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S.T. Gardenia – GY402

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

Technical
Official Number: 99190
Yard Number: 50
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 145.55
Net Tonnage: 69.72
Length: 97.2 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 11.0 feet
Built: Cochrane, Hamilton, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley
Engine: 250ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History
22.8.1891: Launched by Cochrane, Hamilton, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Yd.No.50) for The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd (of 1888) (64/64), Grimsby as GARDENIA.
15.10.1891: Completed.
15.10.1891: Registered at Grimsby (GY402).
16.10.1891: George Doughty designated manager.
18.11.1893: Rendered assistance to crew of Swedish brig REGALIA wrecked. Sk. William Ilett awarded a silver medal by the King of Sweden and Norway in recognition of his services.
30.6.1898: Sold to The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd (of 1898) (64/64), Grimsby.
30.6.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London (A).
5.7.1898: George Doughty designated manager.
25.11.1907: Mortgagee re-styled to The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London.
31.12.1908: Mortgage (A) discharged.
31.12.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London (B).
26.1.1914: Mortgage (B) discharged.
12.5.1914: Henry Morris appointed manager.
12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.723).
11.1918: Returned to owner.
26.11.1919: The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd placed in liquidation (Alfred John Downs, Chartered Accountant, Grimsby appointed Official Liquidator).
29.11.1919: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby.
1.12.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
2.12.1919: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
22.10.1935: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (C) to Fred Parkes, Fleetwood & Blackpool.
21.11.1935: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby.
27.11.1935: Sir John Denton Marsden, Bart designated manager. Transferred to Lowestoft.
27.11.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
29.11.1935: Registered at Lowestoft (LT117).
1939: Sold to C. Valkenburg, Antwerp for breaking up.
3.2.1939: Sailed Lowestoft for Antwerp.
9.2.1939: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Gardenia GY402

S.T. Gardenia GY402
Picture courtesy of The Steve Farrow Collection

Changelog
09/06/2010: Page published. 9 updates since then.
05/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermark.
23/10/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Strathdevon A539

Technical

Official Number: 137182
Yard Number: 575
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 212
Net Tonnage: 91
Length: 115.7 ft
Breadth: 22.3 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1915: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.575) for Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as STRATHDEVON.
11.1915: Completed. John Brown designated manager. Requisitioned for war service from the builder.
2.12.1915: Registered at Aberdeen (A539). Fitted out as a minesweeper (1-3pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer). Based Dover.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
1926: George Massie appointed manager.
1938: W. Rhind appointed manager.
25.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (P.No. FY1813) (Hire rate £58.6.0d/month) (Ad.No.1960).
12.1941: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
2.1942: Returned to owner.
17.12.1942: Sold to The Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, designated manager. Fishing out of Fleetwood.
5.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 637 kits – hake-520, cod/codling-3, ling/coley-106, roker-4, dogs-4.
2.2.1945: Last landing at Fleetwood.
3.2.1945: Sold to River Ness Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. George Craig designated manager.
8.9.1955: Sold to River Ness Fishing Co (1955) Ltd, Aberdeen. George Craig designated manager.
3.1958: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
19.3.1958: Delivered Bruges.
1.4.1958: Aberdeen registry closed.

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S.T. Strathdevon A539

S.T. Strathdevon A539
Picture by Donald Smith courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

Changelog

06/06/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
05/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermark.
06/08/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Strathspey A92

Technical

Official Number: 123361
Yard Number: 406
Completed: 1902
Gross Tonnage: 202.26
Net Tonnage: 60.79
Length: 113.0 ft
Breadth: 21.9 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

