Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Lord Gort FD258

Technical

Official Number: 149033
Yard Number: 472
Completed: 1925
Gross Tonnage: 394
Net Tonnage: 174
Length: 147.5 ft
Breadth: 25.1 ft
Depth: 13.8 ft
Engine: 116nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

4.9.1925: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.472) for Hellyer Bros. Ltd, Hull as PICT.
31.10.1925: Registered at Hull (H250).
5.11.1925: Completed (Frank O. Hellyer & Owen S. Hellyer, joint managers).
22.4.1935: At Hull last landing before sale, from White Sea grounds (Sk.S. Sorrenson) 985 kits grossed £647.
22.4.1935: Sold to Devon Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Mark Hellyer, manager).
23.4.1935: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds (Sk.F. W. White).
10.5.1935: At Hull landed 1,921 kits grossed £1013.
10.5.1935: Registered at Hull as ELBURY (H250).
25.7.1939: Insured value £15,400.
19.8.1939: Sailed Hull for Iceland (Sk. W. H. Burrows). Ordered to return from sea for requisitioning.
1.9.1939: At Hull landed 917 kits grossed £876.
2.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.656) (Hire rate £152.13.6d/month).
23.11.1943: Sold to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
5.7.1945: Returned after survey and restoration at Hartlepool.
1945: Transferred to Lord Line Ltd, Hull.
30.11.1945: Insured value £35,000; for 1946 proposed same.
1946: Registered at Hull as LORD GORT (H250).
14.11.1947: Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd, managers). Registered at Fleetwood (FD258).
1949: Registered at Fleetwood as WYRE GENERAL (FD258).
31.1.1953: At 9.23 am. picked up distress call from steam trawler MICHAEL GRIFFITH; too far away to render assistance but relayed message to coastal stations.
1954: Transferred to Wyre Trawlers Ltd (Leslie Wheildon, manager) on purchase of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd by Associated Fisheries Group.
1956: Sold to B. J. Nijkerk S.A., Antwerp for breaking up.
19.3.1956: Sailed from Fleetwood for Antwerp (Boom).
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S.T. Lord Gort FD258

S.T. Lord Gort FD258
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

Changelog
26/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
28/04/2017: Image added.
28/04/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Lord George FD329

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Peter Bell

Technical

Official Number: 122702
Yard Number: 344
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 228
Net Tonnage: 94
Length: 123.6 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

19.7.1905: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.344) for Grimsby Victor Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as St. GEORGE.
6.9.1905: Registered at Grimsby (GY83). Frederick Barter Coulson appointed manager.
9.9.1905: Completed (Matthew W. Jennison, manager).
19.9.1905: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George William Ellis, Grimsby for the sum of £3000 with interest at 5% (A).
4.8.1908: George William Ellis died.
11.11.1908: Probate for will of George William Ellis granted to George Clapham & Joseph Hartcliffe Gibson, Grimsby (joint mortgagees).
21.4.1909: Mortgage (A) discharged.
21.4.1909: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to William Somerville Letten & George Somerville Letten, Grimsby for the sum of £2500 with interest at 51/2% (B).
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.688).
11.1915: Registered at Grimsby as LORD GEORGE (GY83) (BoT Minute 7058/1915).
1916: New boiler fitted – Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow.
14.1.1916: William Somerville Letten died.
5.2.1916: George Somerville Letten mortgagee (B).
21.7.1916: Mortgage (B) discharged.
27.11.1917: Sold to Ernest Taylor & Edward Walmsley, Fleetwood (joint owners).
30.11.1917: Joseph Allen Taylor appointed manager.
3.12.1917: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd (C).
31.8.1918: Mortgage (C) discharged.
2.9.1918: Sold to Ernest Taylor & Noah Ashworth, Fleetwood (joint owners). Based Dover.
10.9.1918: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (D).
11.9.1918: Joseph Allen Taylor appointed manager.
11.1.1919: Ceased to be on hire and returned to owner at Fleetwood.
18.7.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
20.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD329).
3.1925: Mortgage (D) discharged.
1925: Sold to Italian owners in Naples.
1925: Re measured 229.87g 120.49n.
31.3.1925: Fleetwood registry closed.
10.8.1925: Sold to Mrs Laura Watson (64/64), Cleveleys (Kund Beugger, manager).
10.8.1925: Registered at Fleetwood as JOHN ERIK (FD52) (BoT Minute M/RG139998 Sep 1925).
12.1926: Sold to United Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
30.12.1926: Fleetwood registry closed.
3.1.1927: Registered at Grimsby (GY420).
3.1.1927: John Chesman appointed manager.
22.1.1927: Registered at Grimsby as CEDRIC (GY420) (BoT Minute M/R.G.1005/1927 dated 21.1.1927.
30.9.1931: William Thomas Moss appointed manager.
29.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.996) (Hire rate £57.10.0d/month).
15.12.1939: Based Lowestoft, patrol/lookout trawler.
19.1.1940-2.1940: At Lowestoft fitting out as a barrage balloon vessel.
5.1940-7.1940: At Hull fitting out as a barrage balloon vessel.
8.1940-10.1944: Based Scapa Flow.
10.1944: Not listed after this date.
31.1.1947: Sold to The Admiralty.
5.1947: Sold to J. R. Hepworth & Co (Hull) Ltd, Paull, for breaking up.
3.10.1947: Grimsby registry closed “… registry no longer required.”

