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S.T. Marton FD38

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 114310
Yard Number: 258
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 232
Net Tonnage: 80
Length: 125.3 ft
Breadth: 21.7 ft
Depth: 11.8 ft
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: 380ihp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Glasgow
Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow

History

12.7.1905: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd. No.258) for Louis Cohen, Norbreck; Ernest Heinrich Fridrich Louis Schottler, Blackpool; William Johnson, Sheffield; Percy Johnson, Sheffield and Walter Henry Dickenson, Fleetwood (64/64 joint owners) as MARTON.
8.1905: Completed.
2.9.1905: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
2.9.1905: Registered at Fleetwood (FD38). Fred Kelsall designated manager.
2.12.1905: Sold to Norbreck Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (64/64). Louis Cohen designated manager.
7.12.1905: Mortgage (A) discharged.
8.12.1905: Ship mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (B).
8.12.1905: Fred Kelsall designated manager.
5.12.1906: Louis Cohen, Norbreck appointed manager.
19.1.1909: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Samuel Meggitt Johnson JP, Sheffield for £350 at 6% interest (C).
4.10.1909: Mortgage (C) discharged.
4.10.1909: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (D).
5.10.1909: James H. Marr designated manager.
1910: Vessel and company sold to James H. Marr, Fleetwood.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 94.58net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
30.8.1914: Mate killed and two deckhands injured when bollard broke away, crushing him.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1590). Based Tyne.
27.1.1919: Sold to John McRae Knight & Morgan Watkin Howell, Hakin.
21.2.1919: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.3.1919: Registered at Milford (M11). John McRae Knight designated managing owner.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Milford Haven.
2.1920: Sold to Direct Fish Supplies Ltd (64/64), London. John McRae Knight, Milford Haven designated manager.
10.2.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (E).
10.1921: Transferred to Grimsby.
14.10.1921: Milford registry closed.
18.11.1921: Registered at Grimsby (GY1311).
23.3.1922: Direct Fish Supplies Ltd,London in liquidation.
10.8.1922: Placed in compulsory liquidation.
9.1922: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (E) to ??, Portugal.
23.9.1922: Grimsby registry closed.
1923: Sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Marton FD38

S.T. Marton FD38
Picture courtesy of The John Stevenson Collection

Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
15/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
10/06/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Cotsmuir M244

Additional information courtesy of Barry Johnson Milford Trawlers

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3539
Official Number: 143818
Yard Number: 718
Completed: 1917
As built: 360 disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 275.15
Net Tonnage: 107.43
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Smiths Dock Co. Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesborough
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Boiler: R.W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle

History

8.8.1917: Laid down.
17.10.1917: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.718) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS GOBLE (Ad.No.3539).
23.11.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr and W/T).
12.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as THOMAS GOBLE O.N.143818.
1919: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries and engaged in commercial trawling.
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
3.2.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) as THOMAS GOBLE (LO288).
2.1920: At HM Dockyard, Pembroke completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Milford.
21.2.1920 – 7.3.1921: Landed at Milford. Laid up.
12.6.1921: Sold to D. Pettit Ltd, Milford Haven. David Pettit designated manager.
29.12.1921: London registry closed.
4.1.1922: Registered at Milford as COTSMUIR (M244).
23.4.1925: Sailed Milford for West Coast of Ireland grounds (Sk. William G. Davies).
3.5.1925: Fishing 140 miles NW by N of the Bull Rock, tailshaft fractured. Steam trawler CAPSTONE (M243) in company connected and proceeded to tow back to Milford.
6.5.1925: Delivered Milford.
30.5.1933: At 6.30 am. in position 12 miles SW of Bull Rock picked up all crew of steam trawler TALLY HO (M43) (Sk. John W. Setterfield) from boat after their trawler foundered about 5.30 am. Landed survivors at Berehaven.
9.11.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
28.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (P.No.FY.550) (Hire rate £80.4.2d/month).
11.1945: Returned after restoration and survey at Port Glasgow. Fishing from Fleetwood.
28.12.1945: Sold to John C. Llewellin, Joseph L. Yolland, John Yolland Jnr, Haverfordwest & Betty Yolland, Swansea. John C. Llewellin designated manager.
1.1.1946: Messrs Yolland & Llewellin partnership dissolved.
9.1.1946: Sold to John Charles Llewellin, Milford Haven. John Charles Llewellin designated manging owner.
18.4.1946: Sold to J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven. John Charles Llewellin appointed manager.
29.9.1948: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £13890.
6.10.1948: Milford registry closed.
10.1948: Registered at Fleetwood (FD284). Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
2.2.1952: Sold to David Wood, Aberdeen for £7700.
2.1952: Fleetwood registry closed.
2.1952: Registered at Aberdeen (A703). David Wood designated managing owner.
1959: Sold to W. Ritscher, Hamburg for breaking up.
11.10.1959: Delivered to Atlantic Reederei F. & W. Joch, Hamburg with trawler ERIC STROUD (A90), 213grt/1914 in tow also for breaking up.
13.10.1959: Aberdeen registry closed.

