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S.T. Seville FD135

Technical

Official Number: 148224
Yard Number: ??
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 271
Net Tonnage: 122
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Kingston Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Kingston, Ontario
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by National Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Goderich, Ontario.

History

1.1917: Ordered.
1918: Launched by Kingston Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Kingston, Ontario (Yd.No. – ) (Canadian “Castle” – T.R.” class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR.20.
31.8.1918: Completed by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario (Yd. No.-) and commissioned in the Royal Canadian Navy (1-12pdr).
14.1.1919: 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 (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
22.9.1926: Registered at Fleetwood as SEVILLE (FD135).
1928: Sold to Red Funnel Fisheries Ltd, Sydney, NSW.
3.9.1928: Registered at Fleetwood as DURRAWEEN (FD135).
15.9.1928: Sailed Fleetwood for Sydney in company with GOOLGWAI (FD117).
12.1928: Arrived Sydney, NSW after 92 day passage, which included stranding when calling at the Cocos Islands, Indian Ocean.
29.12.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
1930: Registered at Sydney, NSW.
1933: Owners re-styled Red Funnel Trawlers Ltd, Sydney, NSW.
28.12.1937: In collision with steamer WANGANELLA (9576grt/1932) near Montague Island, NSW. Sustained damage to bows, but with WANGANELLA, damaged amidships, proceeded to Sydney; no casualties.
29.7.1940: Requisitioned for war service by Royal Australian Navy and fitted out at Williamstown as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-20mm Oerlikon, 1-0.303 Vickers MG) (P.No.FY.93).
1940: Based Port Melbourne, Vic with M/S Group 54.
11.1940: Sweeping in Bass Strait with others swept 43 mines mines off Wilson’s Promontary (laid by German auxiliary cruiser PENGUIN and auxiliary minelayer PASSAT).
8.1944: Joined TU 70.5.2 surveying Torres Strait.
1.11.1945: Paid off and laid up.
10.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Sydney.
1952: Sold for breaking up at Blackwattle Bay, Sydney, NSW.

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S.T. Seville FD135

S.T. Seville FD135
Picture (as TR20) courtesy of Ronnie Bell

S.T. Seville FD135

S.T. Seville FD135
Picture (as TR20) courtesy of Ronnie Bell

S.T. Durraween

S.T. Durraween

Changelog
04/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
27/04/2014: Updated information.
28/05/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. Sea King GY1251

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 139309
Yard Number: 667
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 321
Net Tonnage: 130
Length: 138.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Engine: 575ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

3.6.1916: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.667) for J. H. Robins & Co Ltd, Hull as SEA KING.
12.1916: Completed.
3.1.1917: Registered at Hull (H531).
1.1917: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.3321) operated as a “Q” ship REMEXO.
11.1918: Sold to Grant & Baker Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby (Arthur Grant, manager).
1.11.1918: Hull registry closed.
8.11.1918: Registered at Grimsby (GY1251). Northern Patrol.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
15.8.1929: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
23.8.1929: John Wilfred Grant appointed manager.
24.6.1932: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (A) to Howe Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
24.6.1932: Hugh Bourne Grant, appointed manager.
14.1.1934: Took onboard crew (ex Skipper and Ch. Eng.) of trawler St. ENDELLION (LO115) stranded south of Kopervik, Norway.
6.3.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
8.3.1934: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
25.4.1934: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (B).
5.4.1936: Mortgage (B) discharged.
27.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.NI)(Hire rate £93.12.6d/month). Based Grimsby with M/S Group 40.
9.10.1940: Mined 28 miles from Bull Sand Fort, Grimsby Road; thirteen crew killed.
24.5.1944: Grimsby registry closed “Ship lost on Admiralty service 10.9.1940.”

(Killed – Ty/Sk. Leslie Rushby; Ty/Act/Sk. Thomas Sleeth; George E. Atkinson & Wilfred S. Lancaster, Enginemen; William C. Montier, AB; Francis W. Bruce, David W. Dickson, David F. Noble, seamen; Thomas M. Bexfield, seaman/steward; Stanley Cudworth, seaman/cook; Harold A. Hudson, O/telegraphist; James P. Sleeman, stoker; Ronald Peck, stoker 2c.)

