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S.D/T. Homocea LT112 (Seasonal)

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Technical

Official Number: 137617
Yard Number: 573
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Boiler: John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen

History

1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.573) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as WATERFALL (Ad.No.4132).
16.9.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
1919: Sold to Edward Albert Baker, Gorleston.
10.11.1919: Registered at Yarmouth as HOMOCEA O.N.137617 (YH214). Edward Albert Baker, Gorleston designated managing owner.
23.12.1921: Sold by order of the mortgagees to E. A. Maxteo, Boulogne sur Mer.
1922: Re-measured 107 grt 14n.
3.1.1922: Yarmouth registry closed. Registered at Boulogne as NI TU (B??).
3.1.1922: Sold to A. Alvargonzalez, Gijon. Registered at San Sebastian. Spanish pareja trawling.
12.1929: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
1.1930: Sold to William Barnard, Lowestoft.
1930: Re measured 98grt 41n.
11.1.1930: Registered at Lowestoft as HOMOCEA (LT112). William Barnard, designated managing owner.
1934: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood. Robert S. Hewett, managing agent.
1940-1945: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
10.7.1943: Typical landing. 95 kits – cod-58, whiting-15, flats-7, coley-3, roker-5, gurnard-5, sole & prime-2.
10.11.1943: William Barnard died.
22.6.1944: Under terms of the Will, Mrs Ethel Annie Barnard, Lowestoft became the registered owner. Stephen Smith designated manager. 16.7.1952: Sold to Putford Enterprises Ltd, Paignton.
8.1.1953: Converted by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft, fitted with 300bhp 4 stroke 3-cyl diesel by W. H. Podd Ltd, Lowestoft.
24.3.1953: Successfully completed trials.
17.3.1953: Registered at Lowestoft as STRENUOUS (LT112). John R. Hashim, Walberswick designated manager.
1955: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood.
5.8.1957: In North Sea 25 miles NEbyE of Smith’s Knoll Light Vessel at 2230 took onboard four crew members of Belgian motor trawler MARCEL (Z330) (83grt/1947) (Sk. A. Ackaert) abandoned leaking when homeward from North Sea grounds; vessel foundered very slowly. After half an hour, survivors transferred to Belgian motor trawler PATRICK (Z149) also homeward for Zeebrugge.
7.1961: Fishing out of Milford. W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven, managing agents (William H. Kerr, manager).
23.1.1962: Last landing at Milford. Laid up.
1963: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Castle Pill, Milford Haven.
2.12.1964: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Homocea LT112

S.D/T. Homocea LT112
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S.D/T. Homocea LT112
Picture courtesy of The Robert Durrant Collection

S.D/T. Strenuous LT112

M.D/T. Strenuous LT112
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Changelog

30/11/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
26/110/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
29/05/2019: Added an image.
12/01/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Boston Fury GY153

In Boston (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from the port

Technical

Official Number: 182661
Yard Number: 222
Completed: 1950
Gross Tonnage: 773
Net Tonnage: 278
Length: 190.6 ft
Breadth: 32.2 ft
Depth: 15.7 ft
Built: J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: 1271ihp T.3-cyl by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (E.No.299)
Boiler: John G. Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock

History

1950: Launched by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.222) for Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood as BOSTON FURY.
31.8.1950: Trials.
9.1950: Completed.
9.1950: Registered at Grimsby (GY153). Basil Arthur Parkes appointed manager.
6.9.1950: Sailed Aberdeen. To fish out of Grimsby.
8.10.1950: Outward for fishing grounds off Norwegian coast (Sk. John Hobbs) in severe weather conditions, wind SW Force 9 and heavy seas. Shortly after 11.00 am. responded to distress call from London registered steamer FRED BORCHARD (1586grt/1935) (Capt Thomas Eggleston) Tromso (loaded at Mezen, Russia and Kem, Norway) for Thames with sawn timber, disabled with loss of steam, flooding and listing. Ship was some 25 miles away and on arrival at scene at approx. 1.34 pm., approached vessel surrounded by floating timber from deck stowage and listing to port but could not get alongside. Fired line over vessel which was secured but parted as steamer lurched over to starboard. In so doing the starboard lifeboat floated clear and a crew member jumped in. Came round stern of vessel and picked up man from boat at which time vessel came over on her beam ends. Crew members, all wearing lifejackets, jumped into the water as the vessel capsized. With superb seamanship Sk. Hobbs went in amongst the floating timber and with five of the trawler’s crew on lifelines on the timber succeeded in picking up twenty-seven of the twenty-nine man crew *. Position of capsize, 67.16N 11.11E, vessel finally grounding on Mosken Island, Norway. Hull steam trawler St. ALCUIN (H125) remained on scene until darkness fell searching for the two missing men but in vain.
9.10.1950: Survivors landed at Harstad, Norway.
1953: Made three trips to Greenland fishery.
4.1955: Sold to P/F Dagsbrun, Thorshavn, Faroe Islands (Esmo Fuglo, manager).
1955: Re measured 799g 272n.
4.1955: Grimsby registry closed.
4.1955: Registered at Thorshavn as FISKANES (TN50).
1965: Sold to Looker Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen crewed and operated by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd (B. A. Parkes, managers) from Hull.
1965: Thorshavn registry closed.
1965: Re measured 760g 269n 185’ 0” x 32’ 0” x 16’ 9”.
1965: Registered at Hull as Boston Fury (H252).
30.3.1965: Sailed Hull for Iceland, first trip for Boston (Sk. S. Eddoms).
21.4.1965: At Hull landed 987 kits £5,230 gross.
26.3.1966: Sailed Hull for White Sea/Norway Coast (Sk. J. Littleprend).
18.4.1966: At Hull, last landing 2,277 kits £8,416 gross. Transferred to Grimsby.
7.1966: Sold to Weelsby Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby (Fred B. Parkes, manager).
7.1966: Hull registry closed.
7.1966: Registered at Grimsby (GY111).
7.1966: Registered at Grimsby as BRANDUR (GY111).
24.4.1967: On an Icelandic trip (Sk. Bernard Newton) off SW coast, boarded and arrested by gunboat Odinn (882grt/1960) on alleged fishery charges and escorted to Reykjavik.
29.4.1967: In early morning sailed Reykjavik with two Icelandic police onboard, locked in cabin. Repainted PLN (H252).
30.4.1967: After air/sea search, arrested by gun boat Odinn and at 9.30 pm. returned to Reykjavik.
2.5.1967: Fire in after store room, extinguished. Eight crew members arrested, drunk and disorderly.
3.5.1967: Sk. Newton in court.
6.5.1967: Sk. Newton sentenced to three months in prison for having by force and threats of violence left harbour while a case against him for illegal fishing was pending. Found guilty of illegal fishing and fined 300,000 kroner (c£3,000) with catch and gear confiscated (383,000 kroner). On surety of £100,000 (£10,000?) by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd pending appeal allowed to leave Iceland. Sailed Reykjavik for fishing grounds.
1968: Sold for breaking up.
10.1968: Grimsby registry closed.

Note: * – BoT Formal Investigation (No.7974) held at London dated 18 Jan 1952: “ During the Inquiry, tributes to the rescue work performed by the master and crew of the steam trawler “Boston Fury” were paid by all parties, and the Court would like to place on record its opinion that the rescue of 27 out of 29 of the members of the crew of the “Fred Borchard” was a highly commendable piece of work involving skilful seamanship and personal risk.

Read the full BOT report on the loss of Fred Borchard here

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S.T. Boston Fury GY153

S.T. Boston Fury GY153
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S.T. Brandur GY153

S.T. Brandur GY153
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. Boston Fury GY153

S.T. Boston Fury GY153
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection

S.T. Brandur GY111

S.T. Brandur GY111
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Changelog
01/11/2010: Page published. 4 revisions since then.
24/08/2014: Picture 3 added.
22/11/2016: Information updated and BOT report added.
10/09/2019: Updated information.

S.D/T. Jenny Irvin SN21

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4167
Official Number: 139889
Yard Number: 101
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.0 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 8.8 ft
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Boiler: A. Dodman & Co Ltd, King’s Lynn

History

1919: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.101) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as GULF STREAM (Ad.No.4167).
10.9.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
24.8.1919: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London.
3.10.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (Part IV) (LT601), engaged in commercial fishing.
8.1920: Sold to James Ballard R. L. Dawson, North Shields (Robert Bogle, manager).
25.8.1920: Registered at North Shields (SN42) (O.N.139889).
31.12.1920: Lowestoft registry closed.
22.1.1921: Sold to R. L. Dawson, North Shields (managing owner).
1921: Sold to John H. Sheldon, Plymouth (George Williams & John Pease, Plymouth, managers) for non fishing purposes.
20.9.1924: North Shields registry closed “Vessel no longer fishing”.
1924: Sold to Joseph D. Irvin & T. T. Irvin, North Shields (Joseph D. Irvin, managing owner).
19.12.1924: Registered at North Shields (SN21).
9.2.1925: Registered at North Shields as JENNY IRVIN (SN21).
1931: Sold to R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields (Sir John H. Irvin KCB, manager).
29.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.980) (Hire rate £32.16.0d/month). Fitted with LL sweep, based at Dundee.
1.12.1943: Transferred to Ministry of Aircraft Production (MoAP).
12.1943: Sold to Wellvale Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
17.4.1945: McCandless & Piggot Ltd, appointed manager for MoAP.
1946: Returned to owner.
1946: Sold to Government of Poland, Warsaw (Ministry of Industry & Commerce) (“Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow DalekomorskichSp.z.ogr.odp, Gdynia, managers) under the UNRRA scheme. North Shields registry closed. Registered at Gdynia as EUSTACHIUSZ (GDY112).
1947-1948: Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth, then laid up until sold.
1.6.1949: Sold to Arthur Walter Eastoe, Ronald Clifford Cook & Richard Henry Colby, Lowestoft and John Odde, East Molesey. Gdynia registry closed.
3.6.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as JENNY IRVIN (LT57).
1955: Sold to Belgium for breaking up.
3.3.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for Antwerp.
16.3.1955: Lowestoft registry closed.

