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S.T. Collena (1) FD115

Additional information courtesy of Birgir Þórisson

Technical

Official Number: 136904
Yard Number: 652
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 293
Net Tonnage: 116
Length: 133.6 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby

History

16.2.1915: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.652) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as COLLENA.
24.4.1915: Registered at Fleetwood (FD115). James A. Robertson designated manager.
1.5.1915: Completed.
5.1915: Requisitioned from the builders for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1585). Based Dover (Sub Lieut. F. G. Heath RNR).
17.9.1915: At 10.0 pm. “ rendered good service by rescuing the crew of Goole steamer AFRICA (1038grt/1903) mined in the Downs, 23 in number, who were all in one boat which was on the point of sinking”. Based Lerwick.
1917: Icelandic trawler-owners sold 10 trawlers to the French navy. Export licence was contingent upon replacing the ships as soon as possible after the war.
1919: Icelandic trawler-owners ordered 11 new trawlers from Britain and 5 from Germany.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
1920: Delivery of new Icelandic trawlers delayed, in case of England by strikes. Fearing to lose the main salting season (March-June), several owners resorted to leasing trawlers from Fleetwood.
3.1920: Hired by Icelandic owners for the salting season and based Reykjavik.
1922: Top port landings (537.8 tons).
12.10.1924: James A. Robertson OBE died.
10.1924: Alan Marr designated manager.
6.2.1925: Joseph Arthur Marr designated manager.
1.12.1925: Alan Marr died after long illness.
1.4.1929: Joseph Arthur Marr retired from Board to run the Dinas Company.
4.1929: Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
10.10.1929: John Edward Fearnley, Bosun, lost overboard and drowned.
1930: Top port landings (500.3 tons).
4.1936: Homeward, picked up crew of BARLE (GY78) which had stranded on Mull of Ore, Islay and brought them back to Fleetwood.
29.7.1937: At Wyre Light (Sk.H. Chard), whilst awaiting the signal to proceed into dock, struck amidships on the port side by steam trawler NORTHERN CHIEF (LO165) causing extensive damage to wheelhouse and bulwarks. Entered Wyre Dock under own power.
31.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z.151) (Hire rate £80.11.6d/month).
1942: Sold to Aldred Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (H. Markham Cook, manager).
23.11.1943: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T.
1943: Fleetwood registry closed.
4.1946: 7.1946: Sold to Swansea Trawlers Ltd, Mumbles, Swansea.
3.1947: Rebuilt by P. K. Harris & Sons Ltd, Appledore, forecastle added.
1947: Registered at Swansea as SWANSEA BAY (SA37). K. H. Reynolds DFC designated manager.
2.1949: Sold to Goodleigh Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven.
2.1949: Swansea registry closed.
3.3.1949: Registered at Milford (M23). Henry J. Richards designated manager.
1950: Registered at Milford as HOMELEIGH (M23).
1952: Goodleigh Fisheries Ltd in liquidation.
3.1952: Sold to Ribble Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood. Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd designated managers.
19.2.1953: Last landing at Fleetwood. Laid up.
6.1953: Sold to Hermann Westenborg, Milford Haven.
5.10.1953: Sold to Westward Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven. Registered at Milford as RUDILAIS (M23). Edgar E. Carter designated manager.
1960: Sold to Haulbowline Industries Ltd, Passage West, Cork for breaking up.
22.6.1960: Delivered Passage West.
10.8.1960: Milford registry closed, breaking up completed.

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S.T. Collena FD115

S.T. Collena FD115
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S.T. Collena FD115

S.T. Collena FD115
Collision damage picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

S.T. Swansea Bay SA37

S.T. Swansea Bay SA37
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S.T. Rudilais M23

S.T. Rudilais M23
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

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22/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
22/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
20/01/2019: Added an image.
31/05/2019: Updated the information.

S.T. Westella (2) FD318

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger and Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 163176
Yard Number: 587
Completed: 1934
Gross Tonnage: 425.54
Net Tonnage: 159.96
Length: 154.6 ft
Breadth: 25.6 ft
Depth: 13.9 ft
Engine: 700ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Speed: 11.5 knots

