Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Force FD100

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3565
Official Number: 143888
Yard Number: 825
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 327
Net Tonnage: 150
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

18.9.1917: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.825) (“Mersey“ class) for The Admiralty as JAMES BUCHANAN (Ad.No.3565).
13.12.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr HA and W/T).
15.12.1917: Accepted.
27.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as JAMES BUCHANAN O.N.143888.
23.8.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV)(LO396).
2.1922: Sold to City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (John A. Laverock, manager).
24.8.1922: London registry closed.
14.9.1922: Registered at Hull as STONEFERRY (H676).
19.12.1930: Reported stranded near Saltfleet.
20.12.1930: Refloated.
1934: Sold to Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Archibald Hudson, Hessle, manager).
11.6.1934: Registered at Hull as CAPE TARIFA (H676).
7.1938: Sold to Towarzystwo Dalekomorskich Polowoe “Pomorze” Sp.z.o.o., Gdynia.
28.7.1938: Hull registry closed.
1938: Registered at Gdynia as FRANCISZKA (GDY119).
1939: Sold to Adam Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (Basil A Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
11.1939: Gdynia registry closed.
7.11.1939: Registered at Fleetwood as FORCE (FD100).
12.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.NI) (Hire rate £94.10.0d/month).
28.6.1941: At anchor six miles off Winterton Ness, Norfolk (Act/Ty Sk C E Smalley RNR), attacked by German aircraft, damaged and set on fire and in twenty minutes foundered in approximate position 52.48.55N 01.47.48E. Eleven crew lost*. Fleetwood registry closed.

(James Buchanan, Private, Marine, age 23, b. Carlisle, Cumberland – VICTORY (ML107))

Lost.*
BACKHOUSE, William A H, Ordinary Telegraphist, D/JX 165427, MPK
GIBBS, Thomas H, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 116205, MPK
HOWELL, George H, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 117060, MPK
KENDALL, Walter S, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 106131, MPK
MAYNARD, John, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 106811, MPK
MCEUNE, John F, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 107954, MPK
MORRISON, Alexander, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 217792, MPK
SAYERS, Oliver T B, 2nd Hand, RNR (PS), LT/X 302 SA, MPK
TEAGUE, Norman, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 180337, MPK
WILLIAMS, John, Ordinary Seaman Cook, RNPS, LT/JX 214264, MPK
WILSON, Arthur N, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 105619, MPK

Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published, 3 updates since then.
19/09/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Fly FD166

Additional information courtesy of Colin Reed

Technical

Official Number: 95843
Yard Number: 36
Completed: 1890
Gross Tonnage: 158
Net Tonnage: 59
Length: 101.4 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley

History

3.7.1890: Launched by Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Yd.No.36) for British Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as FLY.
21.8.1890: Completed.
30.8.1890: Registered at Hull (H104). William Lawson Robbins designated manager.
2.11.1912: Sold to James Alexander Robertson, Fleetwood.
10.11.1912: Arrived Fleetwood.
15.11.1912: Hull registry closed.
16.11.1912: Registered at Fleetwood (FD166).
7.12.1912: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. James A. Robertson designated manager.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 60.23 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
21.12.1917: Off Maughold Head, Isle of Man came upon an open boat with six men alive, but in poor condition and one dead, crew of the Point of Ayr Collieries steamer CLWYD (289grt/1909). Vessel had foundered two days previously twelve miles N of the Skerries after being in collision with the steamer PARAGON (408grt/89) while on passage Dublin-Point of Ayr, light. Landed survivors at Douglas.
1919: Released.
17.2.1920: Sold to Sidney Morris Cannon, Aberdeen.
20.2.1920: Fleetwood registry closed.
25.2.1920: Registered at Aberdeen (A284). Horace E. Stroud designated manager.
1924: Sold for breaking up.
26.9.1924: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up.”

Changelog

20/12/2008:Page published. 2 updates since then.
09/06/2018: Updated information.
11/09/2020: Updated history.

S.D. Flush FD43

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4504
Official Number: 137658
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 87.4 ft
Breadth: 19.6 ft
Depth: 9.6 ft
Built: W. Wood & Son, Lossiemouth
Engine: T.3-cyl by Cooper & Greig, Dundee
Boiler: John Lewis & Sons Ltd, Torry, Aberdeen

History

1919: Launched by W. Wood & Son, Lossiemouth (Yd.No.)(wooden “Admiralty Drifter”) for The Admiralty as FLUSH (Ad.No.4504).
12.3.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
29.4.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal. Laid up at Dundee.
1921: Sold to David Main, Isaac Ralph, David Ralph & Mrs Ralph, Nairn (David Main, managing owner) (asking £4,800) for £3,600 under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen).. Registered at Inverness O.N.137658 (INS177).
By 1937: Owned by David Main, Nairn (Peter F. Lander, manager (Bank of Scotland)).
12.1937: Sold to H. Gowans, St. Monance. Registered at Kircaldy (KY184).
1938: Owner Mrs Mary Gowans, St. Monance (c/o W. Aitken & Son).
1940: Requisitioned for war service as a barrage balloon vessel (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
1945: Returned to owner.
1945: Sold to Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys & others (B. A. Parkes, managing owner).
1949: Sold to William J. Taylor, Fleetwood. Registered at Fleetwood (FD43).
1952: Sold to Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys.
1952: Sold for breaking up.

Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
07/09/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Fintray GY408

Additional information courtesy of Douglas Paterson

Technical

Official Number: 123358
Yard Number: 404
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 195
Net Tonnage: 52
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

24.5.1906: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.404) for The North Line Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as NORTH QUEEN.
4.7.1906: Registered at Aberdeen (A78).
7.1906: Completed (John A. Harrow, manager).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 74.90 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as an armed trawler (1-3pdr, 1-2pdr) (Ad.No.681).
30.12.1914: Sold to Edward Walker, Newhaven (managing owner). Based Dover.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Old Dock, Leith.
1920: Sold to Walker’s Trawlers (Newhaven) Ltd, Newhaven, Edinburgh (Edward Walker, Leith, manager).
6.5.1920: Aberdeen registry closed.
8.5.1920: Registered at Granton (GN51).
19.4.1922: Sold to Edward Walker, Leith (managing owner).
1926: Off Aberdeen, in collision with CRAMOND ISLAND (LH114). Put into Aberdeen for docking and repair to bow plating.
1930: Sold to George Brown, Leith (managing owner).
1932: Sold to Mrs Christina W. Brown, Leith (George Brown, manager).
2.1933: Homeward from Icelandic grounds, stranded at Whitelink Bay, near Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire; ten crew rescued by lifesaving apparatus.
9.1933: Refloated and sold by underwriters to Fraserburgh Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Fraserburgh.
1933: Granton registry closed.
1934: Sold to Alexander A. Davidson, Aberdeen (managing owner).
8.10.1934: Certificate of seaworthiness issued.
9.11.1934: Registered at Aberdeen as FINTRAY (A135) (BoT Minute M/R.G.1394/1934 dated 24.9.1934).
20.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (Hire rate £48.15.0d/month).
4.1942: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.253).
16.9.1942: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd (64/64), London. William Alfred Bennett appointed manager.
8.1.1945: Returned to owner.
25.11.1946: Aberdeen registry closed.
29.11.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY408).
3.8.1948: Sold to Harry Markham Cook (64/64), Louth.
4.8.1945: Harry Markham Cook appointed manager.
24.11.1948: Sold to Joseph Parker (64/64), Grimsby.
26.11.1948: Joseph Parker designated managing owner.
23.3.1949: Sold to Grange Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
28.3.1949: Herbert Schofield appointed manager.
8.3.1952: Last landing at Fleetwood. Laid up.
7.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
10.7.1952: Arrived Preston.
2.12.1952: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel being broken up”.

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S.T. Fintray GY408

S.T. North Queen GN51
Stranded at Whitelink Bay
Picture from the Internet

HMT Fintray

HMT Fintray
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence

Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
29/11/2015: Picture added.
01/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
26/08/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Filey LO189

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 136171
Yard Number: 284
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 226
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 115.5 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 275ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Speed: 11 knots

History

29.11.1913: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.284) for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as FILEY.
9.1.1914: Registered at Hull (H8). Joseph Vivian designated manager.
1.1914: Completed.
26.3.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an armed trawler (Ad.No.1363). At Devonport fitted 1-12pdr.
30.3.1915: Allocated Unit 86 – Section D based St. Mary’s, Isels of Scilly (Sk. D. Stather RNR).
2.10.1916: Ran ashore in Camusmore Bay, Tory Island, Co. Donegal.
30.1.1917: Hull registry closed. “Lost on Admiralty service”.
7.1917: Salved, acquired by The Admiralty and returned to service (Ad.No.3826).
4.5.1920: Sold by auction at Milford to The Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Hull for £9,300.
13.5.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
2.6.1920: Registered at Hull (H191).
2.6.1920: Joseph Vivian designated manager.
6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
22.10.1928: Robert Burton appointed manager.
16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson designated manager.
10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
1.11.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (64/64 joint mortgagees).
1935: Insured value £2,950.
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: At Extraordinary General Meeting at Hull, Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd placed in Creditors’ Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, London appointed liquidators).
18.12.1936: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (A) to Heward Trawlers Ltd (64/64), London (R. S. Hewett & H. F. Hayward).
29.12.1936: Hull registry closed.
29.12.1936: Robert S. Hewett, London designated manager.
1.1.1937: Registered at London (LO189). Fishing from Fleetwood.
17.2.1943: Sailed Fleetwood in company with BEMPTON (LO192) for Hull via Liverpool for DG wiping. PM arrived Liverpool.
18.2.1943: Sold to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull for £11,000.
19.2.1943: Sailed Liverpool in company for Hull.
22.2.1943: London registry closed.
24.2.1943: Arrived Hull in company.
24.2.1943: Registered at Hull (H547). John William Lown designated manager.
1943: Landing at Hull from Iceland/Faroe – 10 trips, 10,022 kits.
10.2.1944: William George O’Dell designated manager. Based at Hull sailing in armed convoys to and from fishing grounds.
15.11.1944: Sold to Iago Steam Trawling Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood for £11,700. (A/Capt) Cdr E. D. W. Lawford DSO designated manager.
28.9.1946: Sold to Alexander Hay & John Mair, Aberdeen.
9.10.1946: Hull registry closed.
14.10.1946: Registered at Aberdeen (A232).
12.6.1959: Aberdeen registry closed.
15.6.1959: Sold to Scherpswerf “De Beer”, Zaandam for breaking up by Jos. de Smedt, Antwerp.
25.6.1959: Delivered Antwerp from Aberdeen.

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S.T. Filey A232

S.T. Filey A232
Picture courtesy of The Bill Blow Collection

Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
22/08/2020: Updated history.