Changelog

16/10/2010: Page published. 2 updates since then.
20/02/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Norman Wilson LT1158

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4126
Official Number: 140843
Yard Number: 567
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

8.3.1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.567) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as TIDAL WAVE (Ad.No.4126).
12.8.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
11.12.1919: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
1920: Sold to A. & J. Summers, Peterhead under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen) for £7000, reduced to £4875.
6.8.1920: Registered at Peterhead as SOPHIA S. SUMMERS (PD379) O.N.140843.
By 15.6.1921: Payments outstanding.
1921: Mortgage foreclosed. Repossessed by His Majesty, represented by the Commissioners representing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, London.
1921: Sold to Alexander B. Summers, Peterhead (managing owner).
1923: Sold to William C. Wilson, Whitley Bay & A. J. Gardner (later J. & P. Gardner), Cellardyke (John T. Graham, Anstruther, manager).
29.5.1923: Peterhead registry closed.
5.1923: Registered at Kirkcaldy as NORMAN WILSON (KY228).
1939: Sold to Mrs L. R. Gardner, Cellardyke.
9.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on the balloon barrage (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month). Based at Rosyth (Attendance drifter).
194?: Sold to William C. Wilson, North Shields.
1946: Sold to Supreme Fishcuring Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
9.1946: Returned to owner.
1946-1949: Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth.
1947: Sold to Neptune Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (P. Garnett, Epsom, manager).
1.1949: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven.
12.5.1955: Last landing at Milford.
1955: Fished herring season from Lowestoft.
1956: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
7.3.1956: Sailed Lowestoft for Bruges (Sk. Pye).
7.3.1956: Delivered.
1956: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Norman Wilson KY228

S.D/T. Norman Wilson KY228
Picture courtesy of The John Stevenson Collection

Changelog

15/10/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
07/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
27/06/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Bow Wave LT589 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4142
Official Number:139989
Yard Number: 9
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Coatbridge
Boiler: Thos. Sudron & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees

History

1919: Launched by J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.9) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as BOW WAVE (Ad.No.4142).
5.2.1919: Forms for tender to purchase received by the Admiralty.
26.6.1919: Sold to Bertha Agusta Richards & Charles Aleyn Jordan, Lowestoft.
29.7.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
17.9.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (Part I & IV) as BOW WAVE O.N.139989 (LT589).
13.12.1919: Sold to Viking Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (James Pye, manager).
10.8.1924: Sold to James Pye & Robert J. Read, Lowestoft (joint owners).
19.2.1925: Sold to Seven Ltd, Lowestoft (James Pye, manager).
11.6.1925: In dense fog stranded on rocks E of Redcar Pier. Refloated on evening tide with damage propeller.
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
26.8.1930: At Bangor Magistrates Court, Sk. F. J. Pye, Fleetwood, was fined £10 for trawling within the three mile limit off the Welsh coast.
1940: Re-possessed by bank and laid up at Lowestoft.
5.1940: Hire negotiated with The Admiralty by Basil Parkes, Fleetwood.
18.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
22.5.1940: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
1.7.1940: Sold to North Shore Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
11.1940: Based Anstruther as a TRV.
8.2.1946: Returned to owner.
3.1.1949: Sold to Andrew Pyper Baird, Peterhead.
17.3.1949: Lowestoft registry closed.
11.4.1949: Registered at Peterhead as JEAN BAIRD (PD1).
1954: Sold for breaking up. Peterhead registry closed.

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S.D/T. Bow Wave LT589

S.D/T. Bow Wave LT589
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S.D/T. Jean Baird PD1

S.D/T. Jean Baird PD1
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Changelog

21/09/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
30/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
18/09/2019: Updated information and added an image.