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S.T. Pasages FD119

Technical

Official Number: 148221
Yard Number: 60
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 271
Net Tonnage: 123
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Dominion Shipbuilding Co Ltd (Thor Iron Works), Toronto
Engine: 480ihphp T.3-cyl by National Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Goderich, Ontario

History

1916: Ordered by The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) (Canadian “Castle” – “T.R.” class) from Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ontario (Yd.No.60) and subcontracted to Dominion Shipbuilding Co Ltd (Thor Iron Works), Toronto.
1917: Launched as TR.14.
10.6.1918: Completed (1-12pdr).
7.1.1919: Paid off and laid up.
1920: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain D. J. Munro as agent) to bring drifters with trawlers as escorts to UK for lay-up in Muirtown Basin, Caledonian Canal, Inverness prior to sale and possible refit for classification as steam trawlers (The Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd letter dated 12 April 1920).
1921: Brought over at The Admiralty’s expense.
1.1926: Still laid up.
2.1926: Rejected offer for all remaining trawlers at £2,000 each (B. Allenby, Aberdeen letter dated 10 Feb 1926).
8.1926: Sold “as is” to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (Basil A. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
16.9.1926: Registered at Fleetwood as PASAGES (FD119).
1926: Transferred to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
11.1927: Load line assigned to enable cargoes of herring to be carried.
3.12.1931: Homeward with herring (300 kits) from NW coast of Ireland (Sk.J. James); eleven crew. Approaching Isle of Man in severe weather conditions with driving rain and heavy seas. At slow ahead ran ashore at 6.00 am.on sand at Jurby Head, Isle of Man; crew rescued by Ramsey Rocket Corps after Norman Platt, the cook, swam ashore with a line. Vessel sustained bottom damage and embedded in sand.
31.8.1932: Fleetwood registry closed “Total loss”.

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S.T. Pasages FD119
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S.T. Pasages FD119
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S.T. Pasages FD119
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S.T. Pasages FD119
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S.T. Pasages FD119
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S.T. Pasages FD119
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S.T. Pasages FD119
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Changelog
25/04/14: Picture 6 added.
26/04/14: Information updated.
11/08.2015: 4 pictures added.
01/05/2016: Added video of the wreck.
30/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. Flying Admiral H66

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson and Andy Hall

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3651
Official Number: 144506
Yard Number: 186
Completed: 1917
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 106
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Built: C. Rennoldson & Co Ltd, South Shields
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Shields Engineering & Dry Docks Co Ltd, North Shields

