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S.T. RIVIÈRE GY14

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 138956
Yard Number: 335
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 226.02
Net Tonnage: 108.81
Length: 117.0 ft
Breadth: 22.05 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 460ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

9.11.1915: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.335) for Alick Black (64/64), Grimsby (managing owner) as RIVIÈRE.
4.4.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY893).
4.4.1916: Alick Black designated managing owner.
6.5.1916: Completed. Requisitioned for war service (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1261).
14.12.1916: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Union of London & Smiths Bank Ltd, London (A).
13.2.1917: Mortgage (A) discharged.
17.2.1917: Sold to William Henry Bellemy (16/64); John Edward Rushworth (16/64); William Upham Carlile Westaby (16/64) and Joseph Davison (16/64) all Grimsby.
17.2.1917: John Edward Rushworth designated managing owner.
17.2.1917: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (B).
22.2.1917: Mortgagee re-styled Barclays Bank Ltd, London.
6.11.1917: Mortgage (B) discharged.
6.11.1917: Sold to The Yarborough Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
8.11.1917: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
8.11.1917: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
11.2.1918: Mortgage (C) discharged.
19.2.1918: Sold to Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
22.2.1918: William Richard Nowell appointed manager.
2.3.1918: Grimsby registry closed.
4.3.1918: Registered at Hull (H596). Based Hull.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
4.2.1919: Sold to James Coombes (64/64), Grimsby (managing owner).
15.2.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London (D).
17.2.1919: Hull registry closed.
20.2.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY14).
15.2.1924: Mortgagee re-styled National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
4.6.1925: Mortgage (D) discharged.
4.6.1925: Sold to The South Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
5.6.1925: Sir Alec Black, Bart appointed manager.
2.11.1925: Sold to The Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
7.11.1925: Sir Alec Black, Bart appointed manager.
21.4.1940: Requisitioned for war service on balloon barrage (Hire rate £64.0.8d/month).
10.12.1940: Sold to Sir Alec Black, Bart (64/64), Grimsby.
12.12.1940: Sir Alec Black, Bart designated managing owner.
38.6.1942: Sir Alec Black, Bart died.
16.1.1943: Probate granted to The Public Trustee, London and John Edgar Harrison, Grimsby (64/64 joint owners).
3.2.1943: John Edgar Harrison appointed manager.
8.2.1943: Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd (64/64), London.
10.2.1943: William Arthur Bennett appointed manager.
14.4.1944: Returned to owner.
7/30.8.1944: Landed at Fleetwood.
22.12.1944: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
27.12.1944: Harvey Wilfred Wilson, Grimsby appointed manager.
15.1.1945: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (E).
30.12.1947: Mortgage (E) discharged.
30.7.1949: Sold to Trawlers Grimsby Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
30.7.1949: Harvey Wilfred Wilson appointed manager.
10.4.1953: Sold to Derwent Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
11.4.1953: Harvey Wilfred Wilson appointed manager.
10.6.1953: Homeward from West of Scotland grounds in thick fog off Yorkshire coast when some seven miles NE of Flamborough Head struck amidships by collier FIRELIGHT (2841g/1943), shell plating stove in and foundered quickly. Despite search by FIRELIGHT and Flamborough lifeboat, HOWARD D, only three survivors * picked up. Ten crew lost.**
3.9.1953: Grimsby registry closed “… ship sunk after collision on 10th June 1953”

Crew – Survivors * – Walter Hand & James Gambrill, Deckhands; Alan Lorraine, Fireman.
Lost ** – John B. Dunham, Skipper; C. F. Hanniman, Mate; W. Duncan, Third Hand; P. Conlan; R. Dolben, 2nd Eng; A. Dawn; L. Southgate; N. Sheader; H. Smith and S. Dobson.

