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S.T. Bois des Buttes ??

In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood

Technical

Official Number (USA): 227162
Yard Number: 12
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 362
Net Tonnage: 108
Length: 140.8 ft
Breadth: 25.2 ft
Depth: 13.6 ft
Engine: 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.12) for Government of France, Paris as HONDSHOOTE.
1919: Completed as a minesweeper for the Marine Francaise.
1920: Sold to Pêcheries de L’Ouest S.A., Fécamp. Renamed BOIS des BUTTES.
1925: Re-possessed by bank and laid up at Fécamp.
1925: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool (en bloc with BOIS des CAURES and MAGENTA for c£5,000). Not registered in UK (B. A. Parkes, Grimsby, manager).
1926: Sailing under French flag as a ‘tug’ during General/Miner’s Strike shipping coal to UK.
1928: Sold to Bay State Fishing Co, East Boston, Mass. Fécamp registry closed. Registered at Boston, Mass as BREEZE. (US.O.N.227162).
1928: Re measured 384g 261n.
1938: Sold to Seaboard Navigation Co, Boston, Mass. Renamed KENNEBEC.
1938: Converted to cargo. Re measured 400g 232n.
1940: Sold to Government of France, Paris (Marine Francais) and fitted out as a minesweeper. Boston, Mass registry closed. Renamed La QUIMPEROISE.
22.6.1940: French government signed surrender. ‘Demobilised and disarmed’ under German control. Commissioned into the Kriegsmarine (P.No.M.4000). Re-numbered (P.No.M.4009).
12.2.1945: Scuttled in River Loire.

Changelog

11/06/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.

S.T. Bromelia GY113

In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood

Technical

Official Number: 122718
Yard Number: 358
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 242
Net Tonnage: 121
Length: 126.2 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 11.4 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

14.14.1905: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.358) for The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as BROMELIA.
13.2.1906: Registered at Grimsby (GY113).
1.1909: Converted for lining.
7.1909: Converted back for trawling.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr & Hydrophone) (Ad.No.3203). Northern Patrol.
11.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
12.1919: Sold to Thomas W Baskcomb, Grimsby (managing owner).
22.10.1935: Fleet of Thomas W Baskcomb sold to Fred Parkes, Fleetwood.
11.1935: Sold to United Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (William T. Moss, manager).
22.6.1942: Sailed Grimsby for Icelandic grounds in company with other trawlers (Sk. William Edward Webb): thirteen hands all told.
22.6.1942: Ceased fishing off East Coast of Iceland and set course for home; seen and spoke with other trawlers in approximate position 63.50N 14.40W.
29.6.1942: Posted missing. Possibly foundered following an explosion (mine or internal explosion?) Witnessed by German U-boat – in area U88, U173, U376 but no report of trawler sinking. All crew lost.
07.1942: The body of John Henry Nicholls was washed up at Vágur, a small town on the island of Suðuroy, Faroes. Due to lack of identification papers, the body was only identified in 2019. Resident Tina Tausen, 90, had tended the unknown grave for 78 years.
19.10.1942: Grimsby registry closed “Ship missing since 22/6/1942”.

Lost: Skipper William Edward Webb; Charles Frederick Bore, 2nd hand; John Henry Nicholls, 3rd hand; Thomas Rogers, Ch Eng; Leo Corcoran, 2nd Eng; Edward Abraham Edwards; William Ellis; William Osgothorpe; Frederick Arthur Perrin; Ralph Herbert Clark, deck hands; Rolf James & James Hitchman, trimmers; Sidney Victor Cuthbert, cook.

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S.T. Bromelia GY113

S.T. Bromelia GY113
Picture courtesy of The Steve Farrow Collection

Changelog
10/06/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
22/06/2015: Crew list added.
11/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
11/10/2019: Updated information.
21/05/2020: Updated information.

S.D/T. Renascent LT288 (Seasonal)


Copyright 2010 Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 149192
Yard Number: 307
Completed: 1926
Yard Number: 307
Gross Tonnage: 100
Net Tonnage: 43
Length: 85.7 ft
Breadth: 19.7 ft
Depth: 10.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl (Fellows Admiralty type) and boiler by Elliot & Garrood Ltd, Beccles
Built: Fellows & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth

History

(Wooden Built)

15.2.1926: Launched by Fellows & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Yd.No.307) for Stephen Granville Beamish, Lowestoft (managing owner) as RENASCENT.
26.5.1926: Ran trials.
5.1926: Completed.
2.6.1926: Registered at Lowestoft (LT288).
1930s: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood & Padstow.
23.9.1932: Sold to Frederick William Moxey, Lowestoft.
10.12.1929: Connected to smack LESLIE (122769) (LT??) disabled with gaff and boom carried away in gale and delivered Lowestoft.
11.9.1936: Attended steam drifter FORETHOUGHT (LT763) stranded at Scarborough, refloated and delivered Scarborough.
3.11.1936: At Yarmouth landed 190 crans of herring.
8.10.1937: In Yarmouth harbour in collision with steam drifter TWINKLING STAR (KY347) and sustained damage.
26.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1520) (Hire rate £37.10.0d/month).
10.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
25.1.1946: Returned to owner.
1946: Sold to Norwegian owners.
16.9.1946: Lowestoft registry closed.
18.10.1946: Sailed Lowestoft for Norway but put back.
27.10.1946: Sailed Lowestoft for Norway.
28.10.1946: Foundered 70-90 miles from Lowestoft. Four Norwegian crew picked up by steam trawler GRACKLE (H224) (Sk. Charlie Mewse). The Shipwrecked Mariners Society awarded Skipper Charles Mewse and Second Hand George Cooper the Emile Robin award for the British Master and Chief Officer who incurred the greatest peril in rescuing survivors at sea.

