/64), Rossall Beach, Fleetwood.
27.1.1930: Arthur Bousfield appointed manager.
21.3.1931: Sold to Wardleys Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
27.3.1931: Harold Hodgson Catterall, Cleveleys appointed manager.
8.1932: Wardleys Steam Fishing Co Ltd in liquidation.
25.8.1932: Sold to Alexander Robb, Jnr (64/64), Aberdeen (managing owner).
8.9.1932: Grimsby registry closed.
9.9.1932: Registered at Aberdeen (A189).
1935: Sold to Mrs Aggie B. Robb (64/64), Torry, Aberdeen (Alexander Robb, Jnr, manager).
5.12.1939: On passage to fishing grounds (Sk. William Gardiner), stranded adjacent to Bell Rock Lighthouse which was extinguished at the time; crew of nine* taken off by Broughty Ferry Lifeboat.
29.4.1940: Aberdeen registry closed.

(Crew* – All Cullen unless stated. Sk. William Gardiner; Andrew Innes, Mate; Oswald McRonald, Ch Eng, Aberdeen; John Pirrie, 2nd Eng; George Fraser, 2nd fisherman, Aberdeen; George Addison & John Findlay, deckhands; William Addison, fireman; Alexander Dow, cook.)

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03/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Quail FD175

Technical

Official Number: 108531
Yard Number: 554
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 144
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 106 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Engine: 300ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Built: Edward Bros, North Shields

History

16.6.1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, North Shields (Yd.No.554) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester as QUAIL.
21.7.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD179). John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood appointed managers.
7.1897: Completed.
24.3.1899: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Hull.
12.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H236).
19.8.1907: Sailed Hull at 1.50pm. to join the K&B ‘Gamecock’ fleet in the North (Sk. William Lewis); nine hands all told. The weather was fine and clear but for some unexplained cause got eastward of her intended course and 40 minutes after leaving Hull stranded on the Foul Holme sand immediately opposite Killinghome lighthouses.
20.8.1907: At 1.30am. came afloat, instead of proceeding to sea went to anchor in the main channel with Killingholme lights in line bearing NW1/2W, distance about 11/4 miles, and Newsham Booth light bearing SWbyS distance 1/2 mile. This position was right in the middle of the fairway. Vessel exhibited lights as required by Humber Trinity House Rule No.3. and at about 2.40am. an anchor watch was set; the watch was taken John William Dilbo (16), deckhand and later by the third hand, James Nicolini. At about 3.00am. the trawler was run into by the Hull steamer DYNAMO (504grt/1884) (Capt Tom Mossop Clifford) outward from Hull for Antwerp, cargo general; no warning was given by the third hand who was alone on deck. The QUAIL was struck on the starboard quarter cutting into the deck some 2ft in way of the skipper’s berth. All crew succeeded in reaching the deck except the skipper, and second hand though the Ch Eng. experienced great difficulty in escaping from the cabin as it filled with water. After the collision the two ships remained in contact for a time and the crew of the QUAIL, except the skipper, second hand and third hand made their way onboard the DYNAMO. As the ships separated the third hand was seen hanging on the starboard cable of the DYNAMO and although an attempt was made to rescue him he fell into the water and was swept away. A boat was manned and pulled over to the QUAIL which was sinking fast to search for the skipper and second hand. On arrival cries were heard and the second hand was discovered in the cabin standing on the table, the door being held shut by water pressure. The skylight was smashed but being fixed there was no escape and the door could not be opened, however as the pressure equalised the second hand was able to make his escape, considerably injured. There seemed to be no doubt that the skipper, in his berth, was killed at the moment of impact. At about 3.30am. the QUAIL foundered and the DYNAMO left the scene for Hull with the seven survivors.
2.10.1907: At the Formal Investigation held at Hull (No.S.240), the Court found that the collision and loss of life were caused by (i) the QUAIL being anchored in the middle of a particularly dangerous part of the fairway (ii) Her lights being rendered difficult of identification, owing to the bright lights at the new Immingham Dock works (iii) The absence of a vigilant lookout on board the DYNAMO. The Court also found Mr. Tom Mossop Clifford, the master of the DYNAMO who was the only party to the inquiry belonging to that vessel in default, but under the peculiar circumstances of the case it refrained from dealing with his certificate. It, however, strongly impressed upon him the necessity of being more careful in future.
1907: Subsequently salvaged.
5.4.1908: Hull registry closed and vessel registered anew following repair and lengthening (H236). Returned to service.
4.1908: Repaired at Goole – including new wheelhouse and lengthened to 116.5 ft.
15.4.1908: Re-measured after lengthening 162g 61n.
8.9.1911: Registered office transferred to Hull. George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London appointed managers.
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (2-3pdrs) (Ad.No.645).
2.1915: Renamed QUAIL II. Based Portland.
23.6.1915: Foundered at 11.40 pm. about 7 miles SW from Portland Bill having been in collision with steam tug BULLDOG (72grt/1884).
11.11.1916: Hull registry closed “Total loss”.

