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S.T. General Gordon H844 (Occasional Visitor)

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall

Technical

Official Number: 121092
Yard Number: 417
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 267
Net Tonnage: 98
Length: 130.6 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.0 ft
Built: A, Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: 450ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

26.10.1905: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.417) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as GENERAL GORDON.
24.11.1905: Registered at Hull (H844).
24.11.1905: Christopher Pickering designated manager.
11.1905: Completed.
28.2.1913: Sold to Frank Buckworth (64/64), Cork, Co. Cork.
12.11.1906: On passage to the Icelandic grounds, called Aberdeen to land Gunaor Abrahamson, a native of Hull, who suffered severe internal injuries after falling over a deck fitting. Examined by Dr. Philip and removed to the Royal Infirmary.
15.11.1910: At Hull Police Court, Sk. John Dahlgreen was fined £4 including costs for contravening the Humber Conservancy Board rules on 14 September by wilfully failing to navigate his vessel with special care and caution, and to ease the engines when approaching and passing vessels employed in removing the sunken dredger HARBINGER opposite the new Joint Dock.
15.4.1913: Sold to Buckworth & Mumby Ltd (64/64), Cork, Co. Cork.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 105.66net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
15.4.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Metropolitan Bank (of England & Wales) Ltd, London (A).
4.1913: Arrived at Videy, Iceland for six months, salting. Erlendur Hjartarson fishing master.
11.7.1913: John Mumby, Milford Haven designated manager.
9.1914: Vigfús Jósefsson became fishing master.
until 1915: Remained fishing from Iceland with mostly Icelandic crew.
20.2.1915: Sailed Reykjavík for Canada with a mostly Icelandic crew in order to fish from there, because British trawlers with foreign crew members were banned from entering British ports.
5.3.1915: A few miles off St.Pierre, trapped in ice with coal and provisions running out.
7.3.1915: Managed to free the ship and proceeded burning wood.
10.03.1915: Arrived Halifax, NS.
14.5.1915: Company re-styled to Frank Buckworth & Co Ltd, Cork, Co. Cork.
1.1916: Returned to Fleetwood, landed catch from Gulf of St. Lawrence. Crew paid off.
4.3.1916: Mortgage (A) discharged.
4.3.1916: Sold to John Stewart Boyle (64/64), Glasgow.
8.3.1916: John Stewart Boyle designated managing owner.
24.08.1916: At Aberdeen, from an 18 day Icelandic trip, landed 63 tons, including 730 boxes and 200 score of fish, about £2,000 gross.
3.1917: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.3331). Based Kirkwall.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
28.9.1920: Sold to Alexander Leitch (64/64), Chanak, Dardanelles, Turkey (Consent of Shipping Controller S3/21710/1 dated 20 Sept 1920).
29.9.1920: Alexander Leitch designated managing owner.
28.9.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Vincent Grech, London (B).
8.5.1922: Hull registry closed “… (except as relates to mortgage (B))”. Registered at Piraeus.
By 1927: Alexander Leitch registered office transferred to Athens.
1929: Sold to E. Ioannides & Alexander Leitch, Athens.
1929: Converted to dry cargo “For services in the Dardanelles”. 260grt 160net.
1929: Registered at Piraeus as STRATIGOS GORDON.
1931: Sold to Cie Egyptionne de Nav. Le Dedecanese, Alexandria.
1931: Reverted to fishing. Re-measured to 265grt 106net.
1931: Piraeus registry closed. Registered at Alexandria as ELLEROS.
24.7.1933: Returning to Alexandria, started to take in water, abandoned by crew and foundered some 40 n miles from the port. All crew picked up.

Changelog
07/03/2014: Page published. 6 updates since then.
24/12/2017: Significant information update.
31/10/2020: Updated history.

S.D/T. Jackora LT129 (Occasional visitor)

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham (http://www.milfordtrawlers.org.uk/)

Technical

Official Number: 137640
Yard Number: 65
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 85.5 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Built: J. Lewis & Sons Ltd
Engine: T.3-cyl (No.136) and boiler (No.83) by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1918: Launched by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd (Yd.No.65) (Admiralty standard drifter) for The Admiralty as MIRAGE (Ad.No.3926).
16.12.1918: Completed (1-6pdr).
31.7.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
1920: Sold under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen) to John Horne, Cockenzie (managing owner) for £6,500, reduced to £4,875; deposit paid £250.
24.7.1920: Registered at Granton as THORNTREE O.N.137640 (GN73).
20.7.1921: Fishing off Berwickshire coast (Sk. John Horne). Refused to stop when ordered by Fishery Board for Scotland vessel MAELSTROM (96grt/1919) after being observed fishing inside the legal limit off St. Abbs. Arrested after 60 mile chase and also charged with failing to display or concealing, name and port of registration. At Duns Sheriff Court fined a total of £140.
12.1924: Sold to Adam Vyse, North Shields & W. Wood, Cellardyke.
19.12.1924: Granton registry closed.
12.1924: Registered at Kirkcaldy (KY33). John T. Graham, Anstruther appointed manager.
1928: Kirkcaldy registry closed “Sold foreign”. Renamed REHOBOTH.
1928: Sold to James Dougal, Eyemouth. Registered at Berwick (BK271).
1928: Registered at Berwick as MARY and (&) JANE (BK271).
9.1939: Sold to Arthur C. Mitchell, Lowestoft.
20.3.1940: Registered at Lowestoft (LT129) as owned by Jackora Ltd, Lowestoft (Arthur C. Mitchell, manager).
4.4.1940: Registered at Lowestoft as JACKORA (LT129) (BoT Minute R.G.1400/1040 dated 11.3.1940).
1950s: Seasonal trawling for white fish from Milford, occasional landings at Fleetwood.
1.4.1950: Landed 111 boxes, £645 gross.
1955: Sold to Belgian shipbreakers.
22.5.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for Antwerp in tow of steam drifter EXCEL IV (LT171) (Sk. Gowan) also for breaking.
22.5.1955: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Jackora LT129

