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S.T. Kastoria GY1017

Additional information courtesy of Birgir Þórisson

Technical

Official Number: 139930
Yard Number: 349
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 307
Net Tonnage: 121
Length: 130.2 ft
Breadth: 23.0 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

28.10.1916: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.349) for The Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as KASTORIA.
11.1.1917: Registered at Grimsby (GY1017). Walter W. Butt designated manager.
15.1.1917: Completed. Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.3324). Later employed on escort duties. Based Devonport.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby (Walter W. Butt, manager).
21.03.1921. At Reykjavik, along with steam trawlers CARABINEER II (GY1048), SARGON (GY858) and SERIEMA (GY504) fined 10,000 krónur (£400) for illegal fishing with gear and catch confiscated. PAVLOVA (GY716) was fined 11,500 krónur because of the skipper’s long criminal record.
21.1.1931: Charged with illegal stowing of fishing gear along with eight Hull and Grimsby trawlers sheltering in Dýrafjörður. Five skippers received a warning and three received a small fine of 500-800 krónur. but Sk. Harold Leo of KASTORIA was fined 1.200 krónur for illegal stowing of the gear and obstruction of the police. (The skipper´s third offence.). It was initially believed that KASTORIA had made off with two guards from the coastguard ship ÆGIR (507grt/1929) onboard, and the Icelandic authorities had notified Danish and English authorities.
24.1.1931: Entered Patreksfjörður were the other trawlers had gone for sentencing. Sk. Harold Leo was fined 1,200 krónur for illegal stowing of the gear and obstruction of the police. (The skipper´s third offence.).
1.4.1930: Owners fined 15,000 krónur (£680) for illegal fishing in Icelandic waters. Gear and catch confiscated.
15.12.1930: Stranded Spurn Point when outward for the fishing grounds. Came off and proceeded seawards.
28.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an anti submarine trawler (P.No.4.148) (Hire rate £86.19.6d/month).
2.1941: Converted for minesweeping.
1.1942: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
2.1946: Returned to owner.
4.1947: Sold to Government of Poland, Warsaw (Ministry of Industry & Commerce) (“Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich, Gdynia, managers) under the UNRRA scheme.
4.1947: Grimsby registry closed.
1948: Registered at Gdynia as KASTORIA (GDY123).
1959: Sold to Polish shipbreakers for breaking up.

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S.T. Kastoria GY1017

S.T. Kastoria GY1017
Picture courtesy of The Birgir Þórisson Collection

Changelog
25/03/2010: Page published. 2 updates since then.
09/03/2021: Updated history.
09/03/2021: Added an image.
11/03/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Epagneul F806

In (Parkes) Fleetwood ownership, did not fish from the port

Technical

Official Number: 113609
Yard Number: 281
Completed: 1901
Gross Tonnage: 191
Net Tonnage: 80
Length: 110.7 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Built: Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

1901: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.281) for Peter Hancock, Milford & Walter F. Harris, Hull as MAUDE.
5.1901 Completed.
25.5.1901: Registered at Hull (H527).
15.8.1901: Sold to France.
16.8.1901: Hull registry closed.
1902: Sold to M. Louis Bigot, Lorient. Registered at Lorient as LORAINTAIS (L232).
1902: Re-measured 33,73 x 6,40 x 3,41 metres – 183g 58n.
1903: Sold to Le Chalutier à Vapeur Lorientais, Lorient.
1905: Sold to M. Mallet, Lorient.
1908: New boiler fitted.
1910: Sold to Marine Francaise and converted to a minesweeper.
2.4.1914: At Boulogne as a training ship.
27.8.1919: Auctioned at Brest but failed to reach reserve.
9.1919: Sold by private treaty to M. Noblanc, Lorient for F152,000.
16.2.1920: Taken in hand for refurbishment to return to fishing. Delays.
6.1920: Sold to André & Henry Ledun, Fécamp for conversion to a drifter. Lorient registry closed.
17.8.1920: Registered at Fécamp as MAURICE et JEAN (F445).
7.1925: Sold to Soc. Anon. de Pêche et d’Armement, Dieppe. Fécamp registry closed.
1.9.1925: Registered at Dieppe as MADELEINE et MADELEINE (DI937).
23.12.1925: In a seaway, Ch. Eng. Alexis Lhorset, lost his balance and fell into engine crank and died as a result of injuries.
5.9.1926: Laid up.
1.7.1927: Sold to Augustin Le Borgne et Cie, Honfleur.
1928: Refitted as a drifter/trawler (Desnos, Lebreton et Tourasse, Dieppe, agents).
1929: Dieppe registry closed. Registered at Honfleur as EPAGNEUL (HO828).
1929-1936: Took part in herring fishery.
1931: Returned to trawling out of season otherwise laid up at Honfleur or Fécamp between herring seasons.
10.1936: Sold to Jean Prentout, Fécamp placed under Charles Prentout ownership. Honfleur registry closed. Registered at Fécamp (F806). Laid up.
1938: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool. Fécamp registry closed.
4.1938: Sold to German shipbreakers.
6.4.1938: Sailed Fécamp under “English flag” to Germany.

Changelog
13/03/2010: Page published.
08/07/2020: Information updated.

S.D/T. Acorn KY194 (Seasonal)

Seasonal Visitor
Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham.

