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S.T. Magnolia GY482 (2)

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

Technical

Official Number: 137026
Yard Number: 181
Completed: 1909
Gross Tonnage: 259.76
Net Tonnage: 103.37
Length: 125.3 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 495ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Gt. Central Co-op Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby

History

7.6.1909: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.181) for G. E. Forum (64/64) (Anglo Danish principals), Esbjerg as KONG FREDERIK III.
27.7.1909: Completed. Registered at Fanö (F145). George William Margarson, Grimsby appointed manager
24.11.1914: Arrived Fleetwood on evening tide, searched by Customs officials and detained to await instructions from The Admiralty.
4.1915: Sold to Frank Barrett (64/64), Grimsby (BoT Minute M4711/1915).
4.1915: Fanö registry closed.
14.4.1915: Frank Barrett designated managing owner.
15.4.1915: Registered at Grimsby (Part I & IV) as KONG FREDERIK III O.N.137026 (GY482).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.2659). At Devonport fitted with 1-12pdr). i.a.w. Area XIV Patrol Orders dated 30.3.1915: Allocated to Relieving Unit (to take the place of trawlers when refitting) based Isles of Scilly (Sk. J. W. Hewett RNR).
1915: Renamed KING FREDERICK.
1915: Alterations following BoT survey at Grimsby dated 4.12.1915 relate to engine.
10.1916: Allocated Unit No.61 – Section A & B 3rd Division based Penzance (Sk. J. Hewitt (sic) RNR).
13.2.1916-19.2.1916: Refit at Falmouth.
13.2.1918: Picked up from boat crew of HM Trawler SARDIUS II (Ad.No.3357) (GY1140) inwards to Falmouth Bay which struck Runnelstone Rock. Badly holed drifted into Pendower Cove and became a total wreck. Landed survivors at Penzance.
1.10.1918: At Penzance for General Patrol and Escort work (Chief Skipper RNR) (Recorded as KING FREDERICK III in Adm.131/70 p.125).
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
22.12.1919: Registered at Grimsby as KING FREDERICK III (GY482) (BoT Minute M.12433/19 dated 27.10.1919).
21.1.1920: Sold to Direct Fish Supplies Ltd (64/64), London.
21.1.1920: George William Payne Margarson, Grimsby designated manager.
27.1.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
23.3.1922: Company in voluntary liquidation.
10.8.1922: Placed in compulsory liquidation.
6.9.1922: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (A) to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby (managing owner).
6.9.1922: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
12.9.1922: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
22.3.1928: Registered at Grimsby as MAGNOLIA (GY482) (BoT Minute M/RG 1076/1928 dated 10.3.1928).
22.10.1935: Sold by order of the mortagee under mortgage (B) to Fred Parkes (64/64), Fleetwood & Blackpool.
28.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
28.10.1935: Sold to Harry Norman Franklin (64/64), Grimsby.
30.10.1935: Harry Norman Franklin designated managing owner.
7.11.1935: Harry N. Franklin sold shares (43/64) to Harry Franklin Ltd (43/64), Grimsby.
7.11.1935: Harry N. Franklin sold shares (21/64) to Sk. James Hendry (21/64), Grimsby.
7.11.1935: James Hendry shares (21/64) mortgaged to Harry Franklin Ltd, Grimsby (C).
9.11.1935: Harry Norman Franklin designated manager.
30.12.1935: Harry Franklin Ltd shares (43/64) mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (D).
31.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S trawler. Renamed GLACIER (P.No.4.257) (Hire rate £65.0.0d/month).
9.1941: Employed on balloon barrage.
1.1.1944: Mortgage (C) discharged.
1.1.1944: Sk. James Hendry sold shares (21/64) to East Anglian Fish Selling Co Ltd (21/64), Grimsby.
11.1.1944: Harry Norman Franklin designated manager.
28.6.1944: Returned to owner and reverted to MAGNOLIA (GY482).
13.4.1946: Mortgage (D) discharged.
19.8.1952: On a North Sea trip (Sk. Stanley Wing) in a heavy swell 45 miles NE of Spurn Light Vessel started to take in water. Steam trawler ROSE OF ENGLAND (GY 236) (Sk. Alf Walker), which had just landed left Grimsby with remaining crew (five) and a pump. Found casualty down by stern, transferred pump and connected, but in turning for the Humber seas swept over the stern and pump washed overboard.
20.8.1952: After nineteen hours under tow, started to settle and quickly foundered. Crew jumped in sea to be picked up by Rose of England, but three men lost*.
24.9.1952: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel foundered on 26th August 1952”.

