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S.T. John Casewell PH181

Additional information courtesy of Gary Hicks (Plymouth Merchant Ships)

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3713
Official Number: 144276
Yard Number: 328
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 277.42
Net Tonnage: 120.79
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon
Built: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon

History

3.10.1917: Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon (Yd.No.328) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN CASEWELL (Ad.No.3713).
8.11.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-3.5” A/S Howitzer).
1919: Registered by The Admiralty in the Registry of British Ships at London (O.N.144276).
4.5.1920: Sold by auction at Milford to Herbert Ford (64/64), Birmingham for £8250.
7.1920: London registry closed.
15.7.1920: Registered at Plymouth (PH181).
7.1920: Converted to a fishing vessel.
23.7.1920: John Maxwell Jones, Plymouth appointed manager.
20.9.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
1921: Jules Nierinck, Fleetwood appointed manager.
22.10.1921: At 7.30 pm. entering Castletownbere, Co. Cork, stranded on Dog Rocks, eastern end of Bere Island. Crew left ship in own boats and landed Bere Island.
24.10.1921: Salvage lighter ADELAIDE (70grt/1876) despatched from Queenstown to assist.
25.10.1921: Surveyed. Rudder and stern frame broken, considerable bottom damage but little ingress of water.
26.10.1921: Salvage work progressing in fine weather.
27.10.1921: Ship stripped of all wood, entire bottom, keel and stern frame to renew, floors and engine bed plate fractured. Will require five 12” pumps and shallow draught vessel to go alongside. “Strongly recommend cutting loss as any south west wind will finish job off.”
2.1.1922: Report of Total loss.
24.3.1922: Plymouth registry closed.

(John Casewell, OS, age 21, b. Plymouth – VICTORY (SB837))

Changelog

13/06/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Raglan Castle SA6

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3790
Official Number: 136152
Yard number: 115
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 280
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by McKie & Baxter, Glasgow
Built: G. Brown & Co, Greenock

History

21.2.1919: Launched by G. Brown & Co, Greenock (Yd.No.115) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as GEORGE GREAVES (Ad.No.3790).
12.5.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
3.7.1919: Sold to The Izaak Walton Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Swansea.
7.1919: Registered at Swansea (SA6) (Crawford Heron, manager).
2.3.1923: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager).
30.4.1923: Registered at Swansea as RAGLAN CASTLE (SA6).
9.1927: Owners restyled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (Sir John D Marsden, Bart, manager).
30.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.631) Mediterranean Command (Hire rate £87.10.0d/month).
21.1.1944: Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
31.5.1944: Completed MOWT service.
1.6.1944: Chartered to Government of Ceylon, Colombo.
20.9.1947: Swansea registry closed.
1948: Sold to Government of Ceylon, Colombo.

Changelog

29/04/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.

S.T. North Ness H11

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3523
Official Number: 143863
Yard Number: 702
Completed 1917
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 107
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

19.3.1917: Laid down by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.702) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty.
5.7.1917: Launched as ANDREW SACK (Ad.No.3523).
3.8.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr and W/T).
28.01.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) as ANDREW SACK O.N.143863 (LO257).
By 18.06.1920: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London and engaged in commercial trawling.
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
3.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
11.1920: At HM Dockyard, Chatham fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at London.
04.1921: Paid off at The Nore. Laid up at Brightlingsea.
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed.
1924: Sold to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Walter Scott, manager) after inspection at Brightlingsea by Capt. William John Lown & Lawrence Spring (directors). Purchased at asking price £5500 (Others inspected and purchased at £5500 each – ARTHUR LESSIMORE, JAMES PEAKE, JOHN DORMUND & SAMUEL DRAKE).
9.2.1924: London registry closed.
12.2.1924: Registered at Hull (H11).
13.2.1924: Arrived Hull from Brightlingsea.
6.3.1924: Registered at Hull as ALEXANDRITE (H11). Estimated total cost including fit out and classification £8900.
8.3.1924: Sailed on first trip.
24.3.1924: Landed (no details).
24.3.1925: William John Lown appointed manager.
26.11.1932: At anchor off Victoria Dock, Hull. Propeller fouled by anchor chain from LADY BERYL (H283), both drifted and grounded on hulkings. Refloated next tide, slipped, repaired and returned to service.
22.7.1933: Sold to Trident Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (George Arthur Ledger, manager).
4.9.1933: Registered at Hull as NORTH NESS (H11).
25.7.1939: Insured value £5,300.
Pre 4.1940: Employed on Fishery Protection (Nore/Humber/Hull) (1-12pdr).
11.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No.4.100).
12.6.1940: Hire rate £80.4.2d/month.
1.1942: At Hartlepool in C&M pending reallocation.
25.10.1944: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager) for £10550.
8.1945: Paid off.
7.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Londonderry.
22.6.1949: Sold to Harold Barber Ingram, Fleetwood for £13000.
1955: Sold for breaking up.
21.5.1955: Hull registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