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4133
Yard Number: 547
Official Number: 137618
Gross Tonnage: 96.45
Net Tonnage: 40.70
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.25 ft
Engine: 270ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.547) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as PAMPERO (Ad.No.4133).
10.1919: Sold to Arthur James Larner (64/64), Caister on Sea.
1.11.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
15.11.1919: Registered at Yarmouth (Part I & IV) as EDALBA O.N.137618 (YH218).
26.11.1919: Sold to Edward A. Baker (48/64), Gt. Yarmouth & Arthur James Larner (16/64), Caister on Sea. Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood.
20.5.1922: Sold to E. A. Baker (64/64), Gt. Yarmouth.
21.9.1922: Sold to Martin Gardner, H. Gardner, D. Carstairs, Cellardyke & W. Wilson, North Shields.
16.10.1922: Yarmouth registry closed.
10.1922: Registered at Kirkcaldy as ACORN (KY194).
By 1939: Sold to Agnes & Thomas Gardner, Cellardyke.
23.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service. Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
1944: Sold to North Shore Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil Arthur Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
7.1946: 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. Kirkcaldy registry closed. Registered at Gdynia as SYLWERIUSZ (GDY114).
1946-1949: Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth.
23.5.1949: Sold to R. C. Cook, A. W. Eastoe, R. H. Colby, Lowestoft & J. Odde, East Molsey. Gdynia registry closed.
27.7.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as ACORN (LT31).
1952: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
13.5.1952: Last landing at Fleetwood.
7.9.1954: Sold to Percy William Sutton, Gt. Yarmouth.
16.9.1954: Sold to Mercury Fisheries Co Ltd, Halifax, NS. Paul Stockhammer, London designated manager. Lowestoft registry closed.
21.9.1954: Registered at Halifax, NS.
23.9.1954: Sailed Lowestoft for Canada (Sk. Ivan Down) in Company with motor trawler BOSTON SWIFT (‘H’11), calling Stornoway to top up with bunker coal. 13.10.1954: Arrived Halifax, NS in tow of BOSTON SWIFT with depleted bunkers.
1975: Broken up at Halifax, NS.

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S.T. Acorn LT31

S.T. Acorn LT31
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Collection

Changelog

11/03/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
30/06/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
08/06/2019: Minor information update.

S.T. Euryalus A309

Technical

Official Number: 139960
Yard Number: 728
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 242
Net Tonnage: 94
Length: 120.2 ft
Breadth: 22.2 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by Gt. Central Co-operative Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby

History

1917: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.728) for John W. Smethurst, Grimsby (managing owner) as CARBILL.
1.9.1917: Completed and requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1648).
16.11.1917: Registered at Grimsby (GY1100). Based Granton.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owners at Grimsby (John W. Smethurst, manager).
5.1924: Sold to Sir Alec Black, Bart, Grimsby.
6.1924: Sold to John W. Smethurst, Grimsby (managing owner).
5.1935: Sold to David Wood, Robert Mair, Andrew Christie & Isabella Cook Mair, Aberdeen (David Wood, manager).
9.5.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
13.5.1935: Registered at Aberdeen (A309).
30.5.1935: Registered at Aberdeen as EURYALUS (A309).
9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £70.11.0d/month). Renamed HOVERFLY (P.No.FY.557). Based Granton with 105 M/S Group.
9.11.1943: Reverted to trawling.
24.7.1944: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, manager). 15.1.1945: Returned to owner and reverted to EURYALUS (A309).
12.4.1946: Sold to Humber Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby.
9.4.1946: Aberdeen registry closed.
4.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY245).
4.1951: Sold to Seafield Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
4.1951: Grimsby registry closed.
27.4.1951: Registered at Aberdeen (A682).
1956: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for breaking up.
29.2.1956: Arrived Granton from Aberdeen under own power.
15.10.1956: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up.”

Changelog

20/02/2010: Page published. 2 updates since then.
28/07/2020: Updated history.

S.D/T. Plough KY232

Technical

Official Number: 145552
Yard Number: 445
Completed: 1920
Yard Number: 445
Gross tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 39
Length: 86.1 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd, Brimscombe
Built: Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd, Queensferry

History

1919: Launched by Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell Ltd, Queensferry (Yd.No.445) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as FOAM.
1.10.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
12.10.1920: Transferred to Fishery Board for Scotland for disposal.
7.1.1921: Sold to John & P. Thomson & J. R. Brown, Cockenzie.
1921: Registered at Leith as STARWORT (LH288).
1923: Sold to Martin Gardner, Robert Gardner & Martin Gardner Jnr, Cellardyke (John T. Graham, Anstruther, manager).
1923: Registered at Kirkcaldy as MENAT (KY232).
1934: Sold to Robert Gardner, Cellardyke (John T. Graham, Anstruther, manager). Registered at Kirkcaldy as PLOUGH (KY232).
1939: Sold to Mrs R. F. Gardner, Cellardyke.
14.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
1942: Sold to North Shore Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
2.3.1946: Returned to owner.
10.4.1948: On passage Yarmouth – Fleetwood, struck submerged wreckage and foundered near E. Goodwins. Crew took to boat and picked up by Ramsgate lifeboat. Kirkcaldy registry closed.

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S.D/T. Plough KY232

S.D/T. Plough KY232

Changelog
03/02/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
30/07/2016: Picture added.