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S.T. Morgan Jones FD129

Technical

Official Number: 143830
Yard Number: 4
Completed: 1918
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 278
Net Tonnage: 116
Length: 125.0 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Fletcher, Son & Fearnall Ltd, Limehouse, London
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Fraser & Chalmers Ltd, Erith

History

1918: Launched by Fletcher, Son & Fearnall Ltd, Limehouse, London (Yd.No.4) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as MORGAN JONES (Ad.No.3845).
10.3.1918: Completed (1-12pdr, Hydrophone and W/T).
14.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as MORGAN JONES O.N.143830.
18.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO116).
1920: Sold to Mills Steamship Co Ltd, London. Frederick B. O’Meara designated manager.
1920-1930: Local managers/agents at Milford, Brand & Curzon.
11.1930: Transferred to Hull.
25.7.1939: Insured value £5,000.
Pre 4.1940: Employed on Fishery Protection (Nore/Humber/Hull).
11.6.1940: At Hull last landing before requisitioning. Faroe trip, 14 days – 444kits £668 gross.
1940: Sold to The Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. David N. Marr designated manager)
1.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No. 4.114).
2.6.1940: Hire rate £83.8.0d/month.
1940: Based North Shields (Ty/Sk. P. S. Ellerby RNR).
1942: Based Tyne (1-12pdr).
4.1945: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
11.1945: London registry closed.
8.11.1945: Registered at Fleetwood (FD129).
3.1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
22.3.1957: Arrived Troon Harbour from Fleetwood under own power (5’3”/15’0”).
27.3.1957: Breaking commenced.
13.6.1957: Beached (5’2”/9’9”).
13.9.1957: Breaking completed.
25.11.1957: Fleetwood registry closed.

(Morgan Jones, AB (prest), age 23, b. Carnarvon, North Wales – VICTORY (SB823))

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S.T. Morgan Jones FD116

S.T. Morgan Jones FD116
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27/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
18/06/2021: Updated history and technical details.
03/11/2023: Added an image.

S.T. Loch Morar LO252

Technical

Official Number: 143800
Yard Number: 381
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 290 (279)
Net Tonnage: 119
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.0 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith
Speed 10.5 knots

History

2.11.1917: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.381) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOSEPH BARRATT (Ad.No.3586).
1.3.1918: Completed (1-12pdr, Hydrophone and W/T).
6.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as JOSEPH BARRATT O.N.143800. Engaged in commercial fishing.
1920: Sold to The Skomer Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Cardiff. Lewis Bull designated manager.
13.1.1920: Registered at London (Part IV) (LO252).
16.11.1923: Sold to Brand & Curzon Ltd, Milford Haven. Edward Brand & Charles Curzon designated managers.
3.6.1929: Sold to Arthur S. Bowlby, Harlow. Edward D. W. Lawford, Milford Haven designated manager.
6.7.1929: Registered at London as LOCH MORAR (LO252).
1930: Transferred to Fleetwood when Edward D. W. Lawford moved his vessels to the port.
1931: Sold to Vanessa Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Edward D. W. Lawford designated manager.
1932: Laid up at Fleetwood.
9.1932: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Blackpool designate manager.
10.1933: Sold to Soc. Anon des Pécheries Saint Pierre, Boulogne (P. H. Ficheux, manager).
2.11.1933: London registry closed. Registered at Boulogne as SAINT BARNABE (B-??).
1.1934: Sold to C. J. H. Kirk, Fleetwood.
1.1934: Boulogne registry closed.
11.1.1934: Registered at Fleetwood as HARRY HAWKE (FD5).
3.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
3.1934: Re measured 279g 108n.
11.12.1934: On West of Scotland grounds (Sk. George Birch). Responded to distress call from steam trawler DANE (H227) which had stranded the previous day on the West Dureberg Reef, off Monarch Islands, west of North Uist and had come afloat under own power but leaking. Stood by and escorted to Leverburgh, Isle of Harris for temporary repairs to be carried out.
7.1935: Sold to Caledonian Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Harold Wright, designated manager.
10.7.1935: Fleetwood registry closed.
11.7.1935: Registered at Hull (H204).
29.7.1935: Registered at Hull as LOCH KINNORD (H204) (Ref. R.G.1290/35 dated 27.7.1935).
6.4.1939: Sold to Trident Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
26.4.1939: Registered at Hull as TILBURY NESS (H204) (Ref. R.G.1181/1939).
2.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. NR) (Hire rate £83.14.0d/month).
1.11.1940: Bombed and sunk by heavy German air attack in the Thames Estuary. Sheerness based Special Service (AA) paddle steamer ROYAL EAGLE (1539grt/1932) (Ty Cdr. E. F. A. Farrow RNR) and M/S tug SALVO (161grt/1918) (Sk. E. L. Fiske RNR) stood by, returned fire and successfully picked up ten survivors. Ten crew MPK/dead*.
1941: Hull registry closed.

