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S.D/T. Advisable LT168 (Seasonal)

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“Copyright 2010 ©Barry Banham”

Technical

Official Number: 149245
Yard Number: 582
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 115
Net Tonnage: 52
Length: 92.0 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Draught: 9.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Burrell & Co, Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Built: John Chambers Ltd, Lowestoft

History

1930: Launched by John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.582) for George H. Tripp, Lowestoft as ADVISABLE.
9.1930: Completed.
19.9.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT168).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
11.4.1937: Out of Fleetwood. In a swell, damaged propeller with trawl door.
8.5.1937: Stripped propeller. SILVER SEAS (LT235) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
24.1.1939: Connected to KINDRED STAR (LT177) disabled and delivered Lowestoft.
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1500) (Hire rate £64.16.7d/month).
4.1943: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
18.12.1945: Sold to Gilbert & Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Arthur Gilbert, manager).
12.1945: Returned to owner.
1953-1954: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood.
25.3.1953: First landing 123 boxes/15 baskets – £487 gross.
21.8.1954: Last landing at Fleetwood 90 boxes/15 baskets – £620 gross.
29.9.1954: Sold to Mercury Fisheries Ltd, Halifax, NS (Paul Stockhammer, London, manager).
11.10.1954: Lowestoft registry closed. Registered at Halifax, NS.
20.10.1954: Sailed Lowestoft For Halifax, NS, via Newlyn and Azores for bunkers.
16.11.1954: Arrived Halifax, NS.
1956: Sold to Ministry of Trade & Industry, Halifax, NS.
17.2.1957: Sold to C. C. Chappell, Sydney, NS.
Late 1975: Sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Advisable LT168

S.T. Advisable LT168
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S.T. Advisable LT168

S.T. Advisable LT168
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S.T. Advisable LT168

S.T. Advisable LT168
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Changelog
24/03/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
25/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image. Added another image.

S.D/T. Flora Taylor LT239 (Seasonal)

“Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham”

Technical

Official Number:140844
Yard Number: 15
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 86.0 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Coatbridge
Boiler: Elliott & Garrood Ltd, Beccles
Built: J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft

History

1919: Launched by J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.15) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as MOONSET.
10.2.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
20.10.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
1920: Sold to Alexander B. Taylor, Peterhead for £5,250 under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen).
9.11.1920: Registered at Peterhead (Part IV) as FLORA TAYLOR (PD444).
10.11.1920: Registered at Peterhead (Part I) O.N.140844. Alexander B. Taylor designated managing owner (John D. Irvin, North Shields, managing agent).
1923: Sold to John D. Irvin, North Shields. John D. Irvin designated managing owner (R. Hastie & Sons Ltd managing agents).
4.3.1925: Fishing about six miles E of Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham (Sk. Arthur Hunn) picked up mine in trawl. With some difficulty taken onboard and returned to North Shields to await disposal instructions.
11.8.1927: Fishing some some twenty miles NE of Tyne (Sk. T. Hadaway), brought up mine in trawl. Horns of mine were torn away and shell riddled with bullet holes. Returned to Tyne to have mine disposed of by Admiralty. Directed to buoy in river and red flag hoisted.
20.3.1930: Sold to Thomas Thorburn Irvin Jnr, Aberdeen. Thomas Thorburn Irving Jnr designated managing owner.
26.2.1930: Reported that a company had been formed in London (William Arthur Bennett, chairman, Thomas Thorburn Irvin, managing director) to exploit the fishing opportunities in the Davies Strait, Greenland, particularly halibut. The company was to use motor dories and steam liners to catch the fish and a refrigerated parent ship to freeze the catches. On return to UK, after four to five months, the fish would be defrosted as required to meet market demand. 5.1930: At North Shields, with steam trawlers, ETHEL IRVIN (A355), ELSWICK (A97), FORT JAMES (A818), FORT WILLIAM (GY712), FLORENCE DOMBEY (A264), IRVIN (SN21), FLORA TAYLOR (PD444), SAXON (SN22), AUDREY (SN38), NELLIE WILSON (SN108) and drifter CONSOLATION (BK5), converted for great lining and other modifications in preparation for a halibut line fishing expedition in Greenland waters. FORT JAMES and ETHEL IRVIN to be manned by Aberdeen crews, the remainder by Norwegians with Tyneside engineers. The refrigerated steamer NORTHLAND, 5155grt/1903 (LO29) (Capt.Williams) will act as parent ship for the fleet and the catches will be transferred to her for preparation and refrigeration. NORTHLAND will also fish for cod, the livers to be processed and the fish filleted and salted, waste fish trimmings to be reduced to fish meal. Captain Thorsen of Brevik, Norway will act as leader of the expedition and direct the whole of the fishing operations.
17.5.1930: Sailed North Shields in company with eight other trawlers for Greenland fishing grounds.
10.1930: Returned to Aberdeen.
11.1930: Sold to Reginald V. Gouldby (32/64) & Arthur C. Gouldby (32/64), Lowestoft.
26.11.1930: Peterhead registry closed.
28.11.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT239). Reginald V. Goulby designated managing owner.
1931: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood (New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, managing agent).
14.5.1934: Inwards for Fleetwood, while steaming across Morecambe Bay, deckhand George Harper sustained a broken leg when caught by a door in the heavy swell. On arrival transported to hospital.
3.7.1934: Disabled with machinery problem, steam drifter INSPIRATION (LT1211) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
3.4.1939: Sold to Mrs Lily E. Gouldby, Lowestoft.
Pre 1943-1945: Seasonal white fish trawling out of Fleetwood.
23.7.1943: Typical wartime landing. 93 kits – hake-41, cod/codling-22, haddock-6, whiting-6, flats-7, roker-7, gurnard-2, sole & prime-2.
26.1.1946: Sailed Fleetwood for fishing grounds (Sk. Kenneth Thompson).
29.1.1946: Skipper received a message asking him to return to his dying mother’s bedside. Returned to Fleetwood.
10.7.1952: Last landing at Fleetwood.
18.7.1952: Cook, Arthur Wright (45), fell in Wire Dock and drowned.
3.10.1952: Sold to Gordon D. Claridge, Lowestoft.
4.1954: Sold for breaking up under White Fish Authority “scrap & build” programme.
30.7.1954: Lowestoft registry closed.
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S.T. Flora Taylor LT239

