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S.T. Weymouth GY386

In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood.

Technical

Official Number: 117704
Yard Number: 709
Completed: 1903
Gross Tonnage: 178
Net Tonnage: 67
Length: 110 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 11.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by McColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields

History

1903: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.709) for The Western Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Bristol as WEYMOUTH.
1903: Completed (Frederick Joshua Sellick, Milford, manager). Registered at Bristol (BL11).
10.12.1905: While sheltering in Corunna Bay (Sk. Longthorpe), five men and five from the MANORBIER CASTLE (LO164) also sheltering, went ashore. Two hours later when the boat was expected back, cries were heard. Sk. Longthorpe put off in the boat and found that the returning boat had been swamped in the surf and seven men washed out; three remained in the boat and one swam ashore.
14.12.1905: Arrived Milford and reported that six men had drowned*.
8.6.1905: At Bantry Bay Petty Sessions, Sk. George Medway was fined £50 for poaching in Bantry Bay. Nets were confiscated.
27.12.1909: Off the Blasket Islands, Co. Kerry (Sk. Woodgate) connected with Cardiff trawler MONARCH (CF9), disabled after condenser explosion and commenced tow to Milford.
29.12.1909: Delivered Milford with seven crewmen.
16.11.1910: Reported that Mate, Frank Whittimore had been washed overboard and drowned.
1911: Sidney Morgan Price, Milford appointed manager.
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr). Renamed WEYMOUTH II (Ad.No.939).
2.4.1915-20.10.1917: Based Milford Haven.
28.6.1915: Off the Smalls, picked up crew of Glasgow barque DUMFRIESHIRE (2622g/1890) torpedoed by Uboat (U24) 25 miles SW of the Smalls while on passage San Francisco-Dublin with barley. Landed at Milford.
11.1917: Based Kingstown.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Milford Haven and reverted to WEYMOUTH (BL11).
8.1919: Sold to Oliver Curphy, Hakin (22/64); Charles Ingram Hole, Milford (21/64) and Frederick Llewellin & Harry Llewellin, Milford (21/64 joint shares) (Oliver Curphy, manager).
8.1919: Bristol registry closed.
12.8.1919: Registered at Milford (M64).
24.11.1919: Sold to North Lincoln Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (T. Sowerby, manager).
3.1926: Sold to F .D. & W. G. Jeffs, Grimsby (G. W. Jeffs, manager).
8.3.1926: Milford registry closed.
11.3.1926: Registered at Grimsby (GY386).
1926: Sold to Walter Garratt, Grimsby (managing owner).
8.1931: Sold to Thomas W. Baskcomb, Grimsby (managing owner).
22.10.1935: Fleet of Thomas W. Baskcomb sold to Fred Parkes, Fleetwood.
11.1935: Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
3.1936: Sold for breaking up.
31.3.1936: Grimsby registry closed “Broken up”.

(Lost*- All Milford unless stated. WEYMOUTH – Samuel Knight, Second Hand; William Seymour, Brixham, Bosun; William Holman, 2nd Eng; Alfred Brown, deckhand & William Varley, trimmer. MANORBIER CASTLE – Jack Garnett, Hull, Third Hand).

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21/06/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. The Tetrarch GY945

In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood
Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 135957
Yard Number: 277
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 225.09
Net Tonnage: 111.62
Length: 117.4 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 460ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

22.7.1913: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.277) for The North Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as THE TETRARCH.
10.1913: Completed.
13.10.1913: Alick (Alec) Black appointed manager.
14.10.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY945).
29.10.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Union of London & Smiths Bank Ltd, London (A).
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.254). Based Longhope.
9.10.1915: Mortgage (A) discharged.
11.10.1915: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby.
11.10.1915: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
12.10.1915: Vessel mortgaged to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (B).
27.2.1917: Mortgagee restyled Barclays Bank Ltd, London.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
22.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (B) to Fred Parkes (64/64), Fleetwood & Blackpool.
24.10.1935: Sold to Dobson Ship Repairing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
29.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes appointed manager.
29.10.135: Charles Dobson appointed manager.
14.11.1935: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (C).
23.12.1940: Mortgage (C) discharged.
24.12.1940: Sold to Perihelion Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
24.12.1940: Herbert G. Crampin appointed manager.
30.11.1941: Foundered off 20T buoy, Coquet Island following collision with Aberdeen steamer KOOLGA (1110g/1910). Nine crew lost.
28.2.1942: Grimsby registry closed “ Sunk in collision …”.

(Lost – Sk. T. W. Norris. J. Carle, E.T.S. Love, J. Pearson, W. Rendall, W. Revell, E. E. Shulver, G. L. Singleton, G. Waring)

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S.T. The Tetrarch GY945

S.T. The Tetrarch GY945
Picture by Steve Pulfrey courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

S.T. The Tetrarch GY945

S.T. The Tetrarch GY945
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

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20/06/2010: Page published. 8 updates since then.
22/08/2019: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. Sweeper GY853

In Parkes (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood
Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow & Göran Olsson

Technical

Official Number: 134771
Yard Number: 262
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 394.80
Net Tonnage: 235.25
Length: 150.1 ft
Breadth: 25.0 ft
Depth: 13.5 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

