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S.T. Tervani FD61

Technical

Official Number: 163162
Yard Number: 579
Completed: 1933
Gross Tonnage: 424
Net Tonnage: 163
Length: 154.6 ft
Breadth: 25.6 ft
Depth: 13.9 ft
Engine: 111nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

21.9.1933: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.579) for Hull Northern Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as LORENZO.
23.10.1933: Registered at Hull (H518).
28.10.1933: Completed (Frank O. Hellyer & Owen S. Hellyer, managers).
1.1.1939: Sailed Hull for Bear Island last trip before sale (Sk. C. Hill).
13.1.1939: At Hull landed 898 kits grossed £480.
14.1.1939: Sold to Loyal Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
1.2.1939: Registered at Grimsby (GY28).
15.4.1939: Registered at Grimsby as REGAL (GY28).
9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine trawler (P.No.FY.180).
10.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£22,561).
23.10.1939: Grimsby registry closed.
7.1941: At Dundee with M/S Group 77.
20.10.1945: A Control Committee was formed to manage Hull and Grimsby trawlers which had been bought by the Admiralty pre war and were being offered for sale back to their original owners. The owners who bought back these vessels and wanted to take part in the scheme agreed to register the trawlers under the Hull Ice Co. Ltd and profits were shared. Management of the trawlers was given to the companies which had bought them.
3.1946: Sold to The Hull Ice Co Ltd, Hull.
3.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY208).
16.11.1946: Sold to Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby for £1.
6.1947: Registered at Grimsby as NUBIA (GY208).
3.1948: Sold to Henriksen & Co Ltd, Hull.
6.1948: Grimsby registry closed.
18.6.1948: Registered at Hull as TERVANI (H530).
4.5.1950: Fishing off the northern Norwegian coast arrested by a Norwegian corvette for alleged illegal fishing.
5.2.1950: At court in Hammerfest, Sk. William Hastie was fined £750 with £1000 confiscation charges, for illegal trawling inside the Norwegian limits.
8.8.1956: On an Icelandic trip, J. Rice, Mate, put ashore in Iceland.
17.11.1956: Sailed Hull for Iceland last trip before sale (Sk. G. Carrick).
11.12.1956: At Hull landed 645 kits grossed £2,478.
17.12.1956: Sold to Fern Leaf Co Ltd, Fleetwood (William Newton, manager).
1957: Management transferred to Hewett Vessels Management Ltd, Fleetwood. Registered at Fleetwood (FD61).
18.8.1959: Sold to Sun Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
10.1959: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
8.10.1959: Sailed Fleetwood for Bruges.
13.10.1959: Delivered Bruges.

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S.T. Regal GY28

S.T. Regal GY28
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.

S.T. Nelis FD119

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 160819
Yard Number: 1030
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 347
Net Tonnage: 135
Length: 140.3 ft
Breadth: 24 ft
Depth: 13.3 ft
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

30.10.1928: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1030) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as LORD MELCHETT.
7.1.1929: Registered at Hull (H1).
1.1929: Completed (Albert Turgoose & James Clarke, joint managers).
17.8.1939: Sailed Hull for Iceland (Sk. P. M. Pedersen).
1.9.1939: At Hull landed 973 kits grossed £949.
9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.672) (Hire rate £163.7.7d/month). Based Harwich with M/S Group 5.
04.1944: Fitted out for dan laying and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Attached to the 6th Minesweeping Flotilla as a dan layer.
15.06.1940: Sailed Thames for Normandy having been delayed with engine trouble.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
20.06.1945: Sold to Lord Line Ltd (64/64), Hull.
30.4.1946: Released.
5.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Greenock.
5.1948: Sold to The Premier Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. Bill Butt appointed manager.
5.1948: Hull registry closed.
13.5.1948: Registered at Grimsby (GY577).
10.7.1948: Renamed NELIS (GY577) (MoT Minute.R.G.No.1257/1948 dated 15.6.1948).
8.12.1949: In court at Hammerfest, Sk.??? fined £740 with £750 costs for trawling inside the Norwegian four mile limit.
29.3.1955: Sold to The Great Western Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Aberdeen.
30.3.1955: Basil Arthur Parkes, North Ferriby appointed manager.
12.7.1955: Sold to Fern Leaf Co Ltd (64/64) Fleetwood.
21.7.1955: William Newton appointed manager.
21.7.1955: Grimsby registry closed.
7.1955: Registered at Fleetwood (FD119).
16.4.1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
17.4.1957: Arrived Preston.
7.1957: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Lord Melchett H1

S.T. Lord Melchett H1
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S.T. Nelis FD119

S.T. Nelis FD119
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S.T. Nelis GY577

S.T. Nelis GY577
Picture courtesy of The Billy Worrall Collection

Changelog
29/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
29/03/2017: Removed FMHT logo and posted image.
27/02/2022: Added an image.
15/05/2024: Added an image.