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S.T. John Erik GY420

S.T. John Erik GY420
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
26/12/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
27/11/2018: Image added.
27/04/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Lord C Beresford D199

Technical

Official Number: 106726
Yard Number: 174
Completed: 1896
Gross Tonnage: 162
Net Tonnage: 63
Length: 105.5 ft
Breadth: 20.7 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull

History

1896: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.174) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD C. BERESFORD.
12.1896: Completed.
2.12.1896: Registered at Hull (H341).
25.10.1897: Sold to The Yorkshire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (John McCann, manager).
29.11.1899: Sold to Dublin Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Dublin (Arthur Richardson, manager).
18.8.1902: Hull registry closed.
8.1902: Registered at Dublin (D199).
1913: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1922: Company restructured as Dublin Trawling, Ice & Cold Storage Co Ltd, Dublin (Arthur Richardson, manager).
1925: Sold to Patrick McGreevey, Fleetwood (Rowland Morrice, manager).
1.1926: Sold to Lincolnia Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Rowland Morris, manager).
19.2.1926: Capsized in Mersey Channel in a strong tide, crew took to boat and picked up by Liverpool steamer SARAH BROUGH (299grt/1898) inbound from Barrow in Furness. Landed at Birkenhead.
1926: Salved and sold to J. Hornby & Son (Shipbreakers) Ltd, Bradfield for breaking up.

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S.T. Lord C Beresford D199

S.T. Lord C Beresford D199
Landing fish at Fleetwood

Changelog

26/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
30/06/2015: Picture added.
24/03/2017: Picture added.
27/04/2021: Removed incorrect image.

S.D/T. Lord Anson LT344

Technical

Official Number: 149201
Yard Number: 1008
Completed: 1927
Gross Tonnage: 99
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 88.3 ft
Breadth: 19.1 ft
Depth: 9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pertwee & Back, Gt Yarmouth
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

30.6.1927: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1008) for Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Co Ltd, Lowestoft as LORD ANSON.
28.7.1927: Completed (Harold B. Jackson, manager).
21.9.1927: Registered at Lowestoft (LT344).
26.9.1927: Re measured 100g.
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood (New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, managing agents).
30.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service under Naval Control (Hire rate £48.2.6d/month).
21.9.1943: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager) when Basil Parkes bought most of Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Co Ltd better vessels.
2.1946: Sold to J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven.
16.2.1946: Returned to owner.
3.1948: Sold to William Picton, Milford Haven (Harry G. Bricknell & Sons, managers).
4.1956: Sold to Metal Industries (Salvage) Ltd, Faslane (James Lightbody, manager). Lowestoft registry closed. Registered at Glasgow and used as a tug at Faslane.
1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to W. H. Arnott Young & Co Ltd, Dalmuir for breaking up.
7.11.1960: Delivered Dalmuir.

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S.D/T. Lord Anson LT344

S.D/T. Lord Anson LT344
Picture courtesy of The Clione Collection

Changelog
26/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
03/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Lois (1) FD113

Technical

Official Number: 127577
Yard Number: 458
Completed: 1910
Gross Tonnage: 310
Net Tonnage: 125
Length: 135 ft
Breadth: 24 ft
Depth: 12.4 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

15.1.1910: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.458) for Fleetwood Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Shareholders: J. Heap, Blackpool; H. Heap, Blackpool; H. Kelly, Grimsby; G. E. J. Moody, Grimsby; G. Selijoth, Fleetwood, W. C. Frith, Fleetwood and T. Lockwood, Poulton-le-Fylde) as LOIS.
10.2.1910: Registered at Fleetwood (FD113). George E. J. Moody, Grimsby designated manager.
2.1910: Completed.
9.1.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.961). Commissioned at Fleetwood.
14.1.1915: Arrived Devonport. Fitted out for auxiliary patrol with Hotchkiss 6pdr gun (Ser.No.645) & WT (Call sign YID). Fitted as Leader.
7.2.1915: Completed.
10.2.1915: Allocated Unit No.63 – No.1 Patrol based Dartmouth (Sub Lieut. C.L. Divine RNR).
30.3.1915: Re-appointed Unit 63 – Division C based Plymouth (Lieut. A. A. Crowther).
11.4.1915: At Devonport. Fitted with modified sweep.
17.4.1915: Completed.
1.1916: Re-appointed Unit No.63-Section C based Devonport (Lieut. A. A. Crowther RNR).
10.1916: Re-appointed Unit 63 – Sections S, T, U based Devonport (Lieut. A.A. Crowther RNR).
1.1.1917: At Falmouth.
13.3.1917: At Devonport. Southern Patrol Temporary Div.1.
28.4.1917: Three miles ENE of Start Point at 1730 sighted steamer MEDINA (12350grt/1911) stopped and blowing whistle (torpedoed by UB31). Alerted destroyer HMS WALPOLE (D.41). At 1825 Medina sank in position 50.13N 03.32W. About 8 miles SSW of Dartmouth at 1855 took onboard 94 survivors picked up by Brixham smack ONWARD (BM265) and took in tow three lifeboats. At 1930 landed survivors at Dartmouth.
19.5.1917: At 1435 in approx position 50.30N 3.10W engaged German submarine.
1.1.1919: Port for landing Stores, Armament and Moveable Fittings – Devonport. Port for Demobilising Personnel – Fleetwood.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
12.5.1921: Stranded Blackgang, Isle of Wight. Crew taken off by local boat. Refloated after patching but grounded again 50yds out and further damaged. Became a total loss.
22.9.1921: Fleetwood registry closed “Vessel wrecked 12/5/21”.

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S.T. Lois FD113

S.T. Lois FD113
Picture courtesy of www.hulltrawler.net

Changelog
26/12/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
16/04/2021: Updated history.