24.2.1913: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.262) for Alick Black (64/64), Grimsby as SWEEPER.
8.5.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY853).
8.5.1913: Aick Black designated managing owner.
8.5.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George Jeffs, Grimsby for the sum of £5,000 with interest at 51/2% (A).
5.1913: Completed.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (!-6pdr, 1-6pdr HA & 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1224).
14.10.1914: Sold to The South Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby & Fleetwood.
15.10.1914: Alick Black appointed manager.
7.10.1915: Mortgage (A) discharged.
11.10.1915: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb, Grimsby.
11.10.1915: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
12.10.1915: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (B).
22.2.1917: Mortgagee restyled Barclays Bank Ltd, London.
1919: Returned to owner.
22.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (B) to Fred Parkes (64/64), Fleetwood & Blackpool.
29.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
25.11.1935: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
4.12.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
3.1936: Sold to A/S Nordhavet, Kristiansund, Norway (Jan L. Backer, manager).
2.3.1936: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1936: Rebuilt aT Trondheim by Trondhiem Mek. Versted.
1939: Registered at Kristiansund as NORDHAV 2 (M-169-K).
12.6.1936: Arrived Kristiansund.
7.10.1939: Requisitioned by the Norwegian Government, Oslo.
17.10.1939: Completed fit out for guard duties by Harstad Mekaniske Verksted, Harstad and commissioned into Den Kongelige Norske Marine (Royal Norwegian Navy). At Ramsund fitted with gun (1-76mm).
4.1940: With German invasion of Norway escaped to UK.
18.6.1940: Arrived Rosyth.
6.5.1942: Converted to a minesweeper (1-20mm, 4-Hotchkiss MGs) (P.No.FY.1906). Based at Dundee M/S Group 71, 1st M/S Div.
10.3.1945: CO. Lieut A. Olsen RNoN. Dispersed from convoy FS-1753, torpedoed by U.boat (U714) off Arbroath. Seventeen survivors picked up by HnoMS SYRIAN and landed at Dundee. Six Crew MPK.
(MPK – Lt A. Olsen RnoN, John Taylor, Signalman plus four Norwegians)

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S.T. Sweeper GY853

S.T. Sweeper GY853
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. Sweeper GY853

S.T. Sweeper GY853
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

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19/06/2010: Page published. 8 updates since then.
20/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from images.

S.T. War Wing GY857

In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood.
Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 138945
Yard Number: 326
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 226
Net Tonnage: 109
Length: 117.0 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: 450ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built:Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

29.4.1915: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.326) for The Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as WAR WING.
2.2.1916: Alick Black appointed manager.
3.2.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY857).
2.1916: Completed.
6.1916: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.3286).
5.12.1916: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
22.12.1916: Mortgage (A) discharged.
27.12.1916: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby.
28.12.1916: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
1919: Returned to owner.
1.12.1919: Vessel mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
22.10.1935: Vessel sold by mortgagee under mortgage (B) to Fred Parkes (64/64), Fleetwood & Blackpool.
24.10.1935: Sold to Dobson Ship Repairing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
29.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
29.10.1935: Charles Dobson appointed manager.
14.11.1935: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (C).
29.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.906) (Hire rate £62.3.0d/month).
3.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
7.3.1945: Mortgage (C) discharged.
26.3.1945: Sold to The Wembley Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
27.3.1945: Arthur Gladstone Hamer appointed manager.
4.4.1945: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (D).
1.1946: Returned to owner.
23.4.1948: Mortgage (D) discharged.
29.9.1948: Sold to Wharfedale Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
4.10.1948: Harry Markham Cook appointed manager.
1.12.1948: Sold to Cramond Fishing Co Ltd, Leith.
13.12.1948: Albert Oudley Scales appointed manager.
3.6.1949: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1949: Registered at Leith as CRAMOND ISLAND (LH26).
7.1953: Sold to Sir Thomas Robinson & Son (Grimsby) Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. Frank Bellamy Robinson appointed manager.
4.7.1953: Registered at Grimsby (GY251).
11.8.1953: Registered at Grimsby as SARDINIAN (GY251) (MoT Minute R.G. No.1163/53 dated 29.7.1953).
11.1964: Sold to Scrappingco S.r.l., Brussels for breaking up.
7.11.1964: Arrived Antwerp.
9.11.1964: Grimsby registry closed “… on sale of vessel to foreigners (Belgians)”.

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S.T. Cramond Island GY251

S.T. Cramond Island GY251
Picture from the Internet

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18/06/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
07/05/2015: Picture added.
19/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermark.

S.T. Robinia GY1147

In Parkes (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not sail from Fleetwood
Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 110944
Yard Number: 18
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 207.53
Net Tonnage: 97
Length: 116.3 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Built: Schofield, Hagerup & Doughty Ltd, Grimsby
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull

History

1900: Launched by Schofield, Hagerup & Doughty Ltd, Grimsby (Yd.No.18) for The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as ROBINIA.
28.2.1900: Builder’s Certificate issued.
2.3.1900: Registered at Grimsby (GY1147).
2.3.1900: George Doughty, Waltham Hall appointed manager.
3.1900: Completed.
20.12.1900: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London (A).
31.12.1908: Mortgage (A) discharged.
31.12.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee, Trust Society & Accident Soviety Ltd, London (B).
26.1.1914: Mortgage (B) discharged.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
1919: New boiler fitted.
29.11.1919: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb, Grimsby.
11.1919: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
1.12.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
22.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (C) to Fred Parkes, Blackpool and Fleetwood.
24.10.1935: Sold to T. C. & F. Moss Ltd, Grimsby.
10.1935: William T. Moss appointed managing owner.
11.12.1940: Outwards for Icelandic grounds. Mined in British defensive Northern Mine Barrage (laid in Operation ‘SN’) in position 62.20N 12.40W. All crew saved.
28.3.1941: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel sunk off coast of Iceland on 10 December 1940 through striking a mine”.

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Robinia Builders Certificate

Robinia Builders Certificate

S.T. Robinia GY1147

S.T. Robinia GY1147
Picture courtesy of The Grimsby Telegraph

Changelog
17/06/2010: Page published. 4 revisions since then.
09/08/2014: Information updated and picture added.
20/08/2014: Picture added.
18/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.