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S.T. William Cale LO79

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3666
Official Number: 145176
Yard Number: 346
Completed: 1917
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 276
Net Tonnage:
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley
Armament 1 x 12 pdr

History

19.9.1917: Launched by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley (Yd.No.346) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM CALE (Ad.No.3666).
4.10.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr).
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
1921: Allocated to the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
22.3.1921: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as WILLIAM CALE O.N.145176.
11.5.1921: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) as WILLIAM CALE (LO510).
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
5.1922: Sold to John McR. Knight & Morgan W. Howells, Hakin.
17.6.1922: London registry closed.
21.6.1922: Registered at Milford (M250). John McR. Knight designated managing owner.
29.1.1927: Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Milford Haven.
29.1.1927: Milford registry closed.
11.5.1927: Registered at London (LO79). Edward D. W. Lawford designated manager.
1930: Transferred to Fleetwood when Edward D. W. Lawford moved his vessels to the port.
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.535)(Hire rate £80.10.0d/month).
1.1941: Minesweeping Group 41 based at Hartlepool (Ty/Sk. C. E. Gornall RNR).
1.1942: Minesweeping Group 41 based at Grimsby.
6.12.1942: Off Yorkshire coast in collision with WINHA (3391grt/1904).
26.1.1943: A/Capt Edward Douglas Wyndham Lawford RN awarded DSO for service in HMS POZARICA (P.No.4.261) A/A ship on Russian convoys.
6.1945: Restored and surveyed at Glasgow.
12.7.1945: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
17.12.1945: At about 3.00am coming down the Minch homewards (Sk.Harry Farrer (55)) in a severe northerly gale and heavy seas, when about five miles off Stornoway, bridle wire of trawl washed overboard and fouled propeller. Tried to clear the wire which had made it impossible to move ahead or astern, but without success and wire chopped away. A sea anchor was made up with the trawl boards but after a while this was carried away and the vessel was blown before the gale to a position some seven miles off Rubn’ Re Light (Rubha Reidh), Wester Ross. The Fleetwood steam trawler RED LANCER (LO442)(Sk. John Tomlinson (42)) homeward from the Icelandic grounds responded to the distress signals, changed course and made for the casualties position. Closing the casualty it was obvious that little could be done until daybreak when, in a northerly wind of hurricane force and heavy seas (glass below 27), attempts were made to get a line onboard by rocket, but the lines all broke and eventually all rockets were expended. At about 10.00am the Stornoway lifeboat, WILLIAM & HARRIET, alerted by the Coastguard at 6.00am, and launched at 7.00am in winds of over 90mph, arrived at the position and stood by. At 2.15pm the coastguard reported that a small fishing boat DELIGHT was drifting ashore in Gruinard Bay near Laid, between Loch Broom and Loch Ewe, Wester Ross and the lifeboat left the scene to go to her assistance. The company trawler RED CHARGER (LO460) sheltering in Stornoway was alerted to assist, but her services were not required. Skilfully manoeuvring his vessel as close to the casualty as possible, Sk. Tomlinson succeeded in floating a line across on corks and this time the tow rope held.
18.12.1945: At 1.30am, twenty-two hours after fouling her propeller, the trawler was brought to anchor in Branahuie Bay, Lewis. At about 9.30am they came into Stornoway and the trawler was beached for removal of the wire from her shaft and propeller.
1955: Sold to BISCO and allocated to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
18.10.1955: Arrived Troon Harbour from Fleetwood under own power (draughts 5’6”/14’6”).
14.11.1955: Breaking commenced.
7.12.1955: Reberthed.
9.2.1956: Reberthed.
21.2.1956: Reberthed.
1.3.1956: Beached (draughts 3’0”/9’0”).
12.4.1956: Breaking completed. London registry closed.

