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S.T. Croxby GY642

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 132105
Yard Number: 214
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 215
Net Tonnage: 104
Length: 118.9 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: T.3-cyl (425ihp) and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

1.5.1911: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.214) for John Wilfred Grant (16/64), William Grant (16/64), Dawson Robinson (16/64) & Harry Robinson (16/64), Grimsby as CROXBY.
19.6.1911: Registered at Grimsby (GY642).
19.6.1911: William Grant designated managing owner.
19.6.1911: Completed.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1632). Based Dover.
6.11.1915: Harry Robinson mortgaged shares (16/64) to London Joint Stock Bank Ltd, London (A).
Post12.3.1919: Returned to owner.
1.6.1922: John Wilfred Grant appointed manager.
13.7.1923: Dawson Robinson died.
13.9.1923: Probate granted. Shares (16/64) transferred to Harry Robinson (32/64).
3.12.1926: William Grant died.
13.4.1927: Probate granted. Shares (16/64) transferred to Arthur Grant & John Wilfred Grant, Cleethorpes and William Grant Jnr, Navenby & Hugh Bourne Grant, Humberstone (16/64 joint owners).
28.5.1927: Arthur Grant & John Wilfred Grant, Cleethorpes and William Grant, Navenby & Hugh Bourne Grant, Humberstone joint shares (16/64) sold to John Wilfred Grant (21/64) & Arthur Grant (6/64), Cleethorpes and Hugh Bourne Grant (5/64), Humberstone.
28.2.1930: John Wilfred Grant, Cleethorpes shares (21/64) and Hugh Bourne Grant, Humberstone shares (5/64) sold to Rugby Steam Fishing Co Ltd (26/64), Grimsby.
7.3.1930: Arthur Grant, Cleethorpes shares (6/64) sold to Rugby Steam Fishing Co Ltd (32/64), Grimsby.
13.3.1930: John Wilfred Grant, Cleethorpes designated manager.
9.2.1934: The Rugby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, shares (32/64) sold to Harry Robinson (64/64), Grimsby.
9.2.1934: Mortgage (A) discharged.
9.2.1934: Harry Robinson designated managing owner.
25.6.1935: Off Aberdeen in collision with trawler EBOR BELLE (GY101) which foundered. Crew picked up.
13.5.1940: Sold to Supreme Fishcuring Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
3.6.1940: Basil A Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde designated manager.
4.5.1943: Typical wartime landing from Iceland grounds. 800 kits – cod/codling-370, haddock-300, plaice-100, flats-30.
5.7.1943: Sold to John Carl Ross (64/64), Grimsby.
20.7.1943: Harvey Wilfred Wilson designated manager.
23.7.1946: Sold to Grimsby Merchants Amalgamated Trawling Ltd (64/64) Grimsby.
29.9.1948: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (B).
8.5.1952: Mortgage (B) discharged.
13.5.1952: Sold to Alfred Bannister (Trawlers) Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. George Edward Penistone designated manager.
27.3.1960: Sold to H. P. Heuvelmen NV, Krimpen aan den IJssel for breaking up.
4.5.1960: Grimsby registry closed “…on sale to foreigners (Dutch subjects) for breaking up”.
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S.T. Croxby GY642

S.T. Croxby GY642
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S.T. Croxby GY642

S.T. Croxby GY642
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S.T. Croxby GY642

S.T. Croxby GY642
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S.T. Croxby GY642

S.T. Croxby GY642
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Changelog
13/03/2013: Page published.
17/11/2014: Picture added.
11/04/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
13/02/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Maria IJM95

Wartime visitor
Additional information courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Technical

Official Number: 123595
Yard Number: 797
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 214 (as built). (212g )
Net Tonnage: 99 (as built). (71n)
Length: 117 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.4 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Ltd, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

1906: Launched by Smith’s Dock Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.797) for Frederick W. Mackrill, Cleethorpes (managing owner) as HYDRA.
11.1906: Completed.
30.11.1906: Registered at Grimsby (GY196) (O.N.123595).
10.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1918).
7.1916: Renamed HYDRA II. Based Dover.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner and reverted to HYDRA (GY196).
6.1928: Sold to N.V. Viss. Mij. “Maria”, IJmuiden (J. de Groot & T. H. Voogt, managers).
3.7.1928: Grimsby registry closed.
7.1928: Registered at IJmuiden as MARIA (IJM95).
1933: N.V. Viss. Mij. “Maria” in liquidation.
1934: Sold to Viss. Mij. “De Daad”. IJmuiden (F.J.F. & M.M. Weimar, managers).
1936: Sold to N.V. Vissch. Maats “Avanti”, IJmuiden (N.V. Vissch. Maats. De Daad, managers).
1940s: Escaped to England and fishing out of Fleetwood (Bloomfield’s Ltd, managing agents).
27.4.1943: Typical wartime landing. 475 kits – hake-290, cod/codling-5, flats-35, ling/coley-45, roker-50, gurnard-20, dogs-30.
5.4.1951: Sold to shipbreakers and broken up. IJmuiden registry closed.

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S.T. Hydra GY196

S.T. Hydra GY196
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog

12/03/2013: Page published. 4 updates since then.
13/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
06/06/2021: Updated information.