MPK* – Edward Bessey, 2nd Hand; Samuel T. Pybus, Ch Engineman; William Stephen, Act Engineman; Hugh Lockett, Signalman; Harold Terry, AB; David J. Addison, Seaman; James C. Blandford, William A Grainger and James D. Savage, Stokers.
Picked up but died.
Percy R. Randall, Seaman cook.

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S.T. Joseph Barratt LO252

S.T. Joseph Barratt LO252
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27/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
22/04/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
01/05/2017: Information updated.
18/11/2018: Information updated.

S.T. Montano M53

Technical

Official Number: 145066
Yard Number: 340k
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 269
Net Tonnage: 109
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

Originally ordered by Hull Northern Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Requisitioned by The Admiralty on the stocks, no instalment monies paid.
9.5.1917: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.340K) (non-standard “Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JAMES BERRY.
30.8.1917: Completed as an escort (1-12pdr).
19.10.1920: Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO478).
1923: Sold to Hull Northern Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (William R. Nowell, manager).
8.9.1923: London registry closed.
13.9.1923: Registered at Hull (H818).
22.10.1923: Renamed MONTANO (H818).
1.5.1929: Sold to Orontes Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (William H. Johnston, manager).
7.5.1929: Hull registry closed.
8.5.1929: Registered at Grimsby (GY83).
11.1932: Sold to Southampton Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Henry P. Capron, manager).
31.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (Hire rate £78.9.2d/month).
9.1941: Fitted out as a magnetic minesweeper.
10.1943: Employed on miscellaneous naval duties.
10.1943: Sold to John C. Llewellin, Haverfordwest.
3.1944: Fitted out as a fuelling trawler (Esso) (33ton tank for refuelling diesel landing craft) (P.No.4.171). Assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Assigned to Force U.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
8.1944: Fitted out as a water carrier.
7.1945: Sold to John C. Llewellin; Joseph L. Yolland; John Yolland Jnr, Haverfordwest & Thomas S. Yolland, Swansea (John C. Llewellin, manager).
7.1945: Grimsby registry closed.
14.7.1945: Registered at Milford (M53).
1.1.1946: Messrs Yolland & Llewellin partnership dissolved.
2.1.1946: Returned.
3.1.1946: Transferred to Fleetwood.
15.1.1946: Sold to John Yolland Jnr, Joseph L. Yolland & Thomas S. Yolland, Milford Haven.
11.7.1946: Transferred to Yolland Brothers Ltd, Milford Haven (John Yolland, manager).
4.4.1949: Outward to fishing grounds (Sk. Rhymer). Off Barra in heavy seas, observed distress rockets and found Icelandic motor herring catcher/fish carrier ELDBORG (MB3) (280grt/1932) disabled with main engine damage. Connected for 250 mile tow to Fleetwood.
5.4.1949: Delivered Fleetwood where ELDBORG landed 2900 kits.
21.7.1949: Fishing with Hull skipper/mate at Iceland. Landed at Fleetwood 1117 kits, £2665 gross due to dispute at Milford with T&GWU.
4.1952: Transferred to Aberdeen.
17.3.1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for breaking up.
26.3.1953: Arrived Granton from Aberdeen under own power.
26.3.1953: Milford registry closed.

(James Berry, Drummer, Marine, age 23, b. St. Johns, Norwich, Norfolk – VICTORY (ML5) killed in action 21 Oct 1805 at Trafalgar)

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S.T. Montano GY83

S.T. Montano GY83
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S.T. Montano GY83

S.T. Montano GY83
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Changelog
27/12/2008: Page created.
10/05/2014: Picture added.
06/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/06/2021: Updated information.

