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S.T. Acorn LT31

Technical

Official Number: 132943
Launched: 1911
Yard Number: 510
Gross Tonnage: 98
Net Tonnage: 43
Length: 88.1 ft
Breadth: 18.7 ft
Draught: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Thos. Sudron & Co Ltd, Stocktonon Tees.
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

8.11.1911: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.510) for Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (George Catchpole, manager) as CONSTANT STAR.
23.12.1911: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1158).
29.12.19107: Completed.
5.8.1915: Requisitioned for war service on boom defence.
2.7.1919: Returned.
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.
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, manager).
25.11.1946: Sold to Fred.J. Ingram (22); Trevor Ingram (21) and Alan Packman (21), Milford Haven (64 shares).
12.1948: Laid up at Milford.
20.4.1949: Sold to William Foreman, Peterhead (Joseph Reid, manager). Lowestoft registry closed.
12.5.1949: Registered at Peterhead (PD38).
12.1954: Peterhead registry closed “Ceased fishing”.
1955: Sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Constant Star LT1158

Technical

Official Number: 99657
Yard Number: 280
Launched: 1894
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 39
Length: 86.8 ft
Breadth: 19.1 ft
Draught: 9.2 ft
Engine: C.2-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co, Aberdeen, 1894

History

5.1894: Completed as a great liner by Hall, Russell & Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.280) for William Pyper, Aberdeen as NORTH AMERICAN.
22.5.1894: Registered at Aberdeen (A747).
21.1.1897: In collision with steam liner NIGHTINGALE (GW22) sustained slight damage.
1897: Sold to The North Line Steam Fishing Co, Aberdeen (W. Pyper, manager).
1903: Sold to James G. A. Stephen & W. Mackenzie, Peterhead (James G. A. Stephen, managing owner). Converted for drift fishing.
1903: Aberdeen registry closed. Registered at Peterhead (PD485).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 39.0 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
1920: Sold to Peterhead Trawling Co Ltd, Aberdeen. Converted for trawling.
1927: Sold to Andrew Wilson, Buckie. Peterhead registry closed. Renamed HAZELDALE (BCK104).
1930s: Fishing from Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
1937: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Preston.
1938: Buckie registry closed.

Technical

Official Number: 123389
Launched: 1907
Yard Number: 435
Gross Tonnage: 222
Net Tonnage: 46
Length: 115.7 ft
Breadth: 22.6 ft
Draught: 12.0 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen, 1907

History

9.1907: Completed by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.435) for Wetherly’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as GRACE WETHERLY.
6.9.1907: Registered at Aberdeen (A160).
1913: Remeasured 231g 54n
9.1913: Sold to Bakker & Dijksen, IJmuiden.
29.9.1913: Aberdeen registry closed. Renamed JOHANNA HENRIËTTE (IJM201).
17.5.1919: Sold to J. N. Klein, N. Parlevliet & J. M. Barneveld, IJmuiden. Renamed JOHANNA N. KLEIN (IJM201).
1924: Sold to N.V. Vissch. Maats. “Noorderlicht”, IJmuiden (W. H. de Voogd, manager).
1926: Company taken over by Bank (Scheepsverbandbank, Amsterdam). Laid up.
1927: Sold to N.V. Vissch. Maats. “Heemstede III”, IJmuiden (P. J. Bakker, manager). Renamed P. AZ. TIMMERS (IJM201).
1932: Laid up.
4.1935: Sold to Mrs Annie I. Fraser, Aberdeen (J. MacDonald Fraser, manager).
1935: Remeasured 211g 92n
1.5.1935: Renamed AVENUE (A283).
1937 –38: Fishing from Fleetwood (Alex Keay managing agent).
1938: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Preston.
23.11.1938: Aberdeen registry closed “Broken up”.

Technical

Official Number: 144800
Yard Number: 100
Launched: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 86.2
Breadth: 18.5
Draught: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, 1917

History

1917: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad (Yd.No.100) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as GREEN SEA.
16.2.1918: Completed as a fishing vessel.
21.12.1920: Transferred to Fisheries Board for Scotland for disposal.
1921: Sold to E. W. Mutton, Aberdeen.
8.2.1921: Renamed GLADYS and VIOLET (A639).
1924: Sold to David Main, John Ralph & D. W. McKenzie, Burghead.
10.4.1924: Aberdeen registry closed.
4.1924: Renamed RIANT (INS30).
1932 – 1936: Trawling out of Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
1939: To Executors of David Main, deceased.
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month). Employed on auxiliary patrol.
27.1.1940: Lost after stranding on Isle of Gigha. Inverness registry closed.

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S.T. Riant INS30
Picture courtesy of the Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection