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S.T. Angel de la Paz

In Parkes ownership. Did not sail from Fleetwood

Technical

Official Number: 227975
Yard Number: 8
Completed: 1919
Deadweight: 684
Gross Tonnage: 362
Net Tonnage: 108
Length: 140.8 ft
Breadth: 25.2 ft
Depth: 13.6 ft
T.3-cyl by Goldie & McCulloch Co Ltd, Galt, Ontario
Built: Foundation Co, Savannah, Ga

History

1919: Launched by Foundation Co, Savannah, Ga (Yd.No.8) for Government of France, Paris as MAGENTA.
8.1919: Completed as a minesweeper for the Marine Francaise.
1920: Sold to Pêcheries de L’Ouest S.A., Fécamp. Registered at Fécamp.
1925: Re-possessed by bank and laid up at Fécamp.
1925: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool (en bloc with BOIS des BUTTES and BOIS des CAURES for c£5,000).
1926: Sold to Ciriza & Parayuelo, San Sebastian for £3,500. Fécamp registry closed. Registered at San Sebastian as ANGEL De La PAZ.
1927: Re measured 392g 116n 150.0 x 25.0 x 14.7 feet.
1929: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool (as part of a deal involving the building by Parkes of two pareja trawlers, ANGEL C (127g/1929) and ROSARIO (113g/1929) at a cost of c£7,500 each).
1930: Re measured 404g 241n 139.4 x 25.2 x 10.7 feet.
1930: Sold to Bay State Fishing Co, East Boston, Mass for c£27,00. San Sebastian registry closed. Registered at Boston, Mass as GALE (US. O.N.227975)
1937: All usable parts removed and scuttled.

Changelog

30/11/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.

S.D/L. Hyacinth M173

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 117481
Yard Number: 718
Completed: 1903
Gross Tonnage: 79
Net Tonnage: 18
Length: 80.0 ft
Breadth: 18.1 ft
Depth: 8.3 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: C.2-cyl and boiler by McColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

1903: Launched by Smith’ s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.718) for The Herring Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as HYACINTH.
8.1903: Completed (William Thomas Tripp, Kessingland, manager).
24.8.1903: Registered at Lowestoft (LT997).
10.1913: At Lowestoft landed 310 crans of herring – top boat.
1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (Ad.No.1068).
5.1915: Renamed HYACINTH II. Based in Aegean Sea.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (Herring Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft) and reverted to HYACINTH (LT997).
14.7.1919: Sold to William Henry East Snr, Milford Haven (managing owner).
30.6.1920: Sold to The Admiralty.
24.9.1920: Sold to James Ritchie, Hakin (managing owner).
7.10.1920: Lowestoft registry closed.
9.10.1920: Registered at Milford (M173).
22.10.1920: Sold to James Ritchie, Hakin, William Thomas Davies, Thomas Henry Powell & James Edwards, Milford Haven (James Ritchie, manager). 7.1.1922: Sold to James Ritchie, Thomas Henry Powell & William Thomas Davies, Milford Haven (James Ritchie managing owner).
13.3.1924: Last landing at Milford. Transferred to Fleetwood.
25.3.1924: Sailed Fleetwood for Irish grounds (Sk. D. W. Powell); eight crew. At about 10.00 pm. when some 50 miles WbyS from Lune Light Vessel sprang a leak and started to fill despite pumping. In thick fog with zero visibility started to settle. At about 10.44 pm. fog lifted and Runcorn owned schooner ELLEN ANNE (95grt/1866) was sighted. All crew members transferred before vessel foundered.
26.3.1924: Survivors landed at Holyhead.
4.4.1924: Milford registry closed “Vessel foundered”.

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S.D/T. Hyacinth LT997

S.D/T. Hyacinth LT997
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
08/11/2010: Page published.
01/06/2014: Picture added.
21/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/01/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Edouard van Vlaenderen O262

Wartime Visitor

Technical

Official Number: 148415
Yard Number: 946
Completed: 1924
Gross Tonnage: 338
Net Tonnage: 137
Length: 138.8 ft
Breadth: 23.8 ft
Depth: 13.3 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

29.11.1924: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.946) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD WINTERTON.
15.1.1925: Registered at Hull (H130).
20.1.1925: Completed.
5.1938: Sold to Société Anonyme Armement Ostendais, Ostend.
28.5.1938: Hull registry closed “Sold to foreigners (Belgians) for trading”.
1938: Registered at Ostend as EDOUARD van VLAENDEREN (O262).
1938: Re measured 324Bgrt 113n.
6.1940: Escaped to England. Transferred to Belgian Economic Mission, London.
22.7.1940: Requisitioned for war service on miscellaneous Naval duties Fitted out as a Local Defence trawler (P.No.FY.1832).
31.12.1940: Sailed Belfast for Reykjavik (Sk. J. C. Ross RNR).
22.2.1941: Stranded off Ólofsfjördur, Iceland. Total loss. Ostend registry closed.

