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S.T. Our Mavis FD52

Technical

Official Number: 160101
Yard Number: 1013
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 270
Net Tonnage: 98
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 8.9 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

8.2.1928: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1013) for Ceylon Fisheries Ltd, Colombo, Ceylon as CEYLON BUL-BUL.
23.3.1928: Registered at Hull (H412).
31.3.1928: Completed.
10.4.1928: Hull registry closed.
4.1928: Registered at Colombo.
9.1935: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager). Colombo registry closed.
21.11.1935: Registered at Fleetwood as OUR MAVIS (FD52).
8.12.1935: First landing at Fleetwood..
1936: Sold to Uruguayan Government (Servicio Oceanografic y de Pesca), Montevideo.
3.12.1937: Completed fitting out and survey at Fleetwood following sale.
28.3.1938: Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Montevideo as ANTARES.
1940: Removed from LR, vessel’s continued existence in doubt.

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S.T. Ceylon Bul-Bul H412

S.T. Ceylon Bul-Bul H412
Picture courtesy of The Osta Collection

S.T. Ceylon Bul-Bul H412

S.T. Ceylon Bul-Bul H412
Picture courtesy of Hull Maritime Museum

Changelog
26/04/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
10/01/2020: Updated information and added an image.

S.T. Oseby FD33

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3786
Official Number: 145119
Yard Number: 112
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 280
Net Tonnage: 92
Length: 126.3 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 13 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Gauldie, Gillespie & Co, Glasgow
Built: George Brown & Co, Greenock

History

24.10.1918: Launched by George Brown & Co, Greenock (Yd.No.112) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOSEPH GIDDICE. (Ad.No.3786).
12.12.1918: Completed (1 – 12pdr and W/T). 1920: Registered by The Admiralty in the Registry of British Ships at London.
1924: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (Fred Parkes, Wyberton, Boston, manager).
4.11.1924: Registered at London (LO34).
14.11.1924: London registry closed.
21.11.1924: Registered at Fleetwood as OSEBY (FD33).
1926: Sold to Oscar Dahl, La Rochelle.
31.7.1926: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.1926: Registered at La Rochelle as PENFRET II.
1931: Transferred to O. Dahl & Cie, La Rochelle.
1939: Requisitioned for war service in French Navy and fitted out for minesweeping duties (P.No.AD271). Oscar Dahl & Cie, owners.
12.1940: Transferred to Free French Navy.
1945: Returned to owner Oscar Dahl & Cie, La Rochelle.
1952: Sold to ?? UK.
10.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to John Cashmore Ltd, Newport, Monmouthshire for breaking up. 12.11.1952: Arrived Newport under tow.

(Joseph Giddice (aka John Goddice), OS, age 20, b. Mere, Wiltshire – VICTORY (SB975))

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.

S.T. Olympia GY1080

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 139955
Yard Number: 354
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 261
Net Tonnage: 102
Length: 120.2 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Engine: 470ihp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

22.5.1917: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.354) for The Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as OLYMPIA (originally to have been named BISACCIA).
25.7.1917: Walter William Butt appointed manager.
26.7.1917: Registered at Grimsby (GY1080).
7.1917: Completed (Walter W. Butt, manager).
9.1917: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine trawler (1-12pdr, 1-3.5” A/S Howitzer & Hydrophone) (Ad.No.3064). Based Taranto.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
1.2.1924: About 50 miles E of Tyne met Norwegian steamer CONDOR (?) with disabled wooden aux. schooner Joyce French (785grt/1905) of London, Lillesand for Tyne, pitprops, in tow. Transferred tow and proceeding Tyne.
4.2.1924: Delivered Tyne.
26.8.1926: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
8.4.1938: Albert Wright Butt appointed manager.
12.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1586) (Hire rate £76.2.6d/month).
1.12.1941: Mortgage (A) discharged.
14.1.1942: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
22.1.1942: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
2.1944: Returned to fishing from Fleetwood.
24.2.1944: First landing at Fleetwood.
18.9.1944: Last landing at Fleetwood.
9.1944: Reverted to war role.
30.10.1945: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
12.1.1946: Sold to William Wilcox (64/64), Milford Haven.
15.1.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
23.1.1946: William Wilcox designated managing owner.
9.5.1946: Sold to Channel Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
20.5.1946: Mortgage (B) discharged.
21.5.1946: William Wilcox appointed manager.
22.5.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
21.2.1949: Sold to Taylor Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
3.3.1949: Charles Taylor Ltd appointed manager.
22.2.1949: Mortgage (C) discharged.
4.1962: Sold to N.V. Machinehandel & amp; Scheepssloperij ‘De Koophandel’, Nieuw-Lekkerland, The Netherlands for breaking up.
30.4.1962: Sailed Grimsby for Rotterdam.
7.5.1962: Grimsby registry closed “… on sale to foreigners (Dutch subjects)”.

