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S.T. St. Minver GY458

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4464
Official Number: 144030
Yard Number: 245
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 323
Net Tonnage: 131
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 87 hp T.3-cyl by Crossley Bros. Ltd, Manchester
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole

History

1919: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.245) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as JONATHAN COLLINS.
1919: Sold to Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull.
26.11.1919: Completed (Harold Hall, manager).
14.1.1920: Registered at Hull as St. MINVER (H136).
5.1928: Sold to Bunch Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (W. Crampin, manager).
30.4.1928: Hull registry closed.
1.5.1928: Registered at Grimsby (GY458). Fitted for lining to pursue the Greenland halibut fishery.
1930: H. G. Crampin appointed managers.
5.1936: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (F. Parkes, manager).
8.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£6,000) and fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.725).
8.1939: Grimsby registry closed.
1944: Fitted out as a fuel carrier (‘Esso’ ).
5.1946: Sold to Easton Trawling Co Ltd, Swansea. Renamed MINESSE (SA??).
15.7.1947: Approval by MoT to transfer registration from Swansea to Cape Town.
1.8.1947: Sold to James Dalgliesh, Rondesbosch, Cape Town.
2.8.1947: Sale concluded for £10,000.
3.10.1947: Arrived Cape Town. Registered at Cape Town (CTA412).
1948: Sold to East Fisheries Ltd, Cape Town. pre 1959: Managers became Irving & Johnson Ltd, Cape Town.
1963: Sold for breaking up at Cape Town.

(John (aka Jonathan) Collins, Carpenter’s crew, age 53, b. Axminster, Devon – VICTORY (SB857))

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S.T. St Minver GY458

S.T. St Minver GY458
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07/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
28/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. St. Leonard FD333

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 134755
Yard Number: 547
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 296
Net Tonnage: 128
Length: 135.2 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: 500ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby

History

28.10.1912: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.547) for Grimsby Victor Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as St. LEONARD.
12.12.1912: Registered at Grimsby (GY799).
12.12.1912: Matthew William Jennison appointed manager.
18.12.1912: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George Edward James Moody, Grimsby to secure the sum of £4000 with interest at 5%. (A).
11.1.1913: Completed.
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.454).
9.11.1917: Mortgage (A) discharged.
27. 11.1917: Sold to The Port St. Mary Fishing & Curing Co Ltd (64/64), London.
30.11.1917: Charles Jeffs Jnr, Cleveleys appointed manager. Based Kirkwall.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
18.7.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
21.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD333).
26.2.1922: Stranded Ardmore Rocks, Islay.
6.4.1922: Refloated, berthed Ardbeg Jetty. Returned Fleetwood, repaired and returned to service.
1924: Sold to Soc. de Pesca Golfinho Ltda, Lisbon.
5.9.1924: Fleetwood registry closed. Renamed TONINHA. Registered at Lisbon.
1928: Sold to Sociedade Maritima Treve Ltda, Lisbon, Portugal. Renamed MARIA CRISTINA PRIMEIRO.
1930: Sold to “Trevo” Ltda, Lisbon.
1933: Sold to Sociedade de Pesca Costeira Ltda, Lisbon, Portugal. Renamed TREVO TERCEIRO.
1940: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
6.1940: Sold to Hellyer Brothers Ltd, Hull.
24.6.1940: Registered in the Registry of British Ships at Hull.
7.1940: Sold to The Admiralty and fitted out at Pembroke Dock as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1683). Based Plymouth with M/S Group 53.
16.1.1941: Hull registry closed.
10.1942: Renamed FINESSE.
12.1942: While minesweeping off South West coast shot down Focke Wulf 190. Based Dartmouth with M/S Group 53.
1.1946: Laid up at Plymouth “To return to fishing”.
2.1946: Sold to Easton Trawling Co Ltd, Swansea. Name confirmed and registered at Swansea as FINESSE (SA16).
1951: Sold to Giovanni Catarame, Catania, Sicily. Swansea registry closed. Renamed S. AGATA. No port of registry recorded.
1956: Sold for breaking up.

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St. Leonard GY799

St. Leonard GY799
Picture courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
24/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Soranus GY225

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 123565
Yard Number: 363
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 250
Net Tonnage: 103
Length: 127 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby

History

13.4.1906: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.363) for the Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as ARIES.
26.4.1906: Completed.
27.4.1906: John R. Mackrill designated manager.
27.4.1906: Registered at Grimsby (GY131).
18.8.1911: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Union of London & Smiths Bank Ltd, London.
22.10.1915: Mortgage (B) discharged. Based at The Nore.
Sold to Harry Goldstein, Jacob Isaacs and Colin Wood, all Grimsby (64/64 joint owners).
24.6.1913: Mortgage (A) discharged.
24.6.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (B).
9.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr HA) (Ad.No.28).
2.1915: Renamed ARIES II.
4.10.1915: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C). Jacob Isaacs and Colin Wood, all Grimsby (64/64 joint owners). 16.10.1918: Jacob Isaacs designated managing owner.
16.10.1918: Registered at Grimsby as ARIES II (GY131) (BoT Minute M.7058/1915).
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
25.6.1919: Sold to Ariesona Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
26.6.1919: Harry Goldstein appointed manager.
25.6.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (D).
3.7.1919: Mortgage (C) discharged.
9.6.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to John Wood, Grimsby (E).
15.2.1922: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (D) to John E. Rushworth Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
2.3.1922: John Edward Rushworth designated manager.
14.6.1922: Registered at Grimsby as SORANUS (GY131) (BoT Minute R.G.1094/1922). Line fishing (fourteen crew).
10.10.1923: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to John Edward Rushworth, Grimsby (F).
23.11.1926: Mortgage (F) discharged.
23.11.1926: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to John Edward Rushworth, Grimsby (G)
2.10.1928: Mortgage (G) discharged.
2.10.1928: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to John Edward Rushworth, Grimsby (H).
6.3.1929: Mortgage (H) discharged.
25.3.1929: Sold to R. D. Clarke Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
25.3.1929: Thomas Benjamin Roberts, Cleethorpes, designated manager.
5.4.1929: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Robert David Clarke, Thomas Benjamin Roberts, Grimsby (joint mortgagees) (I).
27.9.1934: Sold by order of the mortgagees under mortgage (I) to Huxley Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
28.9.1934: Harry Markham Cook appointed manager. Reverted to trawl fishing twelve crew).
23.10.1934: Vessel mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (J).
15.12.1938: Mortgage (J) discharged.
16.12.1938: Sold to Herbert Dawson (64/64), London.
17.12.1938: George Black Osborne designated manager. Line fishing (fourteen crew).
1.1939: Laid up out of class.
20.1.1939: Grimsby registry closed.
31.10.1939: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
8.11.1939: Basil Arthur Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde appointed manager.
8.11.1939: Re-classed and registered at Grimsby as SORANUS (GY225). Fishing out of Fleetwood.
10.10.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.513)(Hire rate £62.10.0d/month).
17.10.1942: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd (64/64), London.
31.10.1942: William Alpin Bennett. Sanderstead designated manager.
3.1944: Fitted out for dan laying.
10.1945: Returned.
11.12.1946: Sold to Lord Line Ltd (64/64), Hull.
24.12.1946: Thomas Boyd designated manager.
24.12.1946: Grimsby registry closed.
4.2.1947: Registered at Hull (H394).
1949: Sold for breaking up.
13.1.1949: Hull registry closed.

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
04/08/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Somersby (2) GY390

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger
Technical

Official Number: 146900
Yard Number: 55 or 58
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 271
Net Tonnage: 124
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario

History

1.1917: Ordered.
1918: Completed by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario (Yd.No. 58 or 55) (Canadian “Castle” – T.R.” class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR.12 or TR.9?.
25.8.1918 or 16.5.1918: Completed and commissioned in the Royal Canadian Navy (1-12pdr).
2.1919: 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).
9.1926: Sold “as is” to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
22.9.1926: Registered at Grimsby as SOMERSBY (GY390); fishing out of Fleetwood.
10.9.1930: Inbound in the Wyre Channel took the ground, heeling over and did not refloat until the following tide.
04.1932: On three month charter to Sea Fisheries Association of Ireland, to fish out of Dublin, Galway and other ports. Charter to be exended if needed.
5.6.7.1933: Chartered for by Italian Government to provide support for a trans Atlantic flight involving 20 to 30 aeroplanes.
5.1937: Sold to F. G. P. Maritime Enterprises Ltd, London (Philip S. Bayley (Culliford & Clark Ltd), manager).
9.1938: Hired to Spanish Government, Madrid for use as a supply ship in the Spanish Civil War.
10.9.1938: Grimsby Part IV fishing registry closed.
8.12.1938: Arrived Marseilles with damaged cargo vessel (ex trawler) MARGARET ROSE (348grt/1912) in tow for repair to damage sustained in air raid at Almeria.
2.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed on port duties. Mediterranian Command.
4.1940: Reclassed as a steam trawler.
6.1940: Returned to owner.
28.5.1942: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T. Employed on port duties. Mediterranian Command.
1944: Sold to Hijos de J. Barreras S. A., Vigo. Registered at Vigo as Herbar.
1950: Sold to Industrial Maritima S.L., Ceuta.
Post 1960 Pre 1963: FATE??

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
27/04/2014: Information updated.
09/06/2016: Information updated.
10/09/2024: Information updated.

S.T. Sleaford BN207

Additional information courtesy of Birgir Þórisson

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3551
Official Number: 147961
Yard Number: 811
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 316
Net Tonnage: 196
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl by Crossley Bros. Ltd, Manchester
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

7.6.1917: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.811) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as Charles Adair (Ad.No.3551).
02.10.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr HA, Hydrophone & W/T).
05.10.1918: Delivered.
7-9.1918: With HMTrawler ALEXANDER HILLS (Ad.No.3549) rendered assistance to Cardiff steamer BERTRAND (3613grt/1913). Salvage awarded.
1923: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Boston.
18.1.1924: Registered at Boston (Part I & IV) as SLEAFORD O.N.147961 (BN207). Fred Parkes designated as manager.
1925: Transferred to fish out of Grimsby.
6.1926: Company registered office transferred to Fleetwood.
11.1926: Chartered to Leonard Steam Trawlers Ltd, Montreal. D. J. Byrne designated manager. Fishing from North Sydney, NS.
3.1927: Returned. Fishing out of Fleetwood.
11.1927: Chartered to Maritime Fish Corporation Ltd, Montreal. Fishing out of Canso, NS.
3.1928: Returned. Charter continued until winter 1930/31.
1931: Sold to Société Boulonnaise d’Armement à la Pêch, Boulogne. Zunnequin, Bouclet et Cie designated managers. Registered at Boulogne as CRABE (B1463)
1934: Sold to Armement Lecrivain, Boulogne. Registered at Boulogne as SAINT PHILIPPE (B1463)
8.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys, designated manager.
13.8.1934: Registered at Fleetwood as NOREEN ROSE (FD37).
1935: Sold to Pêcheries de La Morinie, Boulogne. P. Ficheux designated manager.
19.7.1935: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.1935: Registered at Boulogne as St. BENOIT (B1711).
1939: Requisitioned for war services in Navy Francois (P.No.AD3).
21.5.1940: Foundered off Dunkirk after being bombed by German aircraft. Later salvaged and returned to service.
1949: Sold to “Veuve Lécrivain” (The widow Lécrivain) but still recorded in LR as owned by Pêcheries de La Morinie, Boulogne.
1952: Laid up pending survey.
1952: Sold to Italy.
1954: Broken up.

(Charles William Adair, Captain, Marine, age 31, b. Co. Antrim, Ireland – VICTORY (SBML1) killed in action 21 Oct 1805 at Trafalgar)

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S.T. Sleaford BN207

S.T. Sleaford BN207
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S.T. Sleaford BN207

S.T. Sleaford BN207
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Changelog
05/01/2008: Page published. 5 updates since then.
16/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/02/2018: Information updated.
17/02/2018: Information updated.
31/03/2019: Added an image.