S.T. Clasina Luther IJM59 (Wartime visitor)

Additional material courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Technical

Official Number: 133222
Yard Number: 486
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 214 (As built 215)
Net Tonnage: 66 (As built 84)
Length: 117.4 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank, Middlesbrough
Engine: T.3-cyl by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge

History

7.11.1911: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.486) for Port of Blyth Steam Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd, Blyth. (J.E. Rushworth, manager) as LORD WIMBORNE.
12.1911: Completed. as LORD WOLMER.
13.12.1911: Registered at Blyth (BH74) (O.N.133222).
20.8.1913: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager).
21.8.1913: Blyth register closed.
28.8.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY917).
3.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr)(Ad.No.1235). Based Taranto.
12.3.1919: Waiting instructions whether required for Post-War Service (SS).
1919: Returned to owner.
4.3.1924: John D. Marsden created a baronet.
6.1926: Sold to N.V. Vereenigde Explotatie Mij., IJmuiden (A. J. Veltkamp & S. Koster, managers).
1931: J. F. Clercq & S. Koster appointed manager.
2.6.1926: Grimsby register closed.
6.1926: Registered at IJmuiden as CLASINA LUTHER (IJM59).
1933: Sold to N.V. Visscherij-onderneming “De Vem” (F. Thiel, manager).
1939: Sold to N.V.Vereenigde Steenkolen Handels Mij XVII (Company was a part of “ De Vem”).
1940s: Escaped to England and fishing out of Fleetwood. Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood managing agents.
28.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 234 kits – hake-4, cod/codling-13, haddock-153, flats-25, ling/coley-2, roker-15, gurnard-10, dogs-5.
5. 5.1951: Sold for breaking up in Holland. IJmuiden registry closed.

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S.T. Lord Wolmer BH74

S.T. Lord Wolmer BH74
Picture courtesy of Tees Built Ships

Changelog

11/03/2013: Page published. 6 updates since then.
13/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/12/2019: Information updated.

S.D/T. Hamnavoe YH117 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 125373
Yard Number: 542
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Tonnage: 199dw
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1918: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.542) (“Admiralty” drifter) for The Admiralty as HORIZON (Ad.No.3905).
30.8.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-6pdr).
1945: Laid up.
1947: Sold to Robert W. Watt & A. Watt, Fraserburgh. Registered at Fraserburgh as HAMNAVOE (FR123)
1949: Sold to The Thule Fishing Co Ltd, Fraserburgh.
1951: Sold to Paul O. Williment, Gorleston. Fraserburgh registry closed. Registered at Yarmouth (YH117).
5/6.1952: Seasonal landing at Fleetwood.
1955: Sold to G. R. Newsom, Gt. Yarmouth & R. Hewett, Winterton. Registered at Yarmouth as AMARANTH (YH117).
1956: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
6.4.1956: Delivered Bruges.

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S.D/T. Hamnavoe YH117

S.D/T. Hamnavoe YH117
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S.D/T. Amaranth YH117

S.D/T. Amaranth YH117
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Changelog
31/12/2012: Page published. 3 updates since then.
09/07/2016: Picture added.
12/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark.
02/01/2022: Added an image.

S.D/T Harnser LT627 (Seasonal)

Additional material courtesy of Roy Breech and Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 139996
Yard Number: 73
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 100
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 89.9 ft
Breadth: 20.0 ft
Depth: 10.0
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad
Engine: 270ihp T.3-cyl by F. W. Carver & Co, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton-on-tees

History

1918: Ordered by The Admiralty from Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad (“Admiralty drifter”) as WINDHOWL.
17.12.1918: Order cancelled.
1919: Launched (Yd.No.73) for East Anglian Red Star Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Norwich as HARNSER.
3.12.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (LT627). John Victor Breech, Lowestoft, manager.
23.12.1919: Struck Lowestoft Pier causing damage.
24.4.1926: Sold to Jack Breech Ltd (64/64), Lowestoft (John Victor Breech, manager).
26.1.1928: Anchored off Buncrana, Co. Donegal, dragged and grounded when steam drifter SHEPHERD LAD (LT7) made fast alongside.
21.1.1933: Off Milford Haven rudder damaged.
1.9.1934: Off Peel, IoM in collision and damaged stem.
6.2.1937: At Lowestoft struck Inner Pier damagine stem.
1930s: Seasonal fishing in the Irish Sea and off west coast of Ireland, occasional landings at Fleetwood taking bunkers.
24.6.1938: At Fleetwood landed 300 small boxes of herring grossed £153.
5.1939: Sold to Bröderene Anda, Stavanger (John & Trygve Anda).
24.5.1939: Sailed Lowestoft for Norway.
1.6.1939: Lowestoft registry closed “Sold to Norwegians”.
2.1940: Converted to a purse seiner and cargo vessel.
2.1940: Converted to motor and fitted with 2-cyl Wichmann oil engine (reconditioned by Haldorsen-Sonner, built 1920).
1940: Registered at Stavanger as ANKER I following conversion.
1.3.1940: Sold to Ola Olsen, Jakob & Konrad Jakobsen, Auklandshamn (Ola Olsen, manager). Registered at Haugesund. Employed as a coaster.
11.1940: Sold to Jacob Lindberg, KJØPSVIK. Registered at Bergen as KJØPSVIK. Employed seasonal fishing and as a coaster.
1964: Re-engined with 180bhp Wichmann oil engine.
1973: Sold to A/S DYRØGUTT, Gibostad. Renamed DYRØGUTT.
1973: Re-engined with 3-cyl 220bhp Brunvoll oil engine.
197?: Sold to Leif Tøllefsen, Svolvaer.
197?: Sold to Arene Larsen, Henningsvaer.
198?: Sold to Harald Nygård, Hasvik. Renamed HEIMSUND.
1985: Condemned and deleted from Norwegian register.

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S.D/T Harnser LT627

S.D/T Harnser LT627
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Collection

Changelog

07/11/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
12/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark.
24/12/2020: Updated history.