History

18.12.1933: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.587) for Hellyer Bros. Ltd, Hull as DERVISH.
23.1.1934: Registered at Hull (H8).
29.1.1934: Completed (Frank O. Hellyer & Owen S. Hellyer, managers).
31.1.1934: Sailed Hull on first trip to Icelandic grounds (Sk. I. Petersen).
21.2.1934: At Hull landed 1,347 kits grossed £1,684.
27.4.1934: At Hull (Sk. G. Myhre) landed from a Bear Island trip 1,030 kits grossed £1017 but reported Mate, W. Harrison (37), lost overboard on 14.4.1934.
22.8.1934: Reported. Picked up British airman John Grierson attempting to fly from Rochester, England to Ottawa, Canada by the northern route and after leaving Reykjavik, forced to land on deserted coast. Wireless message picked up and rescue effected.
9.1935: As a result of the Abyssinian crisis and failure of British diplomacy, the Government authorised The Admiralty to procure twenty modern trawlers for conversion to minor warships.
9.10.1935: Following successful trials sold to The Admiralty.
8.11.1935: Hull registry closed. Fitted out to a “Gem” class anti-submarine trawler. Renamed HMS PEARL (P.No.T.22).
1940: Adopted by the town of Padiham, Lancashire.
1944: Assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Convoy escort duties in British waters and across the Channel in support of landings.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
1946: Laid up at Milford Haven on Disposal List (SORF, Pembroke Dock).
9.4.1946: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £14500.
10.5.1946: Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
12.1946: New boiler fitted.
12.1946: Reclassed at Fleetwood and registered at Hull as WESTELLA (H349). Transferred to Hull.
19.6.1948: Sold to Pegasus Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), St. Anne’s-on-the-Sea for £67000.
23.6.1948: William Stevenson, St. Anne’s-on-the-Sea designated manager.
30.6.1948: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
23.7.1948: Mortgage transferred to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
2.1.1951: Leslie Arthur Burnam designated manager.
11.5.1951: Mortgage (A) discharged.
11.5.1951: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
11.5.1951: Frank Marr, Cleveleys designated manager.
15.9.1953: Hull registry closed.
9.1953: Registered at Fleetwood (FD318).
1.6.1959: Company taken over by J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
8.1959: Sold to Van Heyghen Freres S.A., Ghent for breaking up.
14.8.1959: Sailed Fleetwood for Ghent.
18.8.1959: Delivered Ghent. Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Westella FD318

S.T. Westella FD318
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S.T. Westella FD318

S.T. Westella FD318
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S.T. Westella H349

S.T. Westella H349
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HMT Pearl

HMT Pearl
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HMT Pearl

HMT Pearl
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Changelog
22/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
24/04/2017: Removed disputed image and FMHT watermark. Added another image.
25/07/2018: Updated information.
15/02/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Mumby BN174

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Technical

Admiralty Number: 3675
Official Number: 143844
Yard Number: 355
Completed: 1918
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 277
Net Tonnage: 122
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley

History

9.4.1918: Launched by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley (Yd.No.355) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as EDWARD COLLINGWOOD (Ad.No.3675).
26.4.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, hydrophone and W/T).
19.11.1919: Registered by the Admiralty at London (Part I) as EDWARD COLLINGWOOD O.N.143844. Engaged in commercial trawling.
19.02.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) as EDWARD COLLINGWOOD (LO330).
03.1920: At HM Dockyard, Pembroke completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100 A1 Stm Trawler at Milford.
By 18.06.1920: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London and engaged in commercial trawling.
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
By 18.12.1920: Returned to The Admiralty.
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed.
16.02.1922: Advertised for sale.
1922: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Boston.
7.7.1922: London registry closed.
7.1922: Registered at Boston as MUMBY (BN174). Fred Parkes, Wyburton, Boston appointed manager.
1923: Transferred to Fleetwood.
1924: Sold to René Maubaillarcq & Cie, La Rochelle.
1924: Re measured 296g 89n.
1924: Boston registry closed. Registered at La Rochelle as TAVANNES.
9.1933: Sold to Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
9.1933: La Rochelle registry closed.
10.1933: New boiler fitted.
1933: Re measured 279g 109n.
26.9.1933: Registered at Hull as T. R. FERENS (H510). Archibald Hudson appointed manager.
1938: Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co
Ltd, London & Fleetwood.
29.3.1938: Hull registry closed.
30.3.1938: Registered at London (LO210). Edward D. W. Lawford appointed manager.
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.532) (Hire rate £83.14.0d/month).
4.1945: Returned to owner.
6.1945: Sold to Messrs Yolland & Llewellin, Milford Haven. Fishing from Fleetwood.
1.1.1946: Messrs Yolland & Llewellin partnership dissolved.
9.1.1946: Sold to J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven. John Charles Llewellin appointed manager. Continued fishing from Fleetwood.
29.9.1948: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £13,861.
10.1948: London registry closed.
10.1948: Registered at Fleetwood (FD282).
10.1948: Geoffrey Edwards Marr appointed manager.
20.3.1953: Sailed Fleetwood for St. Kilda ground (Sk. William Lloyd), thirteen crew all told.
26.3.1953: When hauling in a heavy swell, mate Redvers William Edwards (57) lost his footing and fell overboard. Skipper threw three lifebuoys but mate failed to grasp one. Deckhand Owen Johnston (19) threw off seaboots and oilskins and jumped in alongside Edwards but swell carried the mate away. Johnston recovered and trip aborted.
27.3.1953: Returned to Fleetwood.
7.1953: Sold for breaking up.
14.7.1953: Last landing at Fleetwood.
16.7.1953: Sailed Fleetwood for ??.

(Francis Edward Collingwood, AB, age 23, b. Milford, Wales – VICTORY (SB?))

