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S.T. Edouard van Vlaenderen O262

Wartime Visitor

Technical

Official Number: 148415
Yard Number: 946
Completed: 1924
Gross Tonnage: 338
Net Tonnage: 137
Length: 138.8 ft
Breadth: 23.8 ft
Depth: 13.3 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

29.11.1924: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.946) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD WINTERTON.
15.1.1925: Registered at Hull (H130).
20.1.1925: Completed.
5.1938: Sold to Société Anonyme Armement Ostendais, Ostend.
28.5.1938: Hull registry closed “Sold to foreigners (Belgians) for trading”.
1938: Registered at Ostend as EDOUARD van VLAENDEREN (O262).
1938: Re measured 324Bgrt 113n.
6.1940: Escaped to England. Transferred to Belgian Economic Mission, London.
22.7.1940: Requisitioned for war service on miscellaneous Naval duties Fitted out as a Local Defence trawler (P.No.FY.1832).
31.12.1940: Sailed Belfast for Reykjavik (Sk. J. C. Ross RNR).
22.2.1941: Stranded off Ólofsfjördur, Iceland. Total loss. Ostend registry closed.

Changelog

04/11/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
19/05/2020: Updated information.

S.D/T. Kathleen LT673 (Seasonal)

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4143
Official Number: 139994
Yard Number: 10
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.55
Depth 9.3 ft
Engine: T. 3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Coatbridge
Boiler: Gt. Central Co-op Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby

History

1919: Launched by J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad (Yd.No.10) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as BREAKER (Ad. No. 4143.)
16.9.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
1919: Sold to Edward William Bird, Lowestoft.
10.10.1919: Sold to Head & Wright Ltd, Lowestoft (William J. Head, manager).
31.10.1919: Registered at Lowestoft as KATHLEEN (LT673).
1930s: Seasonal fishing from Padstow and Fleetwood (William J. Head, managing agent).
17.4.1931: At Padstow badly damaged when jammed under berth fendering.
25.5.1935: Off Irish coast, broke mainmast when hauling.
24.4.1938: In fog in Morecambe Bay suffered damage in collision with ASCONA (LT108).
23.8.1938: On Small’s ground damaged gallows after coming fast.
11.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (Hire rate £32.16.0d/month) (P.No.FY1828).
6.1940: Based Swansea (Sk. J. W. Chenery RNR). Renamed CLARIBEL.
15.6.1940: Strafed with machine gun fire by two German aircraft but returned safely.
1943: Harold Frank Weeks, Fleetwood appointed manager.
10.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
1945: Returned and reverted to KATHLEEN (LT673).
18.2.1946: Sold to Anglo Continental Fish Traders Ltd, Grimsby (Harry Franklin, manager).
4.3.1946: Lowestoft registry closed.
9.3.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY219).
1946: Sold to Norwegian owners. Registered at Haugesund as JOTNAFJELL.
1993: Sold to German owners.
12.09.2022: After conversion to a gaff-rigged cutter, still sailing under the name NOBILE, providing youth sailing trips during summer months.

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S.D/T. Kathleen LT673

S.D/T. Kathleen LT673
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Kathleen LT673

S.D/T. Kathleen LT673
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

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Changelog
08/10/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
01/07/2016: Picture added.
05/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
12/09/2022: Updated history.
25/09/2022: Added an image.

S.D/T. S.D.J. LT1187

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham
Wartime visitor

Technical

Official Number: 132971
Yard Number: 376
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 100
Net Tonnage: 36
Length: 87.3 ft
Breadth: 18.4 ft
Depth: 9.0 ft
Built: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliott & Garrood, Beccles

History

1912: Launched by John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.376) for James Smith, Lowestoft as S.D.J.
8.1912: Completed (James Smith, managing owner).
28.8.1912: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1187).
9.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (1-6pdr HA, 1-2pdr) (Ad.No.1857). Based Dover.
Post
12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (James Smith, Lowestoft).
17.8.1922: James Smith died.
22.12.1922: James Smith & Stephen James Smith, Lowestoft- joint owners (James Smith, manager).
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Padstow & Fleetwood.
Pre 1943-1945: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
1.6.1943: Typical wartime landing. 49 kits – cod-12, whiting-5, flats-5, roker-13, dogs-13, sole & prime-1 – ten days.
11-12.5.1947: Missing in North Sea presumed mined; debris later found. Nine crew lost *.
4.6.1947: Lowestoft registry closed.

Lost * – Sk, F. S. Church, A. W. Ames, L. C. Church, R. J. Gooding, W. H. Harman, W. Hart, A. E. Long, C. F. Mobbs, J. E. Winfield.

S.D/T S.D.J. LT1187

S.D/T S.D.J. LT1187
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S.D/T. S.D.J. LT1187

S.D/T. S.D.J. LT1187
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Changelog

30/09/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
01/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
28/07/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Wivenhoe – LT336 (Seasonal)

Additional information by Barry Banham
Seasonal and wartime visitor

Technical

Official Number: 135784
Yard Number: 383
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 100
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 86.0
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9.0 ft
Built: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliott & Garrood Ltd, Beccles