*Lost – Sk. Stanley Wing; Ch.Eng Albert Forster and deckhand Roland Willis

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S.T. Magnolia GY482

S.T. Magnolia GY482
Picture courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

Changelog
14/06/2010: Page published. 3 revisions since then.
13/12/2014: Information updated.
13/10/2017: Removed FMHT watermark.
25/05/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Jonquil GY391

In Parkes (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood
Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 99187
Yard Number: 44
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 143.08
Net Tonnage: 61.01
Length: 96.5 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Engine: C.2-cyl (285ihp) by A. & W. Robertson & Co, Victoria Docks, London.
Boiler: (105lbs) by Lindsay Burnet & Co, Govan
Built: A. W. Robertson & Co, Canning Town, London

History

1.1891: Launched by A. W. Robertson & Co, Canning Town, London (Yd.No.44) for The International Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as LYNBROOK.
8.1891: Completed.
23.9.1891: Thomas Baskcomb, Cleethorpes designated manager.
23.9.1891: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George Doughty, Grimsby for the sum of £2,000 with interest at 6% (A).
28.9.1891: Registered at Grimsby (GY391).
15.10.1892: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Marine Securities Corporation Ltd, London (B).
17.10.1892: Mortgage (A) discharged.
23.12.1895: Mortgage (B) discharged.
31.12.1895: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, Lincoln (C).
8.1.1896: Mortgaged to The York City & County Banking Company Ltd, York (D).
5.6.1898: George Doughty, appointed manager.
30.6.1898: Sold to The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
30.6.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London for sum on account at 4% interest (E).
5.7.1898: Mortgages (C) & (D) discharged.
1902: Re-engined with T.3-cyl (300ihp) by G. T. Grey, South Shields.
1902: Re-boilered with boiler (185lbs) made 1900 by Schofield, Hagerup & Doughty Ltd, Grimsby.
27.11.1902: Tonnage altered to 49.24 net following alterations and survey dated 26.11.1902.
27.11.1902: Registered at Grimsby as JONQUIL (GY391) (R.S.S. Minute 21909).
15.11.1907: Mortgagee re-styled Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London.
31.12.1908: Mortgage (E) discharged.
31.12.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London (F).
26.1.1914: Mortgage (F) discharged – The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London in liquidation.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 54.17 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
12.5.1914: Henry Morris designated manager.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
12.1919: Released.
26.11.1919: The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby in liquidation. Arthur John Downs, Grimsby appointed Official Liquidator.
29.11.1919: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb, Grimsby.
1.12.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (G).
2.12.1919: Thomas William Baskcomb designated manager.
22.10.1935: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (G) to Fred Parkes, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
24.10.1935: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. Sir John D. Marsden, Bart designated manager.
30.10.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
4.11.1935: Registered at Lowestoft (LT94).
17.11.1935: Vessel transferred to Lowestoft.
1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Grays, Essex.
11.5.1953: Sailed Lowestoft for London River.
11.9.1953: Lowestoft registry closed “Vessel broken up.”

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S.T. Jonquil GY391

S.T. Jonquil GY391
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

S.T. Jonquil GY391

S.T. Jonquil GY391
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
14/06/2010: Page published.
06/07/2014: Picture added.
16/10/2017: Removed FMHT watermark and updated information.
03/03/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Irwell GY1176

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

Technical

Official Number: 113181
Yard Number: 10
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 196.56
Net Tonnage: 76.55
Length: 111.1 ft
Breadth: 21.3 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Built: J. Duthie & Co, Montrose
Engine: 350ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Tindall, Earle & Hutchinson Ltd, Hull