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S.T. Riviere GY14

S.T. Riviere GY14
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

Changelog

08/05/2010: Page published. 6 updates since then.
20/07/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. D’Arcy Cooper YH370 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham.
Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 144156
Yard Number: 1018
Gross Tonnage: 126.61
Net Tonnage: 54.76
Length: 94.35 ft
Breadth: 19.6 ft
Depth: 10.0 ft
Engine: 275ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co ltd, Hull

History

24.4.1928: Launched by Mrs Evelyn H. A. Cooper, wife of Unilever chairman, Francis D’Arcy Cooper, at Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1018) for Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth as D’Arcy Cooper.
5.6.1928: Completed. Neil Mackay designated manager.
5.6.1928: Registered at Yarmouth (YH370). First skipper Tom Manship.
2.1929: On Gabbard grounds iced up and could not work. Returned to Yarmouth.
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft/Bloomfields Ltd, Fleetwood, managing agents).
26.11.1934: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 140 crans of herring.
16.7.1935: With Sk. Richard Brown in command, along with OCEAN PIONEER (YH189) (Sk. Roper George), represented Great Yarmouth at the King George V Silver Jubilee Review at Spithead.
17.5.1937: Sailed Fleetwood for Spithead, dressed overall for Coronation Review.
20.5.1937: Represented Great Yarmouth at the King George VI Coronation Review at Spithead.
11.10.1938: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 170 crans of herring.
8.10.1939: Requisitioned for war service on Examining Service (Hire rate £63.2.10d/month).
9.4.1941: At Harwich (2nd Hand D. Noble), attacked by German aircraft and in damaged condition beached. Four crew MPK/Killed. Subsequently salved but declared a Total loss, The Admiralty paid £5000 in restitution.
28.11.1946: Yarmouth registry closed.

(MPK – David F. Noble, 2nd Hand (I/C); George F. Hayward, Engineman; John W. Hodds, Seaman. Killed – Bernard P. Oates, O/S)

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S.T. D'Arcy Cooper YH370

S.T. D'Arcy Cooper YH370
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. D'arcy Cooper YH 370

S.D/T. D’arcy Cooper YH 370 at Fleetwood.
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog

29/04/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
10/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
26/08/2018: Updated information.

S.D/T. Ocean Reward YH 730 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham for FMHT
Crew information courtesy of Sheila Bennett

Technical

Official Number: 132379
Yard Number: 481
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 39
Length: 85.9 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

13.7.1912: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.481) for Bloomfields Ltd, Gt Yarmouth (James Bloomfield (43/64) & Elijah Green (21/64) as OCEAN REWARD.
8.1912: Completed at a cost of £3314 (James Bloomfield, manager).
6.8.1912: Registered at Yarmouth (YH730).
9.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.243) and later fitted with hydrophonephones.
13.11.1914: At Lowestoft, parent ship HALCYON. Later based Humber.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Gt. Yarmouth (Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth).
1920-1939: White fish trawling out of herring season from Fleetwood (Bloomfields Ltd, Fleetwood, managing agents) and Padstow.
2.3.1921: Elijah Green sold 21 shares to Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (James Bloomfield, manager).
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay appointed manager.
12.1939: Requisitioned for war service on Examining Service (Hire rate £27.0.0d/month).
28.5.1940: At 0245 off Dover (Py/Ty/Lieut. Hugh C. Slater RNR) foundered after being in collision with steamer ISLE of THANET (2789g/1925) returning from Dunkirk. Tug LADY BRASSEY (362g/1913) also searched for survivors. Twleve crew MPK*.
7.8.1940: Yarmouth registry closed.

*MPK – Py/Ty/Lieut. Hugh C. Slater, Petty Officers James H. Christie and Norman J. Thorley, Corporal Richard Shrubsole RM, Sk. Leander George, James Richard Todd, Mate, Herbert George Dawkins (Sh. Eng, Stanley Herbert Wymer, 2nd Eng, Jack Clifford Green, Alfred Thomas Hubbard, Simon Sheales, Deckhands, Walter William Durrant, Cook

Note: “Ocean” class design by Alex Hall & Co, of which BRIGHTON O’ THE NORTH (INS382) was the later example, was chosen as the base design for the WW1 Admiralty steel drifter.

