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S.T. Northern Princess LO170

Technical

Official Number: 165375
Yard Number: 568
Completed: June 1936
Gross Tonnage: 655
Net Tonnage: 254
Length: 188.1 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 15.5 ft
Built: Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde
Engine: T.3-cyl & LP turbine with DR gearing & hydraulic coupling by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde.

History

1936: Ordered by Leverhulme Ltd, London to absorb frozen credits in Germany.
6.1936: Completed by Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde (Yd.No.568) for MacLine Ltd, London (Leverhulme Ltd) as NORTHERN PRINCESS.
9.12.1936: Registered at London (LO170). Operating out of Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
06.01.1937: First landing at Fleetwood. landed 1,830 boxes grossed £1,180.
3.1937: Transferred to Hull (Boyd Line Ltd, managers).
24.3.1937: Sailed Hull for Bear Island grounds (Sk. J. Gibbs).
15.4.1937: At Hull landed 1,677 kits grossed £550.
14.9.1937: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds last trip before sale (Sk. A. Meacock).
2.10.1937: At Hull landed 1,212 kits grossed £737.
9.10.1937: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (H. Markham Cook, Grimsby, manager).
1.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (P.No.4.06) (Hire rate £425.15.0d/month).
1942: Fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler.
2.1942: Transferred on loan to US Navy.
7.3.1942: On passage Londonderry to USA (Lt. Dryden B Phillipson RNR) in thick fog off the Grand Banks (Newfoundland). Last seen at 2043 in position 45.22N 55.59W.
8.3.1942: Torpedoed by U-boat (U.587); no wreckage, no survivors from crew of thirty-eight.
8.5.1942: London registry closed.

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S.T. Northern Princess LO170

S.T. Northern Princess LO170
Picture courtesy of the James Cullen Collection

Changelog
01/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
25/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
28/08/2024: Updated information.

S.T. Northcoates H329

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3697
Official Number: 144573
Yard Number: 164
Completed: 1919
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 290
Net Tonnage: 127
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Built: Cox & Co (Engineers) Ltd, Falmouth
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Cox & Co (Engineers) Ltd, Falmouth

History

Note Name to be GEORGE CORTON.
1918: Launched by Cox & Co (Engineers) Ltd, Falmouth (Yd.No.164) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as GEORGE CORTEN (Ad.No.3697).
6.2.1919: Completed and delivered.
22.05.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) O.N.144573. Engaged in commercial trawling.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
09.1920: Allocated to the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
25.09.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) as GEORGE CORTEN (LO467).
12.1920: At Wivenhoe fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Wivenhoe.
1921: Laid up at Brightlingsea.
31.10.1921: After inspection at Brightlingsea by Capt. William John Lown & Lawrence Spring (directors), purchased by Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. Purchased at asking price £7250 (Others inspected and purchased were DANIEL DICK, ISAAC ARTHAN, JOHN BROOKER, JOHN GRAHAM & THOMAS BOUDIGE).
3.12.1921: London registry closed.
12.1921: Remeasured 277g 108n.
21.12.1921: Registered at Hull as GEORGE CORTEN (H329). Walter Scott designated manager.
30.1.1922: Registered at Hull as ZENCON (H329).
13.11.1922: Registered at Hull as ZIRCON (H329).
27.5.1935: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £3,800. Crewed and operated from Hull by The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys designated manager.
12.11.1935: Registered at Hull as NORTHCOATES (H329). Edward Towne designated manager.
1935: Insured value £4,500.
1937: Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood.
24.8.1937: First landing at Fleetwood from Faroes, 235kits.
28.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (magnetic) (P.No.FY.548) (Hire rate £83.2.0d/month).
9.1939: Fitting out at Sheerness.
23.5.1944: Assigned as magnetic minesweeper to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
29.5.1944: Ordered to Plymouth
5.6.1944: Sailed Plymouth for beachhead approaches with minesweeping flotillas.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
2.12.1944: Foundered in the English Channel off Littlehampton in heavy weather while under tow after machinery failure. Wreck lies in position 50.39.68N 0.35.32W in 26 m.

(George Corton (aka Corten, Carten), Landsman (volunteer), age 32, b. Oxford, Oxfordshire – VICTORY (SB112))

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HMT Northcoates

HMT Northcoates
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence

Changelog
01/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
03/11/2016: Information updated.
07/04/2019: Information updated.
28/06/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Norbreck FD30

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Douglas Paterson and Andy Hall

Technical

Official Number: 114309
Yard Number: 251
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 201
Net Tonnage: 37
Length: 121.3 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Engine: 380ihp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: James Abernethy & Co, Aberdeen
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

7.1.1905: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.251) for Louis Cohen (16/64), Norbreck; Ernest Henry Friedrich Louis Schottler (16/64), Blackpool; William Johnson (8/64), Sheffield; Percy Johnson (8/64), Sheffield; George Alfred Schottler (8/64), Blackpool; Walter Henry Dickenson (4/64) and William Milnthorpe Dunnill (4/64), Fleetwood as NORBRECK.
13.2.1905: William Johnson shares (8/64) and Percy Johnson (8/64) mortgaged to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (C) & (D).
14.2.1905: Louise Cohen shares (16/64) mortgaged to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
16.2.1905: George Alfred Schottler shares (8/64) mortgaged to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (E).
17.2.1905: Walter Henry Dickenson shares (4/64) mortgaged to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (F).
22.2.1905: Registered at Fleetwood (FD30).
2.1905: Completed.
28.2.1905: William Milnthorpe Dunnill shares (4/64) mortgaged to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (G).
6.3.1905: Ernest Henry Friedrich Louis Schottler shares (16/64) mortgaged to London Midland & City Bank Ltd, London (B). 11.9.1905: Fred Kelsall appointed manager.
2.12.1905: Sold to Norbreck Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Louis Cohen, Norbreck, manager).
7.12.1905: Mortgages (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), & (G) discharged.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 80.01net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
16.4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an armed trawler 1-3pdr) (Ad.No.1374).
1919: Returned to owner.
27.1.1919: Sold to John McRae Knight, Hakin & Morgan Watkin Howell. Milford Haven 64/64 joint owners)(John McR. Knight managing owner).
21.2.1919: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.3.1919: Registered at Milford (M7).
2.1920: Sold to Direct Fish Supplies Ltd (64/64), London. John McRae Knight, Milford Haven appointed manager.
10.2.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (H).
2.1921: Transferred to Grimsby.
14.10.1921: Milford registry closed.
18.11.1921: Registered at Grimsby (GY1307).
23.3.1922: Company in voluntary liquidation.
10.8.1922: Placed in compulsory liquidation.
2.11.1922: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (H) to Peter Walker, North Shields.
13.11.1922: Peter Walker appointed manager.
13.11.1922: Grimsby registry closed.
16.11.1922: Registered at North Shields (SN90).
11.12.1922: Registered at North Shields as GLEN STAR (SN90).
1926: Sold to George Robb Snr, Aberdeen (managing owner)
6.4.1926: North Shields registry closed.
7.4.1926: Registered at Aberdeen (A164).
17.6.1926: Registered at Aberdeen as CRAIGMILLAR (A164) (BoT Minute M/RG No.1204/1926 dated 16.6.1926).
5.2.1934: Sold to George Robb & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (George Robb, manager).
6.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service and appointed for boom working duties (Hire rate £50.5.0d/month).
1.1940: Returned.
11.6.1940: Requisitioned and fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1669).
19.3.1941: Sold to Thomas Walker & James Hay, Aberdeen.
1944: Sold to J. C. Llewellin & Others, Milford Haven.
3.1945: Sold to Llewellin Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven (John C. Llewellin, Haverfordwest, Joseph L. Yolland, Haverfordwest, John Yolland Jnr, Haverfordwest & Thomas S. Yolland, Swansea) (John C. Llewellin, manager).
11.1945: Returned to owner.
7.1945: Aberdeen registry closed.
3.7.1945: Registered at Milford (M122).
1.1.1946: Messrs Yolland & Llewellin partnership dissolved.
5.1.1946: Sold to John Yolland Jnr, Joseph L. Yolland & Thomas S. Yolland, Milford Haven (John Yolland Jnr, manager).
1946: Sold to Yolland Brothers Ltd, Milford Haven (John Yolland Jnr, manager).
24.5.1946: Sailed Milford for fishing grounds SW of Ireland (Sk. Wilfred Perrett).
30.4.1946: In position Galley Head, Co Cork bearing N by E 30 miles, when hauling damaged by explosion believed to have been a mine in the trawl. Subsequently foundered south of Galley Head, Co. Cork. All crew safe, one slightly injured.
9.5.1946: Milford registry closed.

Changelog
01/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
16/05/2015: Information update.
19/02/2016: Removed incorrect picture.

