Technical

Official Number: 180342
Yard Number: 775
Completed: 1946
Gross Tonnage: 334
Net Tonnage: 134
Length: 130 ft
Breadth: 25.7 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Engine: 700IHP T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull. Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Speed: 11.4 knots

History

1.8.1946: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.775) for N.V. Motorvisscherij, Ostend as VAN DER WEYDEN (O293).
5.11.1946: Completed.
8.11.1946: Arrived Ostend from Hull.
9.11.1946: Naming ceremony.
14.11.1946: Sailed Ostend for Icelandic fishing grounds on maiden trip.
20.3.1951: Ostend registry closed.
17.4.1951: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager). Registered at Fleetwood as BOSTON CANBERRA (FD68).
1951: Re-measured 323g 118n.
2.4.1955: Chartered by White Fish Authority for two experimental trips for hake fishing in areas off Orkney and Shetland.
16.12.1955: Sold to Findus Hammerfest, Hammerfest (Hammerfest Havfiske A/L, managers). Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Hammerfest as GARGIA (F30H).
1958: Sold to Hammerfest Havfiske A/L, Hammerfest (Leif Throne-Holst, manager).
1958: Lengthened to158.6 ft 374g 126n.
Pre 1966: Delete manager.
1970: Sold to A/S H. Berling Shipsopphugging, Sandnesjoen for breaking up.
9.7.1970: Breaking up commenced at Sandnesjoen.

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Boston Canberra FD68 as Van Der Weyden
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S.T. Boston Canberra FD68
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S.T. Boston Camberra FD68
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S.T. Boston Canberra FD68
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Boston Canberra FD68
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S.T. Boston Canberra FD68 as Gargia F30H
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S.T. Boston Canberra FD68 as Gargia F30H
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Changelog
21/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
17/01/2017: Removed disputed image.

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 116071
Yard Number: 312
Completed: 1902
Gross Tonnage: 172.42
Net Tonnage: 63.16
Length: 108.4 ft
Breadth: 21.3 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Beverley)
Engine: 240ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith, Hull

History

10.5.1902: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Beverley) (Yd.No.312) for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as CAIRO.
19.6.1902: Joseph Vivian appointed manager.
23.6.1902: Registered at Hull (H550).
6.1902: Completed.
19.12.1910: At Hull Magistrates Court, Richard Smith, Bosun, was fined £25.6.0d and six weeks imprisonment for damaging the winch losing three and a half days fishing at a cost of £30-£40 per day and repair at £5.6.0d.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 67.43 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
10.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper support vessel (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.635).
1916: Fitted out as a minesweeper. Based Stromness.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
13.5.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County, Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
10.3.1923: Mortgagee restyled Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
22.10.1928: Robert Burton appointed manager.
19.11.1930: Mortgage (A) discharged.
19.11.1930: Sold to Colin Henry Brand (64/64), Milford Haven.
24.11.1930: Colin Henry Brand designated managing owner.
27.12.1930: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
14.12.1937: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Robert Parcell Lewis, Fishguard for the sum of £312 with interest at 5% (C).
4.1938: Newspaper clipping: “ J. F. Gwyther has been favoured with instructions to offer for sale at the Conservative Club, on Friday 15th September, the steam trawlers ALONSO, CAIRO and GOZO. These ships are of the ex fleeter type, strongly built, and the class suitable for pareja (pair fishing, Spanish style).”
3.8.1938: Mortgage (B) discharged.
25.11.1938: Last landing at Milford. Laid up.
3.12.1938: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Ruth Brand, Johnston and Lilian Gertrude Brand, Burton (joint mortgagees) for the sum of £660 with interest at 5% (D).
7.7.1939: Colin H. Brand filed for bankruptcy.
7.10.1939: Mortgage (D) discharged.
12.10.1939: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (C) to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
30.10.1939: Basil Arthur Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde appointed manager.
12.3.1941: Sold to Cairo Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
22.5.1941: John Charles Llewellin appointed manager.
17.2.1945: Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
12.3.1945: Owen Willie Limbrick appointed manager.
12.10.1945: Sold to George Mitchell (64/64), Lowestoft.
25.10.1945: Hull registry closed.
25.10.1945: George Mitchell designated managing owner.
31.10.1945: Registered at Lowestoft (LT154).
25.6.1959: Last landing at Lowestoft.
11.1959: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
17.11.1959: Sailed Lowestoft for River Thames under own power.
18.11.1959: Berthed at Grays, Essex after suffering boiler problems in Thames estuary.
18.1.1960: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Cairo H550
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S.T. Cairo LT154
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S.T. Cairo LT154
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S.T. Cairo LT154
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Changelog
21/01/2009: Page published: 5 updates since then.
07/05/2014: Picture added.
05/08/2016: Significant information update.
25/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
20/10/2019: Updated information.

