Additional information courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Technical

Yard Number: 275
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 189
Net Tonnage: 59
Length: 115.5 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Built: Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Beverley
Engine: T.3-cyl by Sir C. Furness Westgarth & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

7.10.1899: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.275) for Stoomvisscherij Mij “IJszee”, IJmuiden as BARENDSZ.
8.11.1899: Completed at Selby registered to Visscherij Mij “Barendsz”, IJmuiden (P van Vliet Kzn, manager).
11.1899: Registered at IJmuiden (IJM4).
1903: Sold to Maats tot Beheer van Steamtrawlers en andere visschersvaartuigen, IJmuiden (A. G. Meeuwenoord & A. de Vries, managers).
21.10.1916: Sold to Scheepsexploitatie Mij “Amsterdam”, IJmuiden (D. Boon, manager).
1921: Sold to Exploitatie Mij “Zandvoort”, IJmuiden (W. H. Driehuizen, manager).
1924: Sold to Visscherij Mij “Noorderlicht”, IJmuiden (W. H. Voogd, manager).
1927: Sold to Visscherij Mij “Gelria”, IJmuiden (Zwart, Loenersloot & Gomes, managers). Registered at IJmuiden as GELRIA (IJM4).
1935: Sold to Visscherij Mij “Knikker”, IJmuiden (N. Bakenhof, manager) Registered at IJmuiden as KNIKKER (IJM4)
1937: Sold to Visscherij Maatschappij “Protinus”, IJmuiden.
1938: Sold to Visscherij Maatschappij “De Daad”. IJmuiden.
1940: Escaped to England with many refugees. 1940s: Fishing out of Fleetwood. Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood managing agents.
1.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 118 kits – hake-28, cod/coley-27, haddock-4, whiting-11, flats-8, ling/coley-19, roker-8, gurnard-5, dogs-8.
1949: Laid up.
02.1950: Sold to shipbreakers and broken up. IJmuiden registry closed.

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S.T. Knikker IJM4
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Changelog

15/03/2013: Page published 4 updates since then.
14/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
25/03/2021: Updated history.

Technical

Official Number: 108480
Yard Number: 193
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 157 (As built 160g)
Net Tonnage: 56 (As built 61n)
Length: 100.2 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull

History

1897: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.193) for “D” Line Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as DANE.
18.9.1897: Completed. Arthur Jeffs designated manager.
17.10.1897: Registered at Grimsby (Part I & IV) O.N.108480 (GY403).
6.1912: Sold to N.V. Vissch. Maats. “Praxis”, Ijmuiden (J. Prins & G Carst, managers).
3.6.1912: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1912: Registered at IJmuiden as PERSEUS (IJM45).
1940s: Escaped to England and fishing from Fleetwood (I.D.No.208). Bloomfield’s Ltd, managing agents.
26.4.1943: Typical landing. 172 kits – hake-10, cod/codling-63, haddock-2, whiting-46, flats-8, ling/coley-5, roker-11, sole & prime-7.
1951: Sold to Dutch shipbreakers and broken up at IJmuiden.
1.1951: IJmuiden registry closed.

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S.T. Dane GY403
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S.T. Perseus IJM45 Picture courtesy of the Jan Harteveld Collection

Changelog
13/03/2013: Page published. 5 updates since then.
14/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/01/2019: Added an image.
12/07/2021: Updated history.

Wartime visitor
Additional information courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Technical

Official Number: 123595
Yard Number: 797
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 214 (as built). (212g )
Net Tonnage: 99 (as built). (71n)
Length: 117 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.4 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Ltd, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

1906: Launched by Smith’s Dock Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.797) for Frederick W. Mackrill, Cleethorpes (managing owner) as HYDRA.
11.1906: Completed.
30.11.1906: Registered at Grimsby (GY196) (O.N.123595).
10.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1918).
7.1916: Renamed HYDRA II. Based Dover.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner and reverted to HYDRA (GY196).
6.1928: Sold to N.V. Viss. Mij. “Maria”, IJmuiden (J. de Groot & T. H. Voogt, managers).
3.7.1928: Grimsby registry closed.
7.1928: Registered at IJmuiden as MARIA (IJM95).
1933: N.V. Viss. Mij. “Maria” in liquidation.
1934: Sold to Viss. Mij. “De Daad”. IJmuiden (F.J.F. & M.M. Weimar, managers).
1936: Sold to N.V. Vissch. Maats “Avanti”, IJmuiden (N.V. Vissch. Maats. De Daad, managers).
1940s: Escaped to England and fishing out of Fleetwood (Bloomfield’s Ltd, managing agents).
27.4.1943: Typical wartime landing. 475 kits – hake-290, cod/codling-5, flats-35, ling/coley-45, roker-50, gurnard-20, dogs-30.
5.4.1951: Sold to shipbreakers and broken up. IJmuiden registry closed.

