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S.T. Crystal SH58

Additional material courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 105079
Yard Number: 151
Completed: 1895
Gross Tonnage: 149
Net Tonnage: 57
Length: 100.0 ft
Breadth: 20.8 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

20.11.1895: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.151) for Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as CRYSTAL.
16.12.1895: Registered at Hull (H303).
16.12.1895: Completed trials and accepted (Lawrence Spring, manager).
1913: New boiler fitted.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 62 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
28.1.1916: Fitted with new propeller.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
10.10.1917: Arthur Taylor appointed manager.
7.7.1918: Skipper had to resort to chopping gear to escape from a German submarine. Claim for £105.14s. made under War Risk Insurance Policy.
5.11.1918: In River Humber off Grimsby in collision with steam trawler LYRIC (GY434). Sustained slight damage, LYRIC suffered damage to stem and bow plating.
12.11.1918: Arrived at Hull to land and repair.
1919: Released.
6.3.1919: Sold to George Altoft & William Boyd Hull for £9,250 including fishing gear (through W. A. Massey & Sons Ltd, Hull, shipbrokers commission £150).
21.3.1919: Sold to The Trident Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (George A. Ledger, manager).
16.11.1929: Sold to George Henry Gibson & Charles Henry Mumby, Hull (George H. Gibson, manager).
31.1.1934: Sold to Joseph Catchpole & John Sheriff Ellis, Scarborough (Joseph Catchpole, manager).
30.1.1935: Sold to John S. Ellis & Co Ltd, Scarborough (Joseph Catchpole manager).
28.5.1935: Sold to Crystal Fishing Co Ltd Scarborough (Bob Robson & Fred Welch)(Joseph Catchpole manager).
31.5.1935: Hull registry closed.
13.6.1935: Registered at Scarborough (SH58).
22.7.1937: Sold to The Filey United Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Scarborough (Richard F. Cammish, manager).
22.2.1940: Fishing in North Sea (Sk.Thomas ‘Mickey” Scales), in company with AUCUBA (GY117), CARDEW (H157) and EMULATORr (SH83) attacked by German aircraft. Group returned fire and aircraft withdrew; no casualties.
14.10.1942: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
26.6.1943: On a North Sea trip (Hull crew). Foundered off Yorkshire Coast after detonating a German laid mine (position not confirmed at present*).
27.6.1943: Destroyer HMS VIVACIOUS (P.No. D36) on East Coast patrol and escort duties picked up all 10 crew and landed them at Immingham.
16.9.1943: Scarborough registry closed “destroyed by mine explosion”.

(* 27.6.1943: Message from HMS Vivacious. Reported lost 0.25°, 12miles from 18A buoy in position 54.1439N 00.0918W.
Minesweeping Summary No.193 – Reported lost in position 54.2330N 00.0030E
Trade Division List of Losses 1943 – Reported lost 12miles off Scarborough)
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S.T. Crystal H303

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S.T. Crystal SH58

S.T. Crystal SH58
Picture from The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection courtesy of The George Scales Collection

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19/07/2014: Picture added.
06/10/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
13/02/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Winooka GY465

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 136247
Yard Number: 312
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 331
Net Tonnage: 138
Length: 137.4 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

19.11.1914: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.312) for S. T. White & Co Ltd, Hull as SEAWARD HO.
1915: Completed (Samuel T. White, manager).
1915: Registered at Hull (H312).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No. 1512).
24.3.1916: Attached to Unit.104, Dover Patrol, engaged German submarine, but missed with shot and failed to ram as submarine dived.
5.1918: Renamed ATTENTIVE III. Parent Ship at Dover.
1919: Returned to owner at Hull and reverted to SEAWARD HO (H312).
1920: Sold to Newington Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (John Work, manager).
26.2.1920: Registered at Hull as GUY THORNE (H312).
7.3.1927: Ran ashore near Mefjordboen, Vestfjorder, north west coast of Norway.
22.8.1927: Hull registry closed.
1928: Subsequently salved and returned to service.
6.1928: Sold to John Edward Rushworth (64/64), Grimsby.
26.6.1928: Registered at Grimsby (GY465).
26.6.1928: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
29.6.1928: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
2.10.1930: Mortgage (A) discharged.
2.10.1930: Sold to Dale Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby.
2.10.1930: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
2.10.1930 Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B)
3.3.1931: Arrived Reykjavik in tow of Icelandic steam tug MAGNI (111grt/1920) having been ashore at Skerjafjord; propeller damaged.
2.12.1932: Put in to Longhope with heavy weather damage and leaking deck. Proceeded Stromness for repair.
10.10.1933: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (B) to John E. Rushworth Ltd (64/64), Grimsby (John E. Rushworth, manager).
10.10.1933: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
11.10.1933: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
6.3.1934: Registered at Grimsby as WINOOKA (GY465) (BOT Minute M/RGNo.1021/1934 dated 9.2.1934)).
2.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (C) to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
5.10.1935: Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
2.12.1935: First landing at Fleetwood (check).
13.3.1936: Sailed Fleetwood for West of Scotland grounds.
15.3.1936: Lost off St. Kilda after being involved in a collision with ETHEL TAYLOR (FD363); three crew lost*. Survivors picked up by ETHEL TAYLOR and returned to Fleetwood.
2.7.1936: Grimsby registry closed “Sunk in collision 15.3.1936”.

