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S.T. Philip Godby FD405

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Milford Trawlers

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3783
Official Number: 143785
Yard Number: 404
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 209
Net Tonnage: 126
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

24.9.1918: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.404) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as PHILIP GODBY (Ad.No.3783).
1919: Sold to Henry Smethurst (64/64), Grimsby
6.5.1919: Completed.
15.5.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY309).
9.5.1919: John Wintringham Smethurst appointed manager.
2.7.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to the London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
9.2.1920: Mortgage (A) discharged.
9.2.1920: Sold to The Derby Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Bootle, Liverpool.
12.5.1920: Charles W. Pickering, Fleetwood appointed manager.
6.3.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London County, Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd (B).
18.10.1921: Mortgage (B) discharged.
24.10.1921: The Derby Steam Trawling Co Ltd in liquidation sold to Harry Pennington & Thomas George McKay, Bootle (joint owners).
26.10.1921: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
4.11.1921: Jules Nierinck appointed manager.
17.12.1921: Mortgage (C) discharged.
19.12.1921: Sold to The Godby Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
21.12.1921; Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (D).
5.1.1922: Jules Nierinck appointed manager. 25.3.1922: Grimsby registry closed.
29.3.1922: Registered at Fleetwood (FD405).
17.9.1924: At Oban (Sk. W. Hargreaves) picked up doctor and landed him at St. Kilda to treat pneumonia outbreak.
11.12.1924: Sold to Neva Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (William W. Brierley, manager).
10.2.1925: Registered at Fleetwood as CISNELL (FD405).
3.1928: Sold to Thomas Jenkerson, Milford Haven (Jenkerson & Jones Ltd).
6.3.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.3.1928: Registered at London (LO122).
29.3.1928: Registered at London as TOGIMO (LO122).
1938: Sold to Jenkerson & Jones Ltd, Milford Haven (Thomas Jenkerson, manager).
2.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service and appointed for minesweeping duties (Hire rate £90.12.6d/month).
13.11.1939: Returned to owner.
1.3.1940: Sailed Milford for fishing grounds (Sk. James Gale DSC); twelve crew.
11.2.1940: Off West coast of Ireland about 70 miles from the Fastnet, at 4.00 a.m. hauled and owing to damage prepared to change gear from one side of the ship to the other. At 5.00 a.m. ready to shoot trawl, shelled by U-boat (U.37), doused lights and tried to escape, but hit in chart room and ablaze. Crew abandoned in boat and trawler sunk by gunfire in approx position 50°40N/11°02W, one crewman killed (James Price (18), Co. Kildare, fireman). Boat in way of shell fall and Ch.Eng injured.
12.2.1940: After twenty-eight hours in the boat and with three badly injured men, all eleven picked up by Spanish steamer MONTE NAVAJO (5754grt/1920).
13.2.1940: Landed at Queenstown, Co.Cork.
17.2.1940: Crew returned to Milford.
1.3.1940: London registry closed “Sunk by enemy action”.

(Philip Godby , AB, age 43, b. Cricklade, Wiltshire – VICTORY (SB939))

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S.T. Philip Godby LO122

S.T. Philip Godby LO122
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S.T. Peter Killen FD406

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4207
Official Number: 139806
Yard Number: 449
Completed: 1919
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 275.65
Net Tonnage: 118.50
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen
Engine: 87hp T.3-cyl by Bellis & Morcom Ltd, Birmingham
Boiler: Boiler by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley

History

12.1918: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.449) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as PETER KILLEN (Ad.No.4207).
5.2.1919: Forms for tender to purchase received by the Admiralty.
3.1919: Sold to Lieut Andrew Hardie RNR, Cults, Aberdeenshire (Horace E. Stroud, manager).
31.3.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
11.4.1919: Registered at Aberdeen O.N.139806 (A149).
5.3.1920: Sold to Herbert Ford (64/64), Birmingham.
5.3.1920: John Maxwell Jones, Plymouth designated manager.
20.3.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
31.3.1920: Aberdeen registry closed.
3.4.1920: Registered at Plymouth (PH140).
1921: Fishing from Fleetwood.
16.10.1921: Mortgage (A) discharged.
16.10.1921: Sold to Killen Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
16.12.1921: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
17.12.1921: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Herbert Ford, Birmingham for the sum of £5,000 with interest at 6% (C).
20.12.1921: Jules Henri Nierinck, Blackpool designated manager.
20.2.1922: Plymouth registry closed.
24.3.1922: Registered at Fleetwood (FD406).
12.12.1923: Stranded on small island off Isle of Lismore, Loch Linnhe.
13.12.1923: Steam trawlers LOIS (FD424) and IDA ADAMS (FD327) responded to distress, connected and successfully refloated. After carrying out checks, proceeded to Fleetwood.
3.1924: Mortgages (B) & (C) discharged.
3.1924: Sold to René Maubaillarcq & Cie, La Rochelle (Association Rochelaise de Pêche à Vapeur).
11.4.1924: Fleetwood registry closed.
4.1924: Registered at La Rochelle as CRAONNE BEAURIEUX (LR3739).
9.1933: Sold to Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
9.1933: La Rochelle registry closed.
26.9.1933: Registered at Hull as SIR JOHN LISTER (H509).
26.9.1933: Archibald Hudson, Hessle designated manager.
10.1933: New boiler fitted.
1938: Sold to Iago Steam Trawling Co Ltd, London. (E. D. W. Lawford, manager).
6.3.1937: In thick fog stranded on Haile Sand, near Donna Nook Beacon. Attended by Spurn lifeboat CITY of BRADFORD (Cox. Robert Cross). Although vessel was pounding in the swell, crew did not want to be taken off and lifeboat withdrew to stand by. When swell turned vessel shorewards, assistance was called for and the lifeboat laid out a kedge anchor. As tide made, hauled off and proceeded to Spurn Light to wait for fog to lift.
29.3.1938: Hull registry closed.
30.3.1938: Registered at London (LO209).
30.3.1938: E. D. W. Lawford designated manager.
1.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.622) (Hire rate £87.16.3d/month).
5.1945: Surveyed and restored at Port Glasgow.
11.8.1945: Returned to owner.
1.1946: Sold to Pair Fishing Co Ltd, Milford Haven. H. J. Richards designated manager.
11.1947: Sold to William Johnston, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
1.1948: London registry closed.
1.1948: Registered at Granton as ESTHER JOHNSTON (GN50). William Johnston designated managing owner.
1954: Owners re-styled William Johnston & Co (Newhaven) Ltd, Newhaven, Edinburgh. Adam W. Wood, Leith designated manager.
1957: Sold to BISCO (£6150) and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd, Charlestown, Fife for breaking up (Contract No.17E). 15.4.1957: Delivered Charlestown from Granton under own power and breaking up commenced. 1957: Granton registry closed.
(Peter Killen, OS (volunteer), age 21, b. Co. Louth, Ireland – VICTORY (SB828))

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S.T. Craonne Beaurieux LR3739

S.T. Craonne Beaurieux LR3739
Picture © Alex Henri, La Rochelle

Changelog
03/07/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
24/07/2017: Removed FMHT watermark.
12/07/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Peter Carey FD350

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4445
Official Number: 141951
Yard Number: 121
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 208
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Gauldie, Gillespie & Co, Glasgow
Built: George Brown & Co, Greenock

History

25.6.1919: Launched by George Brown & Co, Greenock (Yd.No.121) for The Admiralty (“Castle” class as PETER CAREY (Ad.No.4445).
5.2.1919: Forms for tender to purchase received by the Admiralty.
8.8.1919: Sold to The Victory Steam Fishing Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood.
10.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
10.10.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (Part I & Part IV) O.N.141951 (FD350). Walter Morley designated manager.
24.9.1922: Registered at Fleetwood as CICELY BLANCHE (FD350).
1928: Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
8.3.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
10.3.1928: Registered at London (LO126).
5.1928: Chartered by Dept of Scientific & Industrial Research, London for trials (Improvement in stowage and icing of catch) (Along with Aberdeen steam trawler BEN MEIDIE (SN340) (234g/1917)).
16.5.1928: Registered at London as PETER CAREY (LO126).
22.11.1929: While on the fishing grounds 180 miles out of Milford, William Rees, deckhand was washed overboard and drowned.
1.4.1930: Last landing at Milford. Transferred to Fleetwood when Edward D. W. Lawford moved his vessels to the port.
6.1930: Steam trawler DANIEL CLOWDEN (LO129) on Klondyke grounds, shooting the trawl, warps tangled rudder and propeller. After discussion with owners, dispatched to assist, connected and towed to Inishtrahull where warps were freed. Sailed again for grounds In company with DANIEL CLOWDEN which later experienced boiler stay collapse emitting steam and boiling water in which 2nd engineer was scalded. Connected again to DANIEL CLOWDEN which had been drifting without steam and delivered Fleetwood.
9.9.1937: At Fleetwood landed a catch that realised over £1,000.
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. FY537) (Hire rate £87.10.0d/month).
11.8.1940: Commanded by Sk. E. G. Catchpole RNR, with HMTrawler EDWARDIAN (GY328) (P.No.FY681) (Ty/Sk. F. A. Cunningham RNR), shot down four German aircraft.
26.1.1943: A/Capt Edward Douglas Wyndham Lawford RN awarded DSO for service in HMS POZARICA (P.No.4.261) A/A ship on Russian convoys.
1.12.1943: With five trawlers that had been moving Thames barges along the South Coast returning to the Thames from Newhaven. PETER CAREY had HM Trawler AVANTURINE (Sk. Edward Gillard) in tow, damaged due to grounding off Cuckmere on 23.11.1943. Off Beachy Head attacked by 5th E boat flotilla of nine German motor torpedo boats. AVANTURINE hit by torpedo from S142 and foundered; no survivors.
9.1945: Re-classed at Glasgow and returned to owner.
1947: Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Owen Willie Limbrick, manager).
5.1950: Laid up at Milford.
3.1.1951: Last landing at Milford. Transferred to Aberdeen.
25.12.1952: First landing after return to Milford.
18.7.1958: Last landing at Milford. Laid up at Milford Haven.
3.1959: Sold to Belgian principals for breaking up.
8.5.1959: Arrived Hemixen.

