In Marr (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from the port
Additional information courtesy of Hull Trawlers

Technical

Official Number: 183420
Yard Number: 218
Completed: 1949
Gross Tonnage: 666
Net Tonnage: 234
Length: 180.5 ft
Breadth: 30.1 ft
Depth: 15.1 ft
Built: J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: 1030ihp T.3-cyl by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (E.No.292)
Boiler: John G. Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock
Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150 ° F

History

28.6.1949: Launched by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.218) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as PRIMELLA.
9.11.1949: Completed trials in Aberdeen Bay and accepted.
11.1949: Registered at Hull (H103). Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Brough appointed manager.
30.1.1950: Wilfred Carroll (47), spare hand, died as a result of an accident onboard in the North Sea.
1953: Made six trips to Greenland fishery.
1957: Sold to Newington Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. Registered at Hull as PETER SCOTT (H103).
29.1.1964: On Icelandic grounds (Sk. Richard Taylor). Arrested after chase by Icelandic gunboat ODINN (882grt/1960) for alleged fishing 3 miles inside 12 mile limit. 1.2.1972: At Court in Akureyri, Sk. Taylor sentenced to 45 days imprisonment and fined £2,920 for illegal fishing and breach of three year old suspended sentence also for illegal fishing.
5.9.1972: Fishing NE of Hornbanki, Iceland,no name or PLN, ordered to stop by Icelandic Coast Guard vessel ÆGIR (507grt/1929) and haul trawl; refused. ÆGIR deployed “net cutter” for first time and one trawl warp was cut. Alongside and identified.
1974: Sold to Spanish shipbreakers and broken up.
1974: Hull registry closed.

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S.T. Primella H103
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S.T. Peter Scott H103
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

Changelog

28/12/2013: Page published. 8 updates since then.
29/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

Technical

Official Number: 161838
Yard Number: 268
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 243
Net Tonnage: 90
Length: 120.2 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 12.0 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

10.2.1913: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.268) for Alfred T. Golder & Co, Ostend as MARTHE.
16.4.1913: Completed. Registered at Ostend (O43).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve (with owners permission).
21.9.1917: At Swansea. Completed fitting of 6pdr gun.
1919: Released.
1929: Sold to Pêcheries Nationales Belges S. A., Ostend.
4.1933: Sold to Thomas H. Scales, Leith (managing owner).
13.4.1933: On delivery voyage Ostend to Aberdeen (sic) arrived Lowestoft with boiler trouble.
15.4.1933: Completed boiler repairs and sailed for Leith.
5.1933: Ostend registry closed.
8.5.1933: Registered at Leith as CRAIG ISLAND (LH141).
1935: Company re-styled, T. H. Scales & Sons Ltd, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z157) (Rosyth/Granton & Inchkeith) as an ‘Inchkeith gate trawler’ (Hire rate £62.15.6d/month).
31.9.1942: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £7250.
16.11.1945: Laid up.
23.2.1946: Returned.
8.3.1946: Sold to J. Cameron, Peterhead for breaking up.
6.5.1946: Breaking up commenced.

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HMT Craig Island
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence

Changelog
20/05/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
03/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

Technical

Official Number: 162064
Yard Number: 1088
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 355
Net Tonnage: 139
Length: 140.4 ft
Breadth: 25.0 ft
Depth: 13.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

(In 1935 the Hull trawler LEONIDAS (162186) (H267) was lengthened by Smiths Dock Co. Ltd. The work involved creating an improved hull form with new bow and stern sections. The design was successful, not only providing increased fish room capacity, but also, as was expected, reducing coal consumption and giving a slightly higher free running speed. Other owners stemmed vessels at Middlesbrough for similar work to be undertaken)

28.7.1930: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1088) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as ARMANA. Contract price £15,090.
17.9.1930: Registered at Fleetwood (FD121).
23.9.1930: Completed (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager).
1.9.1931: Struck dock wall at Fleetwood damaging shell plating.
1934: Transferred to Hull.
27.10.1935: Off Mull of Galloway picked up master and three crew from Glasgow steamer KERRERA (90grt/1894), waterlogged and abandoned. Stood by to attempt to tow but steamer sank at 2.45 pm. Landed survivors at Fleetwood.
11.1936: Completed lengthening by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough to 151.5 feet (including fitting new bow and stern sections). Re measured 357g 145n.
6.11.1936: Re-registered after alteration to length.
1937: Transferred to fish out of Hull Crewed and operated by The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
1937: Insured value £16,000.
1938: At Hull worked Bear Island/Iceland/White Sea (Sk. T. Welch), 319 days 21,033 kits £14,405 gross.
25.7.1939: Insured value £16,500.
2.1940: Sold to The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (J. Marr & Son Ltd). Leslie James Marr designated manager.
28.2.1940: Fleetwood registry closed.
1.3.1940: Registered at Hull (H302).
17.5.1940: Sailed Hull for Iceland (Sk. A. Fletcher Jnr).
4.6.1940: At Hull landed 1,905 kits grossed £1,877.
1940: To requisitioning, at Hull landed from Iceland (Sks. W. Harris, A. Fletcher), 114 days 8,127 kits £14,847 gross.
4.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (1-12pdr).
5.6.1940: Hire rate £202.12.11d/month. At Barry with M/S Group 81 (Ty/Sk. A. C. Fletcher RNR).
15-25.6.1940: Operation Ariel *.
18.6.1940: Left French coast.
5.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.1809). At Ipswich with M/S & Patrol Group 81.
5.1944: Fitted out for dan laying and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Attached to the15th Minesweeping Flotilla as a dan layer.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
11.1945: Returned to owner after restoration and survey at Birkenhead.
30.11.1945: Insured value £35,000; for 1946 proposed £38,000.
18.2.1946: Sold to Hull Merchants Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull (A. Bailey & J. Balderson, managers) for £35000.
13.11.1946: Registered at Hull as BARDIA (H302).
19.10.1947: On a Bear Island trip, Jasper Woolridge (50), cook, lost overboard and drowned.
26.2.1954: On an Icelandic trip, John McLane (42), spare hand, lost overboard and drowned.
28.1.1955: Sailed Hull for Faroe last trip before sale (Sk. T. Eddams).
16.2.1955: At Hull landed 533 kits £1,993 gross.
6.1955: Sold to G. F. Sleight & Sons Ltd, Grimsby.
28.6.1955: Hull registry closed.
2.7.1955: Registered at Grimsby (GY3).
8.1956: Sold B.J. Nijkerk, Antwerp for breaking up.
21.8.1956: Grimsby registry closed.
15.10.1956: Arrived Antwerp from Grimsby.

*Operation Ariel – withdrawal of remaining troops of the British Expeditionary Force from France plus other nationals, civil and military.

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S.T. Armana FD121
Picture courtesy of The Dave-D Collection

HMT Armana
Picture courtesy of The Richard Hilton Collection

HMT Armana
Picture courtesy of The Richard Hilton Collection

HMT Armana
Picture courtesy of The Richard Hilton Collection

S.T. Armana FD121
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S.T. Bardia H302
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. Bardia H302
Picture courtesy of The Brian Calvert Collection

Changelog
17/05/2012: Page published. 10 revisions since then.
12/07/2014: Picture 6 added.
05/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
16/07/2019: Updated information.