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S.T. Plover FD173

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson

Technical

Official Number: 108529
Yard Number: 552
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 144
Net Tonnage: 43
Length: 106 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Built: Edward Bros, North Shields

History

1.6.1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, North Shields (Yd.No.552) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester (64/64) as PLOVER.
6.7.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD173).
7.1897: Completed (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood, managers).
24.2.1898: Fishing off Dubh Heartach Light (Sk. Wragg) with other trawlers of the K&B fleet. In total darkness and in Force 6 S by W winds at about 1.30am. run down by Norwegian steamer SAINT ANDREW (2984g/) Manchester for Gothenburg which did not stop. Because of the darkness, other trawlers in the fleet did not notice that PLOVER was missing for some time. Area searched and crew picked up by steam trawler TEAL (FD166) but 2nd Eng, Joseph Whiteley, Birkenhead missing.
27.2.1898: Survivors arrived Fleetwood in fish carrier SWALLOW (FD167).
7.3.1898: Fleetwood registry closed “… foundered… after being run down by …”.

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03/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/02/2016: Information updated.

S.T. Pintail H982

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson

Technical

Official Number: 124830
Yard Number: 110
Completed: 1908
Gross Tonnage: 199
Net Tonnage: 63
Length: 110 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: 300ihp T3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

19.3.1908: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.110) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64/64), Hull as PINTAIL.
4.1908: Completed.
18.4.1908: Registered at Hull (H982). George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London appointed managers.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 72.83 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
10.1914: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.382).
10.1914: Fitted with Hotchkiss 12pdr and 6pdr HA Based Penzance/Falmouth.
1.10.1918: At Penzance for General Patrol and Escort work.
12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
7.6.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A). John Slater appointed 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 appointed manager.
16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson appointed 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 (joint mortgagees).
3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical).
6.3.1936: At Extraordinary General Meeting at Hull, Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd placed in Creditors’ Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, London appointed liquidators).
26.10.1937: Sold by order of the mortgagees under mortgage (A) to Brixham Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Brixham.
27.10.1936: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Corfe Castle and Ernest Norton, London (joint mortgagees) for £500 with interest at 5% (B).
12.1937: Transferred to Fleetwood when Brixham Trawlers Ltd moved to the port.
9.12.1937: Sailed Brixham for Fleetwood in company with AUK (H755), fishing round.
19.12.1937: First landing at Fleetwood, 74 boxes grossed £140.
2.12.1938: Brixham Trawlers Ltd registered office transferred to Fleetwood. Ralph S. Dugdall appointed manager.
9.2.1939: Mortgage (B) discharged.
13.2.1939: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
26.4.1943: Typical wartime landing. 145 kits – hake-3, cod/codling-39, haddock-9, whiting-49, flats-11, ling/coley-14, roker-8, gurnard-12.
15.2.1949: Sailed Fleetwood for Donegal ground (Sk. R. Stafford); twelve crew all told.
25.2.1949: Aborted trip at about 1.30 pm. with winch defect and made for home.
26.2.1949: At 5.30 am. in WSW gale force winds and heavy seas, but with good visibility between squalls, stranded about 300yds southward of Bull Point Light, Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim, 50yds from shore at base of cliff. Schermuly rocket line from ship secured by Lighthouse keepers and Clifford Whitehead volunteered to swim to the shore and landed safely. Portrush lifeboat (Cox. Sam Cunningham) attempted to take off remainder of crew but driven back by heavy seas. Rathlin Island Life-Saving Co alerted and at about 10.30 a.m. remaining eleven crew safely landed. Rathlin Island had been cut off for two weeks due to bad weather, but the Portrush lifeboat managed to embark the crew and took them to Portrush. Wreck in position 55.17,42N 06.17,30W later declared a total loss.
27.2.1949: Crew returned to Fleetwood.
14.3.1949: Mortgage (C) discharged.
4.4.1949: Hull registry closed “Vessel stranded on Rathlin Island and abandoned as a total loss on 2nd April 1949”.
23.8.1949: At the BOT Formal Investigation (S.414) held at Fleetwood, the Court found Sk. Robert Stafford lacking in proper seamanlike care in navigation and suspended his ticket for six months with £100 costs. Remains of wreck lies in 6m.