(Peter Carey, OS, age 42, b. Cork, Co. Cork – ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB236)

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S.T. Peter Carey FD350

S.T. Peter Carey LO126
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S.T. Peter Carey LO126

S.T. Peter Carey LO126
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Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 3 revisions since then
19/08/2014: Updated information.
01/08/2016: Information updated.
16/01/2017: Image added.
15/08/2017: Image added and removed FMHT watermark.
12/07/2021: Updated history.

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))

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

S.T. Northcoates H329

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3697
Official Number: 144573
Yard Number: 164
Completed: 1919
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 290
Net Tonnage: 127
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Built: Cox & Co (Engineers) Ltd, Falmouth
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Cox & Co (Engineers) Ltd, Falmouth

History

Note Name to be GEORGE CORTON.
1918: Launched by Cox & Co (Engineers) Ltd, Falmouth (Yd.No.164) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as GEORGE CORTEN (Ad.No.3697).
6.2.1919: Completed and delivered.
22.05.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) O.N.144573. Engaged in commercial trawling.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
09.1920: Allocated to the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
25.09.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) as GEORGE CORTEN (LO467).
12.1920: At Wivenhoe fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Wivenhoe.
1921: Laid up at Brightlingsea.
31.10.1921: After inspection at Brightlingsea by Capt. William John Lown & Lawrence Spring (directors), purchased by Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. Purchased at asking price £7250 (Others inspected and purchased were DANIEL DICK, ISAAC ARTHAN, JOHN BROOKER, JOHN GRAHAM & THOMAS BOUDIGE).
3.12.1921: London registry closed.
12.1921: Remeasured 277g 108n.
21.12.1921: Registered at Hull as GEORGE CORTEN (H329). Walter Scott designated manager.
30.1.1922: Registered at Hull as ZENCON (H329).
13.11.1922: Registered at Hull as ZIRCON (H329).
27.5.1935: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £3,800. Crewed and operated from Hull by The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys designated manager.
12.11.1935: Registered at Hull as NORTHCOATES (H329). Edward Towne designated manager.
1935: Insured value £4,500.
1937: Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood.
24.8.1937: First landing at Fleetwood from Faroes, 235kits.
28.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (magnetic) (P.No.FY.548) (Hire rate £83.2.0d/month).
9.1939: Fitting out at Sheerness.
23.5.1944: Assigned as magnetic minesweeper to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
29.5.1944: Ordered to Plymouth
5.6.1944: Sailed Plymouth for beachhead approaches with minesweeping flotillas.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
2.12.1944: Foundered in the English Channel off Littlehampton in heavy weather while under tow after machinery failure. Wreck lies in position 50.39.68N 0.35.32W in 26 m.

(George Corton (aka Corten, Carten), Landsman (volunteer), age 32, b. Oxford, Oxfordshire – VICTORY (SB112))

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HMT Northcoates

HMT Northcoates
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Changelog
01/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
03/11/2016: Information updated.
07/04/2019: Information updated.
28/06/2021: Updated history and technical details.