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S.T. Ouse LT572

Additional material courtesy of Maurice Voss and George Westwood
Wartime visitor

Technical

Official Number: 113574
Yard Number: 208
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 168
Net Tonnage: 68
Length: 104.1 ft
Breadth: 21 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: 45hp T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thompson Ltd, Govan

History

31.7.1900: Launched by Mackie & Thomson Ltd, Govan (Yd.No.208) for James Leyman & Co Ltd, Hull as OUSE.
6.9.1900: Registered at Hull (H514).
9.1900: Completed (James Leyman, manager). Initially with Hull boxing fleet and later fished out of Scarborough.
5.1913: Sold to S.A. Compagnie Nationale des Chalutiers à Vapeur, Ostend. Sailed Scarborough for Belgium (Sk. Dave Naylor).
15.5.1913: Hull registry closed.
5.1913: Registered at Ostend as OUSE (O202).
3.2.1915: Sold to Paton’s Trawlers Ltd, Glasgow (Charles F. Paton, manager). Ostend registry closed. Registered at Glasgow (GW15).
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler.
24.7.1915: Off St. Alban’s Head in collision with and sank HMD WATER LILY (BF595).
1918: Based Lerwick.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
1919: Sold to Arthur Gouldby, Kessingland, Lowestoft (managing owner).
21.6.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (LT572).
1934: Sold to Mrs Edith C. Burton, Lowestoft (managing owner).
1941: Sold to Loopey Fishing & Development Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Harold D. Holland, manager).
Pre 1943-1945: Fishing out of Fleetwood (Sk. V. Buschini Snr).
4.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 65 kits – cod.codling-12, whiting-36, flats-2, roker-9, gurnard-1, sole & prime-5.
1945: Returned to Lowestoft.
1950s: Served as an Exhibition ship in Waveney Dock.
10.1954: Sold to Belgium for breaking up.
27.10.1954: Sailed Lowestoft for Belgium towing LORD DUNCAN (LT273) also sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Ouse H514

S.T. Ouse H514
Picture courtesy of The Robert Durrant Collection

S.T. Ouse LT572

S.T. Ouse LT572
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S.T. Ouse LT572

S.T. Ouse LT572
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S.T. Ouse LT572

S.T. Ouse LT572
Picture courtesy The George Westwood Collection

Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 revisions since then.
27/10/2014: Picture added.
09/08/2015: Added picture.
19/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.
10/07/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Alcmaria LT48

Technical

Official Number: 162977
Yard Number: 1031
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 143
Net Tonnage: 47
Length: 31.12m (102.1 ft)
Breadth: 6.34m (20.7 ft)
Depth: 2.90m (9.5 ft)
Built: Gebr. Boot, Leiderdorp
Engine: 250 hp T.3-cyl by Industrieele Maats. “Hera”, Ymuiden (Engine made 1917)
Pennant : FY. 1525