History

9.7.1917: Launched by C. Rennoldson & Co Ltd, South Shields (Yd.No.186) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN BULLOCK (Ad.No.3651).
1.9.1917: Completed as an armed trawler/minesweeper (1-12pdr).
1.7.1918: Sailed Devonport for Falmouth.
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
13.4.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) as John Bullock O.N.144506 (LO345).
5.1920: At John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd, Woolston fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and on completion classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Southampton. Laid up.
13.8.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
10.1921: Sold to Société Anonyme Armement Ostendais, Ostend.
1921: Remeasured – Belgian 186g 66n 125.5 x 23.5 x 12.7 feet.
1.11.1921: London registry closed.
11.1921: Registered at Ostend as FILIEP COENEN (O157).
22.2.1939: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull following docking and survey at Ostend.
2.1939: Remeasured – 274.56g 106.21n 125.3 x 23.2 x 12.6 feet.
3.1939: Ostend registry closed.
9.3.1939: Registered at Hull as FLYING ADMIRAL (H66) (BoT Minute RG1065/1939 dated 16.2.1939).
9.3.1939: Basil Arthur Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde designated manager.
1939: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
5.4.1939: First landing at Fleetwood, 786 boxes grossed £926.
9.3.1940: Fishing 12 miles NW of Tory Island, Co. Donegal in company with ALVIS (H52); JOHN MORRICE (A786); PELAGOS (GN55) and SEDOCK (SN12) and reported with the Irish trawler LEUKOS (D86) also in the vicinity. Group approached by U-boat (U.38) which fired a single round at a trawler, hitting her in the engineroom and she subsequently sank. Although no conclusive evidence confirms, the trawler probably was the LEUKOS; all eleven crew lost*.
Pre 4.1940: Employed on Fishery Protection (WA/Fort William/Fleetwood).
30.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (Hire rate £80.4.2d/month).
6.1941: At Fleetwood to be released.
31.12.1941: Returned to owner at Fleetwood. Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, managing agents.
28.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 850 kits – hake-550, ling/coley-300.
3.3.1945: Sold to Hull Merchants Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Hull.
15.3.1945: Thomas Hudson designated manager.
8.11.1945: Registered at Hull as BENGHAZI (H66) (MoWT Minute RG 1062/1945 dated 6.11.1945). 11.1945: Insured value £20,000; for 1946 proposed same.
9.11.1945: Sailed Hull for North Sea grounds (Sk. G. Cooper).
21.11.1945: At Hull landed 754 kits, £2041 gross.
27.12.1946: Sailed Hull for Faroe grounds (Sk. Fred Dale); sixteen crew all told.
30.12.1946: At about 2.00am in position 120 miles NNW of Dennis Head, North Ronaldsay, hit unidentified object and leaking. Wick radio in contact following message “ … Bailing with buckets, require assistance; proceeding Faroes on course NW by N; require someone to stand by. “ At 3.30am. informed Wick radio that he had no pumps working and had 80miles to run to reach Faroes. At 4.30am Thorshavn radio stated that HnoMS HOLGERDANSKE had left Skala Fjord, Faroes and was proceeding at 17knots to stand by; ETA 11.00am. At 5.00pm. entered Skala Fjord and berthed at Thorshavn.
20.1.1947: At Hull landed 81 kits, £287 gross from broken trip.
31.1.1947: Sailed Hull for Faroe grounds, last trip before sale (Sk. Sydney Cousins).
4.2.1947: Sold to Stanley Sanger (64/64), Plymouth.
17.2.1947: At Hull landed 441 kits, £790 gross.
28.2.1947: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Bowmaker Ltd, Lansdowne, Bournemouth (A).
6.3.1947: Stanley Sanger designated managing owner. Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood, managing agents.
31.3.1947: Sailed Fleetwood for Icelandic grounds (Sk. John Anderton); sixteen crew+ all told.
23.4.1947: Returning from Iceland grounds after a trip plagued by bad weather causing damage to structure and loss of one boat and with a catch of just over 500 boxes, put into Oban to replenish bunkers/stores. At 10.45pm. sailed for Fleetwood in good weather.
24.4.1947: In the early hours running through Firth of Lorne, caught by northwest gale (gusting 70mph) and in heavy rain and poor visibility, struck rocks off Eilean Dubh Beag (little Black Isle) and came fast with waves sweeping across the decks as she fell on her beam ends. Distress call made and in response Tobermory lifeboat launched at 1.30am. Twelve crew + abandoned in remaining boat (some reports state that a ‘passenger’ was onboard making thirteen in the boat, but this cannot be verified). In the boat the plug (bung) was missing and boat started to fill with water, ingress stemmed by 2nd Eng. Charles Bevan with his hand and laying in the bottom of the boat. On reaching shore on the west side of the island of Luing, despite all efforts, Bevan died from hypothermia; survivors walked across to Toberonochy. Four men, Skipper, Mate, Bosun and deckhand Francis (Frank) Duncan remained onboard with distress calls continuing to be made, but in the pitch black night and the ship bumping about and being swept by heavy seas, Duncan disappeared; he was presumed drowned. Sometime later vessel floated clear and righted herself only to fetch up on the rocks on west side of Fladda Island, Luing Sound and the three men were able to scramble ashore and make their way to the lighthouse; later taken off by the Tobermory lifeboat. All survivors subsequently taken and landed at Oban.
25.4.1947: With the hope of getting her off, a salvage tug was despatched from the Clyde.
26.4.1947: In a further gale, vessel slipped off rocks and sank. Declared a Total Loss.
14.5.1947: Mortgage (A) discharged.
9.8.1947: Hull registry closed. “Vessel sunk in the Firth of Lorne on 23rd April 1947 and accepted as a total loss … “