S.D/T. Jackora LT129
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S.D/T. Jackora LT129

S.D/T. Jackora LT129
Picture courtesy of The Robert Durrant Collection

Changelog

16/09/2013: Page published. 6 revisions since then.
29/07/2014: Picture added
21/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.
11/02/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Jackeve LT116 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham (http://www.milfordtrawlers.org.uk/) and Robert Durrant (PLRS)

Technical

Official Number: 131875
Yard Number: 859
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: Lea Shipbuilding & Repairing Co, Canning Town
Engine: 270ihp T.3-cyl by David & R. B. Scott, Tayport
Boiler: Hewitt & Kellitt Ltd, Bradford.

History

1919: Launched by Lea Shipbuilding & Repairing Co, Canning Town (Yd.No.859) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as WHIRLBLAST.
31.7.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
9.12.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal. Laid up at Dundee.
1921: Sold under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen) to David Watson, Cellardyke (Thomas Cunningham, Anstruther, manager) for £6,400 with no deposit paid, later reduced to £4,800; less £500 for defects found.
1921: Registered at Kirkcaldy as STELLA AURORAE O.No.131875 (KY45).
22.8.1922: Outstanding payments £716.13.4d capital, £396.14.4d interest.
9.1923: Paid up.
28.1.1925: Sold to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth & J. Watt, Fraserburgh (Neil Mackay, Caister-on-Sea, manager). Kirkcaldy registry closed. Registered at Fraserburgh (FR54).
11.1929: Sold to Henry H. Catchpole, Lowestoft (managing owner).
11.1929: Fraserburgh registry closed.
26.11.1929: Registered at Lowestoft (LT116).
9.12.1929: Registered at Lowestoft as ABIDING FRIEND (LT116) (BoT Minute M/R.G.1526/29).
7.3.1938: Sold to Arthur C. Mitchell (42/64), Milford Haven & George Mitchell (22/64), Lowestoft (Arthur C. Mitchell, manager).
19.4.1938: Registered at Lowestoft as JACKEVE (LT116) (BoT Minute M/R.G.1149/38).
23.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY958) (Hire rate £32.16.0d/month).
9.1943: Employed on miscellaneous naval duties.
4.4.1944: Sold to Haven Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Robert Lewis, Milford Haven, manager).
14.11.1945: Returned to owner.
7.4.1946: Sold to W. H. Kerr Ltd, Milford Haven.
17.4.1946: Sold to Hamilton Fishing Co Ltd, Milford Haven (W. H. Kerr Ltd, managers).
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
1951: 17 landings at Lowestoft, fished from Fleetwood between March and July.
1952: 28 landings at Lowestoft, fished from Fleetwood between June and August including 9 landings from broken trips with engine and winch problems.
1953: No landings in Lowestoft, fished from Fleetwood, Padstow and Milford.
1954: 9 landings at Lowestoft, fished for 3 months from Fleetwood, 7 landings there and 3 broken trips with engine problems.
1954: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Castle Pill, Milford Haven.
27.5.1955: Lowestoft registry closed, vessel scrapped.

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S.D/T. Jackeve LT116

S.D/T. Jackeve LT116
Picture from the Internet

Changelog

15/10/2013: Page published. 5 updates since then.
20/07/2018: Image added.
10/02/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Egeria GY533

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson, Bill Blow, Birgir Þórisson, Göran Olsson and Dag Bakka Jnr

Technical

Official Number: 93116
Completed: 1887
Gross Tonnage: 92.25
Net Tonnage: 92.25
Length: 84.0 ft
Breadth: 21.3 ft
Depth: 10.3 ft
Built: William Caisley, Howdendyke
Engine: 30nhp C.4-cyl diagonal by John Holmes, Hull
Boiler: (100psi) by Hawksley, Willis & Co, Sheffield

