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S.T. Joseph Duhamel H99

Technical

Official Number: 171318
Yard Number: 700
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 928
Net Tonnage: 363
Length: 191.5 ft
Breadth: 31.1 ft
Depth: 15.9 ft
Built: Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1.11.1929: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.700) for Soc. Anon. Pêcheries de Fécamp, Fécamp as JOSEPH DUHAMEL.
12.1929: Completed. Cost to build c£24,750. Registered at Fécamp (F708).
23.2.1940: Sailed for Newfoundland fishery, subsequently based and landing into Saint-Pierrre.
29.6.1940: Fleet confined to port in Saint-Pierre.
15.12.1940: Ordered to sail for Casablanca.
26.12.1940: On passage to Casablanca (45 crew, 7 passengers), stopped by Ocean Boarding Vessel MARON (P.No.F.87) in position 34.30N 15.22W. Armed boarding party (Lt. Geoffrey Hobday RNR) placed on board and ordered to Gibraltar.
29.12.1940: Arrived Gibraltar. Seized by The Admiralty on behalf of French Administration, London.
17.1.1941: Offer to repatriate crew to Marseilles; twenty-two crew members volunteered to join the RN (as Free French).
1.1941: Proceeded to Hull via Belfast and Fleetwood. Requisitioned and transferred to ownership of MOWT (Hellyer Bros Ltd, Hull, managers). Fitted with 1-75mm, 1-20mm and 30mm AA armament. Employed as cargo/fish carrier UK – Iceland. Free French Naval Force (FNFL) crew.
3.1941: Examined and assigned a loadline (1200dw). Employed coasting.
12.6.1941: Registered at Hull (H99).
30.6.1941: Returned to cargo/fish carrying UK-Iceland.
9.1944: Transferred to French Administration, London.
29.9.1944: Fitting out for return to fishing. Based at Fleetwood under management of Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
11.1944: Sailed Fleetwood for Icelandic grounds (Sk. André Lecoeur).
28.11.1944: First landing at Fleetwood.
12.1944: Transferred to Hull.
6.1945: Demobilised and returned to owners, Soc. Anon. Pêcheries de Fécamp, Fécamp.
11.7.1945: Hull registry closed. Registered at Fécamp (F708).
7.1945: Not practicable to use the port of Fécamp.
13.7.1945: Returned to Le Havre. Landed armament.
22.8.1945: Completion of fit-out for fishing at Newfoundland.
25.8.1945: Sailed on first trip to Newfoundland Banks.
11.1950: Awarded the Croix de Geurre for War Service. Painted on funnel between red bands.
1951: Laid up.
1.1953: Sold for breaking up at Le Havre.

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S.T. Joseph Duhamel H99
Picture courtesy of the JJ Collection

S.T. Joseph Duhamel F708
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S.T. Joseph Duhamel F708
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S.T. Joseph Duhamel H99
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Changelog
16/06/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
05/03/2017: Image added.
05/03/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 161629
Yard Number: 616
Pennant Number: FY.1504
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 131
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 94.3 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Engine: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

9.5.1929: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.616) for Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth as OCEAN LIFEBUOY.
6.1929: Completed (Neil Mackay, manager).
6.6.1929: Registered at Yarmouth (YH29).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
7.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on port duties (Hire rate £70.4.11d/month).
29.11.1939: Converted for minesweeping (P.No.FY.1504).
1942: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood management.
26.1.1946: Returned. Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
21.10.1953: Landed 301.25 crans of herring at Yarmouth after transferring 16 nets to UTOPIA (BF531) which contained 62 crans.
1953: Runner up in Prunier Trophy. (Throughout her career one of Yarmouth’s most successful herring catchers).
31.12.1954: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (William H. Kerr, manager).
8.3.1956: Registered at Yarmouth as DEELITE (YH29).
1958: Re-engined with 2 stroke 5-cyl 360bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester.
10.1971: Fishing off Irish Coast (Sk. Bill Phillips) suffered main engine failure. CONSTANT STAR (M133) fouled her propeller in attempting to connect. Subsequently towed to Milford by PICTON SEA LION (M22).
7.1973: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
23.7.1973: Sailed Milford for Briton Ferry in tow of WILLING BOYS (LT737).
10.9.1973: Breaking up completed. Yarmouth registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29
Picture courtesy The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29
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M.D/T. Deelite YH29
Picture courtesy of The Ashley Gardner Collection

Changelog
26/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
10/03/2015: Picture added.
23/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from images.

