Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Clixby GY180

Technical

Official Number: 143859
Yard Number: 108
Completed: 1918
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 280
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: G. Brown & Co Ltd, Greenock
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Gauldie, Gillespie & Co, Glasgow

History

29.3.1918: Launched by G. Brown & Co Ltd, Greenock (Yd.No.108) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JAMES CEPELL (Ad.No.3718).
8.5.1918: Completed (1-12pdr, hydrophone and W/T).
1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as JAMES CEPELL O.N.143859.
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London. 1920: Fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100 A1 Stm Trawler.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
24.08.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) as JAMES CEPELL (LO421).
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
2.1925: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby.
6.2.1925: London registry closed.
13.2.1925: Registered at Grimsby (GY180).
5.3.1925: Registered at Grimsby as CLIXBY (GY180).
Fred Parkes, Wyberton, Boston appointed manager. Fishing out of Fleetwood.
7.1926: Sold to Oscar Dahl, La Rochelle.
29.7.1926: Grimsby registry closed.
7.1926: Registered at La Rochelle as ANTIOCHE II.
1939: Requisitioned by Marine Francois as a minesweeper (P.No.AD285).
3.7.1940: Seized in Falmouth. Transferred to The Admiralty.
12.1940: Commissioned as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1746).
1944: Transferred to Free French Forces (D42).
1946: Returned to French owners.
1952: Sold to ?? UK.
10.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to John Cashmore Ltd, Newport, Monmouthshire for breaking up.
6.11.1952: On delivery voyage, La Rochelle-Newport, broke away from tug and went ashore Isle D’Quessant. Broken up in situ.

(James Cepell, Armourer, age 35, b. London – VICTORY (SB867))

Changelog
20/05/2012: Page published. 6 updates since then.
20/09/2016: Information updated.
28/08/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Ceylonite GY170

Technical

Official Number: 144317
Yard Number: 340P
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 249
Net Tonnage: 109
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

Ordered by Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. Requisitioned by The Admiralty on the stocks, no instalment monies paid.
7.7.1917: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.340P) (non-standard “Castle” class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS BUCKLEY (Ad.No.3607).
20.12.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr & W/T).
24.12.1917: Delivered.
1.10.1918: At Penzance F.C.T. Escort (Chief Skipper RNR).
28.5.1919: Loaned to US Navy (North Sea Minesweeping Detachment).
7.10.1919: Returned to The Admiralty.
1919: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries and engaged in commercial trawling.
7.1.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as THOMAS BUCKLEY O.N.144317.
28.01.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO276). Laid up.
between 18.05.1920 – 18.06.1920: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London for commercial trawling.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
12.1920: At John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd, Woolston completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Southampton.
1920: Allocated to the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
1922: Sold to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
25.10.1922: London registry closed.
10.1922: Remeasured 100net.
6.11.1922: Registered at Hull (H724). Walter Scott designated manager.
27.11.1922: Registered at Hull as CEYLONITE (H724).
29.1.1930: Sold to Taylor Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. Charles Taylor designated manager.
31.1.1930: Hull registry closed.
1.2.1930: Registered at Grimsby (GY170).
22.6.1939: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
27.6.39: Basil Arthur Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde designated manager.
9.4.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed on patrol duties (1-12pdr) (Hire rate £72.12.6d/month).
9.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY1853).
1.1946: Laid up.
22.5.1946: Returned to owner.
9.10.1947: Sold to Joseph Croan (64/64), Newhaven, Edinburgh.
3.12.1947: Joseph Croan designated managing owner.
3.12.1947: Grimsby registry closed.
12.1947: Registered at Leith (LH246).
1960: Sold to BISCO (£2750) and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for breaking up at Charlestown, Fife (Contract No.77E).
14.6.1960: Delivered Charlestown from Granton under own power.
12.6.1961: Breaking up commenced.
(Thomas Buckley, Private, Marine, age 29, b. Northwich, Cheshire – VICTORY (ML69))

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S.T. Ceylonite LH246

S.T. Ceylonite LH246
Picture courtesy of Shetland Maritime Museum

Changelog
20/05/2012: Page published. 6 revisions since then.
01/09/2014: Picture added.
28/09/2014: Removed incorrect picture.
17/11/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Cardew H157