History

1916: Launched by Gebr. Boot, Leiderdorp (Yd No.1031 ) for Naam VennStoomviss “Zaanstroom VI” (P. J. D. & Joh. Dil & S.Yff, Zaandijk, managers) as ZAANSTROOM VI.
1917: Completed.
Pre 1920: Sold to N.V. Visscherij Maats “Maastroom II”, IJmuiden (N.V. Scheeps Exploit Maats “Maastroom”, managers). Renamed MAASSTROOM II.
19??: Sold to ?? and renamed ARIA.
Pre 1927: Sold to N.V. Zeevissch Maats “Alcmaria”, IJmuiden. Renamed ALCMARIA.
1935: Sold to Bowden Ramster, Fleetwood.
3.1935: Remeasured 148g 64n.
21.3.1935: Registered at Lowestoft (LT48).
30.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1525) (Hire rate £41.18.8d/month) (Nore/Yarmouth).
30.5.1940: Sailed Yarmouth with twelve other drifters for Ramsgate.
26.5.1940: At 1857 ‘Operation Dynamo’ – evacuation at Dunkirk put into effect.
31.5.1940: Sailed Ramsgate for Dunkirk. Assisted in evacuation.
1.6.1940: At 0825 arrived Ramsgate with 32 troops.
4.6.1940: ‘Operation Dynamo’ terminated.
8.1940: Fitting out at Leith.
15.10.1940: Transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy (Rosyth/Port Edgar) with M/S Group 164.
28.11.1944: Returned to Royal Navy.
12.1944: At Dundee minesweeping gear removed.
2.1945: For disposal.
3.9.1945: Returned to owner.
1951: Sold to the Dalby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Bowden Ramster, Cleveleys, manager).
4.2.1957: At 9.30 am. disabled with boiler trouble off Maughold Head, IoM (Sk.Leslie Hatcher) requested assistance from DEAN SWIFT (FD29) (Sk. Jack Randles), sheltering in Ramsey Bay. In heavy rain, gusting 56mph, drifted to within 11 miles NW of Morecambe Bay Lightship when DEAN SWIFT arrived on scene at 5.30 pm. At 6.00 pm. tried to connect but line parted. 8.30 pm. made SOS. 10.00 pm. Barrow lifeboat launched and RED SABRE (LO71) (Sk. Jim McKernan), outward for the fishing grounds, turned back.
5.2.1957: At 3.00 am. lifeboat stood by while RED SABRE attempted to pass a line by rocket and barrel and was eventually successful only to see line carried away and her propeller fouled. With Barrow lifeboat still in attendance and in moderating weather DEAN SWIFT connected at 5.00 am. and commenced tow to Fleetwood arriving in the afternoon. Boiler beyond economical repair.
26.2.1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Barrow-in-Furness. (Also recorded as delivered Barrow 22.2.1957)

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S.T. Alcmaria LT48

S.T. Alcmaria LT48
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S.T. Alcmaria LT48

S.T. Alcmaria LT48
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Changelog
18/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
06/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/06/2019: Updated information.
20/12/2022: Added an image.

S.T. Lord Minto FD51

Technical

Official Number: 136192
Yard Number: 599
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 295
Net Tonnage: 123
Length: 136.7 ft
Breadth: 23.2 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Engine: 93nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

1.3.1914: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.599) for Yorkshire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as LORD MINTO.
28.5.1914: Registered at Hull (H105). John McCann & Edward Cartwright designated managers.
6.6.1914: Completed.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1516). Based Dover.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
17.10.1921: Sold to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. John McCann & Edward Cartwright designated joint managers.
14.3.1924: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood. James A. Robertson designated manager.
12.10.1924: James A. Robertson died.
10.1924: Alan Marr designated manager.
12.1.1925: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
6.6.1925: Hull registry closed.
12.6.1925: Registered at Fleetwood (FD51). Alan Marr designated manager.
1.12.1925: Alan Marr died.
12.1925: Joseph Arthur Marr designated manager.
26.10.1936: In gale force winds and heavy weather off St. Kilda, Bosun, William Wilson Crewdson was washed overboard and drowned.
9.1939: On a trip to St. Kilda ground (Sk. Charles Pennington); eleven crew.
18.9.1939: Trawling 30 miles NW of St. Kilda. 7.00pm. stopped in position 58.09N 09.17W by U-boat (U.35); tried to escape and made radio message. Examined i.a.w. Prisenordnung (Prize Regulations) Art.54. Seized along with ARLITA (FD188) and NANCY HAGUE (FD133). As boats not considered safe for crew*, transferred along with crew of ARLITA to NANCY HAGUE which allowed to return to Fleetwood. Both vessels sunk by gunfire in position 57.51N 09.28W. At 8.47pm. H M destroyers SOMALI (P.No.F33) and MATABELE (P.No.F26) detached to assist.
27.9.1939: Fleetwood registry closed “Vessel sunk by German submarine”.

