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S.T. Inverspey FD421

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3788
Official Number: 142270
Yard Number: 113
Completed: 1919
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 280.25
Net Tonnage: 113.28
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 14.12 ft
Built: Geo. Brown & Co Ltd, Greenock
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Mackie & Baxter Ltd, Glasgow

History

19.11.1918: Launched by Geo. Brown & Co Ltd, Greenock (Yd.No.113) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM GRIFFITHS (Ad.No.3788).
5.2.1919: Forms for tender to purchase received by the Admiralty.
21.2.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
1919: Sold to Lieut Andrew Hardie RNR, Cults, Aberdeenshire. Horace Edward Stroud designated manager.
2.5.1919: After fitting out at Greenock for trawling, registered at Greenock (Part I & IV as INVERSPEY O.N.142270 (GK20).
5.1919: Greenock registry closed.
9.5.1919: Registered at Aberdeen (A158).
5.12.1919: Sold to Thomas Crimlis, Filey. Thomas Crimlis designated managing owner.
6.12.1919: Aberdeen registry closed.
8.12.1919: Registered at Scarborough (SH173).
29.6.1920: Sold to The Pearl Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Scarborough. Benjamin Simpson Jn, Scarborough & Frank Crimlis, Filey designated managers.
11.1922: Sold to Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood James W. Armitage designated manager.
20.11.1922: Scarborough registry closed.
23.11.1922: Registered at Fleetwood (FD421).
13.8.1923: In dense fog changing grounds, stranded on rocks off NW shore of Inishmore, Aran Islands, Galway Bay. Crew* took to boat and after over four hours fog lifted and with difficulty landed below the light at Eeragh Island. Total loss.
20.9.1923: Fleetwood registry closed.

(Wiliam Griffiths, AB (volunteer), age 32, b. Carnarvonshire, N. Wales – ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB36))

(* Lawrence Turner, James George, J. Reynolds, James Goggle, Jack Tennant, T. Burnett, Abdullah Gun, W. Jefferson, S. Jinks, D. Morrison, R. Cross).

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
12/04/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Inverdon FD420

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall

Technical
Admiralty Number: 4457
Official Number: 142268
Yard Number: 348
Completed: 1919
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 277.84
Net Tonnage: 121
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 14.6 ft
Built: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon

History

18.12.1918: Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon (Yd.No.348) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as MATTHEW CASSADY (Ad.No.4457).
5.2.1919: Forms for tender to purchase received by the Admiralty.
19.2.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
1919: Sold to Lieut Andrew Hardie RNR, Cults, Aberdeenshire. Horace Edward Stroud designated manager.
2.5.1919: After fitting out at Greenock for trawling, registered at Greenock (Part I & IV) as INVERDON O.N. 142268 (GK18).
5.1919: Greenock registry closed.
9.5.1919: Registered at Aberdeen (A166).
26.12.1919: Sold to Thomas Crimlis, Frank Crimlis, & Benjamin Simpson Jnr, Scarborough. Thomas Crimlis designated manager.
26.12.1919: Aberdeen registry closed.
29.12.1919 Registered at Scarborough (SH183).
29.6.1920: Sold to The Pearl Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Scarborough. Benjamin Simpson Jnr, Scarborough & Frank Crimlis, Filey designated managers.
18.11.1922: Sold to Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. James W. Armitage designated manager.
10.1922: Scarborough registry closed.
23.11.1922: Registered at Fleetwood (FD420).
29.11.1926: Sailed Fleetwood for Faroe grounds (Sk George Neves); 12 crew all told.
6.12.1926: At about 1.25 pm. stranded on a submerged reef one mile offshore from Kvalnes on the island of Sandö in the Faroe Islands. Crew taken off by local boats to steam trawler JADE (H340) and landed safely at Thorshavn.
8.12.1926: At an Inquiry in Thorshavn the skipper stated that the reason for grounding was that the reef was not marked on the navigation chart that he had onboard.
17.12.1926: Crew arrived back in Fleetwood. Sk. Neave related the story of the mishap. They had been at sea for almost a week and had only managed to do half a night’s fishing. A fresh breeze was blowing SSW and the weather was showery. The following Monday they were off the coast of Sandö, Faroe Islands, on the east side of the island and just before 2.00pm. they struck the Reefer rocks. The impact was a very severe one and a considerable quantity of water poured into the engine room and bunkers, but there was no danger of the boiler exploding. We were fast on the rocks and it was useless to try and get off, because if we had done so the vessel would have sunk immediately. We blew our whistle continuously as a distress signal and the call was answered by the steam trawler JADE (H340) and a number of small fishing boats. The JADE approached as near as possible and stood by. We remained onboard for about an hour and a half and the crew managed to get most of their gear. Some of the small motor boats came alongside and took us off. The task of boarding the small boats was an extremely difficult one owing to the rough state of the sea, but we all managed it safely. The motor boats took us to the JADE and we were landed at Thorshavn the following day.
6.1.1927: Fleetwood registry closed.

