Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 138956
Yard Number: 335
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 226.02
Net Tonnage: 108.81
Length: 117.0 ft
Breadth: 22.05 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 460ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

9.11.1915: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.335) for Alick Black (64/64), Grimsby (managing owner) as RIVIÈRE.
4.4.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY893).
4.4.1916: Alick Black designated managing owner.
6.5.1916: Completed. Requisitioned for war service (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1261).
14.12.1916: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Union of London & Smiths Bank Ltd, London (A).
13.2.1917: Mortgage (A) discharged.
17.2.1917: Sold to William Henry Bellemy (16/64); John Edward Rushworth (16/64); William Upham Carlile Westaby (16/64) and Joseph Davison (16/64) all Grimsby.
17.2.1917: John Edward Rushworth designated managing owner.
17.2.1917: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (B).
22.2.1917: Mortgagee re-styled Barclays Bank Ltd, London.
6.11.1917: Mortgage (B) discharged.
6.11.1917: Sold to The Yarborough Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
8.11.1917: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
8.11.1917: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
11.2.1918: Mortgage (C) discharged.
19.2.1918: Sold to Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
22.2.1918: William Richard Nowell appointed manager.
2.3.1918: Grimsby registry closed.
4.3.1918: Registered at Hull (H596). Based Hull.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
4.2.1919: Sold to James Coombes (64/64), Grimsby (managing owner).
15.2.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London (D).
17.2.1919: Hull registry closed.
20.2.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY14).
15.2.1924: Mortgagee re-styled National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
4.6.1925: Mortgage (D) discharged.
4.6.1925: Sold to The South Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
5.6.1925: Sir Alec Black, Bart appointed manager.
2.11.1925: Sold to The Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
7.11.1925: Sir Alec Black, Bart appointed manager.
21.4.1940: Requisitioned for war service on balloon barrage (Hire rate £64.0.8d/month).
10.12.1940: Sold to Sir Alec Black, Bart (64/64), Grimsby.
12.12.1940: Sir Alec Black, Bart designated managing owner.
38.6.1942: Sir Alec Black, Bart died.
16.1.1943: Probate granted to The Public Trustee, London and John Edgar Harrison, Grimsby (64/64 joint owners).
3.2.1943: John Edgar Harrison appointed manager.
8.2.1943: Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd (64/64), London.
10.2.1943: William Arthur Bennett appointed manager.
14.4.1944: Returned to owner.
7/30.8.1944: Landed at Fleetwood.
22.12.1944: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
27.12.1944: Harvey Wilfred Wilson, Grimsby appointed manager.
15.1.1945: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (E).
30.12.1947: Mortgage (E) discharged.
30.7.1949: Sold to Trawlers Grimsby Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
30.7.1949: Harvey Wilfred Wilson appointed manager.
10.4.1953: Sold to Derwent Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
11.4.1953: Harvey Wilfred Wilson appointed manager.
10.6.1953: Homeward from West of Scotland grounds in thick fog off Yorkshire coast when some seven miles NE of Flamborough Head struck amidships by collier FIRELIGHT (2841g/1943), shell plating stove in and foundered quickly. Despite search by FIRELIGHT and Flamborough lifeboat, HOWARD D, only three survivors * picked up. Ten crew lost.**
3.9.1953: Grimsby registry closed “… ship sunk after collision on 10th June 1953”

Crew – Survivors * – Walter Hand & James Gambrill, Deckhands; Alan Lorraine, Fireman.
Lost ** – John B. Dunham, Skipper; C. F. Hanniman, Mate; W. Duncan, Third Hand; P. Conlan; R. Dolben, 2nd Eng; A. Dawn; L. Southgate; N. Sheader; H. Smith and S. Dobson.

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S.T. Riviere GY14
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

Changelog

08/05/2010: Page published. 6 updates since then.
20/07/2021: Updated history.