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S.T. Hydra GY196
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Changelog

12/03/2013: Page published. 4 updates since then.
13/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
06/06/2021: Updated information.

Additional material courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Technical

Official Number: 133222
Yard Number: 486
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 214 (As built 215)
Net Tonnage: 66 (As built 84)
Length: 117.4 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank, Middlesbrough
Engine: T.3-cyl by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge

History

7.11.1911: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.486) for Port of Blyth Steam Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd, Blyth. (J.E. Rushworth, manager) as LORD WIMBORNE.
12.1911: Completed. as LORD WOLMER.
13.12.1911: Registered at Blyth (BH74) (O.N.133222).
20.8.1913: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager).
21.8.1913: Blyth register closed.
28.8.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY917).
3.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr)(Ad.No.1235). Based Taranto.
12.3.1919: Waiting instructions whether required for Post-War Service (SS).
1919: Returned to owner.
4.3.1924: John D. Marsden created a baronet.
6.1926: Sold to N.V. Vereenigde Explotatie Mij., IJmuiden (A. J. Veltkamp & S. Koster, managers).
1931: J. F. Clercq & S. Koster appointed manager.
2.6.1926: Grimsby register closed.
6.1926: Registered at IJmuiden as CLASINA LUTHER (IJM59).
1933: Sold to N.V. Visscherij-onderneming “De Vem” (F. Thiel, manager).
1939: Sold to N.V.Vereenigde Steenkolen Handels Mij XVII (Company was a part of “ De Vem”).
1940s: Escaped to England and fishing out of Fleetwood. Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood managing agents.
28.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 234 kits – hake-4, cod/codling-13, haddock-153, flats-25, ling/coley-2, roker-15, gurnard-10, dogs-5.
5. 5.1951: Sold for breaking up in Holland. IJmuiden registry closed.

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S.T. Lord Wolmer BH74
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Changelog

11/03/2013: Page published. 6 updates since then.
13/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/12/2019: Information updated.

Note: Wartime visitor. This entry forms part of a deeper look into the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd and Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the effect that they had on the fishing industry at Fleetwood.

Technical

Official Number: 144072.
Yard Number: ??
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 261
Net Tonnage: 116
Length: 132.6 ft
Breadth: 23.3 ft
Depth: 12.4 ft
Built: Flensburger Schiffsbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Flensburger Schiffsbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg

History

1918: Completed by Flensburger Schiffsbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg (Yd.No.Not recorded) for Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei Act. Ges., Wesermünde-G as APENRADE. Registered at Wesrmünde-G. Requisitioned for war service in Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) as a naval escort and assigned to 8 Geleitflotille (Escort Flotilla).
1920: Taken in reparation and assigned to Great Britain.
3.1921: Sold to Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
19.4.1921: Registered at Hull as APENRADE (H263).
22.4.1021: Registered at Hull (Part I & VI) as WITHERNSEA O.N.144072 (H263).(BoT Minute M.4695 dated 4 March 1921) O.N.144072.
8.6.1921: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
22.4.1921: Joseph Vivian appointed manager.
6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
1925: New boiler.
22.10.1925: Robert Burton appointed manager.
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.
27.12.1930: Capsized against dock wall, St. Andrew’s Dock, Hull. Pulled upright by fish dock tug and pumped out.
16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson appointed manager.
10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
1.11.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (Joint mortgagees). 1935: Insured value £4,375.
25.2.1936: Sailed Hull for Faroes grounds (Sk. Gough).
10.3.1936: At Hull landed 350 kits (14 days) grossed £561. Laid up.
3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical).
6.3.1936: At Extraordinary General Meeting at Hull, Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd placed in Creditors’ Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, London appointed liquidators).
8.6.1936: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (A) to David Pearson, Hull (managing owner).
14.1.1937: Vessel (64/64) mortgage for £750 with interest at 5% with Harry Markham Cook, Grimsby (B).
31.3.1937: Mortgage (B) discharged.
31.3.1937: Vessel (64/64) mortgage for £1,000 with interest at 5% with Harry Markham Cook, Grimsby (C).
1.1938: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (C) to A/S Shetland (F. N. Nordbö A/S), Haugesund.
25.1.1938: Hull registry closed “Sold to foreigners (Norwegian subjects) for trading”. To be renamed SHETLAND but remained at Haugesund laid up still under old name.
14.4.1939: Sold to “Lawica” Rybolowstwo Dalekomorskiie i Zegluga Sp.z.o.o., Gdynia (“Lawica” Deep-Sea Fishing & Shipping Ltd)(Kazimierza Orthweina, Wincenty Bartosiak & others) through Gdynia shipbrokers Rummel & Burton for £2,550.
18.5.1939: Registered at Polish Consulate in Oslo at Gdynia as LAWICA I(GDY141).
19.5.1939: Polish crew took over ship and sailed for Gdynia.
15.7.1939: Repairs completed. Being ready for sea before the start of the North Sea herring season it was decided to fish the Icelandic grounds and Sk. Stanislaw Ploszko was appointed*. A good landing was made at Gdynia, then employed on North Sea herring.
31.8.1939: Arrived Hull under orders of Polish authorities. Laid over.
9.9.1939: Moved to St. Andrews Dock and painted Admiralty Grey, it was believed that the ship was being prepared for Admiralty service, but later instructions cancelled and ship returned to lay up.
5.10.1939: Bare boat chartered to Hellyer Brothers Ltd, Hull and transferred to British flag.
26.10.1939: Transferred to Fleetwood (Sk. Stanislaw Ploszko).
16.11.1939: After an unsuccessful trip in heavy weather on the West of Scotland grounds in which she sustained severe damage, Hellyer Bros wished to end the charter.
7.12.1939: Repaired and placed on sales list at £8,000.
27.12.1939: After difficult negotiations sold for £7,270 to Hellyer Brothers Ltd, Hull with clause to buy back after war. Placed in registered ownership of Loch Fishing Co of Hull Ltd (64/64), Hull.
12.1939: Requisitioned for war service as auxiliary patrol vessel, based at Fleetwood on shipping control.
4.3.1940: Registered at Hull as WITHERNSEA (H??). Harry Wright appointed manager.
8.4.1940: Sold to The Admiralty (Minute S.F.4974/40) aware of terms of previous sale contract.
4.6.1940: Ty/Sk. Arthur Garforth RNR appointed CO.
7.1940: Commissioned as a minesweeper (P.No.FY1637).
1942: Based Grimsby with M/S Group 21.
18.8.1945: Ty/Sk. William John Henry Smith RNR appointed CO.
11.1945: Paid off. Laid up at Methil.
3.1946: Returned to Hellyer Brothers Ltd, Hull and under terms of previous sales, sold to “Lawica” Rybolowstwo Dalekomorskiie i Zegluga Sp.z.o.o., London. Registered at Gdynia as LAWICA (GDY83).
9.4.1946: Sailed Methil for Gdynia (Sk. Victor Gorzadek).
18.4.1946: Arrived Gdynia. Renovated and rebuilt by Shipyard No.13 and re entered service (Sk. Victor Gorzadek).
5.7.1946: Company registered in the Polish commercial register after office moved from England back to Poland.
1947: Took part in North Sea herring fishery (Sk. Victor Gorzadek). Out of season attempted to fish Baltic grounds but still heavily mined. Engaged in chilled/frozen transport Gdynia – Hull.
16.12.1949: By Order of the Ministry of Navigation the holding company and assets to be placed under control of the Polish People’s Republic. Zbigniew Kollesinskiego appointed manager.
1950: Company and assets transferred to “Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich Sp.z.ogr.odp, Gdynia (Polish Government).
10.1950: Fishing English Channel and Sandettie ground for herring (Sk. Wladyslaw Dettlaff), had record landing.
4.1957: Withdrawn and laid up.
12.1957: Towed to Gdynia Shipyard Repair for breaking up.
1958: Gdynia registry closed broken up.

Note* LAWICA I was the first Polish deep sea trawler to fish the Icelandic grounds with only a Polish crew.

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Wladyslaw Dettlaff
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Lawica GDY 83
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Lawica GDY 83
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S.T. Lawica GDY83
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Lawica GDY 83
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Withernsea H253
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Withernsea H253
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Changelog
26/06/2012: Page published. 9 updates since then.
04/04/2021: Updated history.
07/05/2021: Added an image.