(Andrew Sack, Yeoman of the Sheets (Midshipman), age 35, b. Geneva, Switzerland – VICTORY
(SB651) killed in action 21 Oct 1805 at Trafalgar)

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S.T. North Ness H11

S.T. North Ness H11
Picture courtesy of Peter Brady

S.T. Alexandrite H11

S.T. Alexandrite & Lady Beryl
Picture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library

S.T. Alexandrite H11

S.T. Alexandrite H11
Picture courtesy The Mike Thompson Collection

S.T. North Ness H11

S.T. North Ness H11
Picture courtesy The Mike Thompson Collection

Changelog
03/03/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
13/09/2016: Information updated.

S.T. Bonthorpe FD104

Technical

Official Number: 148219
Yard Number: 54
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 272.86
Net Tonnage: 105.80 (94)
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario

History

1.1917: Ordered.
1918: Completed by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario (Yd.No.54 or 55) (Canadian “Castle” – “T.R.” class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR10.
16.5.1918: Completed and commissioned in the Royal Canadian Navy (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). 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).
26.6.1926: Sold “as is” to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby. Basil Arthur Parkes, Blackpool designated manager.
19.7.1926: Registered at Fleetwood as BONTHORPE (FD104).
9.1927: Engaged in an experimental trip to Canadian waters (Capt Leslie William Caxton). Chartered by Maritime Fish Corporation Ltd, Montreal. Based Canso, NS.
5.1928: Returned to Fleetwood for refit.
6-9.1928: Engaged in experimental trip to West African coast below the Canary Islands (Capt Caxton).
5.1929: Sold to Western Australia Trawling Co Ltd, Perth, Western Australia.
30.5.1929: Sailed Fleetwood for Fremantle, WA (Capt Caxton).
26.8.1929: Arrived Geraldton, WA for bunkers after eventful voyage. Based at Albany, WA using the Town Jetty with Capt Caxton as master. Employed trawling new fishing grounds in the Great Australian Bight. Also fished east of Albany as far as Esperance and made some very good landings.
17.10.1930: Registry noted “Sold out of District”.
1933: Company in liquidation. Laid up at Fremantle with salted boiler.
26.8.1933: Sold to Albany Tug Company, Albany, WA (Alexander Armstrong & Capt Clemence Douglas) for £200. Converted to a tug.
1939: Partnership dissolved, company wound up. Became property of Alex Armstrong, Albany, WA.
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service (RAN) as an anti submarine trawler.
10.12.1939: Commissioned in RAN (P.No.FY85).
1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper.
30.6.1944: Purchased by RAN.
17.2.1945: Paid off and laid up.
1948: Sold to Mark Dakas, Broome, WA.
1949: Sold to Mrs Mary Dakas, Broome, WA.
5.1949: Fleetwood registry closed.
23.5.1949: Registered at Fremantle.
1950: Fitted out to a barge tug.
3.10.1950: At Fremantle in 75mph gale, moored in pens, bows driven 15ft into wooden jetty when jetty struck by motor vessel CORAMBA (3551grt/1948) which had broken away from River Buoys. Minor damage.
3.4.1951: Sold to Marine Contractors Pty Ltd, Cairns, Queensland.
17.7.1951: Surveyed after fitting out as a barge tug.
17.9.1951: Fremantle registry closed.
17.9.1951: Alterations to particulars following survey at Albany dated 17.7.1951. 94.06 net.
8.10.1951: Registered at Cairns.
1954: Arrested as firm went into liquidation.
18.8.1954: Sold to Marine Contracting & Towing Co Ltd, Cairns, Queensland.
1955: Laid up at Cairns. Sank at berth and buried under the infill for new sugar terminal at Senrab Point.
4.6.1959: Cairns registry closed.

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S.T. Bonthorpe FD104

S.T. Bonthorpe FD104
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S.T. Bonthorpe FD104

S.T. Bonthorpe FD104
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S.T. Bonthorpe FD104

S.T. Bonthorpe FD104
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HMAS Bonthorpe

HMAS Bonthorpe
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Bonthorpe in Australia

HMAS Bonthorpe
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S.T. Bonthorpe

5 March 1930 – Capt Leslie William Caxton, Dominic Serventy, and Mate Arthur Shuttleworth
Picture courtesy of The State Library of W.A.

S.T. Bonthorpe

November 1929
Picture courtesy of the State Library of W.A.

S.T. Bonthorpe

November 1929 – Arthur Shuttleworth released cod end.
Picture courtesy of the State Library of W.A.