Technical

Official Number: 133320
Yard Number: 299
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 207.55
Net Tonnage: 81.04
Length: 115.0 ft
Breadth: 22.2 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: J. T. Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields

History

30.10.1913: Launched by J. T. Eltringham & Co, South Shields (Yd.No.299) for The Prince Fishing Co Ltd, North Shields as NORTHERN PRINCE.
16.12.1913: Registered at North Shields (SN282).
12.1913: Completed. Richard Irvin designated manager.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.257).
13.11.1914: At Lowestoft, parent ship HALCYON.
22.7.1915: Sold to Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields. Richard Irvin designated manager.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at North Shields.
1919: Sold to Richard Thomson (Staithes) Ltd, North Shields. Richard Thompson, Staithes designated manager.
18.6.1919: North Shields registry closed.
6.1919: Registered at Whitby (WY40).
1920: Sold to F. & T. Ross Ltd, Hull.
1.1920: Whitby registry closed.
2.2.1920: Registered at Hull (H157). Percy Ross designated manager.
2.1920: Registered at Hull as CARDEW (H157) (BoT Minute M.3477-20).
Pre 1930: Sold to Sutton Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hartlepool. Albert R. Sutton, Scarborough designated manager.
1937: Sold to Hartlepool Box Factory Ltd, Hartlepool. Albert R. Sutton, Scarborough designated manager.
1939: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes designated manager.
3.12.1939: Picked up six survivors in open boat from the neutral Swedish steamer RUDOLF (2119grt/1913) (Capt Bertil Persson), Hartlepool for Malmö, cargo coals, torpedoed by U-boat (U.56) at about 12.13 am. some 40 miles E of May Island and foundered in position 56.15N 1.25W. Survivors landed at Dundee.
22.2.1940: In company with trawlers AUCUBA (GY117), CRYSTAL (SH58), and EMULATOR (SH83) attacked by German aircraft off East Coast; fire returned by AUCUBA, aircraft withdrew, no casualties.
1940: Sold to North Shore Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes designated manager.
1.2.1943: Sold to Malcolm Smith Ltd, Aberdeen.
22.1.1943: Hull registration closed.
1.2.1943: Registered at Aberdeen (A559). Malcolm Smith designated manager.
19.11.1946: Sold to Glen Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
19??: Sold John Cameron, Peterhead for breaking up.
16.6.1951: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up – advice received from owner and ship breaker.”.

Changelog

20/05/2012: Page published. 4 updates since then.
17/11/2018: Updated information.
29/10/2018: Information updated.

S.T. Brisbane GY1281

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow and Douglas Paterson

Technical

Official Number: 118915
Yard Number: 355
Completed: 1903
Gross Tonnage: 206.65
Net Tonnage: 65.90
Length: 113.8 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co, Hull

