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S.T. Tanager LO250

Additional information courtesy of Lynne Elvin and Hull Trawlers

Technical

Official Number: 129285
Yard Number: 134
Completed: 1910
Gross Tonnage: 192.31
Net Tonnage: 71.74
Length: 110.1 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: 300ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History
6.8.1910: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.134) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64/64), Hull as TANAGER.
9.1910: Completed.
6.9.1910: Registered at Hull (H134). George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London designated managers.
29.12.1912: In the North Sea off the Dogger Bank with the boxing fleet. With other trawlers responded following the foundering of steam trawler BRITANNIC (H447) after being run into amidships by steam trawler BUZZARD (H971). Picked up one survivor and transferred him to BUZZARD which suffered only minor damage to her fore end.
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.386).
1918: Based Aegean Sea.
12.3.1919: Waiting instructions whether required for Post-War Service (SS).
1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
7.6.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A). John Slater, London designated manager.
6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
28.9.1928: Robert Burton designated manager.
16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson designated manager.
10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
1.11.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (joint mortgagees). 3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical).
6.3.1936: At Extraordinary General Meeting at Hull, Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd placed in Creditors’ Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, London appointed liquidators).
16.12.1936: Sold by order of the mortgagees under mortgage (A) to Plymouth Mutual Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Plymouth.
21.12.1936: Arrived Plymouth in company with WARBLER (H 507).
22.12.1936: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Corfe Castle and Ernest Norton, London (joint mortgagees) for £400 with interest at 5% (B).
5.1.1937: John Chant, Plymstock designated manager.
18.11.1937: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to William John Waldron Modley, D. Lester and Richard Edward Stephen Morris, Plymouth (joint mortgagees)(C).
5.1938: Sold to Torbay Trawlers Ltd, Brixham. Arthur E. R. Dexter designated manager.
1940: Sold to R. H. Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
16.4.1940: Hull registry closed.
17.4.1940: Registered at London (LO250). Robert H. Hewett designated manager.
194?: Fishing on the Kish Bank, damaged by German aircraft and taking water; repaired at Fleetwood.
11.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 255 kits – hake-40, cod/codling-20, haddock-15, flats-20, ling/coley-40, dogs-120.
3.1945: Sold to R. G. Parsley, Milford Haven. R. G. Parsley designated managing owner.
23.3.1945: First landing at Milford.
10.1955: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
14.10.1955: Delivered Bruges. London registry closed.

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S.T. Tanager LO250

S.T. Tanager LO250
Picture courtesy of Trawlerphotos

S.T. Tanager LO250

S.T. Tanager LO250
Picture courtesy of Robert Durrant

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 revisions since then.
18/09/2014: Modified credits.
03/02/2015: Added picture.
16/07/2017: Updated information and removed FMHT watermark.
19/04/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124

Technical

Official Number: 128932
Yard Number: 479
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 256
Net Tonnage: 100
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

1912: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.479) for The Castle Steam Trawlers Ltd, Swansea as SWANSEA CASTLE.
11.6.1912: Completed (Crawford Heron, manager).
11.6.1912: Registered at Swansea (SA108).
8.11.1913: Mortgaged to De Eerste Nederlandsche Scheepsverband Maatschappij, Dordrecht.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
18.6.1917: Fitted with 6pdr gun and commissioned.
19.6.1917: Arrived Milford.
20.6.1917: Gun trials satisfactory.
1919: Released.
22.10.1918: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager).
1.4.1919: Mortgage discharged.
27.11.1923: Mortgaged to London Joint City & Merchants Bank Ltd, London.
9.1927: Owners re-styled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (Sir John D. Marsden Bart, manager).
14.7.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1817)(Hire rate £64.0.0d/month).
15.5.1942: Mortgage discharged.
10.6.1942: Sold to Heward Trawlers Ltd, London & Fleetwood (R. S. Hewett & H. F. Hayward)(Robert S. Hewett, manager).
10.6.1942: Swansea registry closed.
12.6.1942: Registered at London (LO124).
25.2.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Liverpool.
2.1946: Registered at London as RODEN (LO124).
194?: (Wed) In gale force winds and poor visibility stranded on reef off Islay. (Tues week) Metal Industries (Salvage) Ltd steamer SALVEDA (782grt/1943) connected at 09.00a.m. (Wed week) Refloated at 07.00a.m. Returned to Fleetwood for repair with runner crew of seven.
2.1955: Sold for breaking up.

