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S.D/T. Landbreeze LT1296 (Seasonal )

Wartime Visitor
Copyright 2010 Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4169
Official Number: 144783
Yard Number: 103
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 94
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Lowestoft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollitt & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Boiler: Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln

History

1919: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd.No.103) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as LANDBREEZE (Ad.No.4169).
11.2.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
17.4.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
8.11.1920: Registered at Aberdeen O.N.144783 (A315).
2.6.1921: Sold under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen) to Frederick Alfred Sibley, Aberdeen (Sidney M. Cannon, manager).
9.1923: Mortgage foreclosed. Repossessed by His Majesty, represented by the Commissioners representing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, London.
4.9.1923: Aberdeen registry closed.
2.1924: Sold to P. W. Watson & Sons Ltd, Lowestoft (Allan H. Watson, manager).
7.2.1924: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1296).
1928/1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood. Alex Keay/William Head, managing agent.
20.6.1928: Typical landing 29 boxes. Fished out of Fleetwood during WW2.
2.7.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 112 kits – cod/codling-66, flats-10, whiting-7, roker-15, ling/coley-6, gurnard-4, prime-4.
3.10.1943: Sold to Jubilee Fishing Co Ltd, London.
6.1945: Returned to Lowestoft.
2.1955: Condemned following Special Survey.
6.1955: Sold to Jas. de Smedt, Antwerp for breaking up.
13.7.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for Antwerp towing PEACE WAVE (LT47) also sold for breaking up.
3.8.1955: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Landbreeze LT1296
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog

14/05/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
16/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
28/03/1911: Updated history.

S.D/T. Ocean Toiler YH312 (Seasonal)

Wooden Built
Copyright 2010 Barry Banham for FMHT.

Technical

Official Number: 137579
Yard Number: 19
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 98
Net Tonnage: 47
Length: 88.3 ft
Breadth: 19.5 ft
Depth: 9.8 ft
Engine; C.2-cyl by F. W. Carver & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1915: Completed by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.19) for Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth as OCEAN TOILER.
24.9.1915: Registered at Yarmouth (YH312) (James Bloomfield, manager).
1920- 1939: Seine net fishing out of herring season and undertook trials with Spanish pareja trawl with OCEAN PIONEER (YH189) at Fleetwood (Bloomfields Ltd, Fleetwood, managing agents) (Latterly Sk. Phillip Smith, Gt. Yarmouth).
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay appointed manager.
13.10.1924: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 160 crans of herring.
19.10.1930: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 172 crans.
24.4.1940: Requisitioned for war service for boom working duties (P.No.FY.1947) (Hire rate £23.0.0d/month).
1.1946: Returned to owner. Laid up south of Breydon Bridge, Gt. Yarmouth.
8.4.1947: Sold to George Richard Newson, Winterton, Gt. Yarmouth. Did not return to fishing.
1949: Broken up possibly at Oulton Broad, Lowestoft.
17.1.1951: Yarmouth registry closed.

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S.D/T. Ocean Toiler YH312

S.D/T. Ocean Toiler YH312
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Changelog

26/04/2010: Page published. 6 updates since then.
09/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.D/T. Rose Hilda YH73 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 161631
Yard Number: 325
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 116
Net Tonnage: 50
Length: 92.3 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by F. W. Carver & Co , Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Built: Fellows & Co Ltd, Gt Yarmouth

History

1929: Laid down by Fellows & Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth (Yd.No.325) on spec. 1929: Sold to W. J. E. Green, Great Yarmouth. Launched as ROSE HILDA.
16.1.1930: Completed (William J. Epsom, manager).
26.2.1930: Registered at Yarmouth (YH73).
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Milford and Fleetwood (Sir Alec Black/Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
21.10.1937: At Yarmouth landed 200 crans of herring caught 45 miles from Newarp Light Vessel.
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examining service (Hire rate £65.7.10d/month).
4.9.1939: Stood down role to be determined.
2.10.1939: Converted to a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.740).
4.1943: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
4.1946: Returned to owner.
30.10.1947: At Yarmouth landed 228 crans.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
5.7.1954: Sold to Frederick E. Catchpole, Lowestoft (managing owner).
7.1954: Yarmouth registry closed.
22.7.1954: Registered at Lowestoft (LT90).
12.1954: Converted by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft fitted with a 6-cyl 2 stroke 440bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester.
12.1954: On completion of conversion to diesel propulsion registered at Lowestoft as DAWN WATERS (LT90).
13.12.1954: Registered at Lowestoft as a motor trawler (LT90).
8.10.1955: At Lowestoft landed 190 crans.
18.11.1960: Sold to Gilbert & Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Frederick E. Catchpole, manager).
12.1961: Transferred to Milford (William H. Kerr, appointed manager).
2.2.1962: Sold to Norrard Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Allan G. Packham, manager).
8.1966: Laid up at Milford.
11.1966: Re-activated.
5.5.1969: Towed motor trawler CATHERINE SHAUN (FD201) from Fleetwood to Castle Pill, Milford Haven for breaking up.
1974: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield and allocated to Castle Pill yard, Milford Haven for breaking up.
3.12.1974: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Rose Hilda YH73. Picture courtesy of The Harold Beswick Collection.