(William Cale, Landsman (prest), age 21, b. London – VICTORY (SB449))

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S.T. William Cale LO79

S.T. William Cale LO79
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S.T. William Cale LO79

S.T. William Cale LO79
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S.T. George Cousins FD343

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4461
Official Number: 141950
Yard Number: 352
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 276
Net Tonnage: 122
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr
Engine: 481ihp T.3-cyl Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon.
Boiler: Bow, McLachlan, Paisley

History

13.6.1919: Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr (Yd.No.352) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as GEORGE COUSINS (Ad.No.4461).
1919: Sold to Henry Blackburn, Fleetwood.
18.8.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
27.8.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD343).
10.9.1919: Sold to Henry Blackburn & Henry Robertson, Fleetwood.
1.10.1919: Sold to Blackburn Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Henry Blackburn, manager.
9.04.1926: Outward for the fishing grounds (Sk. Percival Ashcroft), when off the Fleetwood – Knott End ferry dock collided with the ferry BOURNE-MAY (25grt/1901)(William Greenwood, master), which was seriously damaged. Despite making water the ferry managed to return to the dock and land the passengers before settling alongside. Returned to North Corner.
7.7.1928: At Campbeltown Sheriff Court, Sk. Thomas William Kirkby admitted a charge of illegal fishing in the Firth of Clyde and was fined £100 with forfeiture of net and £5 for not showing the fishing signal.
8.10.1928: Put in to Oban to clear fouled propeller.
9.10.1928: sailed for fishing grounds.
1935: Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
8.10.1935: Fleetwood registry closed.
9.10.1935: Registered at London (LO66).
12.2.1937: Sank the Fleetwood trawler OCTAVIA (H274) in collision off Maughold Head, Isle of Man; crew rescued. Returned to Fleetwood with damage to fore end.
31.1.1939: Inwards from the fishing grounds in Wyre Channel collided with steam trawler ADMIRAL SIR JOHN LAWFORD (LO42).
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.627) (Hire rate £86.5.0d/month).
6.1940: Based Invergordon with M/S Group 43 (Ch Sk. E. J. Marshall RNR).
4.8.1940: Off Cromarty tasked to sweep approach channel to Firth. At 0650 off Sutor Buoy, Cromarty Forth, passed sweep wire for ‘M’ sweep to MARSONA (FD21) (P.No. FY.714) (Ch Sk. E. J. Marshall RNR) and steaming ahead veered sweep wire while MARSONA deployed her magnets. At 0724 1/2 mile SSE of Whistle Buoy Marsona detonated a mine underneath and a second in the sweep and blew up. HM Drifter INDUSTRY (PD378) (P.No.FY.938 (Sub Lieut E. A. F. Weller RNR) proceeded to scene but found no survivors.
26.1.1943: A/Capt Edward Douglas Wyndham Lawford RN awarded DSO for service in HMS POZARICA (P.No.4.261) A/A ship on Russian convoys.
7.1945: Reclassed at Port Glasgow and returned to owner.
2.1946: Sold to Haven Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (R. Lewis, manager).
13.8.1948: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £12500. Registered at Fleetwood (FD281).
5.4.1951: Sold to Harrow Baxter Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen for £7700. Fleetwood registry closed.
13.4.1951: Registered at Aberdeen (A681).
24.3.1955: On a trip to Faroe fishing grounds. Put into Klaksvig, Faroe to carry out repairs on starboard gallows and burst steam heater pipe.
26.3.1955: Sailed Klaksvig for fishing grounds but could not maintain vacuum in condenser due to holes in the air pump. Returned to Klaksvig. 29.3.1955: After patching, sailed for Aberdeen as permanent repair could not be undertaken.
31.3.1955: Experienced problems with boiler and feed pumps being stopped for several hours.
1.4.1955: At 3.00 a.m. stopped engine to adjust patch to prevent condensate loss. At 9.45 a.m when 25 miles NW by N of Ronaldsay suffered boiler explosion. Subsequently taken in tow by VIKING MONARCH (A25) for Aberdeen.
2.4.1955: Delivered Aberdeen at about 10.00 p.m.
1955: No repairs effected. Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for breaking up.
7.8.1955: Arrived Granton from Aberdeen under tow.
26.10.1955: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up.”
21.1.1956: At the Preliminary Inquiry (No.3385) held in Aberdeen by the Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation, the assessors found that heavy build up of salt deposits within the boiler due to failure to follow port routine and no serious attempt to test boiler water density had resulted in the explosion. No one was injured.

(George Cousins, Landsman, age 20, b. Mort, North Devon – ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB653?))

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S.T. George Cousins FD343

S.T. George Cousins FD343
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04/11/2020: Updated history.
24/11/2022: Updated history.

S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4446
Official Number: 141952
Yard Number: 122
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 280
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: George Brown & Co, Greenock
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Gauldie, Gillespie & Co, Glasgow
Pennant FY531

History

1919: Ordered by The Admiralty (“Castle” class) (Ad.No.4446).
8.8.1919: Sold while building to Victory Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood.
13.11.1919: Completed by George Brown & Co, Greenock (Yd.No.122) as DANIEL CLOWDEN.
13.10.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (Part IV) O.N.141952.
20.11.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (Part IV) (FD355). Walter Morley designated manager.
9.10.1922: Registered at Fleetwood as HANNAH WOODBRIDGE (FD355).
1928: Sold to Iago Steam Trawlers Ltd, London & Milford Haven (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
8.3.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
10.3.1928: Registered at London (LO129).
16.5.1928: Registered at London as DANIEL CLOWDEN (LO129).
3.1930: Transferred to Fleetwood when Edward D. W. Lawford moved his vessels to the port.
6.1930: On Klondyke (Inishtrahull) ground in scruffy weather, shooting the trawl, warps tangled rudder and propeller. After discussion with owners, steam trawler PETER CAREY (LO126) was dispatched to assist, connected and towed to Innishtrahull where warps were freed. Sailed again for grounds off Co. Galway but had boiler stay collapse, steam and boiling water flooding into the stokehold and engineroom. 2nd engineer, C. W. Ollsen, Blackpool was on watch and although scalded shouted to the fireman who was in the bunkers to escape which he did through the open bunker lid. Ollsen managed to get a pump running and filled the boiler with cold water. Drifted for 24 hours until taken in tow by PETER CAREY for the 300 mile trip to Fleetwood.
27.6.1930: Arrived Fleetwood.
27.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examination service and as a minesweeper (1-12pdr)(P.No.FY.531) (Hire rate £87.10.0d/month).
21.12.1939: S. Daniel Smith RNR appointed CO. Based Kirkwall with M/S Group 45.
18.12.1940: Ty/Lieut A. Flaaten RNR appointed Co. Based Scapa Flow with M/S Group 44.
25.7.1941: Ty/Act/Lieut. N. Fitzsimmons RNVR appointed CO.
12.1941: Sk. Peter Buchan DSC RNR appointed CO.
2.1942: Ty/Sk. Edward Westhead RNR appointed CO.
21.10.1942: Sk. J. Ferguson RNR apponted CO.
31.3.1943: Ty/Sk. Arthur John Thomas RNR appointed CO.
7.1943: Ty/Sk. J.S. Cobby RNR appointed CO.
16.9.1944: Sk. Murdo Macleod RNR appointed CO.
23.1.1945: At Le Havre.
7.2.1945: At St. Vess.
26.2.1945: At Cherbourg.
27.3.1945: At Falmouth.
29.3.1945: At Milford Haven.
1.5.1945: Paid off.
30.5.1945: Sailed Milford Haven for Greenock.
31.5.1945: Arrived Greenoock.
2.6.1945: Moved to Port Glasgow.
9.1945: Surveyed and restored at Port Glasgow.
5.10.1945: Returned.
4.1946: Sold to Haven Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Robert P. Lewis, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
13.8.1948: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £13698. Registered at Fleetwood (FD280).
27.11.1952: Sank whilst berthed at North-end staging, Fleetwood; the steam ejector valve had been removed and after storing and priming boiler on staging, outlet was below waterline.
12.1952: Refloated by Liverpool & Glasgow Salvage Assoc’s salvage steamer Ranger (409grt/1880), towed back to Wyre Dock but following survey declared beyond economical repair.
12.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
13.12.1952: Delivered Preston.