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S.T. Olympia GY1080

S.T. Olympia GY1080
Picture by Steve Pulfrey courtesy of Mark Stopper

S.T. Olympia GY1080

S.T. Olympia GY1080
Builders Certificate

S.T. Olympia GY1080

S.T. Olympia GY1080
Scrapping Certificate

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 10 updates since then.
08/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Ocean Brine LH78

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson

Technical

Official Number: 137181
Yard Number: 144
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 213.7
Net Tonnage: 91.81
Length: 117.2 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.5 ft
Built: Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith
Engine: T.3-cy by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith

History

29.6.1915: Launched by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith (Yd.No.144) for Standard Fishing Co of Aberdeen Ltd, Aberdeen as LINN O’ DEE.
11.1915: Completed. James G. Adam designated manager.
17.11.1915: Registered at Aberdeen (A338). Requisitioned from the builders and fitted out as a minesweeper (Ad.No.513). Based Granton.
25.4.16: Remeasured 227.0g. 97.78n, tonnages altered by BoT survey.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
17.10.1925: Sold to Robert Flockhart, Newhaven, Edinburgh. Alexander Flockhart, Leith designated manager.
24.8.1929: Sold to John Flockhart, Newhaven, Edinburgh. Alexander Flockhart designated manager.
1929: John Flockhart designated managing owner.
17.7.1931: Reported landing a sturgeon at Oban, the first at the port for three years.
15.2.1935: Aberdeen registry closed.
5.3.1935: Registered at Leith (LH78).
13.6.1935: Registered at Leith as OCEAN BRINE (LH78).
11.1939: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde designated manager.
25.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a boom trawler (P.No.4.364)(Hire rate £62.8.6d/month).
1940: Sold to William Carnie Jnr, Glasgow. Placed in ownership of Flockhart & Sons, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
By 12.1940: Sold to Carnie & Gibb, Newhaven, Edinburgh. William Carnie Jnr, Glasgow designated manager.
3.1941: Employed as an auxiliary patrol vessel (1-12pdr HA, AA weapons). Based Granton.
29.12.1944: Returned to owner.
1945: Sold to Lewis, Wilcox & Co Ltd, Milford Haven.
10.8.1945: Fishing in the Minch, in contact with mine which exploded but sustained little damage.
9.1952: Sold to Colin H. Brand, Cleveleys. Colin H. Brand designated managing owner.
27.9.1952: Fleetwood manned from this date.
13.10.1952: First landing at Fleetwood (Sk. Cyril Armitage) 230 boxes £1,270 gross.
2.1955: Transferred to fish out of Milford Haven.
20.2.1955: First landing at Milford.
11.7.1955: Last landing at Milford.
07.1955: Sold to Bruce & Craig Ltd, Aberdeen.
By 22.7.1955: Arrived Aberdeen.
3.9.1955: Landed at Aberdeen.
1955: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Castle Pill, Milford Haven.
10.5.1956: Leith registry closed.

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S.D/T. Ocean Brine LH78

S.T. Ocean Brine LH78
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

HMT Ocean-Brine

HMT Ocean-Brine
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence

Changelog
01/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
13/07/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images and added information.
10/09/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Moray GN105

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3848
Official Number: 147964
Yard Number: 1315
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 206
Net Tonnage: 79
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Wivenhoe
Engine (1): C.4-cyl 11” & 22” – 10” steam engine driving experimental water jet propulsion and new boiler fitted by R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd, Blackwall.
Engine (2): 430ihp T.3-cyl by Plenty & Son Ltd, Newbury.

History

9.1918: Launched by Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Wivenhoe (Yd.No.1315) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as HENRY JENNINGS (Ad.No.3848).
1919: Towed to Thames for machinery installation and completion by R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd, Blackwall.
1919: 2 x C.2-cyl 11” & 22” – 10” steam engines driving centrifugal pumps for experimental water jet propulsion and boiler fitted by R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd, Blackwall.
22.7.1919: Completed (W/T).
1920: Based at Portsmouth Torpedo School.
9.1920: Renamed URE.
1921: Experimental water jet propulsion replaced with conventional shafting and propeller.
1924: Re-engined with T.3-cyl (430ihp) by Plenty & Son Ltd, Newbury.
1924: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby.
1924: Registered at Boston as ABY O.N.147964 (BN19). Fred Parkes, Wyberton, Boston designated manager.
1925: Sold to General Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Edinburgh.
12.1928: Boston registry closed.
27.12.1928: Registered at Granton as MORAY (GN105). Adam E. Noble, Leith designated manager.
7.5.1930: Company in voluntary liquidation.
4.6.1930: Advertised for sale along with BUCCLEUGH (GN27), LOTHIAN (GN5) and ROSEBERY (GN104).
1930: Registered to Archibald Glen Brown, Granton following purchase of assets of General Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Edinburgh. Archibald Glen Brown designated managing owner.
13.10.1932: Stranded near St. Monans, Fife. Refloated with bottom damage.
14.10.1932: Returned to Granton. Subsequent repair involved 10 shell plates and cost £100. Deckhand Peter Horne adjudged responsible and fined £5 for falling asleep.
1939: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes designated manager. Fishing from Fleetwood.
16.4.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (Hire rate £61.16.0d/month).
22.10.1941: Fitted as a water boat (boiler feed) with portable tanks.
10.11.1942: Employed on miscellaneous duties.
14.3.1943: Foundered off St. Ann’s Head, Pembrokeshire in heavy seas while employed as a victualling supply vessel. Granton registry closed.

(Henry Jennings, Private, Marine, age 27, b. Wolverhampton, Staffordshire – VICTORY (ML83))

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S.T. Moray GN105

S.T. Moray GN105
Picture courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

Changelog
27/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
07/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
17/06/2021: Updated details.