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S.T. Quail H236

S.T. Quail H236
Picture courtesy of The Steve Farrow Collection

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 4 revisions since then.
28/10/2014: Picture added.
04/02/2016: Information updated.
09/09/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Prome FD150

Technical

Official Number: 108521
Yard Number: 546
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 141
Net Tonnage: 44
Length: 105 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Engine: 320ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Built: Edward Bros, North Shields

History

2.3.1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, North Shields (Yd.No.546) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester as PROME.
1.4.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD150).
4.1897: Completed (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood, managers).
1899: Transferred to Hull.
7.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H88).
12.5.1899: Fleetwood registry closed.
22.7.1909: On a North Sea trip (Sk. William Allon), foundered after being in collision with Bristol registered barque GLADYS (1363grt/1891); all crew lost.
9.8.1909: Hull registry closed “Vessel sunk in collision in North Sea on 22nd July 1909”.

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S.T. Prome H88

S.T. Prome H88
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03/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
13/09/2017: Added an image.

S.T. Princess Marie-José FD12

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson and David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 136234
Yard Number: 314
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 273.94
Net Tonnage: 108.64
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 22.7 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 500ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Speed : 10.5 knots

History

17.12.1914: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.314) for Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as PRINCESS MARIE-JOSÉ.
12.2.1915: Completed.
22.2.1915: Registered at Hull (H242). George Thomas Armitage designated manager. Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood.
22.2.1915: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Union of London and Smiths Bank Ltd, London (A).
22.5.1915: Requisitioned for war service.
24.5.1915: Arrived Falmouth. Fitted out as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1770). Fitted as Leader.
20.7.1915: Operating between Orkney and Shetland as a decoy trawler (Lt Cantlie RN) towing/and in company with HM S/M C.27 (Lt Cdr Dobson RN). To the east of Fair Isle, shelled by U-boat (U.23) which C-27 stalked and subsequently sank in position 58.55N 00.14W; twenty four dead, ten survivors.
30.12.1916: Mortgage (A) discharged.
23.11.1917: At Aberdeen fitted with hydrophones.
18.5.1918: Some 21 miles E of Kinnaird Head, attended the tanker WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER (7175grt/1916), Lamlash, Firth of Clyde for Rosyth, cargo oil, torpedoed by U.boat (UC-58). WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER sank in 13 minutes in position 57.46N 01.22W. With Liverpool tug WILLIAM POULSON (219grt/1917) picked up 48 survivors; three lost.
12.12.1918: Sold to The Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
16.12.1918: James William Armitage, Fleetwood designated manager.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
27.10.1920: President of the Prize Court awarded £170 to officers and men to share with HM S/M C.27 in respect of action in sinking U-boat (U.23).
1.4.1922: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to James William Armitage, Scarborough and Thomas ? Jackson, Hull for the sum of £4,150 with interest at 6% (B).
31.5.1923: Mortgage (B) transferred to George Thomas Armitage, Hull.
22.10.1923: Mortgage (B) discharged.
22.10.1923: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to James William Armitage, Scarborough for the sum of £5,000 with interest at 5% (C).
11.12.1923: Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd registered office transferred to Fleetwood.
19.2.1924: Hull registry closed.
19.2.1924: Registered at Fleetwood (FD12). James William Armitage, Scarborough designated manager.
4.6.1928: Typical landing 140 boxes.
7.1934: Sold to John C. Robertson (44/64) & David Wood (20/64), Aberdeen. John C. Robertson designated managing owner.
27.8.1934: Registered at Aberdeen as FEUGHSIDE (A114).
6.10.1939: Sold to Loch Fishing Co of Hull Ltd (64/64), Hull.
7.10.1939: Sailed Hull for Faroe, first trip for new owner (Sk. T. Mason).
24.10.1939: At Hull landed 307 kits £453 gross.
2.11.1939: Aberdeen registry closed.
6.11.1939: Registered at Hull (H220).
6.11.1939: Henry Wight designated managing owner.
29.11.1939: Registered at Hull as LOCH HOPE (H220) (MofS minute RG1421/39 dated 21.12.1939).
11.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No.4.97) (Hire rate £85.10.0d/month).
10.8.1945: Sold to A. & M. Smith Ltd, Aberdeen.
12.1945: Returned to owner.
11.6.1947: Foundered off east coast of Iceland when a mine caught in the trawl exploded. One man died and seventeen survivors (including eight injured) picked up by trawler URKA (FD289) and landed at Seydisfjordur. Three injured too poorly to be moved, remaining five flown to hospital in Reykjavik. Thirteen crew returned to Hull in the Icelandic trawler JUPITER (RE61).
28.8.1947: Hull registry closed “ Vessel lost off Iceland 11th June 1947.”

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S.T. Princess Marie-Jose FD12

S.T. Princess Marie-Jose FD12
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HMT Loch Hope

HMT Loch Hope
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Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
25/03/2015: Picture added.
28/09/2018: Information updated. Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
16/07/2021: Updated history.
05/08/2021: Updated history.