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S.T. Wyre Gleaner FD23

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 164418
Yard Number: 1008
Completed: 1936
Gross Tonnage: 458
Net Tonnage: 164
Length: 164.6 ft
Breadth: 27.1 ft
Depth: 15.1 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: 825ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Boiler: Richardsons Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool

History

6.8.1936: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.1008) for Rutlandshire Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), London as HERTFORDSHIRE.
11.9.1936: Registered at Grimsby (GY332).
11.9.1936: Harry Markham Cook appointed manager.
9.1936: Completed.
17.9.1936: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (A).
30.11.1937: Mortgage (A) discharged.
1.12.1937: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (B).
1937: H. Markham Cook, Grimsby appointed manager.
3.10.1939: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine trawler (P.No.4.34) (Hire rate £297.14.0d/month).
19.3.1940: Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd (64/64), London.
3.4.1940: William Alfred Bennett, Sanderstead appointed manager.
4.5.1940: Mortgage (B) discharged.
4.5.1940: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
3.1942: Transferred on loan to US Navy.
10.1942: Returned to Royal Navy.
25.2.1944: Mortgage (C) discharged.
26.10.1945: Returned to owner.
3.1950: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
4.4.1950: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd (64/64), London.
5.4.1950: John Bennett appointed manager.
23.11.1950: Alteration to tonnage and other particulars, Certificate of Survey at Grimsby dated 23.10.1950. 443.53g 159.01n.
8.11.1951: Renamed NORTHERN GIFT (GY332).
25.6.1954: Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood .
30.6.1954: First landing at Fleetwood 1659 boxes £4892 gross.
9.7.1954: Leslie Wheildon appointed manager.
13.7.1954: Landed 1430 boxes from a nine day Icelandic trip £5069 gross.
21.8.1954: Company re-styled Wyre Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood (Certificate of Registration of Companies dated 7.7.1954).
27.9.1954: Grimsby registry closed.
8.1954: Registered at Fleetwood as WYRE GLEANER (FD23).
28.9.1954: First landing 1057 boxes £3703 gross.
1954: Wyre Trawlers Ltd transferred to Associated Fisheries Group on purchase of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd.
9.1963: Sold to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
9.10.1963: Sailed Fleetwood for Troon under own power.
10.10.1963: Arrived Troon Harbour (draughts 7’0”/16’6”).
28.10.1963: Breaking commenced.
31.1.1964: Reberthed.
18.3.1964: Beached 8’3”/10’6”).
10.6.1964: Rebeached.
9.7.1964: Rebeached.
6.8.1964: Breaking completed.
1964: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Wyre Gleaner FD23

S.T. Hertfordshire GY332
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S.T. Wyre Gleaner FD23

S.T. Northern Gift GY332
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S.T. Wyre Gleaner FD23

S.T. Wyre Gleaner FD23
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S.T. Wyre Gleaner FD23

S.T. Wyre Gleaner FD23
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S.T. Wyre Gleaner FD23

S.T. Wyre Gleaner FD23
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S.T. Wyre Gleaned FD23

S.T. Wyre Gleaned FD23
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02/05/2017: Removed disputed image and FMHT watermarks.
13/09/2019: Updated information and added an image.

S. T. George Adgell FD368

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4402
Official Number: 141953
Yard Number: 418
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 290
Net Tonnage: 127
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

18.6.1919: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.418) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as GEORGE ADGELL (Ad.No.4402).
31.1.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
2.1920: Sold to Henry Blackburn, Fleetwood.
5.2.1920: Registered at Fleetwood (Part I & Part IV) O.N.141953 (FD368).
17.2.1920: Sold to Blackburn Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood. Henry Blackburn designated manager.
28.5.1928: At Fleetwood landed a 5ft sturgeon caught on the West of Scotland grounds.
15.3.1930: Off Northern Ireland coast (Sk. Dilver Collinson), fireman, John Ronson of Fleetwood was swept overboard and drowned.
10.9.1935: Sold to Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys & Walter Holmes, Fleetwood.
5.12.1935: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes & Walter Holmes). Basil A. Parkes designated manager.
14.3.1939: Sold to The Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Basil A. Parkes designated manager.
11.6.1940: At Hull last landing before requisitioning. Iceland trip, 18 days – 1.071kits £2,410 gross.
12.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No.FY1926) (Hire rate £94.5.0d/month).
9.1941: Fitted out for minesweeping (P.No. FY.1926).
1.1942: Based Ipswich with M/S & Patrol Group 79.
14.2.1946: Sold to Joseph L. Yolland, John Yolland & Thomas S. Yolland, Milford Haven.
8.7.1946: Sold to Yolland Brothers Ltd, Milford Haven (John T. Leslie & T. Stuart Yolland). J. Yolland designated manager.
17.1.1946: Returned to owner after restoration and survey at Aberdeen.
10.7.1948: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £13,086.
30.6.1953: Last landing at Fleetwood.
1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
3.7.1953: Delivered Preston.
9.7.1953: Fleetwood registry closed. (CHR states “Closed 19.3.1955” suspect on repayment of a mortgage)