(Crew + – All Fleetwood unless stated. Sk. John Anderton; Charles F. Whiteside, Mate; Thomas Anderton, Bosun; H. Clark, Ch Eng; Charles H. Bevan, 2nd Eng; J. Barber, W. Gladwell, H. Hewitt, Frank Duncan, A. Roberts, Gorton, R. Rawlinson, Liverpool, H. Bailey Manchester, deckhands; J. Swinger, Hull and G. S. King, Liverpool, firemen; A. Skeggs, Grimsby, cook; R. G. Dunn, Liverpool, assist cook.)

(LEUKOS Lost* – Sk. James P. Thomason (28), Fleetwood & Dublin; William Donnelly, Blackpool, Mate; P. J. Scanlon, Cleethorpes, Bosun; Alexander McLeod, Stornoway, Ch Eng; Bernard Smith (23), Dublin, 2nd Eng; Thomas Mulligan, Fleetwood & Dublin & Anthony Pill, Fleetwood & Dublin, deckhands; Michael Cullen (17), Dublin, fireman; Patricio McCarthy (42) Dublin, cook; James Hawkins (17) Fleetwood & Dublin & Robert Sumler (16), Fleetwood & Dublin, apprentices.)

(John Bullock, Private, Marine, age 28, b. Tenbury, Herefordshire – VICTORY (ML143))

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S.T. Benghazi H66
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Notes : Twelve crew scrambled aboard the lifeboat but a bung was missing. Mr Bevan decided there was no time to look for the missing bung, and fearful the vessel was about to sink, he put his hand in the hole to stem the icy water.
It was decided to push off and for two hours they pulled for safety in atrocious conditions. All the time Mr Bevan kept his hands over the open bung hole and was lying in the water at the bottom of the boat.
The crew said later, “I doubt if we would have reached the shore if it had not been for Charlie. He never grumbled after we reached land and we tried to keep him warm with our clothing. But the ordeal had been too much and he died.”
The men had landed less than a mile from a village but were not aware of this until they staggered among the houses some four hours later.
Four men – Skipper Anderton, his brother Tom, the bosun, mate Charles Whiteside and deckhand Frank Duncan stayed aboard the trawler. But in the pitch black with the ship bumping about and being swept by heavy seas Mr Duncan disappeared. He was presumed drowned.

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Charlie Bevan

S.T. Flying Admiral H66

Changelog
28/01/2009: Page published. 3 revisions since then.
24/09/2014: Tidied page up.
27/11/2015: Added information.
14/08/2017: Removed FMHT watermark.
15/08/2017: Information updated.
17/08/2017: Information updated.
18/08/2017: Added further information and an image.
24/08/2017: Further information update.
12/09/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Evelyn Rose GY9

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3831
Official Number: 143857
Yard Number: 838
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 325
Net Tonnage: 130
Length: 138.3 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