* Lost. John Francis (38), Bosun; George Macdonald (53), cook & Robert Hall (43), fireman, all of Fleetwood.

Note: “Lieut. A. J. Coles RNR, City of Dundee (FD4) (Ad.No.678) and Lieut. A. Bean RNR, Seaward Ho rendered good Service on Folkestone Gate, when traffic Route had to be diverted at a moment’s notice”.

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HMT Attentive III

HMT Attentive III
Picture courtesy of The Harry Day Collection

S.T. Guy Thorne H312

S.T. Guy Thorne H312
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S.T. Guy Thorne H312

S.T. Guy Thorne H312
Picture from the George Coull collection courtesy of Scarborough Maritime Heritage Trust

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 9 updates since then.
21/01/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
16/08/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Willoughby GY161

Additional information courtesy of Birgir Þórisson

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3740
Official Number: 143918
Yard Number: 232
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 329.04
Net Tonnage: 126.67
Length: 138.9 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built; Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow
Engine: 650ihp T.3-cyl by Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow
Boiler: The Clyde Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Port Glasgow

History

11.3.1918: Launched by Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow (Yd.No.232) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as NICHOLAS DEAN (Ad.No.3740).
27.4.1918: Completed as an A/S trawler (1-12pdr, hydrophone and W/T); sailed for Fleetwood.
4.12.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as NICHOLAS DEAN O.N.143918.
01.1920: Engaged in commercial trawling.
1920: Fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100 A1 Stm Trawler.
03.02.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO297).
By 18.6.1920: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
1920: Allocated to the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
1.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
16.2.1922: Advertised for sale, along with JOHN YULE (LO305), laid up in St. Andrew’s Dock, Hull.
3.1922: Sold en bloc to Gourney-Delpierre & Co, Boulogne.
9.1922: Sold to Gournay-Delpierre & Cie, Boulogne sur Mer.
28.9.1922: London registry closed.
9.1922: Registered at Boulogne as NOTRE DAME de FRANCE (B939).
12.1924: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
2.1925: Boulogne registry closed.
6.2.1925: Registered at Grimsby as WILLOUGHBY (GY161) (BoT Minute M/RS.1040/1925).
6.2.1925: Fred Parkes, Wyberton, Boston designated manager. Fishing from Grimsby.
6.1926: Company registered office transferred to Fleetwood.
25.11.1926: Arrived Halifax, NS and to fish out of the port.
3.1927: Returned to Fleetwood and fishing out of that port.
2.1928: Sold to Fiskveidahlutafelagid Svidi (The “Svidi” Fishing Co Ltd), Hafnarfjördur, Iceland.
24.2.1928: Grimsby registry closed.
2.1928: Registered at Hafnarfjördur as SVIDI (GK7). Thorarinn Egilsson & Sf Akurgerdi designated managers.
Pre 1930: Thorarinn Egilssoni appointed manager.
6.2.1932: In Grimsby for dry-docking, sank alongside whilst coaling.
11.2.1932: Salved and bunkers discharged prior to slipping.
2.12.1941: Disappeared off Snaefellsnes, SW of Iceland probably because of weather and overloading, but some speculation that she was mined. Crew of twenty-five lost.

(Nicholas Dean, Private, Marine, age 26 b. Bucker, Honiton, Devon – VICTORY (ML86)

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08/01/2009: Page published. 5 revisions since then.
23/08/2014: Information added.
08/04/2015: Information updated.
16/08/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. William Hanbury GY1322

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3824
Official Number: 144310
Yard Number: 160
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 204.10
Net Tonnage: 81.95
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 22.2 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Built: Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith