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S.T. Sea King GY1251

S.T. Sea King GY1251
Picture courtesy of Fred Baker

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04/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Sea Hawk GY1073

Additional information courtesy of Swansea Mariners, Barry Johnson and Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 108428
Yard Number: 192
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 169
Net Tonnage: 64
Length: 108.4 ft
Breadth: 20.8 ft
Depth: 11.1 ft
Engine: 320ihp C.2-cyl and boiler by Hall, Russell & Co, Aberdeen
Built: J. Duthie Sons & Co, Aberdeen

History

8.12.1897: Launched by J. Duthie Sons & Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.192) for Thomas Ridley Oswald (64/64), Milford Haven as SEA HAWK.
22.1.1898: Registered at Milford (M138).
1.1898: Completed.
9.1899: The Swansea Steam Trawling, Pure Ice & Cold Storage Co Ltd, Swansea formed, capital of £35,000 in £1 shares.
1899: Sold to The Swansea Steam Trawling, Pure Ice & Cold Storage Co Ltd (64/64), Swansea (Thomas R. Oswald, Milford, manager).
22.12.1890: Off St. Ann’s Head (Sk. G. Nichols) found Italian barque SANT ERASMO (1909grt/1894), Cardiff for Genoa with coal, with sails carried away and in distress. Connected and delivered Milford.
22.3.1900: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Capital & Counties Bank Ltd, Brighton (A). Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Thomas Cadman, Swansea (B).
23.3.1900: Milford registry closed.
27.3.1900: Registered at Swansea (SA1).
19.12.1900: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Capital & Counties Bank Ltd, Brighton (C).
12.1901: Off Lundy in heavy seas lost boat and gear and returned to Swansea.
17.8.1904: Mortgage (B) discharged.
25.8.1904: Mortgage (A) discharged.
12.12.1905: Mortgage (C) discharged.
10.2.1906: Sold to Percy Molyneaux, Swansea.
21.2.1906: Sold to The Swansea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Swansea.
late 1906: Laid up at Swansea.
12.1906: Sold to Samuel J. Drennan (64/64), Newhaven, Edinburgh (managing owner).
19.12.1906: Swansea registry closed.
12.1906: Registered at Granton (GN37).
30.8.1909: When hauling 50 miles E of May Island, mainmast collapsed when lifting bag of fish. Returned to Granton.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
6.1917: Sold to William Ellis (64/64), Grimsby. William Ellis designated managing owner.
6.1917: Granton registry closed.
26.6.1917: Registered at Grimsby (GY1073).
3.9.1918: Sold to James Coombes, Grimsby.
18.9.1918: James Coombes designated managing owner.
23.9.1918: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London (D)
1919: Released.
1919: New boiler fitted.
26.1.1920: Mortgage (D) discharged.
22.4.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London (E).
15.10.1924: Mortgagee re-styled National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
22.9.1925: Mortgage (E) discharged.
22. 9.1925: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
30.9.1925: Fred Parkes, Blackpool appointed manager.
6.2.1928: Registered office transferred to Fleetwood.
2.4.1928: Sold Ernest Alfred Sheldon (64/64), Plymouth.
7.4.1928: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (F).
18.4.1928: Ernest Alfred Sheldon designated managing owner.
4.10.1932: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (F) to John Chant (64/64), Plymstock.
12.10.1932: John Chant designated managing owner.
17.10.1932: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Lloyds Bank Ltd, London (G).
28.2.1936: Mortgage (G) discharged.
16.3.1936: Sold to Plymouth Trawlers Ltd (64/64) Plymouth.
16.3.1936: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Lloyds Bank Ltd, London (H).
18.3.1936: John Chant, Plymstock appointed manager.
29.7.1936: Mortgage (H) discharged.
5.1937: Sold to Netherlands for breaking up.
14.5.1937: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel sold to foreigners (Dutch subjects) for breaking up”.

Changelog
04/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.

