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S.T. Fanny FD89

Technical

Official Number: 122949
Yard Number: 267
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 235
Net Tonnage: 65
Length: 126.3 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 11.8 ft
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: Ross & Duncan, Govan

History

8.9.1906: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd. No.267) for Walter Henry Dickenson, Fleetwood & others ( James Ormesher, Manchester (40/64); Joseph Dixon, South Shore, Blackpool (10/64); Margaret Rosetta Dixon, South Shore, Blackpool (7/64) and Walter Henry Dickenson, Fleetwood (7/64) as FANNY.
29.10.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD89), Walter H. Dickenson designated manager.
29.10.1906: All four shareholders mortgaged their shares to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A), (B), (C), (D).
10.1906: Completed.
1908: Sk. E. Walker.
11.7.1908: John D. Gibson designated manager.
30.10.1908: Registered owner Joseph Dixon, South Shore, Blackpool & Others (James Ormesher, Manchester (40/64); Joseph Dixon, South Shore, Blackpool (10/64); Margaret Rosetta Dixon, South Shore, Blackpool (7/64) and Walter Henry Dickenson, Fleetwood (7/64)) (trading as The Rossall Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood).
10.11.1908: Shares (7/64) sold by Walter H. Dickenson to James Ormesher (4/64) and Margaret R. Dixon (3/64).
11.11.1908: James Ormesher (4/64) & Margaret R. Dixon (3/64) shares mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (E) & (F).
19.11.1908: Walter H. Dickenson mortgage (D) discharged.
14.1.1909: Mortgages (A), (B), (C), (E) & (F) discharged.
1912: Sold to The Rossall Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. John D. Gibson designated manager.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 94.07net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
25.1.1917: Sailed Fleetwood for West of Scotland fishing grounds.
1.2.1917: Last seen on fishing grounds.
7.2.1917: Officially posted as missing. Listed as “Missing since 1st February 1917” believed sunk by U-boat (no claim made) off Dhu Artach Light; lost with all ten crew*.
3.3.1917: Fleetwood registry closed.

* Lost – Sk. Dennis Nolan; Joseph Leadbetter, Mate: Thomas Nicholson, Bosun, Thomas Morley, Ch Eng; Frederick Wessels, 2nd Eng; Alfred Dabor, Thomas Leadbetter, George Hughes, deckhands; David Iddon, fireman; Hugh Nicholson, cook

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S.T. Fanny FD89

S.T. Fanny FD89
Picture courtesy of The Osta Collection

S.T. Fanny FD89

S.T. Fanny FD89
Picture courtesy of The Simon Scott Collection

20/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
17/08/2020: Updated history.
06/12/2020: Added an image.
10/12/2020: Added an image.

S.T. Fane (2) FD66

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 162057
Yard Number: 911
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 310
Net Tonnage: 119
Length: 131 ft
Breadth: 24.5 ft
Depth: 13.4 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: 575ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Boiler: Blair & Co (1926) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees

History

16.1.1930: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.911) for Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood (Magnus B. Wedum, manager) as FANE.
4.2.1930: Registered at Fleetwood (FD66).
2.1930: Completed.
9.1938: Sold to The Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
26.9.1938: Fleetwood registry closed.
27.9.1938: Registered at Grimsby (GY539).
27.9.1938: Sir Alec Black, Bart appointed manager.
1.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service employed on miscellaneous naval duties and minelaying (P.No.FY.575) (Hire rate £153.14.2d/month).
10.1939: Renamed SNAKEFLY.
10.12.1940: Sold to Sir Alec Black, Bart (64/64), Grimsby.
12.12.1940: Sir Alec Black, Bart appointed manager.
10.9.1941: Sold to Malcolm Smith Ltd (64/64), Aberdeen.
20.9.1941: Malcolm Smith appointed manager.
10.1945: Returned after survey and restoration at Aberdeen.
5.10.1945: Grimsby registry closed.
8.10.1945: Registered at Aberdeen as FANE (A603).
3.5.1946: Registered at Aberdeen as LOCH OSSIAN (A603) (MoT Minute R.G. No.1102/45 dated 5.4.1946).
1950: John A. Lewis appointed manager.
1959: Sold to B. J. Nijkerk S.A., Antwerp for breaking up.
8.11.1959: Arrived Boom.
9.11.1959: Delivered.
11.11.1959: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel sold to foreigners (Belgian subjects)”.

