Technical

Admiralty Number: 4402
Official Number: 141953
Yard Number: 418
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 290
Net Tonnage: 127
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

18.6.1919: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.418) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as GEORGE ADGELL (Ad.No.4402).
31.1.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
2.1920: Sold to Henry Blackburn, Fleetwood.
5.2.1920: Registered at Fleetwood (Part I & Part IV) O.N.141953 (FD368).
17.2.1920: Sold to Blackburn Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood. Henry Blackburn designated manager.
28.5.1928: At Fleetwood landed a 5ft sturgeon caught on the West of Scotland grounds.
15.3.1930: Off Northern Ireland coast (Sk. Dilver Collinson), fireman, John Ronson of Fleetwood was swept overboard and drowned.
10.9.1935: Sold to Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys & Walter Holmes, Fleetwood.
5.12.1935: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes & Walter Holmes). Basil A. Parkes designated manager.
14.3.1939: Sold to The Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Basil A. Parkes designated manager.
11.6.1940: At Hull last landing before requisitioning. Iceland trip, 18 days – 1.071kits £2,410 gross.
12.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No.FY1926) (Hire rate £94.5.0d/month).
9.1941: Fitted out for minesweeping (P.No. FY.1926).
1.1942: Based Ipswich with M/S & Patrol Group 79.
14.2.1946: Sold to Joseph L. Yolland, John Yolland & Thomas S. Yolland, Milford Haven.
8.7.1946: Sold to Yolland Brothers Ltd, Milford Haven (John T. Leslie & T. Stuart Yolland). J. Yolland designated manager.
17.1.1946: Returned to owner after restoration and survey at Aberdeen.
10.7.1948: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £13,086.
30.6.1953: Last landing at Fleetwood.
1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
3.7.1953: Delivered Preston.
9.7.1953: Fleetwood registry closed. (CHR states “Closed 19.3.1955” suspect on repayment of a mortgage)

The Following information kindly provided by Patricia Bailey

ARTICLE FROM THE FLEETWOOD CHRONICLE, FYLDE NEWS

THE CRY IN THE NIGHT.

FLEETWOOD MAN’S DISAPPEARANCE

Mysterious Fall Overboard

A graphic account of the loss of a member of the crew of the Fleetwood steam trawler, George Adgell, belonging to Messrs Blackburn Trawlers, Ltd., was given when the vessel arrived at Fleetwood yesterday.

Leaving Fleetwood on March 14th for the Rockall, Atlantic fishing grounds, the trawler had proceeded as far as Innistrahull, off Northern Ireland, when at 4.15 the following morning, a cry of “Man overboard” was raised. In spite of a search, lasting till daylight, no trace of the missing man was found. The victim was John Ronson, aged 37, of 6 Avon Green, Fleetwood, who was a fireman on the vessel.

Interviewed by a “Fleetwood Chronicle” reported, Mr Richard Wright of Sagar Terrace, Fleetwood, deck hand, said that he was the last to see Ronson.

“Over the Side”

“The skipper, Mr Dilver Collinson, had just gone below to his bunk, and I was on watch” he said. “Suddenly I saw the legs and feet of a man disappearing over the side.

“The alarm was raised, and the skipper was on the bridge in a few seconds. The weather was calm at the time, and there was no swell on the sea.

“Although it was dark, we had all our deck lights on. We did not hear any cry from Ronson, and never saw him again. How he came to fall overboard is a mystery, and he must have been stunned by something.

“At the time he was very near the ash lift and was dumping ashes over the side. We cruised about for two hours without seeing anything of him.”

Ronson leaves a widow and six children, the eldest of whom is only 11 years of age.

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16/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
02/11/2020: Updated information.
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