1918: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.838) (“Mersey” Class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM JACKSON (Ad.No.3831).
27.4.1918: Completed as an A/S trawler (1-12pdr, hydrophone and W/T).
29.3.1918: Accepted.
20.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as WILLIAM JACKSON O.N.143857. Engaged in commercial trawling.
20.01.1920: Landed at Milford.
03.02.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO293).
By 18.06.1920: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London.
1920: Allocated to the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
By 18.09.1920: Returned to The Admiralty. Laid up.
6.1921: Sold to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. John McCann & Edward Cartwright designated managers.
11.6.1921: London registry closed. Cochrane & Sons Ltd contracted to refurbish as a fishing trawler, allocated yard No.754.
7.1921: Converted to a fishing vessel by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.754) – 327g.
5.7.1921: Registered at Hull (H288).
18.8.1921: Registered at Hull as LORD BYNG (H288).
24.1.1929: Sold to The Bunch Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
29.1.1929: Walter Crampin designated manager.
28.1.1929: Hull registry closed.
29.1.1929: Registered at Grimsby (GY9). Fitted for lining to pursue the Greenland halibut fishery.
16.10.1930: Herbert G. Crampin designated manager.
18.9.1935: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
18.5.1936: Mortgage (A) discharged.
19.5.1936: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
26.5.1936: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
13.6.1936: First landing at Fleetwood 337 boxes £546 gross. First box of fish sold to J. Noble for £3.2.0d.
28.7.1936: Registered at Grimsby as EVELYN ROSE (GY9) (BoT Minute RG No.1305/1936 dated 29.7.1936). Operating out of East Coast ports.
1939: Transferred to Fleetwood.
27.11.1939: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (B). Pre 4.1940: Employed on Fishery Protection (WAS/Fort William/Fleetwood) (1-12pdr HA, 4 Lewis guns).
26.5.1940: Landed at Fleetwood from an Icelandic trip (Sk. Arthur Lewis). At 6.57pm. ‘Operation Dynamo’ (Dunkirk evacuation) put into effect. Coaled and provisioned.
27.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service (Hire rate £98.2.0d/month) (Ty/Sk. Arthur John Lewis RNR). Fleetwood Flotilla sailed North End, Fleetwood for English Channel with GAVA as Leader (Ty/Sk. F. Day RNR. Senior Officer Fleetwood Flotilla, P/Ty/Lieut. Francis Joseph Jordan RNR), in company with DHOON (FD438), EDWINA (FD205)(Ty/Sk. Percy Bedford RNR), JACINTA (FD235) (Ty/Sk. Jim Bettess RNR – mate) and VELIA (FD49) (Ty/Sk. John Clarkson RNR).
30.5.1940: Arrived Dover.
31.5.1940: At 0730 sailed for Ramsgate, entering harbour at 0910. At 2030 moved to anchor outside.
1.6.1940: At 0725 sailed Ramsgate for Dunkirk. Attacked by enemy aircraft all the way; returned fire. Arrived Dunkirk at 1125, embarked 130 troops. With Fleetwood Flotilla, cleared harbour at 1230 bound Ramsgate. Struck a wreck and lost one propeller blade. At 1400 concentrated enemy air attack. Aircraft returned at 1430, badly damaged by air attack. On arrival at Ramsgate 1900, beached. Troops landed. Temporary repair, refloated and ordered to Tilbury for repairs and fitted out for auxiliary patrol duties (P.No.4.136). Crew signed a three month contract under T.124 articles as civilians employed to serve alongside the Royal Navy in Naval uniform as members of Naval Auxiliary Personnel subject to Naval discipline.
7.6.1940: Ty/Sk. J. Nicholson RNR appointed CO. On completion of repairs commenced 3 day patrols in the English Channel as part of ‘invasion’ defence.
5.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper. Ty/Sk. Charles Victor Spall RNR appointed CO.
4.7.1942: Ty/Sk. Alfred Louis Blowers RNR appointed CO.
15.11.1942: Mortgage (B) discharged.
7.1945: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
7.8.1945: Sold to The Cevic Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
13.8.1945: Richard Neave designated manager.
23.12.1948: Returned to Fleetwood (Sk. J. Chard) and reported that on the Iceland grounds making water in the coal bunker. Temporary repairs were carried out and left for home, experiencing gale force winds and heavy seas on passage. Repaired and returned to service.
22.11.1949: Homeward from an Icelandic trip (Sk. James Pegler); twenty crew all told*. Stranded in darkness, heavy seas and rain while on passage through the Sound of Islay.
23.11.1949: Twelve crew members taken off by Port Askaig lifeboat which returned to standby. Insurance Surveyor H. T. Chapman attended. Concrete poured into vessel in early forenoon but could not seal the hull.
24.11.1949: Part catch discharged to CEVIC (FD7) for shipment to Fleetwood along with eight crew men**.
26.11.1949: Part catch landed (£780 gross).
1.12.1949: Refloated by Liverpool & Glasgow Salvage Association vessel Ranger (408grt/1880) and berthed at Port Askaig Pier.
3.12.1949: Returned to Fleetwood.
4.12.1949: In Wyre Dock found to be making water but high winds prevented tug putting her on slip; pumps activated.
5.12.1949: Placed on slipway and hole discovered in shell plating port side forward.
6.12.1949: Placed on grid for repair.
2.1950: Repairs completed and returned to fishing.
30.12.1954: Early morning sailed Fleetwood for Faroe fishing grounds (Sk. William Dawson); fourteen crew all told.
31.12.1954: At 12.30 am. with the Bosun on watch, Skipper and a lookout in the wheelhouse, stranded about 15 yds from Ardtornish Light, Morven while in transit through the Sound of Mull in southerly wind, fresh breeze, good visibility. Observed by the Mate that she had rode up forward which lowered the stern and she was taking in water aft. While attempting to launch the boat and the Skipper trying to contact Oban Radio Station, the trawler slipped off the rocks and foundered quickly. The two survivors*** were thrown into the water, the mate using two fish baskets swam to the shore and met the deckhand. Seeing no other survivors on the shore, the pair set off to summon help and walked barefoot five miles round the head of Lochaline to Ardtornish estate office. Mr S. Henry, the factor, informed the police and organised a search party but in the darkness there was no sign of the ship or any survivors. In daylight the body of the fireman was discovered and that of the deckhand a little later. Both survivors and the two bodies taken by motor boat to Oban. (Position of wreck is uncertain possibly located in 130m, 400m from shore. (Original loss in approx position 56.31N 5.45W in 60-80m)). Grimsby registry closed.
23.7.1955: At MoT formal inquiry (S.433) at Fleetwood the court found Sk. Dawson had made an error in navigation by misinterpreting the image on the radar screen, resulting in the vessel stranding.