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S.T. T. R. Ferens LO210

S.T. T. R. Ferens LO210
Picture © John Stevenson

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17/03/2015: Information updated.
20/09/2016: Information updated.
18/06/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Rattler FD199

Additional material courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 98735
Yard Number: 25
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 149
Net Tonnage: 48
Length: 100.5 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: 45hp C.2-cyl and boiler by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow, 1891

History

22.3.1891: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow (Yd. No.25) for William Lawson Robins, Hull & others (Robins family) as RATTLER.
5.1891: Completed at a cost of £1750 (William L. Robins, manager).
29.5.1891: Registered at Hull (H138).
1.4.1897: Alfred Robbins appointed manager.
7.12.1900: Sold to James Herbert Marr (64/64), Hull (managing owner) for £750. Transferred to Fleetwood.
7.12.1900: 48 shares mortgaged to John Craig & George H. Wood (Williams Deacon’s & Manchester & Salford Bank Ltd, Manchester), joint mortgagees (A).
21.12.1900: Running for shelter in Ramsey Bay in severe weather along with thirty other vessels, came into collision with Londonderry schooner MEDITERRANEAN (90tons/1867) which received severe damage.
28.12.1900: Hull registry closed.
29.12.1900: Registered at Fleetwood (FD199).
29.12.1900: Sixteen shares (J. H. Marr) sold to Ernest Tomlinson, Fleetwood (Fishing skipper).
1.1.1901: Sixteen shares (E. Tomlinson) mortgaged to James H. Marr, Fleetwood at 5% interest (B).
4.7.1902: James Herbert Marr appointed manager.
29.5.1902: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood on formation of company (James H. Marr appointed manager).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 55.16 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released (James A. Robertson, manager).
13.9.1929: Sold to John Wilcock Robinson & Frederick Richardson, Fleetwood for £750.
12.12.1930: Sold to Rattler Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (John W. Robinson, manager).
1932: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Preston.
27.1.1933: Fleetwood registry closed “Ship broken up and registry closed”.

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S.T. Rattler FD199

S.T. Rattler FD199
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S.T. Rattler FD199

S.T. Rattler FD199
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22/01/2009: Page published. 7 revisions since then.
02/12/2014: Information updated.
14/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. Darnett Ness H340

Technical

Admiralty number: 4406
Official Number: 144519
Yard Number: 422
Completed: 1919
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 290
Net Tonnage: 127
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cooke, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Gauldie, Gillespie & Co Ltd, Glasgow
Boiler: Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow-on-Tyne
Speed : 10.5 knots

History

15.8.1919: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.422) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS BOUDIGE (Ad.No.4406).
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
23.04.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as THOMAS BOUDIGE O.N.144519.
13.8.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
17.8.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel ex fishing gear.
24.8.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London as THOMAS BOUDIGE (Part IV) as (LO445).
04.1921: Paid off at The Nore. 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, GEORGE CORTEN, ISAAC ARTHAN, JOHN BROOKER & JOHN GRAHAM).
3.12.1921: Arrived Hull from Brightlingsea for fitting out. Total cost including fit out and classification £8723.15.2d.
3.12.1921: London registry closed.
17.12.1921: Sailed from Hull on first trip.
12.1921: Remeasured 277g 109n.
21.12.1921: Registered at Hull as THOMAS BOUDIGE (H340). Walter Scott designated manager.
1.2.1922: Registered at Hull as JADE (H340).
12.5.1922: Arrived Hull in tow of tug BIDDY (114g/1914) having connected at the of the mouth of the Humber. Rudder was lost while 40 miles to the west of Orkney, jury rudder made from otterboards enabled her to steam 400 miles to the Humber.
3.6.1922: Sailed after having rudder replaced.
24.3.1925: John William Lown designated manager.
19.10.1934: Sold to Trident Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (£4000). George Arthur Ledger designated manager.
23.11.1934: Registered at Hull as DARNETT NESS (H340).
25.7.1939: Insured value £5,300.
26. 8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.542) (Hire rate £90.0.6d/month).
9.1939: Fitting out at Sheerness.
1940: Based Swansea on patrol & escort duties.
25.10.1944: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (£11750). (Trident Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull acquired by J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood). Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
3.9.1945: Returned after survey and restoration at Hull.
1946: Transferred to Fleetwood.
1956: Sold to Hammond Lane Foundry Ltd, Dublin for breaking up.
29.6.1956: Delivered Dublin from Fleetwood under own power.
11.9.1956: Hull registry closed “Broken up”.

Note: Thomas Boudige not listed on Muster Role of either HMShips VICTORY or ROYAL SOVEREIGN

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S.T. Jade H340

S.T. Jade H340
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S.T. Darnett Ness H340

S.T. Darnett Ness H340
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HMT Darnett Ness

HMT Darnett Ness
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S.T. Darnett Ness H340

S.T. Darnett Ness H340
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Changelog
21/01/2009: Page published. 4 revisions since then.
06/07/2014: Picture 3 added.
11/07/2014: Picture 1 added.
20/04/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
07/04/2019: Updated information.
30/03/2019: Updated information.