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S.T. Fane FD66

S.T. Fane FD66
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

S.T. Fane FD66

S.T. Fane FD66
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
17/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
17/08/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Fairway FD140

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Antony Wright

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3836
Official Number: 145062
Yard Number: 843
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 312
Net Tonnage: 130
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

6.8.1918: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.843) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as RICHARD JEWELL (Ad.No.3836).
31.7.1918: Completed (1-6pdr and W/T) (yard drawings show provision for 2-12pdr HA, DC and W/T).
5.8.1918: Accepted.
1919: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
18.10.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) as RICHARD JEWELL O.N.145062 (LO476).
03.1921: At HM Dockyard, Devonport completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Plymouth.
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed.
1922: Sold to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
28.7.1922: London registry closed.
4.8.1922: Registered at Hull (H646).
21.8.1922: Registered at Hull as LORD KNARESBOROUGH (H646). John McCann & Edward Cartwright appointed managers.
20.12.1924: Homeward from Icelandic grounds (Sk. Jacob ‘Freezer’ Frost). Off Dunnet Head responded to distress flares from Norwegian steamer VARGE (1436grt/1905) (Capt Bjorndahl), Blyth for Reykjavik with coal, leaking having sprung starboard shell plating.
21.12.1924: At about 8.00am. with pumps unable to cope with ingress of water and vessel starting to settle, master ordered crew into lifeboats. One lifeboat with eight men located and survivors taken onboard. Trawler’s Mate and a spare hand manned the lifeboat and pulled back to the steamer which was being swept by seas and took off master and six crew. Stood by and within an hour steamer had foundered.
22.12.1924: Landed survivors at Hull *.
31.10.1928: Sold to Joseph George Little (64/64), Grimsby. Joseph George Little designated managing owner.
1.11.1928: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
9.11.1928: Hull registry closed.
10.11.1928: Registered at Grimsby (GY488).
3.12.1928: Registered at Grimsby as FAIRWAY (GY488) (BoT minute No.M/R.G.1432/1928 dated 20.11.19280.
7.5.1929: Mortgage A) discharged.
8.5.1929: Sold to Rinovia Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
8.5.1929: Joseph George Little designated manager.
8.5.1929: Vessel mortgaged to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (B).
Pre 4.1940: Employed on Fishery Protection (Nore/Humber/Grimsby).
29.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine trawler (P.No.4.23) (Hire rate £93.12.0d/month).
5.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY1551). Based Ipswich with M/S and Patrol Group79.
13.1.1942: Mortgage (B) discharged.
22.1.1942: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood for £9250.
3.2.1942: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys appointed manager.
1944: Fitted out for dan laying and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Attached to the 6th Minesweeping Flotilla as a dan layer.
5.6.1940: Sailed Solent for Gold beach ahead of Assault Convoy G1.
22.6.1944: Damaged by mine.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
25.6.1945: Sold to K. Percival (Trawlers) Ltd (64/64), Hull.
28.6.1945: Kenneth Percival appointed manager.
28.6.1945: Grimsby registry closed.
2.7.1945: Registered at Hull (H130).
11.1945: Restored and surveyed at Londonderry.
18.3.1946: Returned to owner.
10.4.1946 Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds on first trip (Sk. A. Halliwell); 14 crew all told.
2.5.1946: At Hull landed 1,303 kits £4,682 gross.
10.4.1946 – 23.12.1946: Nine Icelandic trips, 207 days at sea, 10,468 kits £30,994 gross.
19.5.1947: Sold to Hendersons Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (J. Marr & Son Ltd). Insured for £25,500. New manning agreement signed – 20 crew. William Stevenson designated manager.
10.2.1949: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds (Sk. Stanley Evison).
7.3.1949: At Hull landed 589 kits (204 of coley) £1692 gross. Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood (Sk. Henry Douglas Birch). Agreement amended to thirteen crew.
7.2.1951: Sold to Fern Leaf Co Ltd, Fleetwood. William Newton appointed manager.
18.4.1953: Hull registry closed.
19.4.1953: Registered at Fleetwood (FD140).
1955: Sold to Van Heyghen Freres, Ghent for breaking up.
4.10.1955: Fleetwood registry closed.
8.10.1955: Arrived Ghent from Fleetwood under own power.

Note * – 21 08 1926: Skipper Frost and his crew were presented with awards from the King of Norway for Gallantry at Sea. Skipper Frost received a vase bearing the crest of the King of Norway.