22.6.1906: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.406) for The Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as STRATHSPEY.
8.1906: Completed.
8.8.1906: Registered at Aberdeen (A92). John Brown designated manager.
13.6.1907: Ordered to proceed to assistance of steam trawler STRATHCLYDE (A336) stranded in Freswick Bay, Duncansby Head. Steam trawler CLAN GRANT (A909) had stood by and provided anchors and chain to prevent casualty from being driven onto rocks. Connected, refloated and moved to safe position to check for leakage.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 79.01 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1169). Based Dover.
12.11.1918: Sold to Frederick Harrison, Scarborough. Frederick Harrison designated managing owner.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
8.4.1919: Sold to North Sea Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Scarborough. Frederick Harrison designated manager.
9.5.1920: Picked up nine survivors from steam trawler TARANAKI (SH225) which foundered 35 miles NE of Scarborough, after sustaining damage from an exploding mine snagged on fore trawl door.
18.10.1928: Sold to Archibald Glen Brown, Granton. Archibald Glen Brown designated managing owner.
1926: Sold to Thomas Harrison Scales Snr & Thomas Harrison Scales Jnr, Newhaven, Edinburgh (joint owners).
1936: Sold to Thomas H. Scales & Sons Ltd, Newhaven, Edinburgh. Thomas H. Scales Jnr designated manager.
1939: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
26.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler (P.No.Z161) (Hire rate £50.10.0d/month).
4.5.1942: Returned to owner.
1943: Sold to James Mackie & Andrew Robertson Jnr, Aberdeen.
1950: Sold for breaking up.
26.12.1950: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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S.T. Strathspey A92

S.T. Strathspey A92
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Changelog
05/06/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
07/08/2021: Updated history and technical details.
03/04/2022: Added artwork.

S.D/T. Lord Rodney LT390 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 149211
Yard Number: 280
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 104.47
Net Tonnage: 44.85
Length: 88.0 ft
Breadth: 19.1 ft
Depth: 9.0 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co (1927) Ltd, Goole
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

20.6.1928: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co (1927) Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.280) for Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifter Co Ltd, Lowestoft as LORD RODNEY. Completed (Harold Jackson, manager).
19.7.1928: Registered at Lowestoft (LT390).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
4.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service on Contraband Control (Hire rate £52.18.2d/month).
2.1940: Fitted out as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.877).
26.5.1940: At 6.57pm. ‘Operation Dynamo’ (Dunkirk evacuation) put into effect.
28.5.1940: With Senior Officer (Cdr J. S. M. Glendinning RNR retd) in steam tug JAVA (128grt/1905-500ihp) (Capt W. Jones) left Ramsgate for Dunkirk at 3.00pm (Sk. Robert Durrant) in company with steam drifters LORD KEITH (LT181), LORD COLLINGWOOD (LT183) and LORD St. VINCENT (LT79).
29.5.1940: At 4.30am. ferrying troops to ships. 10.00am. alongside Dunkirk Pier embarking troops. 5.00pm. left Dunkirk beaches for Ramsgate.
1.1942: At Lowestoft as LL drifter.
21.9.1943: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull when Basil Parkes bought most of Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Ltd better vessels. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
10.1943: Transferred to War Dept.
8.2.1946: Released.
9.2.1946: Laid up.
2.1946: Returned to owner (Maj. A. W. Suddaby MBE, Gorleston, manager).
28.12.1946: Sold under U.N.R.&R. Scheme and loaned to Poland. (“Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich Sp.z.ogr.odn, Gdynia). Registered at Gdynia as EUBENIUSZ (GDY111). Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth with Dutch crew (Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd managing agents).
1.6.1949: Sold to Arthur W. Eastoe, Ronald C. Cook & Richard H. Colby, Lowestoft and John Odde, East Molesey. Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Westminster Bank Ltd, London (A).
6.1949: Gdynia registry closed.
9.6.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as LORD RODNEY (LT79).
1.1951: Mortgage (A) discharged.
24.1.1951: Sold to Ronald C. Cook, Samuel Broadley & George Catchpole, Lowestoft.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
30.4.1959: Sold to Craigwood Ltd, Aberdeen. George R. Wood designated manager.
1959: Converted to motor by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft, fitted with 3-cyl 4 stroke 300bhp oil engine by A.K. Diesels Ltd, Lowestoft.
1959: Whilst being converted to motor ‘owned’ by Brandon Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Alick King).
5.1959: Lowestoft registry closed.
12.5.1959: Registered at Aberdeen (A50).
31.7.1959: Alteration to tonnage and other particulars following survey at Gt Yarmouth 8.7.1959 107.21g 43.71n.
1961: Whaleback fitted.
26.7.1966 (regd): Sold to Hubert Jones, Swansea.
20.5.1969 (regd): Sold to Thomas J. Griffiths & Nellie M. Porter, Swansea with White Fish Authority loan. Peter Wright, Milford designated manager.
1969: At Swansea in collision with Dutch motor vessel PAUL WESTERS (473g/1955).
1972: Repossessed by White Fish Authority.
15.2.1972 (regd): Sold to Guiseppe Antoniazzi, Milford Haven.
23.8.1974 (regd): Sold to Bronislaw Ltd, Mastlebridge, Neyland (Sk. Bruno Linke).
26.3.1975: Sold to Linke Trawling Co Ltd, Mastlebridge, Neyland (Sk. Bruno Linke).
2.1975: Sailed Milford for Swansea towing DEELUX (YH84). Tow parted and recovered by Tenby lifeboat.
1975: Sold to Thomas W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Briton Ferry.
11.1975: Arrived Briton Ferry.
8.12.1975: Breaking up completed.
7.1.1976: Aberdeen registry closed. “Vessel broken up. Advice received from owner and shipbreaker. “