Changelog

04/11/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
19/05/2020: Updated information.

S.D/T. Elie Ness LT1259 (Seasonal)

Additional material by Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4137
Official Number: 144799
Yard Number: 65
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 37
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Built: The Ouse Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Hook, Nr Goole
T.3-cyl by Urquhart, Lindsay & Robertson, Orchar Ltd, Dundee
Boiler: Clayton, Son & Co Ltd, Hunslett

History

17.5.1919: Launched by The Ouse Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Hook, Nr Goole (Yd.No.65) (“Admiralty drifter) for The Admiralty as GROUNDSWELL (Ad.No.4137).
21.4.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
19.11.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal. Laid up at Dundee.
8.2.1921: Registered at Aberdeen as ELIE NESS (A638) (O.N.144799).
20.6.1921: Sold to Alexander Wood & Thomas Wood, Aberdeen (J. W. Johnston, manager) for £5,250 under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen).
11.1922: Mortgage foreclosed. Repossessed by His Majesty, represented by the Commissioners representing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, London.
8.12.1922: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel no longer used for fishing”. Laid up at Lowestoft.
4.4.1923: Sold to Arthur Gouldby, Kessingland
4.4.1923: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1259).
18.4.1923: Sold to Arthur Gouldby, Kessingland (48/64) & Harold Cladingbowl, Lowestoft (16/64).
23.4.1923: Sold to Arthur Gouldby, Kessingland (32/64), Harold Cladingbowl (16/64), Frank Burton (16/64), both Lowestoft.
25.8.1924: Sold to Arthur Gouldby, Kessingland (48/64) & Frank Burton, Lowestoft (16/64).
1929: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood (New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, managing agents).
4.4.1929: Steam drifter CONSTANT STAR (LT1158) disabled off Blackpool following boiler room explosion. Connected and delivered Fleetwood.
22.4.1930: Following death of Frank Burton; Arthur Gouldby, Kessingland (48/64), Edith Burton, Clement Brunswick, Arthur Gouldby, joint owners (16/64). 1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, managing agent).
26.3.1932: At Padstow damaged in collision with steam drifter OLIVAE (LT1297).
26.6.1933: Arthur Gouldby mortgaged 48 shares to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
11.4.1934: Sold to Arthur Gouldby, Kessingland.
12.4.1934: Arthur Gouldby mortgaged 16 shares to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (B).
1935: Fishing from Fleetwood (New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, managing agents).
18.12.1936: Sold to Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Frederick E. Catchpole, manager) under mortgages (A) & (B).
21.1.1937: Mortgages (A) & (B) discharged.
1.8.1937: Grounded off Stornoway, wrong course to steer given by skipper (SSW should have been SSE).
26.8.1937: Registered at Lowestoft as TRUSTY STAR (LT1259).
1.7.1939: Stranded at Waterford. Steam drifter DORIENTA (LT185) connected and refloated.
21.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examination service (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month). Later employed as a minesweeping drifter.
30.4.1941: Sunk.
13.7.1941: Salved and returned to miscellaneous Naval duties.
24.10.1941: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T. Continued on miscellaneous Naval duties.
10.6.1942: Mined off Malta. No casualties.
6.12.1946: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Elie Ness LT1159

S.D/T. Elie Ness LT1159
Picture courtesy The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog

30/10/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
15/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
06/06/2020: Updated information.

S.D/T. Kindred Star (1) LT399 (Seasonal)

© Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 149212
Yard Number: 1022
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 115
Net Tonnage: 50
Length: 92.05 ft
Breadth: 19.6 ft
Depth: 9.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Burrell & Co, Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

9.6.1928: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1022) for Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as KINDRED STAR.
4.7.1928: Completed (Frederick E. Catchpole, Lowestoft, manager).
17.8.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT399).
3.3.1930: Struck rocks off South Bishops Rock, Pembrokeshire while on passage Padstow to Fleetwood (Sk. Teddy Marjoram). Subsequently foundered after crew had taken to boat. Sighted and picked up by Liverpool steamer CHESHIRE COAST (1122grt/1915).
4.3.1930: Crew landed at Bristol.
24.3.1930: Lowestoft registry closed “Vessel foundered”.

Changelog

07/10/2010: age published. 3 updates since then.