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


Copyright 2010 Barry Banham

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

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

S.D/T. Ocean Dawn YH47

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.

S.D/T. Jane Wright PL97

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3879
Official Number: 146041
Yard Number: 444
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Built: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by Wm. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow

History

11.6.1918: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.444) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as DAWN (Ad.No.3879).
7.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (W/T).
13.11.1919: Transferred to Fishery Board for Scotland for disposal.
1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as EXPANSE O.N.146041.
1920: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, Lowestoft and fishing commercially.
1920: Reverted to DAWN.
3.1.1920: Registered at Lowestoft (LT732).
16.7.1921: Lowestoft registry closed “At request of Admiralty”.
01.1922: Sold to Thomas W. Dixon, Whitehaven & John Shippen, Peel, IoM (Thomas W. Dixon, managing owner).
01.1922: Registered at Whitehaven as JANE WRIGHT (WA10 or WA14).
7.9.1922: Whitehaven registry closed.
8.9.1922: Registered at Peel (PL7). Landing at Fleetwood.
1927: Sold to Victorian Fisheries Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Vic (Thomas McDowell, manager).
8.1927: Sailed Fleetwood for Melbourne.
1927: Sold to Charles Caminiti (C. Cam & Sons), Sydney, NSW.
15.11.1927: Peel registry closed.
11.1927: Registered at Sydney, NSW as CAMRO (??).
1933: Laid up at Sydney.
1934: Company reconstituted as C. Cam & Sons Ltd, Sydney, NSW.
22.3.1939: Scuttled in the ‘Disposal Area’ off Sydney, NSW after removal of non ferrous metals and other re-usable parts.

Changelog

24/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
17/02/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.D/T Honora Evelyn FD165

Additional Information courtesy of Ian Wilson

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3870
Official Number: 162066
Yard Number: 54
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 100
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 87.7 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co, Gt. Yarmouth
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Lowestoft

History

1918: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.54) (wooden “Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as SILHOUETTE (Ad.No.3870).
3.8.1918: Completed (1 – 6pdr).
3.1931: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
8.7.1931: Renamed HONORA EVELYN (FD165).
1937: Sold to J. Bier & Son (Iron & Steel) Ltd, London for use on salvage work.
23.9.1937: Attending the wreck of the Fleetwood steam trawler DINAS (FD63) which stranded on 4.12.1936 at Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal and became a total loss. Reported stranded on rocks inside Dunfanaghy Bar, attempts to refloat failed and now submerged.
27.9.1937: Completely submerged and considered a complete wreck.
30.10.1937: Fleetwood registry closed “Total loss”.

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HMD Silhouette

HMD Silhouette
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Changelog
22/08/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
04/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.D. Golden View FR44

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3988
Official Number: 146481
Yard Number: 92
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 35
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.1 ft
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Boiler: Edwin Dank & Co Ltd, Oldbury

History

18.10.1918: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad (Yd.No.92) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as NODE (Ad.No.3988).
1918: Completed.
1922: Sold to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
16.6.1922: Registered at Hull as TIGER’s EYE O.N.146481 (H577). Walter Scott designated manager.
1924: Sold to William J. Allan and William Lambert, Grimsby.
24.9.1924: Hull registry closed.
26.9.1924: Registered at Grimsby (GY60). Harold A. Jeffries designated manager.
30.6.1928: At Fleetwood landed 100 boxes – 60 boxes hake and 40 boxes mixed fish.
1931: Sold to Arthur Duthie & Co Ltd, James Flett, James Smith & W. Cormack, Lossiemouth.
12.5.1931: Grimsby registry closed.
5.1931: Registered at Inverness as LOSSIE (INS125). James Flett, Lossiemouth designated managing owner.
1934: Sold to Arthur Duthie & Co Ltd, Lossiemouth & Charles Summers, John Tait, John Hay, Robert B. Stephen & George Walker, Fraserburgh. Inverness registry closed. Registered at Fraserburgh as GOLDEN VIEW (FR44). Charles Summers, designated managing owner.
1937-1938: Seasonal white fish lining from Fleetwood.
Pre 1939: Sold to Charles Summers & George Walker (c/o G. Walker & Sons), Fraserburgh. Charles Summers designated managing owner.
10.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.745) (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
4.1943: Employed on miscellaneous naval duties.
1945: Sold to Fred. Parkes, North Shore, Blackpool.
11.3.1946: Laid up pending return.
3.1946: Returned to owner. Laid up not restored.
1948: Sold to Robert Reid, Peterhead & Albert Johnston, Dufftown. Registered at Peterhead (PD23).
1954: Sold for breaking up. Peterhead registry closed.

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S.D/L. Golden View PD23

S.D/L. Golden View PD23
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Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
22/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
06/12/2020: Updated history.

S.D. Flush FD43

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4504
Official Number: 137658
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 87.4 ft
Breadth: 19.6 ft
Depth: 9.6 ft
Built: W. Wood & Son, Lossiemouth
Engine: T.3-cyl by Cooper & Greig, Dundee
Boiler: John Lewis & Sons Ltd, Torry, Aberdeen

History

1919: Launched by W. Wood & Son, Lossiemouth (Yd.No.)(wooden “Admiralty Drifter”) for The Admiralty as FLUSH (Ad.No.4504).
12.3.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
29.4.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal. Laid up at Dundee.
1921: Sold to David Main, Isaac Ralph, David Ralph & Mrs Ralph, Nairn (David Main, managing owner) (asking £4,800) for £3,600 under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen).. Registered at Inverness O.N.137658 (INS177).
By 1937: Owned by David Main, Nairn (Peter F. Lander, manager (Bank of Scotland)).
12.1937: Sold to H. Gowans, St. Monance. Registered at Kircaldy (KY184).
1938: Owner Mrs Mary Gowans, St. Monance (c/o W. Aitken & Son).
1940: Requisitioned for war service as a barrage balloon vessel (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
1945: Returned to owner.
1945: Sold to Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys & others (B. A. Parkes, managing owner).
1949: Sold to William J. Taylor, Fleetwood. Registered at Fleetwood (FD43).
1952: Sold to Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys.
1952: Sold for breaking up.

Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
07/09/2020: Updated information.