(William Jackson, OS (volunteer), age 28, b. Edinburgh – VICTORY (SB94))

* 22.11.1949: Crew all Fleetwood unless otherwise stated – Sk. J. Pegler; A. Hay, Mate; G. Stables, Bosun; R. Pender, Ch Eng; J. Kershaw, 2nd Eng; J. Coles, Lymm, Cheshire, wireless operator; J. Unsworth, H. R. Wright, W. J. Cutt, J. Jacobson, W. Wade, F. Bennett, V. Swain, S. Latkowski & J. King, Preston, deckhands; S. Turner, W. Macatter, Preston, firemen; A. H. Watters, app. fireman; J. S. Smith, Blackpool, cook; K. Morris, Radcliffe, assist. cook.

** 25.11.1949: Crew that returned to Fleetwood – Deckhands – V. Swain, J. Unsworth, W. J. Cutt & J. Jacobson; Firemen – W. Macatteer, Preston; S. Turner; App. Fireman – A. H. Watters; Assist Cook – K. Morris

*** 31.12.1954: Survivors – William Crawford (40), Mate, Fleetwood and Ernest Meyer (33), deckhand, Great Harwood.

Bodies recovered – Leonard Evans, fireman and Frederick Thornton, deckhand.

Lost – Sk. W. Dawson, Fleetwood; C. Holder, Bosun, Fleetwood; R. Barton Ch Eng, Fleetwood: R. Leadbetter, 2nd Eng, Fleetwood; K. Atkins, Wythenshaw, J. Salthouse, Blackpool, C. Chard, Fleetwood, A. McDermott, Fleetwood, C. R. Holden and R. W. E. Barlow, Deckhands; L. F. Evans, Blackpool and D. J. Rees, Fleetwood, Firemen; H. Saunders, Bradford, Cook.

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S.T. Evelyn Rose GY9
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S.T. Evelyn Rose GY9
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Changelog
27/01/2009: Page published. 9 updates since then.
11/12/2015: Information updated.
03/06/2016: Minor information update.
15/09/2019: Information updated.
15/06/2020: Information updated.