S.D/T. Leonard LT149 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Jan Harteveld, Barry Banham and Hans-J Heise

Technical

Official Number 149227
Yard Number: 901
Launched 1913
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 107
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 27.25m (89.4 ft)
Breadth: 6.04m (19.8 ft)
Depth: 2.83m (9.3 ft)
Built: Gebr. Boot Scheepsbouwwerf “De Hoop”, Leiderdorp
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Burgerhout’s Maschfb. Rotterdam

History

1913: Completed by Gebr. Boot Scheepsbouwwerf “De Hoop”, Leiderdorp, (Yd.No.901) for NV Zeevisscherij Mij. “Majestic”, IJmuiden as MAJESTIC.
19.8.1913: Registered at IJmuiden (IJM46). NV Visscherij Exploitatie Mij. “Witte Ster”, IJmuiden designated managers.
1917: L. J. Van der Weyden designated manager.
191?: New survey remeasured 111g 42n.
2.7.1918: Sold to Partenreederei Hofman & Co, Altona. Registered at Altona as EGON (SD78).
21.2.1920: Sold to NV Visscherij Mij. “Helegoland”, IJmuiden.
1922: New survey remeasured 115g 31n.
15.2.1922: Registered at IJmuiden as HELGA (IJM46).
23.2.1927: Sold to Stoomvissch Mij. “Helgoland”, IJmuiden.
1930: New survey remeasured 105g 45n 90.6 x 19.9 x 9.5 feet.
11.1.1930: Sold to Head & Wright Ltd, Lowestoft.
13.2.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (Part I & IV) as Leonard O.N.149227 (LT149). Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood. Sir Alec Black Bt managing agent.
9.11.1940: In a NNW gale and heavy seas put into Llandudno with fish room full of water. Lifeboat THOMAS & ANNIE WADE RICHARDS (Cox Trevor Davies) was
launched to take pump and fireman to ship.
10.11.1940: By 0645 pumped out, fish landed and other gear put on pier. Escorted by lifeboat, sailed for Bangor for repairs.
4.9.1941: Letter to owners from HM Customs & Excise, Fleetwood stating that Certificate of Registry had not been endorsed for the year and requesting that it be brought or forwarded without delay.
27.10.1941: In Irish Sea (Sk. G. E. Knights); nine crew all told. When hauling and lifting bag, mast broke with weight of fish.
15.11.1941: When hauling and lifting bag, mast broke again with weight of fish.
7.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 72 kits – cod/codling-19, whiting-16, plaice-1, roker-15, gurnard-12, dogs-3, sole & prime-6.
8.2.1946: Sold to Cranbrook Shipping Co Ltd, London. Leonard Frederick Milton designated manager.
10.1955: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
27.10.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for Bruges (Sk. Scarlett).
28.10.1955: Delivered.
4.11.1955: Lowestoft registry closed “ Sold to Belgian subjects for demolition”.

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S.T. Leonard LT149
Picture courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

Leonard HMC&E Letter
Picture courtesy of Barry Banham

Changelog

14/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
07/05/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
12/05/2018: Updated information.
18/05/2018: Updated information and added image.