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S.T. Pintail H982

S.T. Pintail H982
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S.T. Pintail H982

S.T. Pintail H982
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03/01/2009: Page published. 3 revisions since then.
20/10/2014: Picture added.
30/12/2015: Information updated.
23/04/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
30/08/2019: Updated information and added an image.
15/07/2021: Updated information.

S.T. Phoebe FD121

Technical

Official Number: 124692
Yard Numbe: ?
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 278.44
Net Tonnage: 99.37
Length: 130.0 ft
Breadth: 22.6 ft
Depth: 12.17 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne

History

13.7.1907: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.) for Louis Cohen (64/64), Norbreck as PHOEBE.
3.9.1907: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
10.9.1907: Completed and registered at Fleetwood (FD121).
10.9.1907: Louis Cohen designated managing owner.
20.6.1912: Mortgage (A) discharged.
21.6.1912: Sold to Phoebe Hoyle (64/64), Halifax.
22.6.1912: Sold to George E. J. Moody (64/64), Grimsby.
24.6.1912: George Edward James Moody designated managing owner.
24.6.1912: Sold to The Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
26.6.1912: James Alexander Robertson designated managing owner.
12.7.1912: James Alexander Robertson designated manager.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 108.58 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
1916: At Fleetwood. Fitted with Hotchkiss 6pdr gun (No.1234); complement increased by two gunners.
3.1917: At Fleetwood. Gun replaced with Hotchkiss 12pdr gun (No.6684).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve. Renamed PHOEBE III (FD121).
1919: Released and reverted to PHOEBE (FD121).
9.1919: Sold to Bachao, Neunes & Machado Ltd, Lisbon (BoT approval dated 26.9.1919).
17.10.1919: Fleetwood registry closed.
10.1919: Registered at Lisbon as CINTRA.
1930: Sold to Corporacâo de Pilotos do Rio e Barra de Lisboa, Lisbon. Registered at Lisbon as PAIVE CURADO.
1939: Sold to Sociedade de Pesca à Vapor “O Exportador” Ltda, Lisbon. Registered at Lisbon as EXPORTADOR SEGUNDO.
1.11.1954: Reported position between Cap Jurby and Cap Blanc.
5.11.1954: Failed to arrive at Lisbon: overdue from this date, twenty-three crew missing presumed lost.

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03/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
12/07/2921: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Philip Godby FD405

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Milford Trawlers

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3783
Official Number: 143785
Yard Number: 404
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 209
Net Tonnage: 126
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

24.9.1918: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.404) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as PHILIP GODBY (Ad.No.3783).
1919: Sold to Henry Smethurst (64/64), Grimsby
6.5.1919: Completed.
15.5.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY309).
9.5.1919: John Wintringham Smethurst appointed manager.
2.7.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to the London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
9.2.1920: Mortgage (A) discharged.
9.2.1920: Sold to The Derby Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Bootle, Liverpool.
12.5.1920: Charles W. Pickering, Fleetwood appointed manager.
6.3.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London County, Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd (B).
18.10.1921: Mortgage (B) discharged.
24.10.1921: The Derby Steam Trawling Co Ltd in liquidation sold to Harry Pennington & Thomas George McKay, Bootle (joint owners).
26.10.1921: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
4.11.1921: Jules Nierinck appointed manager.
17.12.1921: Mortgage (C) discharged.
19.12.1921: Sold to The Godby Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
21.12.1921; Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (D).
5.1.1922: Jules Nierinck appointed manager. 25.3.1922: Grimsby registry closed.
29.3.1922: Registered at Fleetwood (FD405).
17.9.1924: At Oban (Sk. W. Hargreaves) picked up doctor and landed him at St. Kilda to treat pneumonia outbreak.
11.12.1924: Sold to Neva Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (William W. Brierley, manager).
10.2.1925: Registered at Fleetwood as CISNELL (FD405).
3.1928: Sold to Thomas Jenkerson, Milford Haven (Jenkerson & Jones Ltd).
6.3.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.3.1928: Registered at London (LO122).
29.3.1928: Registered at London as TOGIMO (LO122).
1938: Sold to Jenkerson & Jones Ltd, Milford Haven (Thomas Jenkerson, manager).
2.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service and appointed for minesweeping duties (Hire rate £90.12.6d/month).
13.11.1939: Returned to owner.
1.3.1940: Sailed Milford for fishing grounds (Sk. James Gale DSC); twelve crew.
11.2.1940: Off West coast of Ireland about 70 miles from the Fastnet, at 4.00 a.m. hauled and owing to damage prepared to change gear from one side of the ship to the other. At 5.00 a.m. ready to shoot trawl, shelled by U-boat (U.37), doused lights and tried to escape, but hit in chart room and ablaze. Crew abandoned in boat and trawler sunk by gunfire in approx position 50°40N/11°02W, one crewman killed (James Price (18), Co. Kildare, fireman). Boat in way of shell fall and Ch.Eng injured.
12.2.1940: After twenty-eight hours in the boat and with three badly injured men, all eleven picked up by Spanish steamer MONTE NAVAJO (5754grt/1920).
13.2.1940: Landed at Queenstown, Co.Cork.
17.2.1940: Crew returned to Milford.
1.3.1940: London registry closed “Sunk by enemy action”.