S.T. Boston Vampire H94

Technical

Official Number: 183416
Yard Number: 730
Completed: 1949
Gross Tonnage: 386
Net Tonnage: 138
Length: 136.7 ft
Breadth: 25.8 ft
Depth: 13.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (E.No.442) Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

12.5.1949: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd. No.730) for Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager) as BOSTON VAMPIRE.
10.1949: Completed. Registered at Hull (H94).
19.6.1950: Landed at Fleetwood (Sk. Albert Coxall), 442 boxes grossed £2,275.
5.7 & 8.8.1950: Landed at Fleetwood.
23.8.1950: Last landing at Fleetwood, 357 boxes grossed £2,365. Returned to Hull.
2.1951: Sold to Fishery Products Ltd, St. John’s, Newfoundland. Hull registry closed. Registered at St. John’s as ZARINA.
11.1952: New boiler fitted.
1954: Sold to National Sea Products Ltd, Halifax, NS (Harold P. Connor, manager). Registered at Halifax, NS as CAPE FEARLESS.
1969: Sold for breaking up to Canadian shipbreakers at Sydney, N.S.
12.1968: In course of breaking up.

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S.T. Boston Vampire H94
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S.T. Boston Vampire H94

S.T. Boston Vampire H94
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Changelog
26/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/02/2015: Corrected mistake.
17/01/2017: Removed disputed image.

S.T. Aby FD138

Technical

Official Number: 180326
Yard Number: 755
Completed: 1945
Gross Tonnage: 361
Net Tonnage: 139
Length: 136 ft
Breadth: 25.2 ft
Depth: 13.2 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl by Charles D Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Speed: 11.7 knots

History

18.5.1945: Laid down.
22.9.1945: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gems Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.755) for Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood as ABY.
26.11.1945: Registered at Fleetwood (FD138). Fred Parkes, Blackpool designated manager.
27.11.1945: Completed.
12.1945: First landing at Fleetwood, 700kits from a 16 day Faroe trip (Sk. Bob Wright).
7.10.1946: Sold to Seddon Fishing Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood. Borys Kilaczycki, London designated manager.
14.2.1949: Sold to Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff.
14.2.1949: Fleetwood registry closed.
1949: Registered at Cardiff as CHAFFCOMBE (CF18).
5.1956: Neale & West Ltd closed their Cardiff base citing high coal prices, unruly crews and Spanish over-fishing; vessels for sale.
5.1956: Five vessels bought en bloc by Fred Parkes, Blackpool – AKITA (CF4), CHAFFCOMBE (CF18), OKU (CF3), SASEBO (CF27) and St. BOTOLPH (CF8).
21.5.1956: Arrived Fleetwood.
6.1956: Sold to The Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
6.1956: Cardiff registry closed.
20.6.1956: Registered at Fleetwood (FD30). Fred Parkes, Blackpool designated manager.
12.1956: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
1.1957: Registered at Fleetwood as BOSTON GANNET (FD30). Basil Arthur Parkes designated manager.
By 12.1961: Laid up at Fleetwood along with SUPERNAL (H414) and St. BOTOLPH (FD31).
11.1962: Reactivated.
19.11.1962: Sailed Fleetwood for Home Water grounds (Sk. S. Roberson); fifteen crew.
6.12.1962: Experienced machinery problems and put into Oban for repairs. On berthing struck quay causing considerable damage over about 20yds and setting in bow plates.
7.12.1962: On completion of repairs, sailed Oban to resume fishing. After landing at Fleetwood returned to lay up.
20.3.1963: Removed to Glasson Dock and laid up.
10.1963: Sold to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
6.10.1963: Arrived Troon.
8.10.1963: Breaking commenced.
18.10.1963: First beaching.
31.1.1964: First rebirthing.
15.4.1964: Second rebirthing.
20.5.1964: Breaking up completed. Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Aby FD138
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S.T. Aby FD138
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S.T. Aby FD138
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S.T. Aby FD138
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Changelog
26/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
13/01/2017: Removed disputed image.
06/07/2020: Updated information.
22/07/2020: Further information update.
22/07/2020: Image added.

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