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S.T. Thistle FD226

Technical

Official Number: 119127
Yard Number: 410
Completed: 1904
Gross Tonnage: 179
Net Tonnage: 66
Length: 110.2 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 11.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

13.4.1904: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.410) for John S. Boyle, Glasgow (managing owner) as THISTLE.
5.1904: Completed. Registered at Glasgow (GW2).
10.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler (1-3pdr). Based Lerwick.
1918: Sold to Ernest Taylor, Noah Ashworth & Rowland Morris, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor manager).
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
7.1919: Glasgow registry closed.
16.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD226).
1.1920: Sold to Soc. Anon Pêcheries à Vapeur “Zeester”, Ostend (Auguste Brunet, manager).
21.1.1920: Fleetwood registry closed.
20.2.1920: Registered at Ostend as ROWLAND (O192).
1.10.1925: Placed on charter, towed, along with LISETTE-ADOLPHINE (O213) from Ostend to Fecamp by CONSY (LR2390).
1926: No owner recorded (Belgian).
1927(?): Sold to Union des Pêcheries Maritimes, Ostend.
16.3.1929: Union des Pêcheries Maritimes, Ostend in liquidation.
4.1929: Sold to Peter L. Hancock, Hakin.
4.1929: Ostend registry closed.
26.4.1929: Registered at Milford as RECENIA (M3).
28.5.1929: Sold to W. Llewellyn Hancock, Thomas Hughes & Elizabeth Hughes, Milford Haven.
4.3.1933: Sold to Reginald L. Hancock, Hakin.
1.4.1938: Sold to J. W. S. Barlow, Aberdeen (A. Buchan, manager).
1939: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes & Walter Holmes)(Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
26.1.1939: First landing at Fleetwood, 45 boxes grossed £89.
8.10.1941: Stranded on Barn Scar rocks between Ravenglass and Seascale, Cumberland in position 54°24.50N/03°32W. Subsequently declared a Total Loss.
16.6.1942: Milford registry closed. Reported to have been used by the Eskdale Gunnery Range as a target for training purposes. Some shell plates still visible.

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Theresa Boyle FD338

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson

Technical

Official Number: 137800
Yard Number: 570
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 224
Net Tonnage: 99
Length: 120.7 ft
Breadth: 22.7 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: 83hp T.3-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Built : Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

12.7.1915: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.570) for John S. Boyle Ltd, Glasgow as THERESA BOYLE.
8.1915: Completed (John S. Boyle managing owner). Registered at Glasgow (GW3).
9.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.1311). Based Moray Command.
1918: Sold to Port St. Mary Fishing & Curing Co Ltd, London (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
7.1919: Glasgow registry closed.
1.8.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD338).
4.1924: Sold to James Lyle, Newhaven, Edinburgh (managing owner).
2.5.1924: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.5.1924: Registered at Granton (GN4).
29.5.1927: Reported landing at Oban, a sturgeon over 7ft long and weighing 2 cwts caught while on the Dhu Heartach grounds.
10.2.1940: Fishing 115 miles E x N of Aberdeen (Sk. Oliver Bell). At midday attacked by Heinkel bomber with machine gun fire. Fire returned with Lewis gun, aircraft withdrew. Aircraft returned and dropped three bombs in water portside amidships. One violent explosion and water entered engineroom through strained plates, carbide container caught fire. At 2.45 p.m. abandoned to boat and stood off, returned at 3.45 p.m. but vessel sinking fast. In rising Easterly wind and bitter cold, sailed to Westward.
12 .2.1940: At 4.30 p.m. RAF aircraft overflew boat, rocket fired. Aircraft communicated with HMTrawlers BRABANT (GY544) (P.No.FY.690) and ALMANDINE (H415) (P.No.FY.645), ‘sweeping 10 miles away. After 50 hours in open boat picked up by ALMANDINE and landed at ?? at 6.00 p.m. all crew suffering from exposure.

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
13/07/2017: Information added.

S.T. Thayetmyo FD124

Technical

Official Number: 104236
Yard Number: 493
Completed: 1895
Gross Tonnage: 145
Net Tonnage: 57
Length: 100.6 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Built: Edwards Brothers Ltd, North Shields

History

1895: Completed by Edwards Brothers Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.493) for George Beeching, Fleetwood (managing owner) as THAYETMYO.
20.2.1895: Registered at Fleetwood (FD124).
4.9.1896: Lost off Iceland.
10.1896: Fleetwood registry closed.

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published.

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. Tettenhall FD43

Technical

Official Number: 122934
Yard Number: 260
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 227
Net Tonnage: 72
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 21.9 ft
Depth: 8.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow
Built: J Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

19.10.1905: Launched by J. Duthie,Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.260) for Tettenhall Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as TETTENHALL.
4.11.1905: Mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
8.11.1905: Registered at Fleetwood (FD43), Louis Cohen, Norbreck appointed manager.
11.1905: Completed.
11.8.1909: Mortgaged to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (B). James H. Marr appointed manager.
9.10.1913: Mortgage (A) discharged.
10.10.1913: Mortgage (B) discharged.
10.10.1913: Mortgaged to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (C).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 91.85net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Ad.No.1538).
2.12.1916: James A. Robertson appointed manager.
23.5.1917: Mined 2.4 miles off Lowestoft.
2.11.1917: Mortgage (C) discharged.
8.11.1917: Fleetwood registry closed “Lost on Admiralty service”.

(Lost – Ty/Sk. Albert True; James Bensley, 2nd Hand; George E. Gladwell, Engineman; Henry J. Blowers, Augustus J. Boyce & George Sparrow, deckhands.)

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.