(Philip Godby , AB, age 43, b. Cricklade, Wiltshire – VICTORY (SB939))

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S.T. Philip Godby LO122

S.T. Philip Godby LO122
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
09/07/2017: Image added.

S.T. Ospray II (2) FD129

Additional information courtesy of Chris Petherbridge Hull Trawler Website

Technical

Official Number: 132404
Yard Number: 464
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 285
Net Tonnage: 114
Length: 130 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 13.2 ft
Engine: 85hp T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Boiler: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

14.2.1911: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.464) for The Cygnet Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Richard W. Mason, manager) as OSPRAY II.
3.1911: Completed.
30.3.1911: Registered at Fleetwood (FD129). Richard Watson Mason appointed manager).
3.3.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1354). Fitted as Sub-divisional Leader. Based Milford.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood (Thomas Cardwell, manager).
15.4.1933: Fishing in 230 fathoms NW of Tory Island, Co. Donegal, hauled a mine causing damage to nets and gear.
17.4.1933: Landed mine at Fleetwood.
2.11.1933: Arrived Fleetwood from fishing grounds with stern post fractured and bent and rudder bent, reported having drifted whilst at anchor in Vatersay Bay and struck rocks.
5.4.1935: Sailed Fleetwood for West of Scotland grounds (Sk. Robert Kelly); eleven crew.
6.4.1935: About to shoot on grounds south of Gigha, at about 7.55am in collision with steam trawler CALDEW (FD347)(Sk.Edward Harris) suffering damage aft of wheelhouse on starboard side and shell plating holed in way of bunker. Attempted to make for shore to beach but ingress of water in stoke hold and engine room too great and pumps could not cope. Abandoned in lifeboat and lay to until vessel sank at about 8.35am Picked up by CALDEW and returned to Fleetwood. Vessel sank in approx position 55.33N 05.52W, 2 miles off Bellochantuy Bay, Kintyre.
17.4.1935: Fleetwood registry closed “Total loss 4.35. Sunk in collision”.
7.12.1935: BOT Formal Investigation (S.375) found Sk. Robert Kelly and Sk. Edward Harris both in default and suspended their tickets for twelve months.

Note:OSPRAY II carried a crew of ten and was heading for the fishing grounds off the west coast of Scotland, by way of the Sound of Jura on the 6th of April 1935. A second vessel, CALDEW, was fishing off the west coast of Kintyre when an unexplained collision occurred. CALDEW hit OSPRAY II amidships and tore a massive hole in her side.
The damage was so great that coal from her bunkers poured out into the sea.

CALDEW took the damaged vessel in tow in an attempt to beach her at the nearest point but that was ten miles away. OSPRAY’s skipper lowered his boat as a precaution and this was just as well because, as the tow got under way, it was clear that the vessel was settling deeper in the water all the time. The crew manned the pumps until they were waist deep in water but their efforts were in vain. With the fires out and the ship sinking under their feet they were forced to scramble into the lifeboat and abandon their vessel.
Less than an hour after the collision OSPRAY II slipped under in 20 fathoms of water approximately 2 miles off the Bellochantuy shore.

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S.T. Ospray II FD219

S.T. Ospray II FD129
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S.T. Ospray II FD219

S.T. Ospray II FD129
Picture courtesy of David Slinger

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
12/11/2015: Information updated.
20/08/2017: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.