S.T. Dove FD179

Technical

Official Number: 108535
Yard Number: 55
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 144.56
Net Tonnage: 45.47
Length: 106.0 ft
Breadth: 20.7 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Built: Edward Bros, North Shields
Engine: 300ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by N.E. Marine Co Ltd, Sunderland

History

22.9.1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, North Shields (Yd.No.557) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64/64), Manchester as DOVE.
1.12.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD179).
3.12.1897: John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood designated managers.
12.1897: Completed.
24.5.1899: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Hull.
13.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H279).
24.8.1911: Registered office transferred to Hull. George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London designated managers.
1911: Re-measured after lengthening to 118.0 ft 167.69g 65.51n.
24.8.1911: Hull registry closed and vessel registered anew in consequence of material alterations (H279).
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.390).
2.1915: Renamed DOVE II.
21.6.1915: Based Portland. Took the ground on the edge of Kimmeridge Ledge. Refloated with minor damage.
1918: Based Aegean.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull and reverted to DOVE (H279).
7.6.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
9.6.1919: John Slater designated manager.
6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
28.9.1928: Robert Burton designated manager.
16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson designated 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 (64/64 joint mortgagees).
1935: Sold by Joint Mortgagees for breaking up.
27.4.1936: Hull registry closed “Sold for breaking up”.
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S.T. Dove FD179

S.T. Dove FD179
Scanned from an Icelandic publication by Birgir Thorisson

Changelog
19/12/2008: Page published. 5 updates since then.
13/09/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
30/04/2020: Updated information.
06/09/2021: Corrected error in technical details.