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S.T. Martaban FD147

Additional Material courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 98710
Yard Number: 57
Completed: 1890
Gross Tonnage: 148
Net Tonnage: 49
Length: 103.6 ft
Breadth: 20.0 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Engine: 50nhp T.3-cyland boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Speed: 10 knots

History

1890: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.57) for George Beeching, Hull & Thomas Kelsall & Co, Manchester as MARTABAN. 20.11.1890: Completed (George Beeching managing owner).
20.11.1990: Registered at Hull (H115).
13.1.1896: Arrived Fleetwood and reported that she had grounded on Skerryvore Rocks and sustained considerable bottom damage.
8.1.1897: Sold to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester (John E. A. Kelsal & George Beeching, Fleetwood, managers).
1.1887: Hull registry closed.
18.1.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD147).
1899: Transferred to Hull.
4.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H82).
12.5.1899: Fleetwood registry closed.
4.1.1904: Stranded at Holmpton, East Yorkshire. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.
8.9.1911: Registered office transferred to Hull (George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London, managers).
3.5.1912: Fishing North Sea near Dogger Bank (Sk. G. Turner) at about 2.30pm. in collision with steam trawler AMARAPOORA (H59) (Sk.Parkinson), which foundered in almost 3 minutes; picked up crew of nine. Stern and starboard bow damaged.
4.5.1912: Landed survivors at Hull.
29.12.1912: Sold to Robert Moon & Joseph Moon, Torry, Aberdeen (joint owners) (Robert Moon managing owner).
5.12.1912: Hull registry closed.
7.12.1912: Registered at Aberdeen (A527).
2.5.1915: Stopped by U-boat (U41) while fishing 22 miles E.1/2 N. of Aberdeen and sunk by gunfire. Crew abandoned in boat and after seventeen hours landed at Stonehaven.
6.5.1915: Aberdeen registry closed “Sunk by a German submarine”.

Changelog
27/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
09/06/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Hawk FD176

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson

Technical

Official Number: 108532
Yard Number: 547
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 243.64
Net Tonnage: 81.68
Length: 133.7 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 10.8 ft
Built: Edwards Bros, Howden-on-Tyne
Engine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland

History

1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, Howden-on-Tyne (Yd.No.547) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64/64), Manchester as HAWK.
7.8.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD176).
7.8.1897: (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood designated managers.
8.1897: Completed.
29.10.1898: On the Smalls ground with the K&B ‘Gamecock’ fleet. Trawler TEUTONIC (FD180), transferring boxes when 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.
24.3.1899: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Hull. George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London designated managers.
12.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H238).
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (2-3pdrs) (Ad.No. 690). Based Peterhead with Unit 41 – patrol & escort.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 95.55 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
1.11.1915: Based Longhope with Unit 41 – patrol & escort.
9.1.1916: Based Malta with Unit 41 – patrol & escort.
17.2.1917: Whilst escorting British steamer OKEMENT (4349grt/1915) unit was torpedoed by U.boat (U64) 120 miles SE by S of Malta in approx position 34.04N 16.27E. Stopped to render assistance and was also hit with torpedo intended for Okement. Seven killed*. Foundered.
27.12.1917: Hull registry closed “Vessel total loss 17th February 1917 on Admiralty Service”.

*Killed – Michael Palmer, 2nd Hand; John Johnson & James Souter, Enginemen; William J. Cowan & George Leask, seamen; Henry Gregson, telegraphist; John W. Tennant, trimmer.

Changelog
22/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
04/02/2016: Information updated.
25/12/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Gull FD177

Technical

Official Number: 108533
Yard Number: 555
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 144
Net Tonnage: 44
Length: 106 ft
Breadth: 20 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl (300 IHP) and boiler by N. E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Built: Edward Bros, North Shields

History

15.7.1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, North Shields (Yd.No.555) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester as GULL.
4.9.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD177).
9.1897: Completed
7.9.1897: John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood appointed managers.
24.3.1899: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Hull.
13.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H241).
22.10.1904: The Dogger Bank Incident. Shelled and damaged by Russian Navy Baltic Fleet while fishing on the Dogger Bank. Russians on passage to the Pacific in the darkness opened fire on the trawlers (approx 45 vessels) under the impression that they were about to be attacked.
8.9.1911: Registered office transferred to Hull (George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London, managers).
31.10.1912: At Goole lengthened to 118.2 ft . Re-measured 166g 69n.
31.10.1912: Hull registry closed and vessel registered anew in consequence of material alterations (H241).
10.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.409). Based Peterhead with Unit 41.
1.11.1915: Based Longhope with Unit 41.
9.1.1916: Based Malta with Unit 41.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
7.6.1919: John Slater, London appointed manager.
12.1922: Lost after collision in North Sea.
13.6.1923: Hull registry closed “Total Loss”.

S.T. Gull FD177

S.T. Gull FD177
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
17/01/2021: Added image.

S.T. Germanic FD185

Technical

Official Number: 99553
Yard Number: 469
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 14.53
Net Tonnage: 30.06
Length: 105.4 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Built: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Engine: 360ihp T.3-cyl by Hepple & Co, North Shields
Boiler: J. T. Eltringham & Co, South Shields

History

15.10.1891: Launched by Hepple & Co, North Shields (Yd.No.469) for John Kelsall (64/64), Prestwich. Manchester as GERMANIC.
12.1891: Completed. Edmund Kelsall, Hull designated manager.
2.1.1892: Registered at Hull (H184).
1895: Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood.
1896: Sk. William Gilmour convicted on charges of fishing in the Minches with beam trawl.
12.12.1896: Kelsall Brother & Beeching formed.
30.8.1897: Transferred to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64/64), Manchester. John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood drsgnated managers.
4.9.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD185).
8.6.1898: Foundered after sustaining damage in collision with steam trawler TEAL (FD166).
15.6.1898: Fleetwood registry closed “ Vessel a total loss through collision with ST. “Teal” of Fleetwood on 8th June 1898”.
15.6.1898: Fleetwood registry closed.

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
05/11/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Dove FD179

Technical

Official Number: 108535
Yard Number: 55
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 144.56
Net Tonnage: 45.47
Length: 106.0 ft
Breadth: 20.7 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Built: Edward Bros, North Shields
Engine: 300ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by N.E. Marine Co Ltd, Sunderland

History

22.9.1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, North Shields (Yd.No.557) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64/64), Manchester as DOVE.
1.12.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD179).
3.12.1897: John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood designated managers.
12.1897: Completed.
24.5.1899: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Hull.
13.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H279).
24.8.1911: Registered office transferred to Hull. George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London designated managers.
1911: Re-measured after lengthening to 118.0 ft 167.69g 65.51n.
24.8.1911: Hull registry closed and vessel registered anew in consequence of material alterations (H279).
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.390).
2.1915: Renamed DOVE II.
21.6.1915: Based Portland. Took the ground on the edge of Kimmeridge Ledge. Refloated with minor damage.
1918: Based Aegean.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull and reverted to DOVE (H279).
7.6.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
9.6.1919: John Slater 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 (64/64 joint mortgagees).
1935: Sold by Joint Mortgagees for breaking up.
27.4.1936: Hull registry closed “Sold for breaking up”.
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S.T. Dove FD179

S.T. Dove FD179
Scanned from an Icelandic publication by Birgir Thorisson

Changelog
19/12/2008: Page published. 5 updates since then.
13/09/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
30/04/2020: Updated information.
06/09/2021: Corrected error in technical details.