(Daniel Clowden, AB, age 24, b. London – ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB250))

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S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355

S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355
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S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355

S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355
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S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355

S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355
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S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355

S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355
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S.T. Daniel Clowden FD355

S.T. Daniel Clowden FD280
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27/02/2015: Picture added.
01/08/2016: Information updated.
21/07/2017: Removed disputed image and FMHT watermarks.
25/03/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Clevela FD94

Additional material courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number 162061
Yard Number: 1073
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 355
Net Tonnage: 140
Length: 140.0 ft
Breadth: 25 ft
Depth: 13.4 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 97hp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

Notes (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

15.2.1930: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd. No.1073) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as CLEVELA.
10.3.1930: Completed.
7.4.1930: Registered at Fleetwood (FD94). Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
1.1937: Transferred to fish out of Hull. Crewed and operated by The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
1937: Insured value £13,000.
1.1.1938: Insured value 13,000.
13.1.1938: At Hull last landing before lengthening (Sk. R. Turner), 13 days 645 kits £801 gross.
17.11.1938: Completed lengthening by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough to 155.5 feet (including fitting new bow and stern sections). Re measured 387g 151n.
17.11.1938: First trip after lengthening, sailed Hull for Bear Island (Sk.J. Bywater).
5.12.11938: At Hull landed 1,274 kits 933 gross.
25.7.1939: Insured value £18,000.
9.8.1939: Sailed Hull for White Sea grounds (Sk. William Drever).
1.9.1939: At Hull landed 1,767 kits grossed £1,552.
1939: To requisitioning, at Hull landed from Bear Island/Iceland/Norway coast (Sks. J. Bywaters, William Dreever, G. Barker, T. Welch), 227 days 15,249 kits £11,399 gross.
2.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (P.No.FY.678) (Hire rate £202.12.11d/month).
1940: Based Grimsby with M/S Group 19.
1945: Based Grimsby with M/S Group 134.
2.1946: Sold to Trident Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
2.1946: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.2.1946: Registered at Hull (H201). Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
13.5.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Liverpool.
15.5.1946: Sailed Hull on first trip to Icelandic grounds (Sk. C. Johansen).
5.6.1946: At Hull landed 1,661 kits £1,819 gross (depressed market).
11.10.1946: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. David Marr designated manager.
2.11.1946: Last landing at Hull, from White Sea grounds (Sk. C. Johansen), 1,507 kits grossed £4,490.
11.12.1947: Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Percy Lincoln Campbell, manager).
17.6.1948: Hull registry closed.
6.1948: Registered at London as RED PLUME (LO419). Transferred to Fleetwood. (A/Capt) Cdr. Edward Douglas Wyndham Lawford DSO designated manager.
10.8.1955: Sold to Thos. Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull for £17,000 plus £2,269.7.1d for gear and £250 for radar.
8.1954: London registry closed.
19.8.1955: Registered at Hull (H83). Harold Watson Hall designated manager.
13.8.1955 – 24.11.1955: Made three trips to Icelandic grounds (Sk. G. Barker); total 65 days, 2,417 kits £9,225.12.0d gross.
24.11.1955: Laid up.
1956: Sold to BISCO (£6,000) and allocated to J. J. King & Co Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up (value of gear landed prior to sale £984.14.5d).
26.3.1956: Delivered Tyne under tow (Towage cost £323.13.7d).
15.11.1956: Hull registry closed.

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S.T. Clevela FD94

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HMT Clevela

HMT Clevela
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S.T. Red Plume LO419

S.T. Red Plume LO419
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25/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.
18/12/2019: Updated information.

S.T. John Cattling LO364

Additional material courtesy of Alan Sandall, Frome Rotary Club

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3676
Official Number: 143829
Yard Number: 356
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 276
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley
Built: Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley

History

Further information John Cattling at War

12.4.1918: Launched by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley (Yd.No.356) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN CATTLING (Ad.No.3676).
24.4.1918: Completed (1-12pdr, 1-3.5” A/S Howitzer, Hydrophone and W/T). Based Portland.
8.8.1918: Off St. Cathrine’s Point, Isle of Wight, in collision in the morning with HM Trawler MICHAEL CLEMENTS (Ad.No.3676) which foundered in position 50.21N 01.25W.
28.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as JOHN CATTLING O.N.143892.
4.5.1920: Sold by auction at Milford to The Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Milford Haven for £8300.
2.6.1920: Registered at London (Part IV)(LO364). Charles Curzon designated manager.
1930: Transferred to Fleetwood when Edward D. W. Lawford moved his vessels to the port.
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examination service and as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 2-20mm) (P.No.FY.536) (Hire rate £82.16.0d/month).
30.1.1940: Ty/Sk. George W. Aldan RNR appointed CO.
24.5.1940: Off Dover picked up one officer and five ratings from carley float, survivors from HMS WESSEX (P.No.D43) (Lt. Cdr. W. A. R. Cartwright RN) bombed and sunk in defence of Calais.
24.5.1940: Arrived Calais for service as W/T link.
26.5.1940: At 1857 ‘Operation Dynamo’ (Dunkirk evacuation) put into effect.
29.5.1940: At 1330 ARLEY and FYLDEA entered Dunkirk harbour in company to pull the fully laden passenger steamer LOCHGARRY (1280grt/1898) away from the east pier; occupied the vacant berth. BROCK, CALVI, JOHN CATTLING and POLLY JOHNSON berthed, triple banked to evacuate troops, At 1530 attacked by German aircraft (Junkers Ju87, Stuka dive bombers), destroyer HMS GRENADE (P.No.H86) (Cdr Richard Courtenay Boyle RN) hit by two bombs and set on fire with 14 killed and 4 wounded. Warship cast off from jetty in case she foundered alongside, but drifted into harbour channel. Left berth, connected and towed destroyer to the west side of the outer harbour. CALVI bombed and sank alongside and POLLY JOHNSON damaged. In the evening GRENADE magazines exploded.
30.6.1940: Arrived Dover at 1800 with 77 troops. Ty/Sk. George W. Aldan RNR awarded DSC for this incident and evacuation. (See also GWENLLIAN (FD102).
13.9.1940: Sk. Robert Burwood RNR appointed CO (Sk. Aldan injured by bomb blast while on shore leave).
4.4.1941: Ch. Sk. Albert Winterburn Bowles RNR appointed CO.
30.5.1941: Sk. Tom Smith RNR appointed CO.
Late 1942: Ty/Sk. Joseph Thomas Arnold RNR appointed CO.
26.1.1943: A/Capt Edward Douglas Wyndham Lawford RN awarded DSO for service in HMS POZARICA (P.No.4.261) A/A ship on Russian convoys.
31.12.1943: Ty/Sk. Bertram Carlton RNR appointed CO.
5.9.1944: Ty/Sk. Alfred Halliwell DSC RNR appointed CO.
5.1945: Paid off.
6.1945: Surveyed and restored at Glasgow.
12.7.1945: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
1949: Sold to George Walker, Aberdeen.
5.1949: London registry closed.
25.5.1949: Registered at Aberdeen (A628).
16.12.1950: Repossessed by Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Ltd, Glasgow.
15.1.1951: Sold to Andrew Walker King, James King & John Black, Aberdeen. Andrew W. King designated managing owner.
12.2.1954: Sold to Andrew Walker King, James King & James Caie, Aberdeen. Andrew W. King designated managing owner.
22.2.1954: Sold to Andrew Walker King & James King, Aberdeen. Andrew W. King designated managing owner.
5.1957: Sold for breaking up in Germany.
10.5.1957: Arrived Hamburg from Aberdeen under own power.
21.5.1957: Aberdeen registry closed.
(John Cattling, Boy, age 19, b. Harford, Devon – VICTORY (SB?))

(Note: During WW2 the ship was adopted by the Rotary Club and Inner Wheel in Frome, Somerset and close contact maintained between the Rotary Club and the Commanding Officers throughout the war.)

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S.T. John Cattling LO364

S.T. John Cattling LO364
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Skipper George William Aldan

Skipper George William Aldan
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Skipper Aldan letter
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Changelog
24/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
07/05/2017: Added image and removed FMHT watermark.
14/05/2019: Updated the history of this vessel.
25/02/2021: Updated history.