Technical

Official Number: 124718
Yard Number: 100
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 215
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 120.0 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.4 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge

History

27.7.1907: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.100) for The Western Steam Fishing Co (Swansea) Ltd, Swansea (Harold H. Hardy, manager) as ARGON.
14.9.1907: Completed.
14.9.1907: Registered at Swansea (SA48).
16.9.1907: Mortgaged to Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole.
14.10.1908: Mortgaged transferred to York City & County Bank Ltd, York.
23.9.1910: Mortgaged discharged.
23.9.1910: Mortgaged to The London & Provisional Bank, London.
6.10.1911: Mortgaged discharged.
10.6.1911: Mortgaged to William Deacons Bank, London.
1913: Fishing from Fleetwood.
6.4.1914: Mortgaged discharged.
6.4.1914: Mortgaged to Manchester & Liverpool District Bank Ltd, Manchester.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA)(Ad.No.1540).
5.1917: Renamed ARGON II.
1919: Returned and reverted to ARGON (SA48).
1923: Sold to Dugglesby Fish Selling Co Ltd, Hull.
1925: Sold to Midland Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Frederick Langley, manager).
10.1925: Swansea registry closed.
14.10.1925: Registered at Hull (H237).
1927: Sold to G. K. Grimmer, Aberdeen.
8.7.1927: Hull registry closed.
9.7.1927: Registered at Aberdeen (A246).
1928: Sold to J. L. Detweiler,Vancouver, BC.
20.8.1928: Aberdeen registry closed.
1928: Registered at Vancouver,BC.
5.1929: Sold to Raeymaekers & Peeters Reederij, Ostend. Registered at Ostend as WILHELMINA (O207).
1931: Sold to P. Gournay-Delpierre, Boulogne. Registered at Boulogne as SMALL’s (B??).
1931: Re-measured 242g 93n.
Post 1945 Pre 1950: Sold to Association Rochelaise de Pêche à Vapeur, La Rochelle.
1951: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
9.12.1951: Arrived Gray’s, Essex.
1952: Boulogne registry closed.

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19/05/2012: Page published. 4 updates since then.
08/07/2019: Information update.

Technical

Official Number: 137188
Yard Number: 510
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 235
Net Tonnage: 89
Length: 121.0 ft
Breadth: 22.6 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

3.2.1916: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.510) for The Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as BRACONDENE.
2.1916: Completed (John S. Doeg, manager).
6.3.1916: Registered at Aberdeen (A615). Requisitioned from the builders and fitted out as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.3261). Based Kingstown.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
29.1.1920: Sold to Sidney Allen & Woodford Elles-Hill, London.
6.10.1920: Sold to Sam Robford Co Ltd, London (Keith R. Hoare, London, manager).
12.5.1924: Arrived Aberdeen having lost man overboard.
1926: Transferred to Fleetwood.
17.11.1927: Sold to William Alexander Mackie, Aberdeen (managing owner).
1934: Sold to Bracken Steam Trawling Co (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen (William A. Leith, manager).
30.11.1937: Sold to Alexander Bruce, Aberdeen. 3.4.1940: Picked up crew of steam trawler GORSPEN (A376) from boat having abandoned the ship before she foundered after being bombed by enemy aircraft while fishing 31 miles NE of Out Skerries, Shetland Isles.
8.8.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1812) (Hire rate £66.11.8d/month).
8.1946: Returned to owner.
1959: Owners became the Executors of the late Alexander Bruce, Aberdeen (A. C. Bruce).
9.9.1959: Sold to John Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.
1959: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for breaking up.
5.3.1960: Arrived Granton from Aberdeen under own power.
26.5.1960: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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S.T. Bracondene A615
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S.T. Bracondene A615
Picture courtesy of David Slinger

Changelog
19/05/2009 Page published. 5 revisions since then.
29/10/2014: Picture added.
10/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
23/09/2019: Updated information.

Additional information courtesy of Barry Johnson Milford Trawlers

Technical

Official Number: 95766
Yard Number: 124
Completed: 1890
Gross Tonnage: 139
Net Tonnage: 39
Length: 95.5 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: W. Harkess & Sons, Middlesbrough
Engine: C.2-cyl by Vulcan Iron Works, Hull

History

20.5.1890: Launched by W. Harkess & Sons, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.124) for The Western Steam Trawling Co, Bristol as AVONMOUTH.
8.1890: Completed.
8.8.1890: Registered at Bristol (BL4). Frederick Joseph Sellick, Milford Haven designated manager.
26.9.1890: First landing at Milford,.
15.7.1892: In dense fog drifted over rocks and sustained bottom damage.
16.12.1896: Ran into Barrow registered brigantine SARAH GIBSON (170tons/1871), for Runcorn with china clay and sheltering off Hakin Point, Milford Haven. Crew abandoned and vessel quickly foundered.
26.09.1903: Frederick Joseph Sellick died.
09.1903: Sydney Morgan Price, Milford Haven designated manager.
16.01.1906: At Fishguard Petty-sessions, Sk Samuel George King was fined £10 and £6.17. 6d costs for illegal fishing inside the limits off Newport Head,
Cardigan Bay.
19.7.1906: Sailed Milford for fishing grounds (Sk. Jack Leader). At about 8.00 p.m. 20 miles off St. Ann’s Head fireman James Davies lost overboard when dumping ash. Returned to Milford.
1907: New boiler fitted.
3.11.1907: Put into Cork, Co. Cork to land body of 2nd Eng, Matthew Lyn (50) who had died whilst on the fishing grounds.
1913: Fishing from Fleetwood. Messrs Morley & Price designated managers.
1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as minesweeper. At Devonport to be fitted with (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.963).
10.2.1915: Allocated Unit No.62 – No. 2 Patrol based Falmouth (Sk. J. W. Rumble RNR)
4.1915: Returned to owner at Milford (Ad.No. re-allocated to NEWBRIDGE (FD55) q.v.).
8.4.1917: At Milford fitted with 6pdr gun.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
7.1915: Sold to David Gwilym Jones (64/64, Milford Haven. David Gwilym Jones designated managing owner.
7.1915: Bristol registry closed.
29.7.1915: Registered at Milford (M54).
20.11.1918: Sold to David G. Jones, Milford Haven and John McRae Knight, Hakin. John McRae Knight designated managing owner.
1919: Released.
27.2.1919: Sold to John McRae Knight, Hakin. John McRae Knight designated managing owner.
25.2.1920: Sold to Charles Graham, London (later Hull). John McRae Knight, Milford Haven designated manager.
14.7.1922: Last landing at Milford.
1922: Charles H. Legard, Grimsby designated managing owner.
7.1925: Sold for breaking up locally at Milford Haven.
15.7.1925: Milford registry closed.
1926: Breaking up completed.

Changelog
19/05/2012: Page published. 2 revisions since then.
24/02/15: Information updated.
30/07/2019: Updated information.