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HMT Swansea Castle

HMT Swansea Castle
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124
Picture courtesy of Angela Barnsby

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124
Parade float picture courtesy of Angela Barnsby

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
18/08/2015: Pictures added.
24/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. St. Lucia H937

Technical

Official Number: 124749
Yard Number: 134
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 185
Net Tonnage: 67
Length: 110.5 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley

History

3.1.1907: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd.No.134) for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Hull as St. LUCIA.
15.3.1907: Completed.
27.3.1907: Registered at Hull (H937) Joseph Vivian appointed manager.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 73net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
By 11.8.1917: Fitted 1-6pdr HA.
1919: Released.
3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical).
6.3.1936: Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (Charles H. Emerson, manager) in voluntary liquidation.
3.1936: Sold to Colin H. Brand, Milford Haven (managing owner).
18.12.1936: Sold to William Wilcox, Milford Haven (managing owner).
1937: Sold to Robert P. Lewis, Fishguard (Edward W. Brand, Milford Haven, manager).
1938: William Wilcox appointed manager.
1945: Sold to Colin H. Brand, Cleveleys (managing owner).
12.6.1945: Last landing at Milford.
1949: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
12.2.1952: Arrived Preston from Fleetwood under own power.
16.2.1952: Delivered.
1952: Hull registry closed.

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S.T. St. Lucia H937

S.T. St. Lucia H937
Picture courtesy of Alan Hirst

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
20/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Cape Barracouta LO471

Additional material courtesy of Dave Todd and David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 162186
Yard Number: 548
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 369
Net Tonnage: 159
Length: 140.3 ft
Breadth: 24.6 ft
Depth: 13.5 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 99nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

(In 1935 the Hull trawler LEONIDAS (162186) (H267) was lengthened by Smiths Dock Co. Ltd. The work involved creating an improved hull form with new bow and stern sections. The design was successful, not only providing increased fish room capacity, but also, as was expected, reducing coal consumption and giving a slightly higher free running speed. Other owners stemmed vessels at Middlesbrough for similar work to be undertaken)
T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

26.6.1930: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.548) for Christensen & Co Ltd, Hull as LEONIDAS.
28.7.1930: Registered at Hull (H267).
31.7.1930: Completed. Jens C. Christensen designated manager.
16.8.1935: Completed lengthening by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough to 151.5 feet (including fitting new bow and stern sections). Re measured 390g 159n.
16.8.1935: Re-registered at Hull (H267) – alteration of tonnage.
29.4.1938: Sailed Hull for Iceland, last trip under this name (Sk. B. Sigurassen).
13.5.1938: At Hull landed 1,531 kits £969 gross.
17.5.1938: Sold to Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Hudson Bros. Trawlers Ltd, managers).
18.5.1938: Sailed Hull for Iceland as CAPE BARRACOUTA (Sk. E. Yeomans).
4.6.1938: At Hull landed 1,385 kits £1,141 gross.
25.6.1938: Registered at Hull as CAPE BARRACOUTA (H267).
1938: Under both names, landed at Hull from North Sea/Iceland/White Sea/Bear Island (Sks. F. Yeomans, B. Sigurassen, A. Taylor), 319 days 23,114 kits £16,736 gross.
25.7.1939: Insured value £16,400.
26.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper, employed on examination service (Hire rate £210.12.9d/month).
30.10. 1939. Returned to owner.
17.5.1940: Sailed Hull for Iceland (Sk. W. Woodhall).
3.6.1939: At Hull landed 2,207 kits £2,254 gross.
1940: To requisitioning, landed at Hull from Iceland (Sks. T. Threlfall, G. Gough, J. Grantham, W. Woodall), 110 days 9,239 kits £14,644 gross.
3.6.1940: Requisitioned as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No.4.122).
6.1940: Based Invergordon (Ty/Sk. T. Threlfall RNR).
9.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper.
24.1.1945: Owners re-styled Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd, Hull
17.8.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Wallsend.
28.4.1947: Sold to Trawlers Grimsby Ltd, Grimsby (John C. Ross, manager).
6.5.1947: Registered at Grimsby (GY479).
3.9.1948: Sold to Heward Trawlers Ltd, London & Fleetwood (R. S. Hewett & H. F. Hayward).
21.9.1948: First landing at Fleetwood, grossed £4,083.
28.9.1948: Grimsby registry closed.
29.9.1948: Robert Scott Hewett, London appointed as manager.
9.1948: Registered at London (LO471).
1.1949: Registered at London as NEW PRINCE (LO471).
13.1.1949: Landed from White Sea grounds grossed £4,116.
9.1.1952: Best landing at Fleetwood grossed £6,995.
14.3.1956: Last landing at Fleetwood, grossed £1,173.
5.1956: Sold to Van Heyghen Freres S.A., Ghent for breaking up.
18.6.1956: Left Fleetwood for Ghent under own power.