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall, David Slinger and Milford Trawlers.

Technical

Official Number: 180343
Yard Number: 771
Completed: 1946
Gross Tonnage: 299
Net Tonnage: 114
Length: 129.6 ft
Breadth: 24.8 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Engine: 650ihp T. 3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

28.9.1946: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.771) for Association Rochelaise de Pêche à Vapeur, La Rochelle as AUNIS (LR.4042).
14.12.1946: Completed.
1951: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Registered at Fleetwood (Part I & IV) as NOBEL O.N.180343 (FD69).
18.3.1952: At Aberdeen, from Muckle Flugga, landed 600 boxes of hake, £4,500 gross.
5.5.1952: At Fleetwood, from Muckle Flugga, landed 800 boxes of hake, £5,129 gross.
15.5.1956: At Fleetwood Magistrates Court, in a prosecution brought by Customs & Excise, Sk. Harold Harrison was accused that he had signed a declaration that in December 1955 the trawler NOBEL was bound for grounds beyond the 61.00N 2.00E limit. This enabled him to take onboard 7lbs of tobacco and 7lbs of cigarettes at a cost of £11.12.4d evading £40.4.9d duty. In mitigation Harrison stated that he had been unwell on the voyage and had to put into Castlebay, Barra for medical assistance and therefore had fished those grounds, however on return he also signed to declare that he had fished beyond the limit. The Bench came to the conclusion that Harrison had made the false declarations knowingly and quite deliberately and he was fined £25.
12.1956: Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven. Owen Willie Limbrick designated manager.
13.12.1956: First landing at Milford.
3.1958: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F by R. S. Hayes, Pembroke Dock.
25.6.1960: Outwards for Donegal grounds (Sk.Jack Bean). In Irish Sea, mate George Hill taken ill and landed in Northern Ireland for hospital treatment.
27.6.1960: Steam trawler ARTHUR CAVANAGH (M161) sailed Milford for Donegal grounds with replacement mate, George Trip, onboard. (12.1961)
1.1962: Sold to Merchants (Milford Haven) Ltd, Milford Haven. Albert Henry Davies designated manager.
2.1963: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.2.1963: Registered at Milford (M118).
4.1964: Laid up at Milford.
19.4.1965: On a Western Isles trip (Sk.Ivor Phillips). When about 70 miles off Barra Head developed a mechanical fault and laid to attempting repair.
21.4.1965: Assisted by FPV BRENDA, temporary repairs effected and under way for Milford.
24.4.1965: Last landing at Milford.
5.1965: Sold to Haulbowline Industries Ltd, Passage West, Co.Cork for breaking up.
26.5.1965: Delivered Passage West from Milford Haven under own power (Sk. E. Davies).
13.12.1965: Milford registry closed, breaking up completed.

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S.T. Nobel FD69
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S.T. Nobel FD69
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S.T. Nobel FD69
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S.T. Nobel FD69
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S.T. Nobel FD69
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S.T. Nobel FD69
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
30/04/2014: Image added.
14/05/2017: Image added and removed FMHT watermarks.
09/10/2018: Updated information.
13/06/2022: Added an image.