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73 outboard of Red Hackle. Picture courtesy of The Harold Beswick Collection.

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Rose Hilda YH73
Picture from the Internet

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection (TPF)

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of Robert Durrant

Changelog

04/03/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
03/06/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.D/T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 161629
Yard Number: 616
Pennant Number: FY.1504
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 131
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 94.3 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Engine: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

9.5.1929: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.616) for Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth as OCEAN LIFEBUOY.
6.1929: Completed (Neil Mackay, manager).
6.6.1929: Registered at Yarmouth (YH29).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
7.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on port duties (Hire rate £70.4.11d/month).
29.11.1939: Converted for minesweeping (P.No.FY.1504).
1942: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood management.
26.1.1946: Returned. Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
21.10.1953: Landed 301.25 crans of herring at Yarmouth after transferring 16 nets to UTOPIA (BF531) which contained 62 crans.
1953: Runner up in Prunier Trophy. (Throughout her career one of Yarmouth’s most successful herring catchers).
31.12.1954: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (William H. Kerr, manager).
8.3.1956: Registered at Yarmouth as DEELITE (YH29).
1958: Re-engined with 2 stroke 5-cyl 360bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester.
10.1971: Fishing off Irish Coast (Sk. Bill Phillips) suffered main engine failure. CONSTANT STAR (M133) fouled her propeller in attempting to connect. Subsequently towed to Milford by PICTON SEA LION (M22).
7.1973: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
23.7.1973: Sailed Milford for Briton Ferry in tow of WILLING BOYS (LT737).
10.9.1973: Breaking up completed. Yarmouth registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29
Picture courtesy The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29
Picture from The Internet

M.D/T. Deelite YH29
Picture courtesy of The Ashley Gardner Collection

Changelog
26/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
10/03/2015: Picture added.
23/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from images.

S.D/T. Leonard LT149 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Jan Harteveld, Barry Banham and Hans-J Heise

Technical

Official Number 149227
Yard Number: 901
Launched 1913
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 107
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 27.25m (89.4 ft)
Breadth: 6.04m (19.8 ft)
Depth: 2.83m (9.3 ft)
Built: Gebr. Boot Scheepsbouwwerf “De Hoop”, Leiderdorp
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Burgerhout’s Maschfb. Rotterdam

History

1913: Completed by Gebr. Boot Scheepsbouwwerf “De Hoop”, Leiderdorp, (Yd.No.901) for NV Zeevisscherij Mij. “Majestic”, IJmuiden as MAJESTIC.
19.8.1913: Registered at IJmuiden (IJM46). NV Visscherij Exploitatie Mij. “Witte Ster”, IJmuiden designated managers.
1917: L. J. Van der Weyden designated manager.
191?: New survey remeasured 111g 42n.
2.7.1918: Sold to Partenreederei Hofman & Co, Altona. Registered at Altona as EGON (SD78).
21.2.1920: Sold to NV Visscherij Mij. “Helegoland”, IJmuiden.
1922: New survey remeasured 115g 31n.
15.2.1922: Registered at IJmuiden as HELGA (IJM46).
23.2.1927: Sold to Stoomvissch Mij. “Helgoland”, IJmuiden.
1930: New survey remeasured 105g 45n 90.6 x 19.9 x 9.5 feet.
11.1.1930: Sold to Head & Wright Ltd, Lowestoft.
13.2.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (Part I & IV) as Leonard O.N.149227 (LT149). Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood. Sir Alec Black Bt managing agent.
9.11.1940: In a NNW gale and heavy seas put into Llandudno with fish room full of water. Lifeboat THOMAS & ANNIE WADE RICHARDS (Cox Trevor Davies) was
launched to take pump and fireman to ship.
10.11.1940: By 0645 pumped out, fish landed and other gear put on pier. Escorted by lifeboat, sailed for Bangor for repairs.
4.9.1941: Letter to owners from HM Customs & Excise, Fleetwood stating that Certificate of Registry had not been endorsed for the year and requesting that it be brought or forwarded without delay.
27.10.1941: In Irish Sea (Sk. G. E. Knights); nine crew all told. When hauling and lifting bag, mast broke with weight of fish.
15.11.1941: When hauling and lifting bag, mast broke again with weight of fish.
7.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 72 kits – cod/codling-19, whiting-16, plaice-1, roker-15, gurnard-12, dogs-3, sole & prime-6.
8.2.1946: Sold to Cranbrook Shipping Co Ltd, London. Leonard Frederick Milton designated manager.
10.1955: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
27.10.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for Bruges (Sk. Scarlett).
28.10.1955: Delivered.
4.11.1955: Lowestoft registry closed “ Sold to Belgian subjects for demolition”.

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S.T. Leonard LT149
Picture courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

Leonard HMC&E Letter
Picture courtesy of Barry Banham

Changelog

14/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
07/05/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
12/05/2018: Updated information.
18/05/2018: Updated information and added image.

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Tag Archives: Seasonal Visitors

S.D/T. Landbreeze LT1296 (Seasonal )

S.D/T. Ocean Toiler YH312 (Seasonal)

S.D/T. Rose Hilda YH73 (Seasonal)

S.D/T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29 (Seasonal)

S.D/T. Leonard LT149 (Seasonal)