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S.T. Onslow FD50

Additional material courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 164018
Yard Number: 606
Completed: 1936
Gross Tonnage: 417
Net Tonnage: 157
Length: 155.7 ft
Breadth: 26.1 ft
Depth: 14.1 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Engine: 117nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Speed: 11.5 knots

History

9.1.1936: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.606) for Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull as LADY PHILOMENA.
4.2.1936: Registered at Hull (H230).
6.2.1936: Completed (Edward Cargill, manager).
8.2.1936: Sailed Hull on first trip to Norwegian Coast (Sk. W. Lewis).
28.2.1936: At Hull landed 2,664 kits grossed £1,032.
10.8.1939: Sailed Hull to Bear Island grounds last trip before requisitioning (Sk. M. Mecklenburg).
29.8.1939: At Hull landed 1,863 kits £1,137 gross.
8.1939: Requisitioned for war service and appointed for anti-submarine duties.
9.10.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (M.O.W.T.) (£24,346).
12.12.1939: Hull registry closed on advice from The Admiralty (MF28254). Fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler (1-4”, AA weapons, DC & ASDIC)(P.No. FY.148). Based Harwich (Lt. Cdr. T. G. Hill RNR).
16.2.1940: Five miles E of Tod Head in collision with LOWDOCK (SN14) which sank immediately; one survivor picked up.
26.5.1940: At 6.57pm. ‘Operation Dynamo’ (Dunkirk evacuation) put into effect.
5/6.1940: At Dunkirk evacuation.)(Sk. J. Hodson RNR).
1.6.1940: In the Downs in company with Olvina (P.No.FY.154) (H89) transferred troops from badly damaged LNER steamer PRAGUE (4220grt/1930). At Dover at 5.15pm. landed 172 men.
5.2.1941: Off south-east coast, convoy escort, shot down German dive bomber (Sk. A. Robinson RNR).
6.1941: At Harwich with A/S Group 11 (Actg Sk. Lieut. A. Robinson RNR).
20.10.1945: A Control Committee was formed to manage Hull and Grimsby trawlers which had been bought by the Admiralty pre war and were being offered for sale back to their original owners. The owners who bought back these vessels and wanted to take part in the scheme agreed to register the trawlers under the Hull Ice Co. Ltd and profits were shared. Management of the trawlers was given to the companies which had bought them.
10.1945: Sold to Hull Ice Co Ltd, Hull (Harold Watson Hall, manager).
1.1.1946: Registered at Hull as LADY PHILOMENA (H167).
7.1.1946: First trip. Sailed Hull for Bear Island grounds (Sk. S. Ness).
2.2.1946: At Hull landed 2,667 kits grossed £6,574.18.7d. (Hull Ice Co Ltd voyage details, 7.1.1946 – 21.11.1946, 271 days, 11 trips, 23,838 kits grossed £74,125, Sk. S. Ness 3 trips, Sk. A. Robinson 8 trips).
16.11.1946: Sold to Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull (Harold Watson Hall, manager) for £22,407.13.6d.
23.1.1947: Registered at Hull as St. ATTALUS (H167).
13.1.1948: Sold to Ocean Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (William Leslie Barkworth, manager) for £65,000.
7.2.1948: Registered at Hull as ONSLOW (H167).
17.4.1952: Kenneth Pocklington, Kirkella appointed manager.
9.6.1953: Sold to Hessle Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Kenneth Pocklington, manager).
29.9.1956: Last Hull trip. Sailed for White Sea grounds (Sk. J. Hogarth).
23.10.1956: At Hull landed 1,372 kits £4,254 gross.
11.1956: Sold to Mason Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Robert Houseman Bagshaw, manager).
7.11.1956: Hull registry closed.
11.1956: Registered at Fleetwood (FD50).
1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
5.5.1960: Sailed Fleetwood for Preston.
11.5.1960: Delivered Preston. Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Onslow FD50

S.T. Onslow FD50
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S.T. Onslow FD50

S.T. Onslow FD50
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S.T. Onslow FD50

S.T. Onslow FD50
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S.T. Onslow FD50

S.T. Onslow FD50
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
07/07/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Whitby – FD147

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Milford Trawlers

Technical

Official Number: 108499
Yard Number: 22
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 163.73
Net Tonnage: 51.07
Length: 104.2 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Irvine Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Irvine
Engine: 250ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow

History

12.1.1898: Launched by Irvine Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Irvine (Yd.No.2) for Frederick Emil Hagerup and George Doughty MP, Grimsby (64/64 joint owners) as WHITBY.
2.1898: Completed.
7.3.1898: Registered at Grimsby (GY524).
7.3.1898: Frederick Emil Hagerup designated managing owner.
7.3.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Co Ltd, Lincoln (A).
16.3.1898: Mortgage (A) transferred to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London.
24.6.1898: Sold to Hagerup, Doughty & Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
24.6.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London (B).
27.6.1898: Frederick Emil Hagerup appointed manager.
1.3.1906: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd (64/64), Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager) on the formation of the company.
2.3.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London (C).
9.3.1906: John Denton Marsden appointed manager.
25.11.1907: Mortgagee re-styled to The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London.
1910: The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London in liquidation following takeover by Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation Ltd, London which in turn was taken over by Commercial Union Assurance Co Ltd, London.
11.8.1913: Mortgages (A) & (B) discharged.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 63.64 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
12.1915: New boiler fitted.
20.1.1916: Mortgage (C) discharged.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
13.10.1917: Fitted with 1-6pdr & W/T.
1919: Released.
7.10.1920: Transferred to Lowestoft.
27.1.1922: Stranded on Gunton Denes, North Beach. Crew taken off by Lowestoft Lifesaving Team. Lowestoft lifeboat JOHN and MARY MEIKLAM of GLADSWOOD (Cox. John T. S. Swan) launched and stood by. Subsequently refloated.
25.4.1922: Sold to Thomas Wright Mason & Thomas Cardwell, Fleetwood (64/64 joint owners).
10.5.1922: Sailed Lowestoft for Fleetwood. 12.5.1922: Thomas Wright Mason designated managing owner.
16.5.1922: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Liverpool & Manchester Banking Co Ltd, Manchester (D).
20.10.1926: Grimsby registry closed.
21.10.1926: Registered at Fleetwood (FD147).
23.10.1926: Sold to Mason Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood. Thomas Wright Mason appointed manager.
1927: Thomas Cardwell appointed manager.
1928: Sold to Frank L. Youds, Milford Haven. Frank L. Youds designated managing owner.
26.1.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.2.1928: Registered at Milford (M141).
17.7.1929: Sold to Pettit & Youds, Milford Haven. Frank L. Youds appointed manager.
14.8.1939: Sold to John C. Llewellin, Hakin; Joseph L. Yolland, Milford; John Yolland Jnr, Fleetwood & Thomas S. Yolland, Swansea. John C. Llewellin appointed manager.
4.4.1941: Outward from Milford for fishing grounds (Sk. W. Aldous) sunk by German aircraft 3 miles SSE of Blackwater Light Vessel; nine crew rescued by steam drifter JACKLYN (LT327) (Sk. Noel Bray) which also came under attack.
23.4.1941: Milford registry closed “Vessel lost by enemy action 4th April 1941”.

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S.T. Whitby GY524

S.T. Whitby GY524
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S.T. Whitby FD147

S.T. Whitby FD147
Picture courtesy of Bill Blow

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
21/12/2015: Picture added.
23/03/2016: Significant information update.

S.T. Kingston FD144

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall and Christine Simm

Technical

Official Number: 108442
Yard Number: 131
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 161
Net Tonnage: 63
Length: 104.2 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan

History

30.1.1897: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.131) for Hagerup, Doughty & Co Ltd, Grimsby as KINGSTON.
1.1897: Completed (Fred. E. Hagerup, manager).
1.2.1897: Registered at Grimsby (GY206).
4.1906: Transferred to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager) on the formation of the company.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.2575). Based Egypt.
2.1919: Restored and surveyed at Liverpool.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
2.10.1920: Transferred to Lowestoft.
4.1922: Sold to Thomas W. Mason & Thomas Cardwell, Fleetwood (Thomas W. Mason managing owner).
29.4.1922: Sailed Lowestoft for Fleetwood.
20.10.1926: Grimsby registry closed.
21.10.1926: Registered at Fleetwood (FD144).
23.10.1926: Sold to Mason Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Thomas W. Mason, manager).
1927: Thomas Cardwell appointed manager.
23/11/1928: Sailed Fleetwood (Sk. Ernest Salthouse) for the fishing grounds and immediately encountered weather so severe that it took 28 hours to reach the shelter of Ramsey Bay. Decks swept, fittings and lifeboat damaged and vessel flooded and needing pumping. During a lull in the weather, Sk. Salthouse decided to return to Fleetwood but immediately ran into increasingly violent weather, so bad that it took 6 hours to reach the port. Ernest Salthouse stated “During the 38 years I have followed the sea, I have never encountered such a continuous gale as that weekend. We encounterd heavy seas and one huge wave wrenched the lifeboat from its lashings, smashing the bottom. The decks were leaking and it was deemed advisable to return to Fleetwood.
7.1930: Fishing out of Fleetwood in Irish Sea (Sk. Edward Cook, Lowestoft).
9.7.1930: With ONE ACCORD (LT324) (Sk. Francis George Camble) arrested by HMS SPEY some 91/2 miles W-S-W of Ailsa Craig, after a chase and a boarding, suspected of trawling in the Firth of Clyde. Taken to Campbeltown where nets and gear was landed.
10.7.1930: At a special sitting of Campbeltown Sheriff Court, Edward Cook was charged with illegal trawling; covering or concealing the name of the ship and her PLN; failing to show correct signals when fishing and failing to stop instantly when ordered by signal from HMS SPEY to do so. Cook pleaded not guilty and was ordered to find bail of £200.
16.7.1930: At Campbeltown Sheriff Court, Cook pleaded guilty to the first charge but not guilty to the rest. Penalties imposed were; for illegal trawling £100 and forfeiture of nets and gear; for failing to display fishing signals, £30; for concealment of name and PLN, £10; for failure to stop, £30. Fines were paid.
11.11.1930: At Bangor Magistrates Court, Sk. Andrew Armitage was fined £10 for illegal trawling off the Welsh coast.
1934: Sold for breaking up.
27.10.1934: Fleetwood registry closed, breaking up completed.

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S.T. Kingston FD144

S.T. Kingston FD144
Picture courtesy of Fred Baker

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
27/07/2016: Information added.
20/03/2021: Information updated.
31/01/2024: Updated history.