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S.T. Lilamar FD128

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger and Andy Hall

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4216
Official Number: 136086
Yard Number: 201
Completed: 1919
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 276
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Built: C. Rennoldson & Co, South Shields
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle

History

14.2.1919: Launched by C. Rennoldson & Co, South Shields (Yd.No.201) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as EDWARD GALLAGHAN (Ad.No.4216).
5.2.1919: Forms for tender to purchase received by the Admiralty.
3.1919: Sold to The Ebor Fishing Co Ltd, Middlesbrough.
26.8.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
9.9.1919: Registered at Middlesbrough (Part I & IV) as EBOR DOWNS O.N.136086 (MH54). Charles W. Robinson designated manager.
1920: Sold to Harley & Miller Ltd, Liverpool. Alfred J. Harley, Meols designated manager.
1923: Charles C. Miller designated manager.
1926: Middlesbrough registry closed.
3.8.1926: Registered at Liverpool (LL57).
1928: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
14.6.1928: Landed 122 boxes.
8.10.1928: Landed 208 boxes.
1928: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby.
17.12.1928: Liverpool registry closed.
5.1.1929: Registered at Swansea as CARDIFF CASTLE (SA90). Sir John D. Marsden, Bart, Grimsby designated manager. Fishing out of Swansea.
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examination service and as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.512) (Hire rate £85.18.9d/month).
1944: Sold to The Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. David Marr designated manager.
11.1945: Cardiff registry closed.
5.11.1945: Registered at Fleetwood (FD128).
1.1946: Remeasured following restoration and special survey at Londonderry – 276g 107n.
1.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Londonderry.
4.1.1946: Registered at Fleetwood as LILAMAR (FD128).
2.1958: Sold to Hammond Lane Foundry Ltd, Dublin for breaking up.
12.2.1958: Arrived Dublin from Fleetwood under own power.
8.7.1958: Fleetwood registry closed.

(Edward Gallaghan (aka Gallagher), OS (volunteer), age 27, b.North Mayo, Ireland – VICTORY (SB580))

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HMT Cardiff Castle

HMT Cardiff Castle
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S.T. Lilamar FD128

S.T. Lilamar FD128
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S.T. Lilamar FD128

S.T. Lilamar FD128
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S.T.Lilamar FD128

S.T.Lilamar FD128
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Changelog
17/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
09/03/2017: Image added.
05/03/3019: Information updated.
12/09/2021: Updated technical information.

S.T. Charles Doran FD275

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3610
Official Number: 145074
Yard number: 375
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 273.05
Net Tonnage: 111.94
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 22.7 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Built: Cooke, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl (in Hull register 500ihp) and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

1917: Requisitioned by The Admiralty on the stocks, no instalment monies paid.
20.9.1917: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.375) (non-standard “Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN ANDERSON (Ad.No.3610).
19.12.1917: Completed. Fitted with 1-12pdr and hydrophone.
12.1919: Renamed CHARLES DORAN.
27.10.1920: Registered by The Admiralty London (Part I & IV) O.N.145074 (LO480).
27.12.1922: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
24.11.1922: London registry closed.
27.11.1922: Registered at Hull (H760). Charles Frederick Foster designated manager on transfer of registry.
8.5.1931: Stranded Spurn Head.
9.5.1931: Failed to refloat, tug IRISHMAN (222grt/1929) in attendance.
12.5.1931: Refloated and proceeded to Hull under own power.
19.10.1931: William Henry Patterson designated manager.
5.8.1932: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
22.2.1937: George Sims Clark designated manager.
29.7.1937: Last landing at Hull (Sk. Harry Howard), fifteen days Faroe grounds 332 kits £293 gross. Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood.
30.8.1937: Basil Arthur Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde designated manager.
31.8.1937: Mortgage (A) discharged.
7.9.1937: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (B).
18.11.1937: Mortgage (B) discharged.
29.11.1937: Sold to Alexander Malcolm Morrice, Aberdeen.
11.12.1937: Hull registry closed.
14.12.1937: Registered at Aberdeen (A460).
29.12.1937: Alexander Malcolm Morrice designated managing owner.
19.9.1939 (sale registered): Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Basil Arthur Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde designated manager.
5.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. FY597) (Hire rate £79.12.6d/month).
19.8.1941: Sweeping with other trawlers (Sk. R. R. Snape RNR), engaged and shot down a Junkers 88.
16.11.1945: Returned.
19.11.1945 (sale registered): Sold to A. J. Tilbrook Ltd, Milford Haven.
21.6.1948 (sale registered): Sold to Sydney Bennett, Fleetwood.
21.6.1948: Aberdeen registry closed.
6.1948: Registered at Fleetwood (FD275).
1949: Sold to Medway Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd, managers).
23.10.1952: Sheltering in Broad Bay, Isle of Lewis (Sk. Charlie Robinson). At 3.00 am in total darkness, steam trawler WYRE LAW (FD48) (Sk. George Wood) stranded in the bay and immediately started to flood in the stokehold. Boat launched and siren sounded. Hearing the distress siren, weighed anchor and moved in close to enable survivors to be taken onboard from the boat. Crew landed at Stornoway.
1954: On sale of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd, to Associated Fisheries Group, Sydney Bennett, Fleetwood designated manager.
1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
25.3.1957: Delivered Barrow-in-Furness.
3.1957: Fleetwood registry closed.