S.T. Flora Taylor LT239
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Changelog

24/03/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
01/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
25/06/2020: 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
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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.D/T. Constant Star LT1158 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham.

Technical

Official Number: 132943
Yard Number: 510
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 98.46
Net Tonnage: 43.13
Length: 88.1 ft
Breadth: 18.7 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 210bhp T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Thos. Sudron & Co Ltd, Stockton on Tees.

History

8.11.1911: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.510) for The Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as CONSTANT STAR.
23.12.1911: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1158).
29.12.1907: Completed. George Catchpole designated manager.
5.8.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence drifter. Based Scapa.
2.7.1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft).
Late 1920s/1930s: Seasonal trawling from Milford and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
4.4.1929: Explosion in boiler room whilst off Blackpool. ELIE NESS (LT1259) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
26.6.1932: On Small’s ground foremast broke.
14.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as an examining vessel/minesweeper (Hire rate £25.10.0d/month).
20.11.1939: Returned to owner.
10.11.1940: In heavy seas off Pembrokeshire coast suffered damage.
21.11.1940: Struck wall at Milford damaging stem and bow plating.
29.11.1942: Sold to Owen David Purdy, Hakin.
18.1.1946: Sold to Ocean Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven. Henry J. Harwood designated manager.
25.11.1946: Sold to Fred.J. Ingram (22/64); Trevor Ingram (21/64) and Alan Packman (21/64), Milford Haven.
12.1948: Laid up at Milford.
20.4.1949: Sold to William Foreman, Peterhead. Lowestoft registry closed.
12.5.1949: Registered at Peterhead (PD38). Joseph Reid designated manager.
12.1954: Peterhead registry closed “Ceased fishing”.
1955: Sold for breaking up.
1955: Lowestoft registry closed

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S/D.T. Constant Star LT1158

S/D.T. Constant Star LT1158
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S.D/T. Constant Star PD38

S.D/T. Constant Star PD38
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S.T. Constant Star LT1158

S.T. Constant Star LT1158
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Changelog
11/03/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
23/02/2016: Picture added.
29/06/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
30/08/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Avenue A238 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Christine Simm
Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham.