History

10.10.1903: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.355) for William Grant (32/64) & Henry Croft Baker (32/64), Cleethorpes as BRISBANE.
5.11.1903: Completed.
9.11.1903: Registered at Grimsby (GY1281).
9.11.1903: Henry Croft Baker (32/64) shares mortgaged to William Grant for the sum of £2000 with interest at 4% (A).
22.11.1903: William Grant appointed manager.
31.5.1907: Mortgaged (A) discharged.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 80.83 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
29.2.1916: Henry Croft Baker (16/64) shares sold to Alick Black (16/64), Grimsby.
29.2.1916: Henry Croft Baker (16/64) shares sold to John Cash Store (16/64), Grimsby.
25.2.1917: John Cash Store (16/64) & Alick Black (16/64) shares sold to Jonathan Smith & George Drust Beacock, Grimsby (32/64 joint owners).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve. Later fitted with 1-6pdr between funnel and wheelhouse and W/T.
20.6.1918: William Grant (32/64) shares sold to Arthur Grant (32/64), Grimsby.
1919: Released.
5.1.1920: Arthur Grant (32/64) shares sold to Jonathan Smith & George Drust Beacock (64/64), Grimsby.
5.1.1920: Edwin Beacock appointed manager.
6.1.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
15.1.1920: Sold to The Sylvia Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
16.1.1920: Edwin Beacock appointed manager.
18.2.1920: Mortgage (B) discharged.
19.2.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
13.3.1922: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) (unsecured) to Thomas William Baskcomb, Grimsby (D).
30.8.1922: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (C) to Dobson Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
31.8.1922: Charles Dobson appointed manager.
12.9.1922: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London Joint City and Midland Bank Ltd, London (E).
27.11.1927: Bank re-styled Midland Bank Ltd, London.
3.2.1931: Mortgage (E) discharged.
25.2.1931: Sold to Charles Dobson (64/64), Grimsby.
27.2.1931: Charles Dobson appointed manager.
28.2.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (F).
1940: Directed to Fleetwood under wartime controls (J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood, managers).
14.5.1941: Mortgage (F) discharged.
29.12.1941: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
31.12.1941: David Marr appointed manager.
26.4.1943: Typical landing. 287 kits – hake-16, cod/codling-1, whiting-5, flats-1, ling/coley-269, sole & prime-4.
1.3.1945: Sold to Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
8.3.1945: Arthur Wright Butt, appointed manager.
17.12.1946: In very heavy weather, assisted HELPING HAND (LT1239), disabled with broken propeller shaft and taking water. Connected and towed towards Lowestoft. About one mile from Newcome Buoy, requested lifeboat assistance. Hove to with Lowestoft lifeboat MICHAEL STEPHENS (Cox Albert Spurgeon) standing by.
18.12.1946: In the morning tug LOWESTOFT (172grt/1898) connected and at 5.00 a.m. brought into Lowestoft and beached.
22.5.1954: Sold to BISCO and allocated to J. W. Draper & Sons Ltd, Grimsby for breaking up.
12.6.1954: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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Brisbane GY 1281

S.T. Brisbane GY1281
Picture courtesy of The Steve Farrow ollection

Builder's Certificate

Builder’s Certificate
Courtesy of NE Lincs Archive

Scrap Certificate

Scrap Certificate
Courtesy of NE Lincs Archive

Changelog
20/05/2012: Page published. 9 updates since then.
25/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
04/10/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Bourne May FD57

Technical

Official Number: 114295
Completed: 1901
Gross Tonnage: 25.39
Net Tonnage: 11.34
Length: 58.1 ft
Breadth: 14.7 ft
Depth: 5.2 feet
Built: John Gibson & Sons, Fleetwood
Engine: 90ihp 2 x C.2-cyl by James Robertson & Sons Ltd, Fleetwood
Boiler: Stevenson & Co, Preston

History

11.1901: Completed by John Gibson & Sons, Fleetwood (Yd.No.) for The Fleetwood Urban District Council (64/64), Fleetwood as BOURNE-MAY.
28.11.1901: Registered at Fleetwood. Joseph Tildsley designated manager.
23.4.1907: Thomas Newton Croft designated manager.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 11.43 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
23.10.1917: Bazel Shepherd designated manager.
9.4.1926: When leaving the Fleetwood – Knott End ferry dock ((William Greenwood, master), in collision with the trawler GEORGE COUSINS (FD343) (Sk. Percival Ashcroft) outward for the fishing grounds. Suffered serious damage and despite making water managed to return to the dock and land the passengers before settling alongside. GEORGE COUSINS returned to North Corner.
9.11.1933: By Royal Charter dated 10 August 1933, the Fleetwood Urban District Council was incorporated as the Borough of Fleetwood. Ownership vested in The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Fleetwood (64/64).
9.6.1936: Registered as a fishing vessel at Fleetwood (FD57).
1944: Sold for breaking up.
4.2.1944: Fleetwood registry closed. “ Vessel has been broken up. Advice received from Port Fishery Officer, Fleetwood.“

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S.F. Bourne May

S.F. Bourne May as a ferry
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S.F. Bourne May

S.F. Bourne May as a ferry
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
20/05/2012: Page published. 4 updates since then.
24/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
03/02/2020: Updated information.
24/11/2022: Updated information.