*Crew (all Fleetwood unless stated) – Sk. Charles Pennington; Arthur Dutton, Mate; J. R. Rogers, Bosun; T. Hudson Ch.Eng; R. Neill, 2nd Eng; G. Halliday; Bertram Lee; W. Sharples; J. Beadle, Liverpool, deckhands; W. Kneale, Knott End, fireman; Robert Pooley, cook; Herbert Coplin, wireless operator.

Note: U-boat (U35) was sunk 29.11.1939 in North Sea, in position 60.53N, 02.47E, by depth charges from HMShips KASHMIR (P.No.F12), KINGSTON (P.No.F64) and ICARUS (P.No.D03). All submariners survived.

Note: U-boat (U35) was sunk 29.11.1939 in North Sea, in position 60.53N, 02.47E, by depth charges from HMShips KASHMIR (P.No.F12), KINGSTON (P.No.F64) and ICARUS (P.No.D03). All submariners survived.

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S.T. Lord Minto FD51

S.T. Lord Minto FD51
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S.T. Lord Minto FD51

S.T. Lord Minto FD51
Picture courtesy of the Greenday Collection (Trawlerphotos)

Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
-1/05/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Lord Knollys FD167

Technical

Official Number: 132267
Yard Number: 491
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 285
Net Tonnage: 114
Length: 133.5 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

27.7.1911: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.491) for The Yorkshire Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD KNOLLYS.
22.9.1911: Registered at Hull (H327).
28.9.1911: Completed (John McCann, manager).
3.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine trawler (1-12pdr & Hydrophone) (Ad.No.1177). Fitted as Leader. Based Taranto.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
14.2.1919: Sold to Frederick Langley, Hull (managing owner).
29.9.1920 Sold to The Valiant Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull Charles H, Dugglsby, manager).
17.4.1925: Sold to Midland Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Frederick Langley, manager).
5.3.1926: Arrived Hull from an Icelandic trip and reported that Thomas Smith, trimmer, was washed overboard in severe weather and lost.
14.7.1927: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Marr Jnr, manager).
13.8.1927: Hull registry closed.
16.8.1927: Registered at Fleetwood (FD167).
7.11.1932: Mortgaged to William Deacons Bank Ltd, London. Pre 8.1938: Laid up at Fleetwood.
18.9.1941: Sold to Sir Alec Black, Bart, Grimsby.
29.9.1941: Fleetwood registry closed. (8.10.1941: Certificate cancelled).
30.9.1941: Registered at Grimsby (GY368).
2.1943: Sold to J. E. Harrison, Grimsby.
5.1943: Sold to J. C. Ross, Grimsby (H. W. Wilson, manager). 1943: Landed at Hull from North Sea/Faroe – 1 trip, 1,881 kits.
1944: Delete manager.
7.1946: Sold to Grimsby Merchants Amalgamated Trawling Co Ltd, Grimsby (Grimsby Industries (Trawler Managers) Ltd, managers).
1948: Delete managers.
8.1953: Sold to G. F. Sleight & Sons Ltd, Grimsby.
1.1954: Registered at Grimsby as REGGIO (GY368).
24.10.1955: Sailed Grimsby for Westerly grounds (Sk. George F. White); thirteen crew.
6.11.1955: On grounds west of Nun Bank, north of Cape Wrath. In afternoon stowed gear and set course for home. At 5.30 pm Sule Skerry was abeam, 2 miles by radar, set course SEbyE. The weather was fine and clear with little wind. At 6.30 pm. the mate, James B. Butters took over the watch and was instructed by the skipper to switch on the radar at 10.00 pm when approaching Hoy. No land was seen visually or on radar until the vessel stranded at full speed on the sandy beach in Rack Wick, Hoy.
7.11.1955: On the rising tide came clear and proceeded to Scrabster for diver inspection.
9.11.1955: Certificate of Seaworthiness granted for single voyage to Grimsby.
11.11.1955: Arrived Grimsby. Slipped where extent of damage to bottom plating and internals made vessel beyond economical repair.
12.1955: Sold to Van Heyghen Freres S.A., Ghent for breaking up.
1.1956: Arrived Ghent.
10-12.4.1956: At the Formal Investigation held at Grimsby, it was found that the stranding was due to the improper navigation by both the Skipper and Mate. Skipper White had his certificate suspended for eighteen months and the Mate, James Butters had his certificate suspended for twelve months.