(Matthew Cassady, Landsman, age 26, b. Co. Meath – ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB614))

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S.T. Inverdon FD420

S.T. Inverdon FD420
Permission to post requested from The Keith Webster Collection

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
21/05/2017: Added image.
11/04/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Inverdee A176

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3789
Official Number: 141901
Yard Number: 114
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 280.25
Net Tonnage: 113.22
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: George Brown & Co, Greenock
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by McKie & Baxter, Govan

History

14.2.1919: Launched by George Brown & Co, Greenock (Yd.No.114) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN GREGORY (Ad.No.3789).
5.2.1919: Forms for tender to purchase received by the Admiralty.
3.1919: Sold to John Stewart Boyle, Glasgow.
2.5.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
10.5.1919: Registered at Glasgow (Part I & IV) as INVERDEE (GW27). John Stewart Boyle designated managing owner.
By 30.6.1919: Sold to Lieutenant Andrew Hardie RNR, Cults, Aberdeen.
6.1919: Glasgow registry closed.
30.6.1919: Registered at Aberdeen (A176). Andrew Hardie designated managing owner.
15.12.1919: Sold to Onward Steam Trawlers (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood. Walter Morley designated manager.
12.1927: Sold to Société Anonyme des Pécheries du Nord, Ostend.
1927: Remeasured 274g 86n.
17.12.1927: Aberdeen registry closed.
1.1928: Registered at Ostend as NADINE (O151).
11.10.1928: Landing at Fleetwood, 200 boxes.
18.9.1930: Whilst alongside in Wyre Dock, Fleetwood, crew working on deck observed smoke coming from the after cabin doorway. The smoke was too dense to enter and the Dock Fire Brigade were summoned. The Brigade quickly arrived under the supervision of Superintendent Davies, smoke helmets were required to enable the firemen to go below to discover the seat of the fire which had spread from the stove. Decision was taken to flood the after cabin to extinguish the blaze. Extensive damage was sustained in the cabin, the ship’s stores and to crew belongings.
1931: Sold to The Marquis de Bourdeilles, Dieppe. Charpin del Pierre designated manager.
1931: Ostend registry closed. Registered Dieppe.
1933: Soc. Anon, d’Armement Mallet designated managers.
1939: Requisitioned in French Navy (P.No.AD57).
3.7.1940: Seized in Falmouth (Operation Grab). Transferred to The Admiralty.
12.1940: Commissioned as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, AA weapons) (P.No.FY.1882).
8.4.1941: Based Gt. Yarmouth with M/S Group 115 (T/Lieut. John William George Price RNR). In poor visibility engaged an attacking Heinkel 111 aircraft which was hit and seen on fire and diving out of control towards the sea, but no wreckage found.
10.4.1941: The Admiralty announced that the aircraft had been hotly engaged and almost certainly destroyed. There were no casualties and no damage to the ship.
4.1945: Returned to French owners.
1954: Laid up survey overdue – class suspended.

John Gregory, Private, Marine, age 25, b. Potters Bar, Middlesex – VICTORY (ML50)

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S.T. Inverdee A176

HMT Nadine
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Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
22/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image. Information updated.
28/01/2021: Updated information.

