Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Giovanni Guinti FD367

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3792
Official Number: 143807
Yard Number: 341
Completed: 1918
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 277
Net Tonnage: 109
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr
Engine: T.3-cyl by Fawcett Preston & Co Ltd, Liverpool

History

31.5.1918: Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr (Yd.No.341) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as GIOVANNI GUINTI (Ad.No.3792).
11.7.1918: Completed as an escort (1-4” and W/T).
1.1919: Renamed IDAHO.
4.1919: Carried out 4” mounted gun trials.
1919: Reverted to GIOVANNI GUINTI.
8.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as GIOVANNI GUINTI O.N.143807.
1.1920: Sold to The Cygnet Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Thomas Cardwell, manager).
24.1.1920: Registered at Fleetwood (FD367).
11.6.1921: Name change approved.
24.6.1921: Registered at Fleetwood as CYMREA (FD367).
1932: Sold to W. C. Farrow, Hull.
1932: Sold to Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Archibald Hudson, Hessle, manager).
19.7.1932: Fleetwood registry closed.
26.7.1932: Registered at Hull (H438).
3.8.1932: Registered at Hull as SIR MARK SYKES (H438).
1935: Sold to White Star Steam Fishing Co of Aberdeen Ltd, Aberdeen (Harry A. Holmes, manager).
15.10.1935: Hull registry closed.
16.10.1935: Registered at Aberdeen (A361).
21.11.1935: Registered at Aberdeen as LOCH MORAR (A361).
1936: Malcolm Smith appointed manager.
22.3.1937: Sailed Aberdeen on an Icelandic trip (Sk. Walter Edward Barber).
31.3.1937: In heavy weather, drove onto reef 1500yds offshore at Eyrarbakki, south west coast of Iceland; with heavy surf breaking over the vessel, a motor boat approached to within 500 yards but no sign of life; all twelve crew lost*. HMS FOYLE on FPS tasked to sail from Reykjavik to site; did not sail due to weather conditions and report from Eyrarbakki.
11.5.1937: Aberdeen registry closed. Only six bodies discovered and buried in Iceland.
1998: British Fisheries Minister, Eric Morley, unveiled a memorial at Patreksfjordur to all British fishermen who lost their lives on Iceland’s NW coast.

Lost* – Sk. Walter Edward Barber (42); George Hay Duthie (38), Mate; Thomas Phillip McKay(29), Second Fisherman; Alexander Stevenson, Ch Eng; John Connell, 2nd Eng; John Mitchell (28), John Barrett (52), William J. Brady, John Scott, deckhands; Charles Milne & F. Jackman, firemen; Duncan Lownie, cook

(Giovanni (Gioanni) Guinti, Private, Marine, age ?, b. Messina, Sicily – VICTORY (ML170))

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S.T. Cymrea FD367

S.T.Cymrea FD367
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Note: Excerpt from “The True Price Of Fish” by George Ritchie

S.T. Loch Morar A361

S.T. Loch Morar A361
Picture courtesy of The Elizabeth Dripen Collection

Loch Morar A361

Loch Morar A361
Excerpt courtesy of The Elizabeth Dripen Collection

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 8 updates since then.
04/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
10/11/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Gilderoy FD332

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 110872
Yard Number: 81
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 153.08
Net Tonnage: 44.31
Length: 101.0 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
19??: Rebuilt 114.5 x 24.2 x 10.7 feet 143g 50n
Built: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd, Bill Quay-on-Tyne, Newcastle
Engine: 300ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland

History

10.2.1899: Launched by Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd, Bill Quay-on-Tyne, Newcastle (Yd.No.81) for Ellis, Spence & Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as GILDEROY.
2.3.1899: Going up River Tyne in NW gale went ashore at Bill Point. Refloated, no damage.
3.1899: Completed.
23.3.1899: Registered at Grimsby (GY1120).
23.3.1899: William Ellis appointed manager.
27.3.1899: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Lincoln & Lindsey Banking Company Ltd, Lincoln (A).
12.4.1904: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to John Ellis, Grimsby for the sum of £500 with interest at 5% (B).
10.5.1912: Mortgage (B) discharged.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 61.07net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
7.5.1914: Escorted into Cuxhaven by German fishery protection ship SMS ZIETEN (1170 tonnes disp/1875) for alleged fishing in German territorial waters.
16.10.1914: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (A) to William Ellis (64/64), Grimsby.
16.10.1914: William Ellis appointed manager.
16.10.1914: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
12.6.1916: Mortgage (C) discharged.
19.6.1916: Sold to Aldersyde Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
19.6.1916: Edwin Beacock appointed manager.
19.6.1916: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The National Provincial Bank of England Ltd, London (D).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
8.4.1918: Mortgagee re-styled National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London.
30.9.1918: Sold to Ernest Taylor & Noah Ashworth, Fleetwood (64/64 joint owners).
4.10.1918: Mortgage (D) discharged.
4.10.1918: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (E).
5.10.1918: Joseph Allen Taylor appointed manager.
1919: Released.
18.7.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
20.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD332).
11.1919: Mortgage (E) discharged.
1919: Sold to N.V. Maasluische Stoom-Haring & Beugvissch, Maasluis (Belgian principals – sale BoT approved).
19.11.1919: Fleetwood registry closed.
11.1919: Renamed BURGOMEESTER MAX.
FATE: Post 1925 – Pre 1926.