History

1913: Launched by John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.393) for Waveney Steam Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as WIVENHOE.
12.1913: Completed (Arthur Gouldby, Kessingland, manager).
10.1.1914: Registered at Lowestoft (LT336).
9.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1868). Based Aegean Sea.
1919: Returned to owner.
1920/1930s: Seasonal fishing from Padstow and Fleetwood (New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, managing agents).
27.6.1928: Typical landing at Fleetwood, 50 boxes.
18.7.1935: Arrived Fleetwood with drifter/trawler RIG (R139) in tow having been picked up disabled with boiler trouble.
26.1.1937: Sold to P. W. Watson & Sons Ltd, Lowestoft (Alan Howard Watson, Beccles, manager).
19.5.1937: Registered at Lowestoft as COAST BREEZE (LT336).
Pre 1943-1945: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
29.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 69 kits – cod/codling-2, whiting-51, flats-8, roker-6, gurnard-1, sole & prime-2.
31.5.1944: Sold to The Breeze Co (Lowestoft) Ltd, Lowestoft (Alan Howard Watson, Beccles, manager).
9.1957: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
4.10.1957: Sailed Lowestoft for Bruges (Sk. Scarlett).
6.10.1957: Delivered Bruges.
22.11.1957: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T Coast Breeze LT336

S.D/T Coast Breeze LT336
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S.D/T. Coast Breeze LT336

S.D/T. Coast Breeze LT336
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S.D/T. Coast Breeze LT336

S.D/T. Coast Breeze LT336
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
29/09/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
09/07/2016: Picture added.
30/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
16/08/2021: Updated history.
11/10/2021: Added image.

S.D/T. Marshal Pak LT200

Wartime visitor
Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham and Ian Wilson

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3919
Official Number: 148141
Yard Number: 58
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 32
Length: 85.8 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (Engine No.129)
Boiler: William Simons & Co Ltd, Renfrew
Built: J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1918: Launched by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.58) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as LULL (Ad.No.3919).
5.4.1918: Ran trials.
6.4.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-6pdr).
9.4.1918: Delivered and commissioned.
1921: De-commissioned. Laid up at Portsmouth. Armament removed.
17.6.1922: Sold to Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland for £2,000.
27.6.1922: Arrived Belfast for conversion to a tender at a cost of £1,000. (Not registered under Merchant Shipping Act as regarded as Government ship).
7.7.1922 : Commissioned as a tender (John Kelly Ltd, managers) to hulk ARGENTA (3343/1919) moored in Belfast Lough as a holding unit for Republican internees.
8.1922: ARGENTA moved to Larne Lough. Tender duties four times daily to Larne Harbour.
24.2.1924: Transferred to Ministry of Finance, Northern Ireland on ending of role of ARGENTA.
5.1924: Sold to Wallace Orchard & A. Tempest, Belfast (Wallace Orchard managing owner) for £750 with special conditions of sale to promote Sea Fishery industry in Northern Ireland and employ local men.
7.1924: At Belfast. Refurbished, Special Survey and re classed as a Fishing Vessel at a cost of £696.
28.6.1924: Carried out fishing trials.
7.8.1924: Registered at Belfast (B38).
1924-1925: Hired by Caister/Yarmouth persons for autumn herring seasons (Sk. Honks Brown, Caister).
1926: Owners sought release from commitment due to losses of £1,500. Repossessed by Northern Ireland Government.
1926: Sold to Kilkeel owners for £2,850.
6.1926: Sold to John Murray, Buckie & Others (John Murray, managing owner). Belfast registry closed. Registered at Buckie as EUNELMA (BCK438).
1931: Sold to Alexander Morgan, Peterhead (managing owner). Buckie registry closed.
Registered at Peterhead (PD102).
1932: Registered at Peterhead as MYRTLE LEAF (PD102).
1.1934: Hired by Fishery Board for Scotland as an auxiliary fishery cruiser to detect illegal inshore trawling.
3.1937: Sold to Arthur Vere Harvey, London.
3.1937: Peterhead registry closed.
8.3.1937: Registered at Lowestoft (LT200).
26.7.1937: Sold to Suffolk Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Arthur William Harvey, manager).
26.7.1937: Registered at Lowestoft as MARSHAL PAK (LT200).
1941-1945: Fishing from Fleetwood.
21.1.1941: Off Irish coast developed leak, contained and returned to Fleetwood.
22.11.1941: Damaged gallows when gear came fast.
2.1.1942: At Fleetwood damaged gallows after striking projecting bar at berth.
29.1.1942: Damaged gallows when gear came fast.
21.12.1942: Damaged propeller shaft when gear fouled propeller.
10.2.1943: Damaged bollards when gear came fast.
23.7.1943: Typical landing. 132 kit – hake-41, cod/codling-24, whiting-28, flats-8, ling/coley-4, roker-12, gurnard-1, dogs-8.
5.3.1944: In Morecambe Bay broke foremast.
21.3.1945: When hauling winch shaft fractured.
14.4.1946: Damaged propeller shaft.
22.6.1948: Damaged following collision with steam drifter PÊCHEUR (LT228).
2.1949: Landing at Milford (William Henry Kerr, manager).
4.8.1950: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (William Henry Kerr, manager).
7.1952: Last landing at Milford.
12.1955: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd, Charlestown, Fife for breaking up (Contract No.94D).
3.1.1956: Sailed Lowestoft for Firth of Forth.
5.1.1956: Delivered Charlestown.
1.1956: Breaking up commenced.
12.6.1957: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Lull B38

S.D/T. Lull B38
Picture courtesy The Ian Wilson Collection

S.D/T. Marshal Pak LT200

S.D/T. Marshal Pak LT200
From The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection courtesy of The George Scales Collection

Changelog
19/09/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
24/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
08/06/2021: Updated history.