Notes

Skipper Charles Mewse and Second Hand George Cooper of the British trawler GRACKLE awarded the Emile Robin award for their services in connection with the rescue of the crew of the Norwegian drifter RENASCENT. On 28 October, the RENASCENT, when about 90 miles east north-east from Lowestoft, in a rough sea, sprang a leak; the water was kept under control for several hours until the pumps became choked with coal dust and ashes. Some ten hours later the position became precarious and the GRACKLE, in answer to distress signals, arrived in the vicinity at 11.30 am. Skipper Mewse handled the GRACKLE with great ability, and a high degree of courage. He brought the GRACKLE right alongside the RENASCENT and took off the crew in a very rough sea, with a wind at or approaching gale force. The RENASCENT was rolling heavily and the GRACKLE bumped her head doing some damage to the upper works of the RENASCENT. There was considerable risk to the GRACKLE. The Norwegian drifter was left in a rapidly sinking condition and her crew were landed at Lowestoft.

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S.T. Renascent LT288

S.T. Renascent LT288
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog
17/05/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
29/01/2015: Emile Robin award added.
22/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.D/T. Playmates YH141 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 144146
Yard Number: 964
Completed: 1925
Gross Tonnage: 93
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.3 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9.0 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees

History

25.4.1925: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.964) for Clifford Edward Strowger (32/64) & Alfred Willie Wilkinson (32/64), Gorleston as PLAYMATES.
25.5.1925: Completed (Clifford E. Strowger managing owner).
27.6.1925: Registered at Yarmouth (YH141).
5.10.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.738) (Hire rate £37.4.0d/month). Based Dover.
20-26.5.1940: Evacuation from Boulogne, Calais & Dunkirk.
25.5.1940: Sailed Dover for Calais in company with the trawlers ARLEY (P.No.FY.620) (FD41), BOTANIC (P.No.FY.707) (H463), BROCK (P.No.FY621) (FD47), CALVI (GY269), FYLDEA (P.No.666) (FD72), MARETTA (P.No.FY.665) (FD45), POLLY JOHNSON (H322) and drifter WILLING BOYS (P.No.FY.947) (LT737) with several river launches in tow.
26.5.1940: At 1.40am. arrived off the French coast. No evacuation order was given.
7.1943: Employed on balloon barrage.
9.10.1945: Returned to owner.
11.2.1946: Sold to East Briton Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Arthur Easto, manager).
2.1946: Yarmouth registry closed.
28.2.1946: Registered at Lowestoft (LT180).
1940s-1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood.
24.10.1952: Moving in Hamilton Dock, Lowestoft, struck by lightning losing top of mainmast.
3.1955: Fishing mackerel out of Newlyn.
22.3.1955: On a trip, last reported 40-50 miles WNW of Seven Stones Light Vessel.
28.3.1955: Posted missing, part of lifebuoy picked up, no other wreckage or survivors.
28.9.1955: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Playmates YH141

S.D/T. Playmates YH141
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S.D/T. Playmates YH141

S.D/T. Playmates YH141
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.T. Playmates LT180

S.T. Playmates LT180
Picture courtesy of James Cullen

S.D/T. Playmates YH141

S.D/T. Playmates YH141
Picture courtesy of The Robert Durrant Collection

Seaman's Discharge Certificate

Seaman’s Discharge Certificate

Changelog
16/05/2010: Page published. 6 updates since then.
06/03/2015: Picture added.
12/01/2016: Picture added.
20/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.D/T. Ocean Lassie YH78 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham for FMHT.

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4124
Official Number: 137615
Yard Number: 565
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.565) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as TYPHOON (Ad.No.4124).
5.1919: Sold to W. E. Shreeve Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (James Bloomfield, manager).
28.5.1919: Registered at Yarmouth as OCEAN LASSIE (YH78).
22.9.1919: Completed.
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay appointed manager.
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft/Alex Keay, managing agent) and Padstow out of herring season.
26.8.1939: Hired for Examining Service (T90 – Dormant contract).
25.11.1939: Terminated.
26.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service on Examining Service (T98D – Net charter party) (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
3.6.1940: Mined 23/4 cables bearing 55° from Outer Ridge Buoy off Harwich. Four crew missing*.
6.9.1940: Yarmouth registry closed.

(Missing* – Charles G. Bullock, Mate; Herbert J. Long, 1st Eng; Ernest A. Beckett, A. Smith, Deckhands; Samuel Cumby, Cook.)

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S.T. Ocean Lassie YH78

S.T. Ocean Lassie YH78
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Ocean Lassie YH78

S.D/T. Ocean Lassie YH78
George Mann and Ocean Lassie.
Picture courtesy of Andrew Mann

Changelog
14/05/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
12/11/2016: Picture added.