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S.T. Valetta FD183

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson

Technical

Official Number: 99545
Yard Number: 463
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 144
Net Tonnage: 31
Length: 105.4 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 110 ft
Built: Hepple & Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: 360ihp T.3-cyl by T.3-cyl by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Boiler: J. T. Eltringham & Co, South Shields

History

26.8.1891: Launched by Hepple & Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.463) for John Kelsall, Manchester as VALETTA.
10.1891: Completed.
6.11.1891: Registered at Hull (H178).
11.1891: Edmund Kelsall, Hull appointed manager. Vessel fishing out of Fleetwood.
1895: Transferred to John Kelsall, Fleetwood. Kelsall & Co appointed managers.
30.5.1897: Sold to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester.
9.1897: Hull registry closed.
4.9.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD183). John Edmund Ambrose Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood appointed managers.
13.1.1898: Reported that at Bowmore, Islay, Third Hand, Arthur George Whittleton (18) of Hull, carried away and drowned when anchor fell away while he was passing the chain stopper through the ring of the anchor. Body recovered and brought back to Fleetwood (Whittleton was the son of the skipper of the VALETTA).
24.3.1899: Fleetwood registration closed. Transferred to Hull.
13.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H446). George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London appointed managers.
14.9.1899: Fishing in North Sea with K&B ’Gamecock’ fleet, James Fenton (50) of Hull lost overboard and drowned.
5.6.1903: Working North Sea grounds (Sk. Luther Hayward) with K&B ’Gamecock’ fleet. Foundered after being involved in a collision.
23.7.1903: Hull registry closed “Vessel sunk by collision in the North Sea on the 5th of July 1903”.

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/02/2016: Information updated.

S.T. Teutonic FD180

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson

Technical

Official Number: 98712
Yard Number: 40
Completed: 1890
Gross Tonnage: 152
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 105.4 ft
Breadth: 20 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley

History

16.10.1890: Launched by Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Yd.No.40) for John Kelsall, Manchester as TEUTONIC.
11.12.1890: Completed.
18.12.1890: Registered at Hull (H117). John Kelsall, Manchester appointed managing owner.
1895: Transferred to Fleetwood.
29.10.1898: On the Smalls ground fishing with the K&B fleet. Transferring boxes to fish carrier HAWK (H176), boat began to fill with water and sank leaving crew, J. Lewis, mate, Martin Stuart, bosun and Thomas, third hand in water. Stuart a Yarmouth man was seen to go under but did not rise again. Other two picked up but Stuart’s body not recovered.
31.10.1898: Arrived Fleetwood and reported death.
23.1.1897: Sold to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64/64), Manchester.
4.2.1897: John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood appointed managers.
27.8.1897: Hull registry closed.
4.9.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD180).
1899: Transferred to Hull.
24.3.1899: Fleetwood registry closed.
13.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H286).
25.12.1906: Foundered in North Sea.
2.1.1907: Hull registry closed “Foundered in the North Sea 25 Dec. 1906”.

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/02/2016: Information updated.

S.T. Parramatta FD182

Additional material supplied by Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 98767
Yard Number: 460
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 143.87
Net Tonnage: 30.40
Length: 105.4 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Built: Hepple & Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: 360ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Hepple & Co Ltd, North Shields

History

24.8.1891: Launched by Hepple & Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.460) for John E. A. Kelsall (64/64), Manchester as PARRAMATTA.
10.1891: Completed.
10.10.1891: Registered at Hull (H170). John E. A. Kelsall designated Managing owner. Fishing out of Fleetwood.
30.5.1897: Sold to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64/64), Manchester (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood, manager).
9.1897: Hull registry closed.
4.9.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD182).
24.3.1899: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Hull.
13.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H445).
28.3.1904: In North Sea (Sk. G. Smith). At 8.50am. struck steam trawler ADRIATIC (H448) (Sk. W. Wood) on port side while she was dead in the water boarding boat for cutter. Crew took to boat and picked up by steam trawler THRUSH (H703). At about 11.00am. ADRIATIC foundered. Returned to Hull with bows stove in and landed survivors.
22.5.1905: Lengthened to 119.0 ft 168g 63n.
22.5.1905: Hull registry closed on lengthening and vessel registered anew (H445).
10.10.1905: At Hull landed ten survivors of the barque DEA London for Frederikstad with a cargo of coke which foundered in the North Sea in heavy weather.
8.9.1911: Registered office transferred to Hull. George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London designated managers.
12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.679 later 814).
9.1915: Returned to owner at Hull.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
7.6.1919: John Slater, London appointed manager.
1925: Sold for breaking up.
29.6.1925: Hull registry closed “Broken up”.

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S.T. Parramatta H445

S.T. Parramatta H445 Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
17/09/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
10/07/2021: Updated history and technical details.