Technical

Official Number: 123389
Yard Number: 435
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 221.46
Net Tonnage: 46.33
Length: 115.0 ft
Breadth: 22.65 ft
Depth: 12.0 ft
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: 450ihp T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

13.8.1907: Launched by Mrs Kennard at Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.435) for Wetherly’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Aberdeen as GRACE WETHERLY.
9.1907: Completed at a cost of £6,413 0s 5d.
6.9.1907: Registered at Aberdeen (A160). William R. Wetherly designated manager.
1907: At Aberdeen (Messrs Smith, Jameson and Holmes, agents).
5.10.1907: Landed 200 boxes and 24 score.
5.11.1907: Landed 270 boxes and 61/2 tons side fish.
11.11.1907: Landed 170 boxes and 2 score.
1908: At Aberdeen (same agents).
2.1.1908: Landed 110 boxes and 16 score.
13.1.1908: Landed 180 boxes and 1 ton side fish.
1.2.1908: Landed 10 tons mostly cod.
7.3.1908: Landed120 boxes and 10 score.
1909: Fishing out of Fleetwood (Messrs Smith, Jameson & Holmes, agents).
19.1.1909: With poor weather on the fishing grounds, landed 50 boxes.
14.4.1909: Landed 250 boxes, market depressed.
1.5.1909: Landed 280 boxes, including 200 boxes hake.
9.6.1909: Landed 400 boxes.
1.1910: Returned to Aberdeen.
6.1.1910: Possibly first landing at Aberdeen.
26.1.1910: Land 100 boxes and 40 score.
3.1910: Fishing out of Fleetwood (Messrs Smith, Jameson and Holmes, agents).
25.3.1910: Possibly first landing at Fleetwood, 110 boxes.
16.8.1910: Landed 240 boxes.
6.1911: Again fishing out of Fleetwood (Messrs Smith, Jameson & Holmes, agents).
5.6.1911: Landed 246 boxes.
23.6.1911: Landed 135 boxes.
29.6.1911: Landed 115 boxes.
20.8.1911: Landed 92 boxes. 9.1913: Sold to Bakker & Dijksen, IJmuiden through Hull shipbrokers W. A. Massey & Sons Ltd.
29.9.1913: Aberdeen registry closed.
25.10.1913: Placed on pontoon dock for inspection.
1913: Remeasured 231g 54n.
10.1913: Registered at IJmuiden as JOHANNA HENRIËTTE (IJM201).
1914: At Aberdeen (Messrs John Brown & Son agents).
21.6.1914: Landed 30 boxes 30cwt side fish.
8.9.1914: Landed 181/2 tons.
2.4.1915: On arrival at IJmuiden reported that when in the North Sea in position 56 17N 5 14W, sighted the Norwegian three masted schooner NOR of Sandefjord, low in the water and on fire. The schooner, bound Hull, had been torpedoed earlier by U-boat (U20).
17.5.1919: Sold to J. N. Klein, N. Parlevliet & J. M. Barneveld, IJmuiden. Renamed JOHANN N. KLEIN (IJM201).
1924: Sold to N.V. Vissch. Maats. “Noorderlicht”, IJmuiden. W. H. de Voogd designated manager.
1926: Company taken over by Bank (Scheepsverbandbank, Amsterdam). Laid up.
1927: Sold to N.V. Vissch. Maats. “Heemstede III”, IJmuiden. P. J. Bakker designated manager. Registered at IJmuiden as P. AZ. TIMMERS (IJM201).
1932: Laid up.
4.1935: Sold to Mrs Annie I. Fraser, Aberdeen for the sum of £900.
4.1935: IJmuiden registry closed.
1935: Remeasured 211g 92n.
1.5.1935: Registered at Aberdeen as AVENUE (A283). J. MacDonald Fraser designated manager.
5.6.1935: First landing at Aberdeen.
1.7.1935: Landed the jaw bone of a whale over 10 ft in length which attracted considerable attention on the Fish Market.
12.10.1935: Landed 25 boxes and 20 score.
19.10.1935: Landed 30 boxes and 1 score.
4.1.1936: Landed150 boxes and 3 score.
7.2.1936: Landed 30 boxes and 2 score.
30.3.1936: Landed 170 boxes and 10 score.
9.10.1936: Landed. 90 boxes and 2 score.
12.3.1937: Landed 170 boxes and 8 score.
1.11.1937: At Aberdeen, landed 31/2 score turbot, 180 boxes and 4 score.
10.1937: Fishing out of Fleetwood. Alex Keay managing agent.
5.10.1937: First landing, 175 boxes £275 gross.
6.10.1937: Sailed for fishing grounds.
1.11.1937: At Aberdeen, landed 31/2 score turbot, 180 boxes and 4 score.
1.12.1937: Sailed Fleetwood for fishing grounds.
6.1.1938: Last landing at Fleetwood, 129 boxes £335 gross. Laid up. Mrs Annie I. Fraser in financial difficulties.
By 6.1938: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Preston.
23.11.1938: Aberdeen registry closed “Broken up”.

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S.T. Grace Wetherley A160

S.T. Grace Wetherley A160
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog

03/03/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
12/08/2021: Updated history and technical details.
02/09/2021: Updated history and added an image.
12/05/2022: Updated image.