S.T. Scawby BN187

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3678
Official Number: 146933
Yard Number: 358
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 277
Net Tonnage: 109
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: Fraser & Chalmers, Erith
Built: Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley

History

10.5.1918: Launched by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley (Yd.No.358) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JAMES DINTON (Ad.No.3678).
27.5.1918: Commissioned.
29.5.1918: Completed (1 – 12pdr, hydrophone and W/T).
1922: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Boston (F. Parkes, Wyberton, Boston, manager). Registered at Boston as SCAWBY (BN187).
23.9.1925: Homeward encountered thick fog and struck the Ness of Duncansby. Refloated with the help of local fisherman and returned to Boston. Survey revealed extensive bottom damage; repaired and returned to service.
1926: Transferred to Grimsby (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
1926: Transferred to Fleetwood.
6.1929: Sold to McRae Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven (John McR. Knight, manager).
5.1930 Boston registry closed.
28.6.1929: Registered at Milford (M19).
22.7.1929: Registered at Milford as LILY McRAE (M19).
11.1936: Sold to Milford Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven Harry E. Rees, manager).
25.11.1936: Registered at Milford as MILFORD DUKE (M19).
19.9.1938: James C. Ward appointed manager.
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z.125) (Hire rate £83.2.0d/month).
23.11.1943: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T.
3.4.1945: Milford registry closed.
3.1946: Laid up C&M at Inverness.
1948: Sold to Manor Steamship Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Reginald L. Hancock, manager).
9.1948: Restored and reclassed at Milford Haven.
6.9.1948: Registered at Milford as MANOR (M301).
31.1.1951: Sailed Milford for South-West Ireland grounds (Sk. R. Robson).
4.2.1951: Dodging about 40 miles west of Bull Rock in increasingly severe weather; bunkers shifted, shipped heavy seas and part wheelhouse carried away, wireless and compass inoperative. Made contact with GROSMONT CASTLE (SA77) which came alongside and then escorted to Berehaven, Co Cork, dodging the weather all the way.
11.2.1951: Sailed Berehaven for Milford after effecting temporary repairs.
11.1951: Sold to Ashley Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (John Wood, manager).
8.11.1951: Milford registry closed.
11.1951: Registered at Aberdeen (A691).
6.1959: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for breaking up.
23.7.1959: Arrived Granton from Aberdeen under own power.
(James Dinton (aka Denton), OS, age 24, b. London – VICTORY (SB74))

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S.T. Manor A691

S.T. Manor A691
Picture courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

Changelog
04/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
12/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Santander FD138

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger
Technical

Official Number 148225
Yard Number 53
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 271
Net Tonnage: 122
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine 480ihp T.3-cyl by National Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Goderich, Ontario
Built by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada

History

1.1917: Ordered.
1918: Launched by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada (Yd.No.53) (Canadian “Castle” – “T.R.” class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR.7.
27.5.1918: Completed and commissioned in the Royal Canadian Navy (1-12pdr).
31.1.1919: Paid off and laid up.
1920: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain Donald John Munro CMG RN 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.
22.9.1926: Registered at Fleetwood (Part I & IV) as SANTANDER O.N.148225 (FD138). Fred Parkes, Blackpool designated manager.
1926: Laid up at Ostend.
1927: Sold to Brazilian Government (Ministry of Marine), Rio de Janeiro.
10.4.1928: Fleetwood registry closed “Sold to foreigners”. Registered at Rio de Janeiro.
5.1928: Coaled (220 tons) and sailed Ostend for Rio de Janeiro (Sk. George Carroll).
6.1928: Arrived Rio de Janeiro after a voyage non-stop of 5,300 miles in 27 days 15 hrs, averaging 190 miles a day. Approx 15 tons of coal left in bunkers. 1934: Not in LR under this name.

Note: Fleetwood men in crew – Sk. George Carroll (23) 33 Oak Street; Bernard Nolan, Bosun; Leon Malley, Ch Eng; Dan Ward, 2nd Eng.

Changelog
04/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
27/04/2014: Information updated.
30/03/2019: Updated information.