(John Anderson, AB (prest), age 27, b. Exeter, Devon – VICTORY (SB375))
(Charles Doran, Landsman (prest), age 35, b. Wicklow, Co.Wicklow – ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB631))

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S.T. Charles Doran FD275

S.T. Charles Doran FD275
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HMT Charles Doran

HMT Charles Doran
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Changelog
17/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
11/03/2017: Removed disputed image.
13/01/2019: Added information.
23/11/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Neil Smith FD107

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3524
Official Number: 143878
Completed: 1917
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Yard Number: 703
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 107
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Southbank on Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Pennant (WWII) FY.529

History

19.3.1917: Laid down.
5.7.1917: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.703) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as Neil Smith (Ad.No.3524).
10.8.1917: Completed (1-12pdr and W/T).
25.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as NEIL SMITH O.N.143878.
01.1920: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London and engaged in commercial trawling.
02.1920: At HM Dockyard, Chatham fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at London.
13.02.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) as NEIL SMITH (LO328).
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
4.10.1922: Sold to Pater Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven. John Grieve, Pembroke Dock designated manager.
9.4.1934: Rescued crew of HIROSE (M47) which foundered at 8.30am. 50 miles off Valentia, Co Kerry in position 52.5N 12.18W, having lost her propeller. Landed survivors at Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry.
8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (P.No.FY.529) (Hire rate £80.4.2d/month).
25.9.1939: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
6.1941: Based Portland with M/S Group 49 (Ty/Sk. B. D. Barnet RNR).
3.1944: Fitted out for dan laying and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Attached to the 4th Minesweeping Flotilla as a dan layer. At Omaha Beach landing.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
6.1945: Returned after survey and restoration at Liverpool.
1945: Sold to The Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. London registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD107). Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd designated managers.
1948: On a trip to the west coast of Scotland (Sk. Thomas Goodman). In the early hours a fire was discovered in the coal bunker. Unable to extinguish and returned to Fleetwood with thick fog hampering the passage. After 15 hours arrived Fleetwood.
21.12.1948: Renamed WYRE CITIZEN (FD107).
1954: Sold to Wyre Trawlers Ltd on purchase of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd by Associated Fisheries Group. Leslie Wheildon designated manager).
1956: Sold to Hammond Lane Foundry Ltd, Dublin for breaking up.
4.5.1956: Arrived Dublin from Fleetwood under own power.

(Neil Smith, Surgeon’s 3rd Mate, b. ? – VICTORY (SB915))

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S.T. Wyre Citizen FD107

S.T. Wyre Citizen FD107
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Changelog
16/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
15/12/2016: Information added.
27/07/2017: Removed disputed image and added another image.
01/09/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Brabant FD239

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3717
Official Number: 144640
Yard Number: 333
Completed: 1918
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 279
Net Tonnage: 106n
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon
Boiler: James Nielson & Son Ltd, Glasgow

