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S.T. Marie Evelyne GY398

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 146903
Yard Number:
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 271.57
Net Tonnage: 123.29
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Canada
Engine: 370ihp T.3-cyl by Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal

History

1.1917: Ordered.
1918: Launched by Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Canada (Yd.No.) (Canadian “Castle” – “T.R.” class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR.26.
21/22.5.1918: Completed and commissioned in Royal Canadian Navy (1-12pdr).
19.12.1918: Paid off and laid up.
1920: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain D. J. Munro as agent) to bring drifters with trawlers as escorts to UK for lay-up in Muirtown Basin, Caledonian Canal, Inverness prior to sale and possible refit for classification as steam trawlers (The Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd letter dated 12 April 1920).
1921: Brought over at The Admiralty’s expense.
1.1926: Still laid up.
2.1926: Rejected offer for all remaining trawlers at £2,000 each (B. Allenby, Aberdeen letter dated 10 Feb 1926).
8.1926: Sold “as is” to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
10.9.1926: Registered at Grimsby as MARIE EVELYNE (GY398).
10.9.1926: Fred Parkes, Blackpool appointed manager.
14.9.1926: Sold to Fred Parkes (64/64), Blackpool.
21.9.1926: Fred Parkes designated managing owner.
9.1926: Sold to Pêcheries & Armements “La Rochelle-Océan”, La Rochelle.
1926: Re-measured 297g 88n.
2.10.1926: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at La Rochelle.
1936: Laid up.
1937: Sold to Soc. Nouvelle des Pêcheries à Vapeur, Nantes.
1937: Sold for breaking up.

Changelog
27/04/2014: Information updated
03/05/2014: Information updated
07/06/2021: Updated technical details.

S.T. St. Cloud GY856

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and George Westwood

Technical

Official Number: 110866
Yard Number: 446
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 189
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 108.9 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Engine:T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

1899: Completed by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.446) for Grimsby Victor Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as St. LOUIS.
2.1899: Completed.
25.2.1899: Frederick Baxter Coulson appointed manager.
25.2.1899: Registered at Grimsby (GY1092).
25.2.1899: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Arthur Henry Leslie Melville and Eustace Abel Smith, Lincoln (64/64 joint mortgagees) (A).
14.3.1905: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Union of London & Smith’s Bank Ltd, Grimsby (B).
18.3.1905: Mortgage (A) discharged.
31.8.1908: Mortgage (B) discharged.
9.1908: Sold to Denmark.
15.9.1908: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Frederikshavn as Hajen.
6.1910: Sold to Grimsby Victor Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby
1.7.1910: Frederick Baxter Coulson appointed manager.
3.6.1910: Registered at Grimsby as St. CLOUD (GY551) (BoT Minute M9929/1910).
6.6.1910: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Union of London & Smith’s Bank Ltd, Grimsby (C).
1910: Remeasured 188.72g 93.40n.
20.7.1911: Matthew William Jennson appointed manager.
1913: New boiler fitted.
17.3.1914: Sold to George Fawcett Gibson, George William Tindall and Thomas Whitehead (64/64 joint owners), Scarborough.
17.3.1914: Mortgage (C) discharged.
20.3.1914: Grimsby registry closed.
23.3.1914: Registered at Scarborough (SH30).
16.12.1914: Bombardment of Scarborough by the Imperial German Navy ships Derfflinger, VON der TANN and KOLBERG. At 8.02 am in misty weather as St. CLOUD waited offshore to enter Scarborough to land, the bombardment began. Sk. George Shaw and the mate, Tom Robson were having breakfast when the deck watch informed them that warships were rounding Castle headland. Getting under way and proceeding into harbour, Sk. Shaw ran St. CLOUD straight up the beach alongside the West Pier; the crew all jumped ashore and ran for their lives. By the time the German warships had moved on to Whitby and it was safe to return to the harbour, the tide was on the ebb and St. CLOUD was drying out with her engine still running. It was widely believed at the time that St. CLOUD had unwittingly led the Germans through the minefield which was untrue as U-boats had been watching the fishing fleet come and go for several weeks.
27.1.1916: Sold to The Premier Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
29.1.1916: Scarborough registry closed.
1.2.1916: Registered at Grimsby as St. CLOUD (GY856).
1.2.1916: William Ellis appointed manager.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
3.9.1918: Sold to James Coombes (64/64), Grimsby.
18.9.1918: James Coombes designated managing owner.
23.9.1918: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial and Union Bank of England Ltd, London (D).
1919: Released.
15.2.1924: National Provincial and Union Bank of England Ltd re-styled to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
22.9.1925: Mortgage (D) discharged.
23.9.1925: Sold to Boston Deep Sea & Ice Co Ltd (sic) (64/64), Grimsby.
30.9.1925: Fred Parkes, Blackpool appointed manager.
11.3.1927: Sold to James Pattison (64/64), West Hartlepool.
11.8.1927; Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (E).
3.12.1927: Transaction 23.9.1925 name of the company is Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd. Amendment to register allowed under Chief Registrar’s Order No. 466 dated 2.12.1927.
6.2.1928: James Pattison designated managing owner.
19.12.1233: Mortgage (E) discharged.
22.3.1934: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel sold for breaking up”.

