Technical

Official Number: 113588
Yard Number: 281
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 164
Net Tonnage: 57
Length: 105 ft
Breadth: 21 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Engine: 40nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

10.11.1900: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.281) for The Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as ENDYMION. 30.11.1900: Registered at Hull (H519).
12.1900: Completed. William R. Nowell designated manager.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
24.8.1918: Sold to Alliance Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
26.10.1918: Sold to Richard F. Scotter, & Richard Cammish, Filey. John Jones, Filey designated manager.
1919: Released.
7.7.1920: Sold to Endymion Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Scarborough. John Jones, Filey designated manager.
28.2.1925: Sold to Joseph A. Taylor & John Wm. Richardson, Fleetwood. Harold Taylor designated manager.
23.9.1925: Hull registry closed.
25.9.1925: Registered at Fleetwood (FD62).
16.2.1926: Sold to Bay Steam Trawlers (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood. Joseph A. & Harold Taylor designated joint managers.
22.9.1927: On afternoon tide arrived Fleetwood with steam trawler VICTORIAN (GY1189) in tow picked up off Lune light, having steamed 80 miles from fishing grounds after trawl gear fouled propeller and carried away two blades.
28.11.1929: Sold to Arthur M. Goldsmith, Blackpool. Arthur M. Goldsmith designated managing owner.
11.11.1930: At Bangor Magistrates Court, Sk. William Gregson was fined £10 for illegal trawling off the Welsh coast and £15 for not displaying a fishing signal. Gregson in his defence told the Bench that he had never been informed of the limits and they were not marked on the Admiralty chart. The Bench thought that the Lancashire & Western Sea Fisheries Board should supply marked charts to skippers.
1933: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Preston.
27.7.1933: Under tow from Fleetwood to Preston in rough weather parted tow and grounded south of Southport Pier. Subsequent tides pushed her on to the Horse Bank. Attempts to refloat failed and abandoned on the back end of the Horse Bank.
3.12.1934: Fleetwood registry closed “Stranded on voyage to be broken up”.
1940-45: Used as target practice by Ainsdale Beach Gunnery Range.

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S.T. Endymion FD62
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

S.T. Endymion FD62
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S.T. Endymion FD62
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S.T. Endymion FD62
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Changelog
10/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
05/03/2020: Updated information.