History

25.4.1918: Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr (Yd.No.333) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as EMMANUEL CAMELAIRE (Ad.No.3717).
20.5.1918: Commissioned.
25.5.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr and W/T).
1.10.1918: At Penzance F.C.T. Escort (Lieut. RNR).
24.1.1921: Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO497). Official No.144640.
1922: Sold to Cie Belge Maritime du Congo, Antwerp and used as a tug. Registered at Antwerp as PRESIDENT FRANCQUI.
4.10.1923: London fishing registry closed.
1923: Registered at Matadi, Belgian Congo.
1936: Sold to Soc. Anon Pêcheries du Nord, Fécamp. Re-classed as a trawler. Registered at Fécamp.
11.1938: Sold to Rhondda Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby (Consolidated Fisheries Ltd).
10.11.1938: Registered at Grimsby as BRABANT (GY544).
10.11.1938: Sir John Denton Marsden, Bart appointed manager.
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.586) (Hire rate £84.0.0d/month).
10.2.1940: Steam trawler THERESA BOYLE (GN4) (Sk. Oliver Bell) damaged by German air attack when fishing 115 miles ExN of Aberdeen. Took to boat and vessel foundered.
12.2.1940: At 4.30 p.m. RAF aircraft overflew boat, rocket fired. Aircraft communicated with HMTrawlers BRABANT and ALMANDINE (H415) (P.No.FY.645), ‘sweeping 10 miles away. After 50 hours in open boat survivors picked up by ALMANDINE and landed at ?? at 6.00 p.m. all crew suffering from exposure.
24.8.1941: Shot down a twin engined German bomber (Lieut. J. H. A. Winfield RNR).
15.1.1944: Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
20.1.1944: Hulbert Murray Bird appointed manager.
12.1945: Returned to owner.
26.9.1946: Grimsby registry closed.
9.1946: Registered at Fleetwood (FD239).
6.1956: Company taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood. (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
4.3.1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Milford Haven.
29.4.1957: Arrived Milford Haven.

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S.T. Brabant FD239

S.T. Brabant FD239
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S.T. Brabant FD239

S.T. Brabant FD239
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HMT Emmanuel Camelaire

HMT Emmanuel Camelaire
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S.T. Brabant FD239

S.T. Brabant FD239
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S. T. Brabant FD239

S. T. Brabant FD239
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Changelog
16/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
24/04/2017: Removed FMHT watermark and disputed image.
20/09/2019: Updated information.
07/08/2020: Added images.
10/04/2022: Added an image.

S.T. Daily Express FD286

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4404
Official Number: 144518
Yard Number: 420
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 290
Net Tonnage: 109
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Engine: 480ihp T3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

18.7.1919: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.420) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS ALEXANDER (Ad.No.4404).
1.1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
23.4.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) as THOMAS ALEXANDER O.N.144518 (LO351).
4.6.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Hull; ex fishing gear.
13.8.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
1921: Sold to Rémy & Huret, Boulogne.
9.8.1921: London registry closed.
8.1921: Registered at Boulogne as ETOILE POLAIRE II (B??)
1930: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
2.1930: Boulogne registry closed.
21.2.1930: Registered at Fleetwood as DAILY EXPRESS (FD68). Fred Parkes, Blackpool designated as managing owner.
13.11.1933: Sold to Hellyer Brothers Ltd, Hull.
24.11.1933: Fleetwood registry closed.
25.11.1933: Registered at Hull (H523).
22.12.1933: Registered at Hull as TURCOMAN (H523). Frank O. Hellyer & Owen S. Hellyer designated joint managers.
21.9.1936: Sold to R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.
30.9.1936: Hull registry closed.
1.10.1936: Registered at Aberdeen (A416). Sir John H. Irvin KBE designated manager.
23.10.1936: Registered at Aberdeen as BEN DEARG (A416).
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.690) (Hire rate £91.0.0d/month).
6.3.1942: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £8900 or £8625.
5.1946: Re-classed at Port Glasgow.
6.6.1946: Returned to owner.
29.10.1948: Aberdeen registry closed.
10.1948: Registered at Fleetwood (FD286). Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys designated manager.
194?: In gale force conditions with poor visibility, stranded on rocks off Green Island, Sound of Mull. Attended by mail boat LOCHINVAR (216grt/1908) but crew remained on board and nine hours later refloated under own power.
1.7.1949: Sold to Anglo-Australian Fisheries (Pty) Ltd and Anglo-Australian Trawlers (Pty) Ltd, Perth, WA for £15000. Ian L. C. McNicol designated manager. 16.7.1949: Sailed Fleetwood for Fremantle, WA (Sk. James Dewhurst (39)/Capt E. Beeham); fourteen crew all volunteers to settle in Australia and sailed under Western Australian Government immigration scheme; families to follow.
16.9.1949: Arrived Fremantle, WA. To fish out of Albany.
1.1951: Had fire in coal bunker while alongside.
1958: Sold to Royal Australian Navy and sunk after use as a target.
(Thomas Alexander, OS, age 36, b. Roscommon, Co. Roscommon – ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB279))

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HMT Ben Dearg

HMT Ben Dearg
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S.T. Ben Dearg FD286 arrives in Australia

S.T. Ben Dearg FD286 arrives in Australia
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Changelog
29/04/2015: Updated information.
20/04/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
01/03/2020: Updated information.