(Thomas Goble, Master’s Mate (Midshipman), age 23, b. Arundel, Sussex – VICTORY (SB978))

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S.T. Cotsmuir M244

S.T. Cotsmuir M244
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S.T. Cotsmuir M244

S.T. Cotsmuir M244
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HMT Cotsmuir

HMT Cotsmuir
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then
25/02/2015: Information updated.
22/07/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
28/08/2017: Added an image.
06/01/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Lord Minto FD51

Technical

Official Number: 136192
Yard Number: 599
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 295
Net Tonnage: 123
Length: 136.7 ft
Breadth: 23.2 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Engine: 93nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

1.3.1914: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.599) for Yorkshire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as LORD MINTO.
28.5.1914: Registered at Hull (H105). John McCann & Edward Cartwright designated managers.
6.6.1914: Completed.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1516). Based Dover.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
17.10.1921: Sold to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. John McCann & Edward Cartwright designated joint managers.
14.3.1924: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood. James A. Robertson designated manager.
12.10.1924: James A. Robertson died.
10.1924: Alan Marr designated manager.
12.1.1925: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
6.6.1925: Hull registry closed.
12.6.1925: Registered at Fleetwood (FD51). Alan Marr designated manager.
1.12.1925: Alan Marr died.
12.1925: Joseph Arthur Marr designated manager.
26.10.1936: In gale force winds and heavy weather off St. Kilda, Bosun, William Wilson Crewdson was washed overboard and drowned.
9.1939: On a trip to St. Kilda ground (Sk. Charles Pennington); eleven crew.
18.9.1939: Trawling 30 miles NW of St. Kilda. 7.00pm. stopped in position 58.09N 09.17W by U-boat (U.35); tried to escape and made radio message. Examined i.a.w. Prisenordnung (Prize Regulations) Art.54. Seized along with ARLITA (FD188) and NANCY HAGUE (FD133). As boats not considered safe for crew*, transferred along with crew of ARLITA to NANCY HAGUE which allowed to return to Fleetwood. Both vessels sunk by gunfire in position 57.51N 09.28W. At 8.47pm. H M destroyers SOMALI (P.No.F33) and MATABELE (P.No.F26) detached to assist.
27.9.1939: Fleetwood registry closed “Vessel sunk by German submarine”.

*Crew (all Fleetwood unless stated) – Sk. Charles Pennington; Arthur Dutton, Mate; J. R. Rogers, Bosun; T. Hudson Ch.Eng; R. Neill, 2nd Eng; G. Halliday; Bertram Lee; W. Sharples; J. Beadle, Liverpool, deckhands; W. Kneale, Knott End, fireman; Robert Pooley, cook; Herbert Coplin, wireless operator.

Note: U-boat (U35) was sunk 29.11.1939 in North Sea, in position 60.53N, 02.47E, by depth charges from HMShips KASHMIR (P.No.F12), KINGSTON (P.No.F64) and ICARUS (P.No.D03). All submariners survived.

Note: U-boat (U35) was sunk 29.11.1939 in North Sea, in position 60.53N, 02.47E, by depth charges from HMShips KASHMIR (P.No.F12), KINGSTON (P.No.F64) and ICARUS (P.No.D03). All submariners survived.

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S.T. Lord Minto FD51

S.T. Lord Minto FD51
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S.T. Lord Minto FD51

S.T. Lord Minto FD51
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
-1/05/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Louise SA50

Technical

Official Number: 124720
Yard Number: 353
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 270
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Built: Smiths Dock Co. Ltd, North Shields, 1907
Engine: T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields

History

23.7.1907: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.353) for Crawford Heron, Swansea as the LOUISE.
8.1907: Completed.
3.9.1907: Registered at Swansea (SA50).
3.9.1907: Registered owners, Mrs Marion L. Ryde, Godalming & Colonel Arthur T. Sloggett, Paignton. Crawford Heron, Swansea designated manager.
13.3.1913: Sold to George H. D. Birt, Milford Haven. George H. D. Birt designated managing owner.
4.6.1913: Mortgaged to Henry H. Hextall. Eastbourne (A).
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service.
6.1.1915: Commissioned (Ad.No.144).
22.1.1915: Arrived Devonport. Fitted out as a minesweeper (1-6pdr). Fitted as Leader. Admiralty Number became (Ad.No.965).
16.5.1917: Mortgage (A) discharged.
25.5.1917: Sold to Taylor & Tomlinson Ltd, Fleetwood. Ernest Taylor designated manager.
25.5.1917: Mortgaged to The London Joint City & Midland Bank, London (B).
31.3.1919: Swansea registry closed.
1.4.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD120). Based Granton.
1920: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
1920: Mortgage (B) discharged.
1920: Sold to M.J. vander Eb & Dresselhuys, Scheepvaart Maats, Rotterdam. J. Nierinck, Ostend designated manager.
3.2.1920: Fleetwood registry closed.
2.1920: Registered at Ostend as BARON L DONNY (O203).
5.10.1922: Sold to Jules H. Nierinck, Blackpool Jules H. Nierinck designated managing owner.
5.10.1922: Registered at Fleetwood as ALEC NIERINCK (FD414).
1925: Sold to Melling Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
15.9.1925: Registered at Fleetwood as TOM MELLING (FD414). Henry Melling designated manager).
1930: Delete manager.
15.1.1932: Sold to Alexander Keay, Fleetwood. Alexander Keay designated managing owner.
19.1.1932: Registered at Fleetwood as BAHAMA (FD414).
31.1.1941: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood. Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager for £7500.
4.5.1942: Sold to The Crampin Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby for £8600. H. G. Crampin designated manager. Fishing out of Fleetwood.
10.6.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 700 kits – hake-580, ling/coley-80, bream-40. 3.1945: Sold to Pettit & Youds Ltd, Milford Haven. Frank L. Youds designated manager.
11.10.1945: Outside the dock at Milford waiting to proceed to sea, Jack Lyons, fireman fell overboard and drowned.
7.11.1945: On a trip to SW of Ireland grounds (Sk. Cherrington). In bad weather stranded on rocks off Berehaven Island. Refloated on next tide with little damage. Returned to Milford.
16.4.1949: Outward for fishing grounds (Sk W. Reynolds), in thick fog off St.Ann’s Head in collision with steam trawler P & Y (M1). Returned to Milford for repairs.
19.4.1949: Sailed on completion of repairs.
22.8.1956: At Milford Sessions, Sk. Victor Thomas was charged with failing to ‘return to the sea’ 26 stone of undersized haddocks. He was fined £5 and ordered to pay 1gn costs.
24.7.1956: Sold to Brugse Scheepsloperij (Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges) for breaking up.
17.8.1956: Delivered Bruges. Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Bahama FD414

S.T. Bahama FD414
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S.T. Bahama FD414

S.T. Bahama FD414
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
10/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
12/05/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Wasp FD169

Additional material courtesy of Holger Munchaus Petersen

Technical

Official Number: 98707
Yard Number: 13
Completed: 1890
Gross Tonnage: 149
Net Tonnage: 49
Length: 100.5 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow

History

14.10.1890: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.13) for British Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as WASP.
1890: Completed (William L. Robins, manager).
1.12.1890: Registered at Hull (H112).
1891: New boiler.
8.11.1912: Sold to James Alexander Robertson, Fleetwood (managing owner).
15.11.1912: Hull registry closed.
16.11.1912: Registered at Fleetwood (FD169).
1912: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager).
1914: Re-measured 160g.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 55.16 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
6.1914: Sold to Fiskeri-A/B Salen, Gothenburg for £1350.
28.6.1914: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.1914: Registered at Gothenburg.
1917: A. Th. Amundsen manager. Registered at Gothenburg as GUNNER.
1919: Owned by C. S. Plantén, Gothenburg.
1919: Burnt.
1920: Owned by Sven P. Larsson, Malmö. Gothenburg registry closed. Registered at Malmö.
1927: Laid up owners not recorded.
1928: Sold to Robert Schou, Frederikshavn, Denmark.
1929: Sold to Petersen & Albeck, Copenhagen probably intended for breaking up. Cut down to a lighter. Registered at Copenhagen as P.& A.4.
1930s-1941: Unrecorded sales but latterly owned by Skandinavisk Union Handelshus, Copenhagen.
12.1941: Sold to ??.
8.1943: Sold to Frederik Vilhelm Christian Hall, Charlottenlund (managing owner). Converted to a cargo motorship.
1944: Engined with a Alpha-Diesel 2 stroke 4-cyl oil engine by A/S Fredrikshavns Maskfbk, Fredrikshavn (Engine built 1943).
1943-1944: Converted to cargo.
1944: Registered at Copenhagen as TAJO.
3.1944: Returned to service.
8.1944: Sold to I/S Kähler & Braum, Køsor.
6.1946: Sold to Sandvad & Co, Copenhagen. Registered as a combined cargo/fishing vessel at Copenhagen as ABBA (K.126).
16.1.1953: Sailed Kopervik, Karmøy for Ålesund in ballast.
18.1.1953: A lifeboat marked ABBA and various pieces of wreckage found off Rugsund, Bremanger and in following days oil noted coming to surface south of Marøy, Norway. Vessel presumed foundered in heavy weather in the Frøysjøen fjord near Halenes Lighthouse. Eight crew lost.

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S.T. Wasp H112

S.T. Wasp H112
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Jonathan Grobler Collection

Changelog
18/01/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
01/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.