S.T. Ocean Favourite YH239 (Seasonal)

Wartime visitor

Technical

Official Number: 135046
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 99
Net Tonnage: 34
Length: 88.7 ft
Breadth: 19.7 ft
Depth: 9.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Built: Beeching Bros Ltd, Gt Yarmouth, 1913
Owner: Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood

History

1913: Launched by Beeching Bros Ltd, Gt Yarmouth (Yd.No.) for Bloomfields Ltd, Gt Yarmouth as OCEAN FAVOURITE.
5.5.1913: Registered at Yarmouth (YH239).
5.1913: Completed at a cost of £3147 (James Bloomfield, manager).
9.1914: Requisitioned for war service and employed on patrol duties (Ad.No.245). Based Liverpool.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Gt. Yarmouth (Bloomfields Ltd, Gy. Yarmouth).
18.12.1923: Seining off Dogger Bank (Sk. Hewitt) struck by heavy seas sustaining considerable damage. Returned Yarmouth a day overdue.
13.10.1924: Landed estimated 300 crans at Yarmouth.
12.8.1937: In dense fog at mouth of River Tyne took onboard from Montrose steamer BELFORD (366grt/1920) crew of steam drifter WELCOME BOYS (LT11) which had been in collision with BELFORD and foundered. Landed survivors at North Shields.
1942: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood management. Landing at Fleetwood and occasionally at Ullapool.
1943. Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth.
1949: Sold for breaking up.
26.10.1949: Yarmouth registry closed. (Engine removed and fitted in HARRY EASTICK (YH278)).

Changelog
01/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.D/T. Ocean Dawn YH47 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 137608
Yard Number: 562
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Boiler: James Neilson & Son Ltd, Glasgow
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.562) ( “Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as WAVELET (Ad.No.4121).
5.2.1919: Forms for tender to purchase received by the Admiralty.
21.2.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
4.1919: Sold to George W. Green Ltd, Gt Yarmouth (James Bloomfield, manager).
15.4.1919: Registered at Yarmouth as OCEAN DAWN (YH47). (First Admiralty standard steam drifter registered at Yarmouth). Trawling from Yarmouth.
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay, Gt Yarmouth appointed manager.
30.7.1925: Sold to Bloomfields Ltd, Gt Yarmouth.
1928 season: At Yarmouth best landing 283 cran of herring.
1941: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood management. Trawling from Fleetwood during WW2.
28.9.1941: When some 9 miles SWbyS from Morecambe Bay Light Vessel, took off crew and connected to steam drifter MURIELLE (LT269) which had suffered an explosion from mine hauled in trawl. Commenced tow to Fleetwood, but started to settle and foundered 3 miles W by N of Blackpool Tower. All crew landed at Fleetwood.
17.7.1943: Typical wartime landing. 164 kits – hake-51, cod/codling-43, whiting-29, flats-7, roker-29, gurnard-2, dogs-3.
1946: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth.
19.11.1945: At Yarmouth landed 170 crans.
22.3.1946: In heavy weather some 36 miles off Yarmouth (Sk. Charles Johnson). In the morning sighted a small motor-cruiser in difficulties. Closed boat and found four youths in distress and took them onboard, but weather prevented taking the boat in tow. On arrival Yarmouth, boys transferred to hospital. (Boat had been stolen from Broadstairs by the boys who had been without food and water for four or five days).
4.11.1946: At Yarmouth landed 210 crans.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
5.10.1952: At Yarmouth landed 160 crans.
5.11.1953: At Yarmouth landed 160 crans.
14.11.1955: At Yarmouth landed 140 crans.
12.1955: Sold to Belgian shipbreakers for breaking up.
19.12.1955: Yarmouth registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Dawn YH47
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Ocean Dawn YH47
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

Changelog
01/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
13/06/2016: Information updated.
07/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
02/07/2021: Updated history.

The Bosun's Watch

Fleetwood Steam and Sailing Trawlers

Category Archives: Wartime Visitors

S.T. Joseph Duhamel H99

S.D/T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29 (Seasonal)

S.D/T. Leonard LT149 (Seasonal)

S.T. Ocean Favourite YH239 (Seasonal)

S.D/T. Ocean Dawn YH47 (Seasonal)