(Richard Jewell, OS (volunteer), age 24, b. London – VICTORY (SB251) killed in action 21 Oct 1805 at Trafalgar)

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S.T. Fairway H130

S.T. Fairway H130
Picture courtesy of Mark Stopper

S.T. Fairway GY488

S.T. Fairway GY488
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog
11/04/2014: Picture added.
16/07/2016: Picture added.
27/11/2016: Information updated.
13/08/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Exeter LT139

Technical

Official Number: 108482
Yard Number: 160
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 165
Net Tonnage: 64
Length: 104.2 ft
Breadth: 21 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston, Glasgow

History

1.9.1897: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd. No.160) for Frederick E. Hagerup, Grimsby (managing owner), Grimsby as EXETER.
13.10.1897: Registered at Grimsby (GY426).
10.1897: Completed.
1898: Sold to Hagerup, Doughty & Co Ltd, Grimsby (Frederick E. Hagerup, manager).
4.1906: Transferred to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager) on formation of the company.
3.1915: New boiler fitted.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
28.1.1920: Steam drifter GLEN HEATHER (LT62) disabled with nets in propeller. Connected and delivered Lowestoft.
8.1.1925: Grimsby registry closed.
9.1.1925: Registered at Lowestoft (LT139).
13.11.1928: Connected to steam drifter EXPECTANT (LT9) disabled with fouled propeller and delivered Lowestoft.
1929: Sold to Pater Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven (James H. Gough, H. Picton, J. Jenkins and W. S. Thomas (James H. Gough, manager).
15.12.1933: Sailed Milford for the Smalls ground (Sk. H. Lonsdale).
16.12.1933: Fishing off the Smalls at 6.20 pm. observed GAELIC (M204) blowing about one mile to the west disabled with net round propeller. Hauled gear, connected and commenced tow to Milford.
17.12.1933: At 12.20 am. delivered to Milford. (Subsequently awarded £150 for services rendered).
17.1.1937: On the fishing grounds swept by heavy sea, G. Brook, mate, carried along deck severely injuring his right leg.
18.1.1937: Mate landed at Milford.
1939: Sold to Yolland & Llewellin Trawling Co, Milford Haven (J. C. Llewellin, manager).
1940: Landing at Fleetwood.
29.3.1941: Sunk by German air attack 5 miles SW of Ballycotton Light Vessel, Co. Cork; all nine crew lost. Wreck lies 51.45N 07.56W.

Lost – Sk. A. Girling, R. R. Charlish, M. P. Connor, A. Leonard, J. R. Parkinson, C. H. Rawlins, J. A. Rymell, M. A.Stembridge, A. E. W. Thrower, E. Wilson

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S.T. Exeter LT139

S.T. Exeter LT139

Changelog
19/12/2008: Page published. Three revisions since then.
12/09/2014: Picture added.
17/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
10/08/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Evesham LO187

Technical

Official Number: 136243
Yard Number: 626
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 239
Net Tonnage: 90
Length: 116 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.5 ft
Built: Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by Lidgerwood Ltd, Glasgow

History

21.12.1914: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.626) for Great Northern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as EVESHAM.
22.4.1915: Registered at Hull (H306).
21.6.1915: Completed (Fred Smith, manager).
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an armed trawler (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1544).
7.3.1918: Sold to The Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Hull (Joseph Vivian, manager). Based Humber.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
26.4.1919: Re-registered at Hull (H306).
13.5.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
22.10.1925: Robert Burton designated manager.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London. 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 (Joint mortgagees).
1935: Insured value £3,200.
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: Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (Charles H. Emerson, manager) in voluntary liquidation.
18.12.1936: Sold by order of the mortgagees under mortgage (A) to Heward Trawlers Ltd, London (Robert Scott Hewett & Harold Frank Hayward). Refurbished.
29.12.1936: Hull registry closed.
31.12.1936: Registered at London (LO187). Robert Scott Hewett designated manager.
1.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £65.14.6d/month).
19.1.1940: Returned to owner.
18.4.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (P.No. NI).
1941: Reverted to minesweeping role.
3.1941: Damaged by German air attack whilst alongside in Lowestoft.
27.5.1941: Sunk by German air attack off Great Yarmouth. Sk. G. R. Bull RNR and all crew saved. 4.1946: Salved and allocated to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.

Changelog

19/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
08/08/2020: Updated information.