History

1887: Completed by William Caisley, Howdendyke for John Holmes (64/64), Hull as EGERIA.
22.9.1887: Registered at Hull (H25).
22.9.1887: John Holmes designated managing owner.
22.9.1887: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George Bowman, Hull for the sum of £700 with interest at 5% (A).
16.3.1888: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London & Yorkshire Bank Ltd, London (B).
1.5.1888: Mortgage (A) discharged.
7.8.1891: Hull registry closed.
1891: Converted to steam and fitted with C.4-cyl diagonal (30nhp) by John Holmes, Hull.
1891: On completion of steam conversion re-measured 95.64g 29.63n.
7.8.1891: Re-registered at Hull (H25) on completion of conversion to steam and alteration to tonnage.
7.8.1891: John Holmes designated managing owner.
1.12.1893: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (B) to George Martin Smith (64/64), Grimsby.
1.12.1893: George Martin Smith designated managing owner.
7.12.1893: Hull registry closed.
8.12.1893: Registered at Grimsby (GY553).
18.12.1893: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Hull Banking Co Ltd, Hull (C).
1.1.1895: Mortgage transferred to The York City & County Banking Co Ltd, York.
24.4.1895: Mortgage (C) discharged.
16.10.1895: Sold to Arthur Richardson, Portrush, Co. Antrim.
16.10.1895: Arthur Richardson designated managing owner. Landing at Fleetwood.
5.1897: Sold to Otto Wathne, Seydisfjordur, Iceland.
3.5.1897: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Copenhagen (LBCG).
2.6.1897: Arrived Iceland from Fleetwood. Longlining from Seydisfjordur, initially with dories and some Norwegian/Faroes fishermen. The operation was not a success returning a loss of 15% in 1897.
20.2.1898: Sold to A/S. “Seydisfjords Dampfiskeri”, Copenhagen. Copenhagen registry closed. Registered at Seydisfjordur (NS39).
1902: Sold to A. Erving, Kristiansund, Norway.
1.6.1902: Icelandic registry closed. Registered at Kristiansund.
1909: Re-engined by Mjellern & Karlsen in Bergan with a C.2-cyl (36nph).
1914: Sold to A/S D/S Egeria (Edvard Mikalsen), Kristiansund.
1918: Sold to Thor Egeland, Stavanger. Kristiansund registry closed. Registered at Stavanger.
1.1.1919: Out of Trondheim for the fishing grounds off the Norwegian coast; nineteen crew. Mined near Rövarholmen and foundered with the loss of eleven crew. Stavanger registry closed.

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Egeria Papers

Egeria Papers
Courtesy of NE Lincs Archives/Bill Blow

Changelog

30/09/2013: Page published. 9 updates since then.
13/05/2016: Removed incorrect image.
31/05/2020: Updated Information.

S.T. Mary Bruce LT368

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow, Douglas Paterson, Barry Banham, Mike Thompson and Barry Johnson

Technical

Official Number: 129283
Yard Number: 196
Completed: 1910
Gross Tonnage: 207
Net Tonnage: 82
Length: 112.0 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 266ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

25.6.1910: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.196) for Hellyers’ Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as PERICLES.
17.8.1910: Completed.
6.9.1910: Registered at Hull (H131).
6.9.1910: Charles Hellyer appointed manager.
21.4.1914: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Charles Hellyer & Benjamin West, Hull for account current not to exceed £75,000 with interest at 41/2% (A).
20.9.1916: Mortgage (A) discharged.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
18.10.1919: Company placed in voluntary liquidation.
4.11.1919: Walter Fred Harris, Frank Orlando Hellyer & William Stooks Hellyer appointed joint liquidators.
24.11.1919: Sold by the liquidators to Hull Northern Fishing Co Ltd (64/74), Hull.
24.11.1919: William Richard Nowell appointed manager.
8.1.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London (B).
15.2.1924: Mortgagee re-styled National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
1.3.1929: Mortgage (B) discharged.
17.1.1929: Frank Orlando Hellyer appointed manager.
6.3.1929: Sold to Ocean Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
6.3.1929: George Altoft appointed manager.
7.3.1929: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
16.12.1932: Mortgage (C) discharged.
16.12.1935: Sold to Alexander Robert Buthlay Jnr, George F. Buthlay & James Bruce Buthlay, all Aberdeen (64/64 joint owners).
27.12.1935: Hull registry closed.
30.12.1935: Registered at Aberdeen (A393). Alexander Richard Buthlay Jnr designated managing owner.
11.2.1936: Registered at Aberdeen as MARY BRUCE (A393) (BoT Minute R.G.1003/1936).
11.1941: Sold to Fort Rona Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
17.11.1941: Aberdeen registry closed.
21.11.1941: Registered at Milford (M147). Henry John Horwood appointed manager.
23.7.1945: Sold to United Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven for £11,000. Henry John Horwood appointed manager.
3.1948: Sold to The Shoals Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Lowestoft for £8,750. David Frederick Cartwright MBE MC, Gorleston appointed manager.
25.3.1948: Milford registry closed.
27.3.1948: Registered at Lowestoft (LT368).
1949/50: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood.
1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to C. W. Dorkin & Co Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up.
9.3.1953: Sailed Lowestoft for River Tyne.
12.3.1953: Delivered Gateshead.
7.10.1953: Lowestoft registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

Changelog
28/08/2013: Page published. 2 updates since then.
11/06/2021: Updated information.