History

8.1918: Launched by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith (Yd.No.160) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM HANBURY (Ad.No.3824).
3.10.1918: Completed as an armed trawler (1-12pdr).
19.07.1919: Arrived Milford Haven. Laid up.
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
3.1.1920 – 28.2.21: Landing at Milford.
27.3.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) as William Hanbury O.N.144310 (LO344).
04.1920: At HM Dockyard, Pembroke fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Milford. Fishing out of Swansea.
16.4.1920: Surveyed at Swansea and re-measured 204g 82n.
13.8.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
14.9.1920: In afternoon came upon a boat and picked up crew of the Plymouth owned Bridgwater ketch MERIDIAN (93grt/1858). The ketch on passage Par for Runcorn with china clay, had stranded in dense fog on the rocks near Smalls lighthouse at 9.00pm on 13.9.1920 and crew had abandoned in boat and stood off.
15.9.1920: Landed survivors at Milford. (Ketch came afloat afterwards and fetched up on rocks two miles N of Carsnore Point, Co. Wexford – total loss)
2.11.1921: Sold to Taylor Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
14.11.1921: London registry closed.
7.12.1921: Registered at Grimsby (GY1322).
7.12.1921: Henry Lewis Taylor designated manager.
25.11.1939: Paid off in Grimsby from her last trip.
26.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on auxiliary patrol duties (Nore/Sheerness)(Hire rate £61.4.0d/month).
1.1940: Returned.
13.2.1940: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
17.2.1940: Basil Arthur Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde designated manager.
16.2.1940: Sailed Grimsby for fishing grounds and Fleetwood.
4.3.1940: Landed Fleetwood. Grimsby crew paid off*.
7.3.1940: First trip from Fleetwood.
20.1.1942: In a SW gale at approx 9.45 p.m. stranded on St. Anne’s Head, Isle of Man (Sk. Thomas J. Wade). Attended by Port St. Mary lifeboat SIR HEATH HARRISON. All crew+ taken off. Total Loss.
21.1.1942: At 3.00 a.m. Sk. Wade died of heart attack at Castletown.
15.5.1942: Grimsby registry closed.

(Grimsby Crew* – Sk. H.G. Hunt; Mate, J. Gregory; Bosun, J. Hilton; Ch.Eng. L. Allott; 2nd Eng. J. Webster; A.E. Edgell, G. Briggs, firemen; J.W. Barton, deckhand/trimmer; W. Shepherd, G. Watcham, deckhands; R.W. Barton, cook.

Crew+ – Sk. Thomas J. Wade; Sidney J. Mitchell, Mate; William Wright, 3rd Hand; Charles R. Dodswell, Ch.Eng; Albert J. Wicks 2nd Eng; William Harrison, Wilson J. McAteer, firemen; Joshue B. Quickfall, Charles W. Exelby, Frederick Mearns and Robin E. Masson, deckhands; Sidney A. Melhuish, cook.)

(William Hanbury, Private, Marine, age 33, b. Stapleford, Notts – VICTORY (SB ML76)
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S.T. William Hanbury GY1322

S.T. William Hanbury GY1322
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08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
06/03/2015: Picture added.
21/03/2017: Information updated and FMHT logo removed from image.

S.T. William Caldwell LO374

Additional information courtesy of Gary Hicks Plymouth Merchant Ships

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3719
Official Number: 143882
Yard Number: 395
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 289
Net Tonnage: 126
Length: 125.5 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

History

12.6.1918: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.395) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM CALDWELL (Ad.No.3719).
16.11.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr).
28.5.1919: Loaned to US Navy (North Sea Minesweeping Detachment).
6.10.1919: Returned to The Admiralty.
11.5.1920: Sold by auction at London (Baltic Exchange) to Edward Brand & John H. Dove, Milford Haven (managing owners).
19.6.1920: Registered at London (LO374).
19.3.1923: Sold to John H. Dove, Milford Haven (managing owner).
10(?).5.1930: Off the Smalls, rendered assistance to a steam hopper belonging to James Dredging, Towage & Transport Co Ltd, towing a dredger from Southampton to Isle of Man, which had broken away and the wire had fouled her propeller. Connected and delivered to Milford arriving 5.30 p.m.
1935: Sold to Mrs Gertrude E. Dove, Milford Haven (managing owner).
1937: Sold to Pembroke Hake Fishing Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Reginald L. Hancock, manager).
1938: E. V. Pennington appointed manager.
15.9.1939: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler (1-12pdr) (P.No.Z142) (Hire rate £87.0.0d/month).
23.11.1943: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T.
1944: Based at Fort William (D. MacBrayne Ltd, Glasgow, agents).
1945: Sold to The Admiralty.
12.1946: Sold to Inch Fishing Co Ltd, Edinburgh.
1948: Registered at Granton (GN56).
1949: Sold to Clyde Fishing Co Ltd, Edinburgh (John S. Boyle Ltd, Glasgow, managers).
1955: Sold to Inch Fishing Co Ltd, Granton (Alexander A. Stuart, Glasgow, manager). Granton registry closed. Registered at Glasgow (GW17).
1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for breaking up.
30.7.1957: Moved to shipbreaking berth under tow.
(William Caldwell, AB, age 29, b. Plymouth, Devon – VICTORY (SB916))

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S.T. William Caldwell GN56

S.T. William Caldwell GN56
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08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/09/2015: Information updated.
09/07/2023: Added an image.