S.T. Malaga GY393

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 146901
Yard Number: 59
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 271
Net Tonnage: 122.76
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Dominion Shipbuilding Co Ltd (Thor Iron Works), Toronto
Engine: 370ihp T.3-cyl by National Shipbuilding Co, Goderich, Ontario
Boiler: John Inglis & Sons, Ontario

History

1.1917: Ordered by The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) (Canadian “Castle”- “T.R.” class) from Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ontario (Yd.No.59) and subcontracted to Dominion Shipbuilding Co Ltd (Thor Iron Works), Toronto.
15.6.1918: Completed as TR.13 (1-12pdr).
8.1919: 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).
4.9.1926: Sold “as is” to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
4.9.1926: Fred Parkes, Blackpool appointed manager.
22.9.1926: Registered at Grimsby as MALAGA (GY393); fishing out of Fleetwood.
16.10.1926: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
6.2.1928: Registered office transferred to Fleetwood.
25.4.1928: Alteration of particulars of IHP (500ihp). Certificate of Survey at Liverpool dated 18.10.1927.
24.6.1929: Mortgage (A) discharged.
14.12.1929: Sailed Fleetwood for West of Scotland/Butt of Lewis grounds.
27.12.1929: Berthed at Stornoway with forecastle and fish room flooded having struck submerged rocks off Butt of Lewis.
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.
28.04.1932: Sailed for Ireland.
17.01.1933: At 8.32 am, (SK. W. Kay) standing by SAN SEBASTIAN (FD126) stranded near White Beach Point, NE side of Galway Bay, and will connect and attempt to refloat. At 11.30 am. refloated and towed to anchorage to await tide to Galway. Due to dense fog unable to find the port for 24 hours.
18.01.1933: Spotted in fog by the pilot boat and guided into Galway.
05.06.1933: Chartered by Italian Government to provide support for a trans Atlantic flight involving 20 to 30 aeroplanes (Sk. Geoff Barcock).
9.5.1933: Sailed Fleetwood for NW Atlantic.
19.5.1933: Arrived St. John’s, Newfoundland.
8.10.1935: Sailed Fleetwood for fishing grounds (Sk. George A. Novo DSC); twelve crew.
17.10.1935: Spoke with trawler SAN SEBASTIAN (FD126); last communication.
18.10.1935: In severe storm conditions, missing off Portrush, Co. Antrim; no survivors *.
27.10.1935: Posted missing.
20.12.1935: Grimsby registry closed “ Vessel missing since 18th October 1935 and presumed lost with all hands”.

(* Lost – Sk.George Albert Novo DSC; George Albert Novo Jnr, Mate; Richard Blundell, Bosun; Walker Jackson, Ch. Eng; Edward Gove, 2nd Eng; George Nelson, Arthur Perry, Christopher Blair, deckhands; Daniel Logue and John Burke, firemen; William Ellis, cook; James Turner, boy;)

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S.T. Malaga GY393

S.T. Malaga GY393
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Changelog
27/04/2014: Information updated.
02/05/2014: Information updated.
08/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
19/10/2019: Updated information.
10/09/2024: Updated information.

S.T. Lushby FD24

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3695
Official Number: 143864
Yard Number: 106
Completed: 1917
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 280
Net Tonnage: 110
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: 48ihp T.3-cyl by Gauldie, Gillespie & Co Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Geo. Brown & Co, Greenock

History

1.11.1917: Launched by Geo. Brown & Co, Greenock (Yd.No.106) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN CAMPBELL(Ad.No.3695). 13.12.1917: Completed (1-12pdr).
22.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as GEORGE DIXON O.N.143864.
1919: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries and engaged in commercial trawling.
28.01.1920: Allocated to the Government scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
8.1.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO260).
13.8.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
12.1920: At HM Dockyard Chatham fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100 A1 Stm Trawler at London.
4.1921: Paid off at The Nore. Laid up at Brightlingsea.
1.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 had not been subscribed. Laid up.
1923: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (Fred Parkes, Wyberton, Boston, manager).
1924: Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
14.11.1924: London registry closed.
21.11.1924: Registered at Fleetwood as LUSHBY (FD24).
19.12.1925: Lost after stranding on south side of Tory Island, Co. Donegal.
2.3.1926: Fleetwood registry closed “ Vessel lost”.

(John Campbell, AB, age 20, b. Stirling, Scotland – ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB364))

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
14/05/2021: Updated history and technical details.