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S.T. New Prince LO471

S.T. Leonidas H267
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

Changelog
31/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
27/10/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Grosbeak LO249

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson and Gary Hicks and Barry Johnson (Milford Trawlers)

Technical

Official Number: 129281
Yard Number: 133
Completed: 1910
Gross Tonnage: 192.31
Net Tonnage: 71 .14
Length: 110.1 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: 300ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Earl’s Co Ltd, Hull

History

9.7.1910: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.133) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64/64), Hull as GROSBEAK.
10.8.1910: Registered at Hull (H108).
10.8.1910: George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London appointed managers.
8.1910: Completed.
10.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.660). Based Granton.
26.4.1918: Transferred to Kirkwall.
12.12.1918: Reported for duty at Immingham.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
7.6.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
7.6.1919: John Slater, London appointed manager.
6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
22.10.1928: Robert Burton appointed manager.
16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson appointed manager.
10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
14.10.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (joint mortgagees).
3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical).
6.3.1936: At Extraordinary General Meeting at Hull, Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd placed in Creditors’ Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, London appointed liquidators).
16.12.1936: Sold by order of the mortgagees under mortgage (A) to Plymouth Mutual Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Plymouth.
20.12.1936: Arrived Plymouth.
22.12.1936: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Corfe Castle and Ernest Norton, London (joint mortgagees) for £400 with interest at 5% (B).
5.1.1937: John Chant, Plymstock appointed manager.
18.11.1937: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to William John Waldron Modley and Richard Edward Stephen Morris, Plymouth (joint mortgagees)(C).
24.12.1927: Mortgage (B) discharged.
31.12.1937: Mortgage (C) discharged.
7.1.1938: Sold to Arthur Dexter, Brixham and Thomas Perrett, Newtown Abbot (64/64 joint owners).
17.1.1938: Arthur Dexter designated managing owner.
14.2.1938: Sold to Torbay Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Brixham.
15.2.1938: Arthur Dexter appointed manager.
28.2.1938: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (D).
4.3.1940: Mortgage (D) discharged.
9.3.1940: Sold to Heward Trawlers Ltd (64/64), London.
1.4.1940: Robert Scott Hewett appointed manager.
16.4.1940: Hull registry closed.
17.4.1940: Registered at London (LO249).
5.1940: Sold to Great Northern Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), London & Fleetwood. Fishing out of Fleetwood.
26.4.1943: Typical landing. 171 kits – hake-38, cod/codling-48, whiting-37, flats-7, ling/coley-5, roker-16, gurnard-15, sole & prime-5.
15.2.1945: Last landing at Fleetwood.
3.1945: Sold to R. G. Parsley (64/64), Milford Haven.
13.3.1945: First landing at Milford.
17.3.1946: Last landing at Milford.
4.1946: Fishing from Lowestoft.
1954: Sold to Don Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
15.1.1954: First landing at Milford.
10.5.1955: Last landing at Milford.
1955: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Rees Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Llanelli for breaking up.
15.8.1955: Sailed Milford for Llanelli (Sk. Len Brown). London registry closed.

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S.T. Grosbeak LO249

S.T. Grosbeak H108
Picture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library

Changelog
14/04/2014: Information updated.
08/08/2015: Updated information.
26/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
19/12/2020: Updated history.