History

1900: Launched by J. Duthie & Co, Montrose (Yd.No10) for Palatine Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as IRWELL.
9.1900: Completed.
26.9.1900: Registered at Grimsby (GY1176).
26.9.1900 : Arthur Jeffs appointed manager.
28.9.1900: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The York City & County Banking Co Ltd, York (A).
22.11.1906: Mortgage (A) discharged.
27.11.1906: Sold to Harry Birch Jeffs (64/64), Grimsby.
30.11.1906: Sold to Harry Birch Jeffs and George William Jeffs (64/64 joint owners), Grimsby.
1.12.1906: George William Jeffs designated managing owner.
30.11.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The York City & County Banking Co Ltd, York (B).
8.1911: New boiler fitted.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 79.26 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
9.2.1915: Mortgage (B) transferred to The London Joint Stock Bank Ltd, London.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
26.6.1925: Mortgage (B) discharged.
8.7.1925: Harry Birch Jeffs and George William Jeffs shares (32/64) sold to Fred Birch Jeffs (32/64), Grimsby.
8.7.1925: Harry Birch Jeffs and George William Jeffs shares (32/64) sold to Walter Garrett (32/64), Grimsby.
9.7.1925: Walter Garett designated managing owner.
18.8.1930: Walter Garrett shares (32/64) mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
30.9.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs shares (32/64) mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (D).
15.12.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs designated managing owner.
11.8.1931: Sold by by order of the mortgagee under mortgages (C) and (D) to Thomas W. Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby.
11.8.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (E).
14.8.1931: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
28.11.1934: In the North Sea saw distress rockets from motor fishing vessel MOUNT HEKLA (GY304) (Sk. A. Ogmundsson) which was taking in water after striking a submerged object which fouled propeller and stopped engine. Ingress of water was too fast for hand pumps to cope. Closed and took off all four crew before vessel foundered.
29.11.1934: Survivors landed at Grimsby.
22.10.1935: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (E) to Fred Parkes (64/64), Fleetwood & Blackpool.
25.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
24.10.1935: Sold to East Anglia Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
31.10.1935: Harvey Wilfred Wilson, Grimsby appointed manager.
29.11.1935: Registered at Grimsby as SAXONIA (GY1176) (BoT Minute R.G.1419/1935 dated 20.11.1935).
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £49.5.0d/month).
24.1.1940: Returned to owner.
26.7.1944: Sold to James Johnson (64/64), Scarborough.
27.7.1944: James Johnson designated managing owner.
6.8.1948: Sold to Albert Sutton (64/64), Scarborough.
12.8.1948: Albert Sutton designated managing owner.
12.8.1948: Grimsby registry closed.
8.1948: Registered at Scarborough (SH210).
1951: Sold for breaking up.
1951: Scarborough registry closed.

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S.T. Saxonia GY1176

S.T. Saxonia GY1176
Picture courtesy of The George Westwood Collection

Changelog
23/01/2010: Page published. 4 revisions since then.
18/12/2014: Information updated.
15/11/15: Picture added.
13/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermark.
05/02/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Dentaria GY344

In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood

Technical

Official Number: 127822
Yard Number: 43
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 258.95
Net Tonnage: 98.37
Length: 130.5
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: Charlton & Doughty Ltd, Grimsby
Engine: 520ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith, Hull
Boiler: Charlton & Doughty Ltd, Grimsby

History

1907: Launched by Charlton & Doughty Ltd, Grimsby (Yd.No.43) for The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as DENTARIA.
13.1.1908: Registered at Grimsby (GY344).
1908: Completed.
13.1.1908: Sir George Doughty MP, Waltham Hall, Nr Grimsby appointed manager.
20.1.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Union of London & Smith’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
31.12.1908: Mortgage (A) discharged.
31.12.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London (B).
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.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 102.63 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
26.1.1914: Mortgage (B) discharged.
9.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.610).
12.5.1914: Henry Morris appointed manager. Based River Tyne.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
26.11.1919: The North-Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd in liquidation. Alfred John Downs, Grimsby appointed Official Liquidator of the estate and effects.
29.11.1919: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb, Grimsby.
2.12.1919: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
1.12.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
1924: New boiler fitted.
22.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (C) to Fred Parkes, Fleetwood and Blackpool
29.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
8.1936: Sold for breaking up.
6.8.1936: Grimsby registry closed.

Changelog
11/06/2010: Page published. 2 updates since then.
09/10/2015: Information updated.
09/04/2017: Added image.
12/04/2017: Removed incorrect image.

S.T. Honora GY374

In Parkes Ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood

Technical

Official Number: 146898
Yard Number: 13
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 394
Net Tonnage: 154
Length: 140.8 ft
Breadth: 25.2 ft
Depth: 13.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Goldie & McCulloch Co Ltd, Galt, Ontario
Built: Foundation Co, Savannah, Ga

History

1919: Launched by Foundation Co, Savannah, Ga (Yd.No.13) for the Government of France, Paris as WATTIGNIES.
1919: Completed as a minesweeper for the Marine Francaise.
1920: Sold to Pêcheries de L’Ouest S.A., Fécamp. Renamed BOIS DES CAURES.
1925: Re-possessed by bank and laid up at Fécamp.
12.1925: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool (managing owner) (en bloc with Bois des Buttes and Magenta for c£5,000).
23.12.1925: Registered at Grimsby as HONORA (GY374).
5.1926: Sold to Luis Mitre y Manuel Rodriguez Giles, Buenos Aires.
19.6.1926: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Buenos Aires.
1926: Re measured 194n.
6.1926: Sailed Grimsby to bunker at Boulogne due to Miner’s Strike, before sailing for South America.
1927: Sold to Empreza Rodriguez Giles, Buenos Aires.
1931: Sold to Manuel Rodriguez Giles, Buenos Aires.
27.8.1933: Wrecked near Maldonado, Uruguay (River Plate estuary).

Changelog

11/06/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.