Additional information courtesy of Göran Olsson, Bill Blow and Douglas Paterson

Technical

Official Number: 96235
Yard Number: 16
Completed: 31 1891
Gross Tonnage: 149
Net Tonnage: 48
Length: 100.5 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston, Glasgow

History

31.10.1890: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.16) for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Grimsby as ZODIAC.
1.1891: Completed (John R. Mackrill, manager).
17.2.1892: Registered at Grimsby (GY286).
25.9.1900: Sold to A/S Zodiac, Brevik, Norway (Cornelius Röe, manager) en bloc with steam trawlers, GEMINI (GY885), PISCES (GY271), SAGITTARIUS (GY137), SCORPIO (GY136), TAURUS (GY883), and VIRGO (GY150). Continued to fish from Grimsby.
22.9.1900: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Brevik (No PLN for Norwegian ports before 1920).
6.1906: Sold to Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co, Grimsby (John R. Mackrill, manager) again en bloc with steam trawlers previously named.
27.6.1906: Registered at Grimsby (GY151).
16.3.1908: In North Sea, picked up crew of Lowestoft dandy MAGGIE MAY (97892) (LT371) (34g/1890) from boat having abandoned vessel in waterlogged condition when on delivery voyage from Lowestoft to Norway.
6.1908: Sold to Samuel J. Green & D. James, St. Dogmaels (Samuel J. Green managing owner).
10.1910: Out of Milford (Sk.Goffin), went to the assistance of steamer CITY OF BELFAST (1266grt/1898) disabled in Channel with broken propeller shaft. Connected but did not have sufficient power. Stood by until Fleetwood trawler arrived, connected and towed to Waterford, Co. Waterford.
30.3.1911: Offered for sale by auction at Milford but withdrawn at £630. Later sold to Alfred R. Morgan, Fleetwood (managing owner).
10.12.1911: Last landing at Milford.
12.1911: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1914: Tonnage altered to 75net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve. Renamed ZODIAC II (GY151).
8.1917: Sold to William Would, Grimsby (managing owner).
1918: New boiler fitted.
1919: Released. Reverted to ZODIAC (GY151).
4.1920: Sold to The Woodbury Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Harold A. Jeffries, manager).
1.1925: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (Sir John D. Marsden, Bart, manager).
12.1.1925: Grimsby registry closed.
14.1.1925: Registered at Lowestoft (LT173).
17.1.1925: Transferred to Lowestoft.
9.1927: Owners re-styled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (Sir John D. Marsden, Bart, manager).
1933: Sold for breaking up.
6.9.1933: Lowestoft registry closed “Broken up”.

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S.T. Zodiac GY151
Picture by Sankey courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

S.T. Zodiac GY151
Picture courtesy of Bill Blow

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
04/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
28/05/2021: Added an image.