Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson
Technical
Official Number: 136171
Yard Number: 284
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 226
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 115.5 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 275ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Speed: 11 knots
History
29.11.1913: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.284) for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as FILEY.
9.1.1914: Registered at Hull (H8). Joseph Vivian designated manager.
1.1914: Completed.
26.3.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an armed trawler (Ad.No.1363). At Devonport fitted 1-12pdr.
30.3.1915: Allocated Unit 86 – Section D based St. Mary’s, Isels of Scilly (Sk. D. Stather RNR).
2.10.1916: Ran ashore in Camusmore Bay, Tory Island, Co. Donegal.
30.1.1917: Hull registry closed. “Lost on Admiralty service”.
7.1917: Salved, acquired by The Admiralty and returned to service (Ad.No.3826).
4.5.1920: Sold by auction at Milford to The Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Hull for £9,300.
13.5.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
2.6.1920: Registered at Hull (H191).
2.6.1920: Joseph Vivian 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.
22.10.1928: Robert Burton appointed 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 (64/64 joint mortgagees).
1935: Insured value £2,950.
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).
18.12.1936: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (A) to Heward Trawlers Ltd (64/64), London (R. S. Hewett & H. F. Hayward).
29.12.1936: Hull registry closed.
29.12.1936: Robert S. Hewett, London designated manager.
1.1.1937: Registered at London (LO189). Fishing from Fleetwood.
17.2.1943: Sailed Fleetwood in company with BEMPTON (LO192) for Hull via Liverpool for DG wiping. PM arrived Liverpool.
18.2.1943: Sold to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull for £11,000.
19.2.1943: Sailed Liverpool in company for Hull.
22.2.1943: London registry closed.
24.2.1943: Arrived Hull in company.
24.2.1943: Registered at Hull (H547). John William Lown designated manager.
1943: Landing at Hull from Iceland/Faroe – 10 trips, 10,022 kits.
10.2.1944: William George O’Dell designated manager. Based at Hull sailing in armed convoys to and from fishing grounds.
15.11.1944: Sold to Iago Steam Trawling Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood for £11,700. (A/Capt) Cdr E. D. W. Lawford DSO designated manager.
28.9.1946: Sold to Alexander Hay & John Mair, Aberdeen.
9.10.1946: Hull registry closed.
14.10.1946: Registered at Aberdeen (A232).
12.6.1959: Aberdeen registry closed.
15.6.1959: Sold to Scherpswerf “De Beer”, Zaandam for breaking up by Jos. de Smedt, Antwerp.
25.6.1959: Delivered Antwerp from Aberdeen.
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S.T. Filey A232
Picture courtesy of The Bill Blow Collection
Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
22/08/2020: Updated history.