S.T. Nile FD11

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and David Slinger.

Technical

Official Number: 10849
Yard Number: 581
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 174
Net Tonnage: 45
Length: 110 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by MacColl & Pollock, Sunderland
Built: Edwards Bros, North Shields

History

7.2.1898: Launched by Edwards Bros, North Shields (Yd.No.581) for Britannia Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as NILE.
14.3.1898: Registered at Grimsby (GY500). George William Parker, designated manager.
3.1898: Completed.
17.3.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The York City & County Banking Co Ltd, York (A).
15.12.1900: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George William Parker, Grimsby (B).
3.1902: Chartered by James Herbert Marr, Fleetwood.
29.5.1902: J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood formed.
9.12.1902: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (A) to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood for £3400.
13.12.1902: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (C).
15.12.1902: James Herbert Marr designated manager.
12.8.1904: Grimsby registry closed.
15.8.1904: Registered at Fleetwood (FD11).
1905: Lengthened to 123.0 x 21.1 x 10.9 196.35g 77.78n (BoT Cert dated 27.7.1905).
18.8.1905: Re registered at Fleetwood (FD11) after material alterations.
11.4.1911: At Fleetwood landed 400 boxes from a 13 day Iceland trip.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 67.21net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler.
26.5.1916: Mortgage (C) discharged.
20.11.1916: Sold to Andrew Walker, Aberdeen.
29.11.1916: Andrew Walker designated managing owner.
8.7.1918: Sold to Thomas G. Hancock, Hakin.
10.7.1918: Thomas G. Hancock designated managing owner.
16.7.1918: Fleetwood registry closed.
20.7.1918: Registered at Milford (M186). Based Scapa.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Milford Haven.
18.3.1920: Damaged by JAMES CHRISTOPHER (LO248) while waiting to lock out in Milford.
20.10.1922: Sailed Plymouth for fishing grounds off the SW of Ireland (Sk. William Grieves Payne).
21.10.1922: Struck rock on entering Crookhaven, Co. Cork.
24.10.1922: Sailed Crookhaven for the fishing grounds. In the seaway vessel found to be taking water and subsequently foundered 10 miles off Muirhead, Crew taken onboard steam trawler SEA ROVER (LO395).
25.10.1922: Landed at Milford.
4.11.1922: Milford registry closed “Foundered”.

Changelog
01/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
04/02/2016: Minor information update.
26/06/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Newbridge FD55

Technical

Official Number: 122935
Yard Number: 261
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 228
Net Tonnage: 75
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 21.9 ft
Depth: 8.9 ft
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Glasgow
Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow

History

23.12.1905: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.261) for Tettenhall Steam Fishing Co of Fleetwood Ltd, Fleetwood as NEWBRIDGE.
1.1906: Completed.
16.1.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
31.1.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD55), Louis Cohen, Norbreck appointed manager.
11.8.1909: Vessel mortgaged (64/64)to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (B).
11.8.1909: James H. Marr appointed manager.
9.10.1913: Mortgage (A) discharged.
10.10.1913: Mortgage (B) discharged.
10.10.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (C).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 93.31net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
6.5.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.963). At Devonport fitted with 1-6pdr and mine-sweep. i.a.w. Area XIV Patrol Orders dated 30.3.1915. Allocated to Relieving Unit (to take the place of trawlers when refitting) based Falmouth (Sub Lieut. A. G. Sampson RNR).
26.12.1915-1.1.1916: Refitting at Falmouth.
10.1916: Allocated Unit Nos. 85, 87, 147 – Sections C, D, E, F 4th Division based Isles of Scilly (Sk. E. Thomas).
2.12.1916: James A. Robertson appointed manager.
18.11.1917: Off Prawle Point, in darkness, sustained damage following collision with steamer MACORIS (2053grt/1884) which had been escorted from the Western Approaches. At 2350 ULYSSES II (GY198)(Ad.No.1047) arrived on scene to take over escort duties, but in view of situation prepared to tow to port of refuge.
19.5.1917: At about 0200 connected and commenced tow but after four hours started to settle and foundered at 0620 in approx position 50.10N 03.45W; crew saved.
30.1.1918: Fleetwood registry closed “Vessel lost”.

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S.T. Newbridge FD55

S.T. Newbridge FD55
Outboard of S.T. Scomber FD90

Changelog
26/04/2014: Picture added.
15/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
24/06/2021: Updated history.