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
01/09/2015: Information updated.
22/06/2016: Minor information update.
08/11/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Gertie FD189

Technical

Official Number: 108539
Yard Number: 426
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 181
Net Tonnage: 47
Length: 105.0 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 11.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

22.11.1897: Launched by Miss Minnie Cole at Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.426) 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 GERTIE.
15.4.1898: Registered at Fleetwood (FD189).
15.4.1898: Henry Kelly, Grimsby designated manager.
4.1898: Completed.
13.5.1898: George Edward James Moody, Grimsby designated manager.
5.1905: Sold to J. F. Castaing, La Rochelle.
27.5.1905: Fleetwood registry closed ‘Sold to Spaniards??’.
1905: Re-measured 106.8 x 21.3 x 11.6 feet 153g 42n.
1905: Renamed ESPERANZA.
Pre 1925: Sold to G. Tougard, Dieppe. Registered at Dieppe as SATANICLE.
1931: Sold to L. G. Lesueur, Dieppe. Registered at Dieppe as ROLANDE.
1951: Sold for breaking up.

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
07/11/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Germanic FD185

Technical

Official Number: 99553
Yard Number: 469
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 14.53
Net Tonnage: 30.06
Length: 105.4 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Built: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Engine: 360ihp T.3-cyl by Hepple & Co, North Shields
Boiler: J. T. Eltringham & Co, South Shields

History

15.10.1891: Launched by Hepple & Co, North Shields (Yd.No.469) for John Kelsall (64/64), Prestwich. Manchester as GERMANIC.
12.1891: Completed. Edmund Kelsall, Hull designated manager.
2.1.1892: Registered at Hull (H184).
1895: Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood.
1896: Sk. William Gilmour convicted on charges of fishing in the Minches with beam trawl.
12.12.1896: Kelsall Brother & Beeching formed.
30.8.1897: Transferred to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64/64), Manchester. John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood drsgnated managers.
4.9.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD185).
8.6.1898: Foundered after sustaining damage in collision with steam trawler TEAL (FD166).
15.6.1898: Fleetwood registry closed “ Vessel a total loss through collision with ST. “Teal” of Fleetwood on 8th June 1898”.
15.6.1898: Fleetwood registry closed.

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
05/11/2020: Updated history.

S.T. George Hastings FD9

In Dinas and Marr ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood

Technical

Official Number: 148957
Yard Number: 507
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 357
Net Tonnage: 154
Length: 140.4 ft
Breadth: 24 ft
Depth: 13.2 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 96nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Speed: 10.6 knots

History

16.10.1928: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.507) for Loch Line Steam Trawling and Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as LOCH LEVEN.
20.11.1928: Registered at Aberdeen (A379).
4.12.1928: Completed (Harry A. Holmes, manager).
1935: Sold to Caledonian Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Harry Wight, Hull, manager).
22.5.1935: Aberdeen registry closed.
24.5.1935: Registered at Hull (H186).
25.7.1939: Insured value £12,800.
23.8.1939: Managers became Loch Fishing Co of Hull Ltd.
24.8.1939: Sailed Hull for Iceland (Sk. G. Yates). Ordered to return from sea for requisitioning.
29.8.1939: Arrived Hull, 5 days steaming, no catch.
1939: To requisitioning, at Hull from Iceland (Sks. J. Searby, G. Yates, R. Reid) 215 days 12,618 kits £ 9,989.
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.642) (Hire rate £159.3.3d/month).
6.2.1946: Returned to owner.
22.1.1946: Sold to A. & M. Smith Ltd, Hull (Mark Hellyer & Graham Hellyer, managers).
1948: Sold to United Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Henry J. Horwood, manager).
9.7.1948: Registered at Hull as George Hastings (H186).
Pre 10.1953: Laid up at Milford Haven.
1953: United Trawlers Ltd in liquidation.
25.2.1954: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Alfred J. Marr, manager). Registered at Fleetwood (FD9).
3.3.1954: Sailed Milford for Fleetwood.
4.5.1954: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £7700.
1.6.1954: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Rees Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Llanelli for breaking up.
6.1954: Sailed Fleetwood for Llanelli.

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HMT Loch Leven

HMT Loch Leven
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Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
18/08/2017: Added an image.
05/11/2020: Updated history.