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S.T. Ocean Reward YH730

S.T. Ocean Reward YH730
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog

26/04/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
09/07/2010: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
05/07/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Murielle LT269 (Seasonal)

Seasonal Visitor
Copyright 2010 Barry Banham for FMHT

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4165
Yard Number: 99
Official Number: 139991
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollitt & Wigzell, Sowerby Bridge
Boiler: Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft

History

1919: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.99) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as GLOSS (Ad.No.4165).
5.2.1919: Forms for tender to purchase received by the Admiralty.
8.8.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel. Sold to Lion Fishing Co Ltd, Norwich (George E. Turrell, Kessingland, manager).
8.10.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (LT548).
31.1.1922: Sold to Sarah I. Hancock, Hakin (Peter L. Hancock, manager).
22.3.1922: Lowestoft registry closed.
23.3.1922: Registered at Milford (M248).
6.1922: Sold to A. Maxton, Boulogne.
22.8.1922: Milford registry closed. Registered at Boulogne (B??).
26.6.1924: Arrived Boulogne and reported been in collision with Cardiff registered steamer MARION MERRETT (815grt/1920) which continued voyage to Antwerp. Both vessels damaged. Registered at Boulogne as MURIELLE (B??).
6.1927: Sold to Edward J. Hellings, Milford Haven (managing owner).
6.1927: Boulogne registry closed.
14.6.1927: Registered at Milford (M131).
8.1932: Sold to William Barnard (32/64); Alfred S. Ling (16/64) & Stanley O. Bird (16/64), Lowestoft.
13.8.1932: Milford registry closed.
15.8.1937: Registered at Lowestoft (LT269).
28.6.1934: Sold to Stanley O. Bird & Alfred S. Ling (32/64 joint shares), Alfred S. Ling (16/64) & Stanley O. Bird (16/64) Lowestoft.
19.9.1935: Sold to Jubilee Fishing Co Ltd (64/64) Lowestoft (Alfred S. Ling, manager). Seasonal trawling for white fish from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fishselling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
22.8.1939: At Bangor Magistrates Court, Sk. Joseph E. Waters was fined £30 for trawling within the limits in Caernarvon Bay.
1940: Fishing from Fleetwood Bloomfields Ltd, Fleetwood, managing agents).
28.9.1941: Mined (mine exploded in net when hauling) 9 miles SWbyS from Morecambe Bay Light Vessel. Steam drifter OCEAN DAWN (YH47) took off crew, connected and commenced tow to Fleetwood, but started to settle and foundered 3 miles WbyN of Blackpool Tower. All crew landed at Fleetwood.
4.10.1941: Lowestoft registry closed “Sunk by mine explosion”.

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S.T. Murielle LT269

S.T. Murielle LT269
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog
11/04/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
10/06/2016: Information updated.
08/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.D/T. Ocean Sunlight YH28 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham for FMHT

Technical

Official Number: 161628
Yard Number: 627
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 131
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 94.3 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Boiler: Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1929: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.615) for Bloomfields Ltd, Great Yarmout) as OCEAN SUNLIGHT.
6.1929: Completed (Neil Mackay, manager).
6.6.1929: Registered at Yarmouth (YH28).
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Bloomfields Ltd, Fleetwood, managing agents).
17.3.1934: At Padstow damaged in collision with ASCONA (LT108).
7.10.1938: At Yarmouth (Sk. Condon) landed 180 crans of herring.
15.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper. (Hire rate £77.4.11d/month).
13.6.1940: Off Newhaven (Ch. Sk. R. J. Crane RNR), mined 4.4 cables 129° from West Breakwater Light, Newhaven. Ten crew killed*
29.12.1941: Yarmouth registry closed “ Ship lost on Admiralty Service”.

(*Killed – Cyril Ballister, 2nd Hand; John Cowie, Peter Dickson, Charles J. McCondach, Enginemen; Leonard A. Scarlett, Ldg Signalman; Albert E. Latham, AB; Thomas C. W. Belcher, Harry Croston, William E. Kinley, Seamen; Albert V. Roberts Seaman Cook.)

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S.T. Ocean Sunlight YH28

S.T. Ocean Sunlight YH28
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S.D/T/ Ocean Sunlight YH28

S.D/T/ Ocean Sunlight YH28

S.D/T/ Ocean Sunlight YH28

S.D/T/ Ocean Sunlight YH28

Changelog
02/04/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
12/06/2016: Pictures added.
07/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.