S.T. Hagnaby (2) GY203

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3793
Official Number: 143935
Yard Number: 342A
As built: As built 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 277
Net Tonnage: 114
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Fawcett Preston & Co Ltd, Liverpool
Built: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr

History

5.8.1918: Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr (Yd No.342A) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as DOMQUE GENTILE (Ad.No.3793).
15.10.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr).
9.12.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as DOMQUE GENTILE O.N.143935.
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
1.6.1920: Landed at Milford. Laid up.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
24.8.1920: Registered at London (Part IV) as DOMQUE GENTILE (LO411).
11.1920: At HM Dockyard, Pembroke completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100 A1 Stm Trawler at Milford.
22.11.1920: Landed at Milford.
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
2.1925: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby.
6.2.1925: London registry closed.
13.2.1925: Registered at Grimsby (GY203).
303.03.1925: Registered at Grimsby as HAGNABY (GY203). Fred Parkes, Wyberton designated manager. Fishing from Fleetwood.
By 6.1926: Registered office established at Fleetwood.
5.1927: Sold to Gumersindo Roura, La Coruna. Renamed SANTIAGO RUSIÑOL.
2.6.1927: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1927: Registered at Corunna.
195?: Company restyled Gumersindo Roura S.L.
195?: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
1978: Believed sold for breaking up.

(Dominique (Domque) Gentile, Private, Marine, age ?, b. Valletta, Malta – VICTORY (ML179))

Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
16/09/2016: Information updated.
24/12/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Giovanni Guinti FD367

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3792
Official Number: 143807
Yard Number: 341
Completed: 1918
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 277
Net Tonnage: 109
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr
Engine: T.3-cyl by Fawcett Preston & Co Ltd, Liverpool

History

31.5.1918: Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr (Yd.No.341) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as GIOVANNI GUINTI (Ad.No.3792).
11.7.1918: Completed as an escort (1-4” and W/T).
1.1919: Renamed IDAHO.
4.1919: Carried out 4” mounted gun trials.
1919: Reverted to GIOVANNI GUINTI.
8.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as GIOVANNI GUINTI O.N.143807.
1.1920: Sold to The Cygnet Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Thomas Cardwell, manager).
24.1.1920: Registered at Fleetwood (FD367).
11.6.1921: Name change approved.
24.6.1921: Registered at Fleetwood as CYMREA (FD367).
1932: Sold to W. C. Farrow, Hull.
1932: Sold to Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Archibald Hudson, Hessle, manager).
19.7.1932: Fleetwood registry closed.
26.7.1932: Registered at Hull (H438).
3.8.1932: Registered at Hull as SIR MARK SYKES (H438).
1935: Sold to White Star Steam Fishing Co of Aberdeen Ltd, Aberdeen (Harry A. Holmes, manager).
15.10.1935: Hull registry closed.
16.10.1935: Registered at Aberdeen (A361).
21.11.1935: Registered at Aberdeen as LOCH MORAR (A361).
1936: Malcolm Smith appointed manager.
22.3.1937: Sailed Aberdeen on an Icelandic trip (Sk. Walter Edward Barber).
31.3.1937: In heavy weather, drove onto reef 1500yds offshore at Eyrarbakki, south west coast of Iceland; with heavy surf breaking over the vessel, a motor boat approached to within 500 yards but no sign of life; all twelve crew lost*. HMS FOYLE on FPS tasked to sail from Reykjavik to site; did not sail due to weather conditions and report from Eyrarbakki.
11.5.1937: Aberdeen registry closed. Only six bodies discovered and buried in Iceland.
1998: British Fisheries Minister, Eric Morley, unveiled a memorial at Patreksfjordur to all British fishermen who lost their lives on Iceland’s NW coast.

Lost* – Sk. Walter Edward Barber (42); George Hay Duthie (38), Mate; Thomas Phillip McKay(29), Second Fisherman; Alexander Stevenson, Ch Eng; John Connell, 2nd Eng; John Mitchell (28), John Barrett (52), William J. Brady, John Scott, deckhands; Charles Milne & F. Jackman, firemen; Duncan Lownie, cook

(Giovanni (Gioanni) Guinti, Private, Marine, age ?, b. Messina, Sicily – VICTORY (ML170))

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S.T. Cymrea FD367

S.T.Cymrea FD367
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Note: Excerpt from “The True Price Of Fish” by George Ritchie

S.T. Loch Morar A361

S.T. Loch Morar A361
Picture courtesy of The Elizabeth Dripen Collection

Loch Morar A361

Loch Morar A361
Excerpt courtesy of The Elizabeth Dripen Collection

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 8 updates since then.
04/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
10/11/2020: Updated history.