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S.T. Lord Knollys FD167

S.T. Lord Knollys H327
Picture courtesy of The Alan Hirst Collection

S.T. Reggio GY368

S.T. Reggio GY368
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
06/09/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
30/04/2021: Updated history and added an image.

S.D/T. Lord Hood LT20

Technical

Official Number: 145821
Yard Number: 956
Completed: 1925
Gross Tonnage: 92
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 85.2 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth

History

14.3.1925: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.956 ) for Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Ltd, Lowestoft as LORD HOOD.
5.1925: Completed (Harold B. Jackson, manager).
27.5.1925: Registered at Lowestoft (LT215).
15.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.930) (Hire rate £40.9.7d/month).
30.5.1940: Sailed Yarmouth with twelve other drifters for Ramsgate.
31.5.1940: Sailed Ramsgate for Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo). At about 7.00 p.m. attacked by German bombers and severely damaged. Abandoned but later towed back to Ramsgate. Repaired and returned to service.
21.9.1943: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (B. A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager) ) when Basil Parkes bought most of Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Ltd better vessels.
8.1945: Returned to owner (Maj. A. W. Suddaby MBE, Gorleston, manager).
1946: Leased to Poland under U.N.R.& R. Scheme. (“Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich Sp.z.ogr.odn, Gdynia). Registered at Gdynia as ANTONIUSZ (GDY108). Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth with local skippers.
1.6.1949: Sold to Arthur W. Eastoe, Ronald C. Cook & Richard H. Colby, Lowestoft and John Odde, East Molesey. Mortgaged to National Westminster Bank Ltd, London (A).
2.6.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as LORD HOOD (LT20).
11.8.1949: Gdynia registry closed.
16.1.1952: Mortgage (A) discharged.
8.2.1952: Sold to Arthur Suddaby, Gorleston (8/64); Fred Williams, Thornton (8/64); Charles L. Wilbraham, Carlton (8/64); Arthur John Lewis, Fleetwood (8/64); Basil A Parkes, North Ferriby (16/64) & Fred Parkes, Blackpool (16/64).
1952: Won Prunier Trophy (Sk. Ernest Thompson) with a landing of 3143/4 crans of herring (Hauled for 15 hours and 22 hours at 2 knots to steam home).
15.2.1954: Sold to Pegasus Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, North Ferriby, manager).
3.4.1956: Sold to Ribble Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, North Ferriby, manager).
5.1959: Sold to Northern Shipbreakers Ltd, Peterhead for use as a salvage vessel.
26.2.1960: Lowestoft registry closed.
1960: Stripped of all useable parts and non-ferrous metals.
1960: Sold to BISCO (£700) and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for breaking up at Charlestown, Fife (Contract No.74E).
9.8.1960: Delivered Charlestown from Peterhead in tow of Viking Freedom (A585) (also for breaking up).
7.1.1961: Breaking up commenced.

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S.D/T. Lord Hood LT215

S.D/T. Lord Hood LT215
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S.D. Lord Hood LT20

S.D. Lord Hood LT20
Picture courtesy of Alan Hirst

S.D/T. Lord Hood LT20

S.D/T. Lord Hood LT20
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

S.D. Lord Hood LT20

S.D. Lord Hood LT20
Picture courtesy of Ally (shipsnostalgia)

S.D/T. Lord Hood LT20

S.D/T. Lord Hood LT20
Picture courtesy of Trevor Snowling

Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
01/02/2015: Picture added.
16/07/2016: Picture added.
11/04/2017: Removed FMHT watermark.