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S.T. Maria IJM95

Wartime visitor
Additional information courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Technical

Official Number: 123595
Yard Number: 797
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 214 (as built). (212g )
Net Tonnage: 99 (as built). (71n)
Length: 117 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.4 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Ltd, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

1906: Launched by Smith’s Dock Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.797) for Frederick W. Mackrill, Cleethorpes (managing owner) as HYDRA.
11.1906: Completed.
30.11.1906: Registered at Grimsby (GY196) (O.N.123595).
10.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1918).
7.1916: Renamed HYDRA II. Based Dover.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner and reverted to HYDRA (GY196).
6.1928: Sold to N.V. Viss. Mij. “Maria”, IJmuiden (J. de Groot & T. H. Voogt, managers).
3.7.1928: Grimsby registry closed.
7.1928: Registered at IJmuiden as MARIA (IJM95).
1933: N.V. Viss. Mij. “Maria” in liquidation.
1934: Sold to Viss. Mij. “De Daad”. IJmuiden (F.J.F. & M.M. Weimar, managers).
1936: Sold to N.V. Vissch. Maats “Avanti”, IJmuiden (N.V. Vissch. Maats. De Daad, managers).
1940s: Escaped to England and fishing out of Fleetwood (Bloomfield’s Ltd, managing agents).
27.4.1943: Typical wartime landing. 475 kits – hake-290, cod/codling-5, flats-35, ling/coley-45, roker-50, gurnard-20, dogs-30.
5.4.1951: Sold to shipbreakers and broken up. IJmuiden registry closed.

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S.T. Hydra GY196

S.T. Hydra GY196
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog

12/03/2013: Page published. 4 updates since then.
13/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
06/06/2021: Updated information.

S.T. Clasina Luther IJM59 (Wartime visitor)

Additional material courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Technical

Official Number: 133222
Yard Number: 486
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 214 (As built 215)
Net Tonnage: 66 (As built 84)
Length: 117.4 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank, Middlesbrough
Engine: T.3-cyl by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge

History

7.11.1911: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.486) for Port of Blyth Steam Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd, Blyth. (J.E. Rushworth, manager) as LORD WIMBORNE.
12.1911: Completed. as LORD WOLMER.
13.12.1911: Registered at Blyth (BH74) (O.N.133222).
20.8.1913: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager).
21.8.1913: Blyth register closed.
28.8.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY917).
3.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr)(Ad.No.1235). Based Taranto.
12.3.1919: Waiting instructions whether required for Post-War Service (SS).
1919: Returned to owner.
4.3.1924: John D. Marsden created a baronet.
6.1926: Sold to N.V. Vereenigde Explotatie Mij., IJmuiden (A. J. Veltkamp & S. Koster, managers).
1931: J. F. Clercq & S. Koster appointed manager.
2.6.1926: Grimsby register closed.
6.1926: Registered at IJmuiden as CLASINA LUTHER (IJM59).
1933: Sold to N.V. Visscherij-onderneming “De Vem” (F. Thiel, manager).
1939: Sold to N.V.Vereenigde Steenkolen Handels Mij XVII (Company was a part of “ De Vem”).
1940s: Escaped to England and fishing out of Fleetwood. Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood managing agents.
28.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 234 kits – hake-4, cod/codling-13, haddock-153, flats-25, ling/coley-2, roker-15, gurnard-10, dogs-5.
5. 5.1951: Sold for breaking up in Holland. IJmuiden registry closed.

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S.T. Lord Wolmer BH74

S.T. Lord Wolmer BH74
Picture courtesy of Tees Built Ships

Changelog

11/03/2013: Page published. 6 updates since then.
13/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/12/2019: Information updated.