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S.D/T. Lord Rodney LT79

S.D/T. Lord Rodney LT79
Picture courtesy of James Cullen

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham for FMHT.

S.D/T. Lord Rodney LT79

S.D/T. Lord Rodney LT79
Picture courtesy of Peter Green

S.T. Lord Rodney A50

S.T. Lord Rodney A50
Picture courtesy of Milford Trawlers
© The John Stevenson Collection

S.D/T. lord Rodney LT390

S.D/T. lord Rodney LT390
Picture courtesy of FunkyChick

Mentioned in despatches

Mentioned in despatches
Picture courtesy of Robert Durrant

S.T. Lord Rodney LT29

S.T. Lord Rodney LT79
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. lord Rodney A50

S.D/T. lord Rodney A50
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
13/05/2010: Page published. 6 revisions since then.
27/10/2014: Picture added.
16/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
17/12/2018: Updated information.

S.T. Marlborough GY306

In Boston (Fleetwood) and Parkholme ownership. Did not fish from the port
Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 125076
Yard Number: 414
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 212.54
Net Tonnage: 101.51
Length: 115.0 ft
Breadth: 21.45 ft
Depth: 11.42 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

29.6.1907: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.414) for Queen Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as MARLBOROUGH.
11.10.1907: Builder’s Certificate issued.
14.10.1907: Registered at Grimsby (GY306).
14.10.1907: Charles Abraham Osborne appointed manager.
17.10.1907: Completed.
17.9.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Lincoln & Lindsey Banking Co Ltd, Lincoln (A).
7.2.1914: Mortgage (A) discharged.
12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler. Based Humber.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £53.5.0d/month).
30.1.1940: Returned to owner.
16.11.1944: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
16.11.1944: Harvey Wilfred Wilson, Grimsby appointed manager.
22.11.1944: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (B).
30.12.1947: Mortgage (B) discharged.
30.7.1949: Sold to Trawlers Grimsby Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
30.7.1949: Harvey Wilfred Wilson appointed manager.
13.11.1952: Sold to Wilfred Taylor (64/64), Fleetwood.
17.11.1952: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
18.11.1952: Basil Arthur Parkes, North Ferriby appointed manager.
5.12.1952: George Hewson Smith, Grimsby appointed manager.
6.1954: Sold to BISCO and allocated to C. W. Dorkin & Co Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up.
30.11.1954: Confirmation by BISCO that vessel had been broken up.
15.1.1955: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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S.T. Marlborough GY306

S.T. Marlborough GY306
Builder’s Cert. courtesy of Bill Blow

S.T. Marlborough GY306

S.T. Marlborough GY306
Breaker’s Cert. courtesy of Bill Blow

Changelog

11/05/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.