S.T. Bonthorpe FD104

S.T. Bonthorpe FD104
Clipping courtesy of Geoff Davidson

S.T. Bonthorpe FD104

S.T. Bonthorpe FD104
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S.T. Bonthorpe FD104

S.T. Bonthorpe FD104
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Changelog
26/04/2014: Information updated.
30/08/2015: Corrected caption.
02/08/2016: Images added.
03/08/2016: Information updated.
19/01/2017: Added newspaper clippings.
18/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.
08/09/2019: Updated information.

S.T. James Lay FD189

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4222
Official Number: 143834
Yard Number: 5
Completed: 1918
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 278
Net Tonnage: 121
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 (Yd.No.5) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JAMES LAY (Ad.No.4222).
4.11.1918: Completed (1-12pdr).
15.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as JAMES LAY O.N.143834.
19.2.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO333).
1920: Sold to Sir William Beardmore, Bart, Glasgow (Charles Curzon, Milford Haven, manager).
1.1921: Sir William Beardmore, Bart was raised to the peerage in the New Year’s Honours List and became Lord Invernairn of Strathnairn (Charles Curzon, Milford Haven, manager).
24.9.1925: While fishing 50 miles W by S1/2 S from St. Ann’s Head and working round a dahn, struck by THOMAS HANKINS (LO372) on the port side, sustaining damage to after gallows and shell plates.
3.1930: After landing from a Rockall trip, coaled and iced, while laying outside Wyre Dock and prepared for sea, sprang a leak, towed to sandbank and beached. Repaired and returned to service.
1931: Transferred to Hull.
12.1.1932: In thick fog stranded on Filey High Brig. Kedge anchors laid out but attempt to refloat at 7.30 pm failed. Later a southerly gale sprang up and crew evacuated over bow and rocks to safety.
13.1.1932: Two crew and locals returned onboard. At 7.00 am. came afloat without assistance, initially men taken off by lifeboat but crew returned and anchored Filey Bay to check round before proceeding to Hull.
1935: Insured value £5,000.
9.4.1936: Lord Invernairn died. Ownership transferred to his Executors – Alexander B. MacDuff, & Alexander M. Mitchell, Glasgow and Lady Invernairn, Flichity, Inverness.
1938: Sold to Mills Steam Ship Co Ltd, London.
25.7.1939: Insured value £5,000.
9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.667) (Hire rate £83.8.0d/month).
19.5.1940: Sailed Harwich (Sk. W. H. Makings RNR) escorted by HM Destroyer JAGUAR (Lt Cdr. J. F. Hine RN)(P.No.F34) and HM Patrol Sloop PUFFIN (Lt Cdr. Earl Beatty RN)(P.No.L52) accompanied by HM M/S Trawlers, CAPE MELVILLE (Ty/Sk. J.E. C. Wright RNR)(P.No.FY651) (H150), GRAMPIAN (Ch. Sk. A. Robb RNR)(P.No.FY546) (H502), MILFORD QUEEN (Ty/Sk. F. Burgess RNR) (P.No.FY615) (M225), MILFORD PRINCESS (Ty/Sk. J. W. Cook RNR)(P.No.FY616) (M228) and PELTON (Sk. J. A. Sutherland DSC RNR)(H288), engaged in Operation Quixote (to creep and cut telephone cables between Lowestoft, Bacton, Mundesley and Borkum and Nordeney, Germany).
28.5.1940: Operation completed.
15.1.1942: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager) for £8625.
1944: Fitted out for dan laying and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Attached to the 15th Minesweeping Flotilla as a dan layer.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
10.1944: Returned to owner.
3.1945: Reclassed at Hull.
30.11.1945: Insured value £18,500; for 1946 proposed same.
11.3.1946: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood for £19,000. Registered at Fleetwood (FD189).
23.4.1954: Last landing at Fleetwood. 338 boxes 40 baskets, £1382 gross.
5.1954: Sold to Haven Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Robert Lewis, manager).
13.12.1959: Last landing at Milford. Laid up.
1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
16.3.1960: Delivered to Briton Ferry under own power from Milford Haven.

(James Lay, Landsman, age 24, b. Peckham, London – VICTORY (SB312))

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S.T. James Lay LO333

S.T. James Lay LO333
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

S.T. James Lay FD189

S.T. James Lay FD189
Picture courtesy of the JJ Collection

S.T. James Lay LO333

S.T. James Lay LO333
Picture courtesy of The Bill Blow Collection

S.T. James Lay LO333

S.T. James Lay LO333
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S.T. James Lay FD189

S.T. James Lay FD189
Picture courtesy of the JJ Collection

Changelog
29/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
21/07/2015: Information updated.
25/08/2017: Removed disputed image and FMHT watermarks.
15/02/2021: Updated history and technical details.