S.T. Jan de Waele O164

Technical

Official Number: Unknown
Yard Number: 947
Completed: 1925
As built: 338g 137n 138.8 x 23.8 x 13.3 feet
Gross Tonnage: 338
Net Tonnage: 137
Length: 138.8 ft
Breadth: 23.8 ft
Depth: 13.3 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

12.1924: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.947) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD ISLINGTON.
3.2.1975: Registered at Hull (H151).
10.2.1925: Completed.
5.1938: Sold to Société Anonyme Pêcheries Ostendaises, Ostend.
28.5.1938: Hull registry closed.
1938: Re measured 324Brt 113n
6.1938: Registered at Ostend as JAN DE WAELE (O164).
1939: Landing at Fleetwood.
13.2.1940: Homeward (to Fleetwood) from Icelandic grounds picked up twenty-nine men from boat, survivors from neutral Swedish steamer DALARÖ(3,927/1911) – Argentina for Sweden, torpedoed by U.boat (U53) to the SW of St. Kilda on 12.2.1940. Landed survivors at Buncrana, Co. Donegal. 1940: Transferred to Belgian Economic Mission, London.
19.9.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z.231).
3.12.1945: Returned to owner. Based Milford Haven.
03.12.1945: Returned.
4.1946 – 9.1946: At Antwerp, rebuilt and reclassified as a trawler.
10.9.1946: Returned to service.
1947: Sold to Cia de Pesca de Moçambique S a R L, Lourenço Marques, Moçambique.
27.10.1947: Ostend registry closed. Registered at Lourenço Marques as LAURENTINO.
1955: Sold to B. Gelcer & Co (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town, South Africa. Lourenço Marques registry closed. Registered at Cape Town.
1964: Sold to SA Metal Machinery (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town for breaking up.
1.8.1964: Breaking up commenced. Cape Town registry closed.

Changelog

30/01/2013: Page published. 3 updates since then.
16/02/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.D/T. Harvest Gleaner FR73 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 146492
Yard Number: 91
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 35
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by North British Engine Works Ltd, Whiteinch, Glasgow
Boiler: Edwind Danks & Co (Oldbury) Ltd, Oldbury
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad

History

1918: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad (Yd.No.91) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as BLIZZARD (Ad.No.3971).
30.7.1918: Completed with 1-6pdr) and mine-sweep.
1.10.1918: At Penzance with ‘Drifter Sweepers’.
1921: Sold to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Walter Scott, manager).
11.7.1922: Registered at Hull as SATINSTONE O.N.146492 (H585).
1.1925: Sold to Alexander C. Bruce & Peter Bruce, St. Combs, W. B. Ritchie & Peter Buchan, Fraserburgh, Charles L. Minty, Fraserburgh and R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields .
29.1.1925: Hull registry closed.
30.1.1925: Registered at Fraserburgh as HARVEST GLEANER (FR73). Alexander C. Bruce designated managing owner.
1938: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood (Alex Keay agent).
5.1938: Shares sold to Charles L. Minty, Gardenstown & others and R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields.
17.5.1938: Registered at Banff (BF484).
25.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
28.10.1940: Off Suffolk coast attacked by German aircraft and subsequently foundered. Four crew lost*.
20.4.1943: Banff registry closed “Lost n Naval Service”.

*Lost – Seymour Stephenson, Stoker PO; Maurice G. Langridge and Arthur Swaby, OS – killed. Charles A. L. Edwards, Stoker, died of wounds

Changelog

31/12/2012: Page published. 3 updates since then.
25/12/2020: Information updated.

S.D/T. Hamnavoe YH117 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 125373
Yard Number: 542
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Tonnage: 199dw
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1918: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.542) (“Admiralty” drifter) for The Admiralty as HORIZON (Ad.No.3905).
30.8.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-6pdr).
1945: Laid up.
1947: Sold to Robert W. Watt & A. Watt, Fraserburgh. Registered at Fraserburgh as HAMNAVOE (FR123)
1949: Sold to The Thule Fishing Co Ltd, Fraserburgh.
1951: Sold to Paul O. Williment, Gorleston. Fraserburgh registry closed. Registered at Yarmouth (YH117).
5/6.1952: Seasonal landing at Fleetwood.
1955: Sold to G. R. Newsom, Gt. Yarmouth & R. Hewett, Winterton. Registered at Yarmouth as AMARANTH (YH117).
1956: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
6.4.1956: Delivered Bruges.

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S.D/T. Hamnavoe YH117

S.D/T. Hamnavoe YH117
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S.D/T. Amaranth YH117

S.D/T. Amaranth YH117
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
31/12/2012: Page published. 3 updates since then.
09/07/2016: Picture added.
12/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark.
02/01/2022: Added an image.