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S.T. St. Cloud GY856
Picture courtesy of Jeffrey Pullen

S.T. St. Cloud
Document courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library.

Changelog
09/06/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
17/07/2015: Picture added.
18/07/2015: Information updated.
23/07/2015. Information updated.
17/06/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Caliph M197

Technical

Official Number: 121610
Yard Number: 804
Completed:: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 226
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 120.5 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge

History

1906: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.804) for David Pettit,Milford; Morgan W. Howells, Hakin & Joseph W. Johnson, Neyland as CALIPH.
8.1906: Completed.
27.8.1906: Registered at Milford (M197) (David Pettit, managing owner).
19.11.1907 Fishing 180 miles WNW of Isles of Scilly (Sk. Alfred J. Kersey), at 6.30 pm. George Lednor (19), caught in sheave and lost leg. Landed at Queenstown but subsequently died.
18.5.1908: When fishing some 300 miles west of Lundy (Sk. Thomas Leggett) in collision with Cardiff owned steam trawler EUPHRATES (H329) (Sk. Bush) which sustained heavy damage to port side shell plating at bow.
20.5.1908: EUPHRATES arrived Swansea.
27.7.1908: Sold to David Pettit & Joseph W. Johnson, Milford Haven.
7.3.1911: About 18 miles off St. Ann’s Head (Sk. Thomas Leggett) in collision with drifter VERA (SN353); damage to bow.
21.1.1912: Sold to David Pettit, Milford Haven (managing owner).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 86.61 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA, 1-3.5” A/S Howitzer and Hydrophone) (Ad.No.133).
1917: Based at Portland. In company with HMTrawler MARISTO (Ad.No.1987)(M14) attacked a German submarine and claimed an unconfirmed kill.
1919: Returned to owner.
1.1928: Stranded at Helvick Head, nr Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, sustaining damage to rudder and after peak.
27.1.1928: Refloated by Cork tug MORSECOCK (325grt/1877)
28.1.1928: Arrived Passage West, Co. Cork for repair.
3.1.1933: Left Valentia (Sk. Jack H. Ryan) to assist Norwegian steamer HEILO (989g/1921). Stood by.
5.1.1933: Connected but tow parted. 6/7/1.1933: Stood by HEILO.
8.1.1933: To Valentia and located tug. Returned and stood by.
9.1.1933: At 9.30 am. released and left for Milford.
25.10.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Blackpool manager).
21.11.1934: Sold to Harley & Miller Ltd, Liverpool (Richard H. Jones, Wallasey, manager).
1934: Milford registry closed.
22.11.1934: Registered at Liverpool (LL46).
6.1937: Sold to Edgar E. Carter, Milford Haven (managing/owner).
10.7.1937: Liverpool registry closed.
12.7.1937: Registered at Milford (M234).
7.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £56.10.0d/month).
13.1.1940: Returned.
21.6.1940: In Western Approaches, picked up nine crew members of the Newcastle registered steam tanker SARANAC (12,049grt/1918) (Capt Vernon H. Alcock) Convoy QA172, which had foundered about 270 miles SW of Lands End having been torpedoed and hit by gunfire from U-boat (U51). Landed survivors at Berehaven, Co. Cork. Master and thirty survivors picked up by HMS HURRICANE (P.No.H06) (Lt Cdr H. C. Simms RN) and landed at Plymouth.
2. 11.1941: On Irish grounds (Sk. ??). About 12 miles south of Old Head of Kinsale foundered after being bombed by German aircraft. Crew picked up by SLEBECH (M199) and landed at Milford.
4.11.1941: Thomas Swingler, Bosun died in hospital of injuries sustained in attack.
17.11.1941: Milford registry closed.
6.1942: Sk. Thompson, Hakin, skipper of SLEBECH awarded MBE and Ch. Eng. George Henry Springer awarded BEM, for bravery in rescuing crew of CALIPH.

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S.T. Caliph M197
Picture courtesy of Milford Trawlers

Changelog
11/03/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
24/10/2019: Updated information and added an image.

