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S.D/T. Constant Star LT1158 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham.

Technical

Official Number: 132943
Yard Number: 510
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 98.46
Net Tonnage: 43.13
Length: 88.1 ft
Breadth: 18.7 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 210bhp T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Thos. Sudron & Co Ltd, Stockton on Tees.

History

8.11.1911: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.510) for The Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as CONSTANT STAR.
23.12.1911: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1158).
29.12.1907: Completed. George Catchpole designated manager.
5.8.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence drifter. Based Scapa.
2.7.1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft).
Late 1920s/1930s: Seasonal trawling from Milford and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
4.4.1929: Explosion in boiler room whilst off Blackpool. ELIE NESS (LT1259) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
26.6.1932: On Small’s ground foremast broke.
14.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as an examining vessel/minesweeper (Hire rate £25.10.0d/month).
20.11.1939: Returned to owner.
10.11.1940: In heavy seas off Pembrokeshire coast suffered damage.
21.11.1940: Struck wall at Milford damaging stem and bow plating.
29.11.1942: Sold to Owen David Purdy, Hakin.
18.1.1946: Sold to Ocean Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven. Henry J. Harwood designated manager.
25.11.1946: Sold to Fred.J. Ingram (22/64); Trevor Ingram (21/64) and Alan Packman (21/64), Milford Haven.
12.1948: Laid up at Milford.
20.4.1949: Sold to William Foreman, Peterhead. Lowestoft registry closed.
12.5.1949: Registered at Peterhead (PD38). Joseph Reid designated manager.
12.1954: Peterhead registry closed “Ceased fishing”.
1955: Sold for breaking up.
1955: Lowestoft registry closed

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S/D.T. Constant Star LT1158

S/D.T. Constant Star LT1158
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S.D/T. Constant Star PD38

S.D/T. Constant Star PD38
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S.T. Constant Star LT1158

S.T. Constant Star LT1158
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog
11/03/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
23/02/2016: Picture added.
29/06/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
30/08/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.D/T. Riant INS30 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham for FMHT.
Additional information courtesy of Douglas Paterson

Technical

Official Number: 144800
Yard Number: 100
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 86.2
Breadth: 18.5
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad

History

1917: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.100) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as GREEN SEA (Ad.No.4166).
16.2.1918: Completed as a fishing vessel.
21.12.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
8.2.1921: Registered at Aberdeen as GLADYS and VIOLET (A639).
24.6.1921: Sold to Edgar Mutton & Peter Maxwell Matthews, Aberdeen (Benjamin Allenby, manager) under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen).
1924: Sold to David Main, John Ralph & D. W. McKenzie, Burghead (James R. Hamilton, Elgin, manager).
10.4.1924: Aberdeen registry closed.
4.1924: Registered at Inverness as RIANT (INS30).
From 1932 – 1936: Seasonal trawling for whitefish out of Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
1939: To Executors of David Main, deceased.
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month). Employed on auxiliary patrol.
27.1.1940: Lost after stranding on Isle of Gigha. Inverness registry closed.

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S.T. Riant INS30

S.T. Riant INS30
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S.D/L. Summer Rose PD594

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4185
Official Number: 145542
Yard Number: 357
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 96
Length: 86.5 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3cyl by William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Dalmuir
Built: Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd, Northwich

History

1919: Launched by Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd, Northwich (Yd.No.357) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as STERN WAVE (Ad.No.4185).
27.3.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
25.8.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
1921: Sold A. Wares & C. Cluness, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
1922: Registered at Leith as CRAIGLEITH (LH255).
1922: Sold to Scottish Steam Herring Fishing Co Ltd, Peterhead (John Sutherland, manager).
1922: Registered at Peterhead as SUMMER ROSE (PD594).
1930 – 1936: Trawling out of Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
Pre 1937 sold to Scottish Steam Herring Fishing Co Ltd, Peterhead & Others.
1937-1939: Occasional landings at Fleetwood when white fish lining (Alex Keay, managing agent).
1.10.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month). Based North Shields (Ty/Sk. W. Howes RNR).
13.10.1940: Mined off Sunderland. Two crew lost.
1940: Peterhead registry closed.
(Lost: James Southern, Engineman; Frank Paget, Stoker.)

Changelog

24/92/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.

S.D/T. Plough KY232

Technical

Official Number: 145552
Yard Number: 445
Completed: 1920
Yard Number: 445
Gross tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 39
Length: 86.1 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd, Brimscombe
Built: Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd, Queensferry

History

1919: Launched by Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd, Queensferry (Yd.No.445) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as FOAM.
1.10.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
12.10.1920: Transferred to Fishery Board for Scotland for disposal.
7.1.1921: Sold to John & P. Thomson & J. R. Brown, Cockenzie.
1921: Registered at Leith as STARWORT (LH288).
1923: Sold to Martin Gardner, Robert Gardner & Martin Gardner Jnr, Cellardyke (John T. Graham, Anstruther, manager).
1923: Registered at Kirkcaldy as MENAT (KY232).
1934: Sold to Robert Gardner, Cellardyke (John T. Graham, Anstruther, manager). Registered at Kirkcaldy as PLOUGH (KY232).
1939: Sold to Mrs R. F. Gardner, Cellardyke.
14.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
1942: Sold to North Shore Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
2.3.1946: Returned to owner.
10.4.1948: On passage Yarmouth – Fleetwood, struck submerged wreckage and foundered near E. Goodwins. Crew took to boat and picked up by Ramsgate lifeboat. Kirkcaldy registry closed.

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S.D/T. Plough KY232

S.D/T. Plough KY232

Changelog
03/02/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
30/07/2016: Picture added.

S.D/T. Ocean Rambler YH725 (Seasonal)

Wartime visitor

Technical

Official Number: 135078
Yard Number: 499
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 37
Length: 86.5 ft
Breadth: 18.7 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine and boiler: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

13.5.1914: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.499) for Bloomfields Ltd, Gt Yarmouth as OCEAN RAMBLER.
8.6.1914: Registered at Yarmouth (YH725). James Bloomfield designated manager.
6.1914: Completed at a cost of £4381.
9.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol drifter (Ad.No.246).
13.11.1914: At Lowestoft, parent ship HALCYON.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Gt. Yarmouth (Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth).
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay designated manager.
13.10.1924: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 160 crans of herring.
5.10.1925: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 180 crans.
28.10.1925: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 230 crans.
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow.
6.3.1931: Damaged in collision with FELLOWSHIP (LT65)) in Padstow Harbour.
1942: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood, management. Trawling from Fleetwood and Padstow.
11.6.1943: Typical wartime landing. 105 kits – hake-2, cod/codling-11, whiting-7, flats-26, roker-55, gurnard-2, dogs-1, sole & prime-1.
1945: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth.
5.8.1954: Sold to Alfred King, Gt. Yarmouth.
27.9.1954: Sold to George Edward Haylett, Caister on Sea.
11.10.1954: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 150 crans.
11.1955: Sold to Belgium shipbreakers for breaking up.
10.11.1955: Yarmouth registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Rambler YH725

S.T. Ocean Rambler YH725
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog
24/04/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
08/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
04/07/2021: Updated information.