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S.T. Hondo H565



Information courtesy of Gil Mayes






  
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Official Number132132


Yard Number520


LaunchedFebruary 22 1912


Gross Tonnage229


Net Tonnage118


Length119.2 ft


Breadth22 ft


Draught11.5 ft


Engine66 hp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull 


Armament1 x 6 pdr AA


Built byCochrane & Son Ltd, Selby, 1912


OwnerBoston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood








		

    History
	




 February 22 1912Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.520) for H. L. Taylor Ltd, Grimsby as HONDO.


May 1912Completed.  Registered at Grimsby (GY701).


August 1914Requisitioned for war service and fitted as an armed trawler (Ad.No.16).


1919Returned.


1922Ownership transferred to Diamonds Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (H. L. Taylor) (H. G. Hopwood, manager).


1940Directed to Fleetwood under wartime control (Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood, managers). 


1941Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.


1943Sold to Charleson-Smith Trawlers Ltd, Hull.   Registered at Hull (H565). Continued to fish from Fleetwood.


November 24 1943On a trip to West of Scotland grounds, last contact.


December 31 1943 Posted missing, believed lost by stress of weather off Barra Head; 14 crew lost. Bodies are said to have washed up near Ram Head.


Note.The last trace of HONDO was on 24/11/1943 and she was listed as missing on 31/12/1943. The verdict was that she had been lost off Barra Head to unknown causes although heavy seas were thought to have been responsible.


Her skipper was a native of Aberdeen who had sailed from Fleetwood for 22 years and it was his first trip with HONDO. He had survived Dunkirk and had previously skippered EVELYN ROSE. His body is believed to be buried on one of the Scottish islands after being washed ashore.


Joseph Croft was 19 years old and was buried at Fleetwood after his body was recovered from the Scottish coast.  
The mate had sailed after leaving a sick bed with a bout of flu as he hadn't wished to let his skipper down.  


Patrick Wilson, at 16 years old, was the youngest person aboard.


James Hill was a survivor of other wrecks having been sunk three times. He was the only survivor of the Fleetwood vessel OONA HALL when she was run down off the Calf of Mann by a French armed merchant cruiser.
 




Crew List






	John (Jock) Nicholson
	Skipper




	Norman Leach
	Mate




	Bertie Lees
	Cook




	Joseph Croft
	Deckhand




	William Cameron
	Deckhand




	Patrick Wilson
	Deckhand




	Herbert Henry Scuffell
	Chief Engineer




	James Hill
	Fireman




	Sidney Beswick
	2nd Engineer




	Frederick Mearns
	Deckhand




	Norman Stirzaker
	Bosun




	W. Harrison
	Deckhand




	S. Olsen
	Deckhand




	J. Braunberch
	Deckhand