S.T. Castor GY963

Additional information courtesy of of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 138983
Yard Number: 670
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 209
Net Tonnage: 91
Length: 115.8 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees

History

22.1.1916: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.670) for John Denton Marsden (64/64), Grimsby as CASTOR.
18.8.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY963).
1.9.1916: Completed.
6.9.1916: Sold to The Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
7.9.1916: John Richardson Mackrill designated manager.
9.1916: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.2960).
9.1916: Fitted with WT, Hotchkiss 12pdr gun and mine-sweep. Fitted as Half Leader. Allocated to Unit No.150 “Trawler Sweepers” based Devonport (Lieut. W. Leitch RNR).
10.1916: Remains with Unit No.150 “Trawler Sweepers” now based Falmouth to replace Unit No.87 transferred to Havre. (Lieut. W. Leitch RNR).
3.1917: Renamed CASTOR II. Based Falmouth.
1.10.1918: At Penzance for General Patrol and Escort work (Lieut. RNR).
7.10.1918: At 10.45pm in collision and sank HM Drifter OCEAN FOAM (Ad.No.1954) (YH970) in Penzance Bay. All crew saved.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby and reverted to CASTOR (GY963).
19.12.1919: Alfred Bannister appointed manager.
5.8.1921: Sold to Lindsey Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
15.8.1921: Edwin Bacon Snr appointed manager.
15.4.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Edwin Bacon Snr, Grimsby.
29.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service designated for minesweeping conversion.
2.12.1939: Returned to owner.
21.5.1940: Mortgage (A) discharged.
22.10.1943: Sold to Bay Fisheries Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
27.10.1943: Basil Arthur Parkes appointed manager.
02.05.1946: Grimsby registry closed.
04.05.1946: Sold to Government of Poland, Warsaw under the UNRRA scheme; operated by Przedsiebiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich i Uslug Rybackich “Dalmor”, Gdynia. Registered at Gdynia as KASTOR (GDY100).
18.05.1946: Arrived at Gdynia and employed in the Baltic Sea training fishermen.
27.07.1949: Taken out of service and temporarily used to supply steam to the training hulk BENIOWSKI (1912grt/1905). Later broken up and Gdynia registry closed.

ANNEX A

9.1916: Fitted with WT and Hotchkiss 12pdr gun and fitted out for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.2960). Allocated to Unit 150 “Trawler Sweepers” based Devonport (Lieut. W. Leitch RNR).

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S.T. Kastor GDY100
Picture courtesy of The Roger Griffiths Collection

S.T. Castor GY963
Picture courtesy of The Bill Blow Collection

S.T. Castor GY963
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

05/03/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
30/06/2016: Picture added.
09/11/2016: Picture added.
07/11/2019: Information updated.

S.T. Pasages FD119

Technical

Official Number: 148221
Yard Number: 60
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 271
Net Tonnage: 123
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Dominion Shipbuilding Co Ltd (Thor Iron Works), Toronto
Engine: 480ihphp T.3-cyl by National Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Goderich, Ontario

History

1916: Ordered by The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) (Canadian “Castle” – “T.R.” class) from Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ontario (Yd.No.60) and subcontracted to Dominion Shipbuilding Co Ltd (Thor Iron Works), Toronto.
1917: Launched as TR.14.
10.6.1918: Completed (1-12pdr).
7.1.1919: Paid off and laid up.
1920: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain D. J. Munro as agent) to bring drifters with trawlers as escorts to UK for lay-up in Muirtown Basin, Caledonian Canal, Inverness prior to sale and possible refit for classification as steam trawlers (The Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd letter dated 12 April 1920).
1921: Brought over at The Admiralty’s expense.
1.1926: Still laid up.
2.1926: Rejected offer for all remaining trawlers at £2,000 each (B. Allenby, Aberdeen letter dated 10 Feb 1926).
8.1926: Sold “as is” to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (Basil A. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
16.9.1926: Registered at Fleetwood as PASAGES (FD119).
1926: Transferred to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
11.1927: Load line assigned to enable cargoes of herring to be carried.
3.12.1931: Homeward with herring (300 kits) from NW coast of Ireland (Sk.J. James); eleven crew. Approaching Isle of Man in severe weather conditions with driving rain and heavy seas. At slow ahead ran ashore at 6.00 am.on sand at Jurby Head, Isle of Man; crew rescued by Ramsey Rocket Corps after Norman Platt, the cook, swam ashore with a line. Vessel sustained bottom damage and embedded in sand.
31.8.1932: Fleetwood registry closed “Total loss”.

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S.T. Pasages FD119
Picture as TR14 courtesy of Ronnie Bell

S.T. Pasages FD119
Picture courtesy of David Slinger

S.T. Pasages FD119
Picture courtesy of The Osta Collection

S.T. Pasages FD119
Picture from the Internet

Video of as she looks today.
Video courtesy of Isle of Man Harbours

Changelog
25/04/14: Picture 6 added.
26/04/14: Information updated.
11/08.2015: 4 pictures added.
01/05/2016: Added video of the wreck.
30/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

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S.T. Marie Evelyne GY398

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S.T. Caliph M197

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S.T. Pasages FD119