S.T. Fairway FD140

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Antony Wright

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3836
Official Number: 145062
Yard Number: 843
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 312
Net Tonnage: 130
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

6.8.1918: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.843) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as RICHARD JEWELL (Ad.No.3836).
31.7.1918: Completed (1-6pdr and W/T) (yard drawings show provision for 2-12pdr HA, DC and W/T).
5.8.1918: Accepted.
1919: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
18.10.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) as RICHARD JEWELL O.N.145062 (LO476).
03.1921: At HM Dockyard, Devonport completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Plymouth.
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed.
1922: Sold to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
28.7.1922: London registry closed.
4.8.1922: Registered at Hull (H646).
21.8.1922: Registered at Hull as LORD KNARESBOROUGH (H646). John McCann & Edward Cartwright appointed managers.
20.12.1924: Homeward from Icelandic grounds (Sk. Jacob ‘Freezer’ Frost). Off Dunnet Head responded to distress flares from Norwegian steamer VARGE (1436grt/1905) (Capt Bjorndahl), Blyth for Reykjavik with coal, leaking having sprung starboard shell plating.
21.12.1924: At about 8.00am. with pumps unable to cope with ingress of water and vessel starting to settle, master ordered crew into lifeboats. One lifeboat with eight men located and survivors taken onboard. Trawler’s Mate and a spare hand manned the lifeboat and pulled back to the steamer which was being swept by seas and took off master and six crew. Stood by and within an hour steamer had foundered.
22.12.1924: Landed survivors at Hull *.
31.10.1928: Sold to Joseph George Little (64/64), Grimsby. Joseph George Little designated managing owner.
1.11.1928: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
9.11.1928: Hull registry closed.
10.11.1928: Registered at Grimsby (GY488).
3.12.1928: Registered at Grimsby as FAIRWAY (GY488) (BoT minute No.M/R.G.1432/1928 dated 20.11.19280.
7.5.1929: Mortgage A) discharged.
8.5.1929: Sold to Rinovia Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
8.5.1929: Joseph George Little designated manager.
8.5.1929: Vessel mortgaged to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (B).
Pre 4.1940: Employed on Fishery Protection (Nore/Humber/Grimsby).
29.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine trawler (P.No.4.23) (Hire rate £93.12.0d/month).
5.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY1551). Based Ipswich with M/S and Patrol Group79.
13.1.1942: Mortgage (B) discharged.
22.1.1942: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood for £9250.
3.2.1942: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys appointed manager.
1944: Fitted out for dan laying and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Attached to the 6th Minesweeping Flotilla as a dan layer.
5.6.1940: Sailed Solent for Gold beach ahead of Assault Convoy G1.
22.6.1944: Damaged by mine.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
25.6.1945: Sold to K. Percival (Trawlers) Ltd (64/64), Hull.
28.6.1945: Kenneth Percival appointed manager.
28.6.1945: Grimsby registry closed.
2.7.1945: Registered at Hull (H130).
11.1945: Restored and surveyed at Londonderry.
18.3.1946: Returned to owner.
10.4.1946 Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds on first trip (Sk. A. Halliwell); 14 crew all told.
2.5.1946: At Hull landed 1,303 kits £4,682 gross.
10.4.1946 – 23.12.1946: Nine Icelandic trips, 207 days at sea, 10,468 kits £30,994 gross.
19.5.1947: Sold to Hendersons Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (J. Marr & Son Ltd). Insured for £25,500. New manning agreement signed – 20 crew. William Stevenson designated manager.
10.2.1949: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds (Sk. Stanley Evison).
7.3.1949: At Hull landed 589 kits (204 of coley) £1692 gross. Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood (Sk. Henry Douglas Birch). Agreement amended to thirteen crew.
7.2.1951: Sold to Fern Leaf Co Ltd, Fleetwood. William Newton appointed manager.
18.4.1953: Hull registry closed.
19.4.1953: Registered at Fleetwood (FD140).
1955: Sold to Van Heyghen Freres, Ghent for breaking up.
4.10.1955: Fleetwood registry closed.
8.10.1955: Arrived Ghent from Fleetwood under own power.

Note * – 21 08 1926: Skipper Frost and his crew were presented with awards from the King of Norway for Gallantry at Sea. Skipper Frost received a vase bearing the crest of the King of Norway.

(Richard Jewell, OS (volunteer), age 24, b. London – VICTORY (SB251) killed in action 21 Oct 1805 at Trafalgar)

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S.T. Fairway H130

S.T. Fairway H130
Picture courtesy of Mark Stopper

S.T. Fairway GY488

S.T. Fairway GY488
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog
11/04/2014: Picture added.
16/07/2016: Picture added.
27/11/2016: Information updated.
13/08/2020: Updated history.