The Following information kindly provided by Patricia Bailey

ARTICLE FROM THE FLEETWOOD CHRONICLE, FYLDE NEWS

THE CRY IN THE NIGHT.

FLEETWOOD MAN’S DISAPPEARANCE

Mysterious Fall Overboard

A graphic account of the loss of a member of the crew of the Fleetwood steam trawler, George Adgell, belonging to Messrs Blackburn Trawlers, Ltd., was given when the vessel arrived at Fleetwood yesterday.

Leaving Fleetwood on March 14th for the Rockall, Atlantic fishing grounds, the trawler had proceeded as far as Innistrahull, off Northern Ireland, when at 4.15 the following morning, a cry of “Man overboard” was raised. In spite of a search, lasting till daylight, no trace of the missing man was found. The victim was John Ronson, aged 37, of 6 Avon Green, Fleetwood, who was a fireman on the vessel.

Interviewed by a “Fleetwood Chronicle” reported, Mr Richard Wright of Sagar Terrace, Fleetwood, deck hand, said that he was the last to see Ronson.

“Over the Side”

“The skipper, Mr Dilver Collinson, had just gone below to his bunk, and I was on watch” he said. “Suddenly I saw the legs and feet of a man disappearing over the side.

“The alarm was raised, and the skipper was on the bridge in a few seconds. The weather was calm at the time, and there was no swell on the sea.

“Although it was dark, we had all our deck lights on. We did not hear any cry from Ronson, and never saw him again. How he came to fall overboard is a mystery, and he must have been stunned by something.

“At the time he was very near the ash lift and was dumping ashes over the side. We cruised about for two hours without seeing anything of him.”

Ronson leaves a widow and six children, the eldest of whom is only 11 years of age.

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S. T. George Adgell FD368

S. T. George Adgell FD368
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S.T. George Adgell FD368

S.T. George Adgell FD368
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George Treece Birch

George Treece Birch
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Changelog
16/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
02/11/2020: Updated information.
25/06/2022: Added an image.

S.T. Flanders FD165

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow and Brian Booth

Technical

Official Number: 144391
Yard number: 417
Completed: 1919
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 289
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Engine: 500ihp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Boiler: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

18.6.1919: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.417)(“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as the CHARLES ANTRAM (Ad.No.4401).
13.2.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
25.2.1920: Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO335). Official No.144391.
29.8.1921: Sold to Société Anonyme Armement Ostendais, Ostend for £7000.
6.9.1921: London registry closed.
25.9.1921: Registered at Ostend as EDMOND VAN BEVEREN (O147).
27.9.1921: Arrived Ostend 1930s: Landing occasionally at Fleetwood.
1.1939: Sold to Rhondda Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby .
1.1939: Ostend registry closed.
12.1.1939: Registered at Grimsby as FLANDERS (GY10).
12.1.1939: Sir John Denton Marsden, Bart appointed manager.
30.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examination service and as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.600) (Hire rate £90.7.0d/month). Outfitting on Tyne.
27.1.1940: Ty/Sk. C. Evans RNR appointed CO. Based Tyne with M/S Group 54.
1.1941: Based Granton with M/S Group 33.
18.1.1941: Ty/Sk. Alex Watson DSC RNR appointed CO.
5.4.1942: Lieut. J. Mathew Clark-Campbell RN appointed CO. Based Dundee with M/S Group 32.
20.10.1942: Ty/Lieut. P. S. Stevenson RNVR appointed CO.
9.11.1942: Sold to Mason Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
12.11.1942: Robert Houseman Bagshaw appointed manager.
1944: Based Stornoway.
21.11.1944: Off Tiree, picked up eight crew members of RAF Halifax – LL510 of 518 Squadron on Met duty from Tiree which ditched after engine problems on take off. Landed survivors at Tiree.
11.1945: Paid off.
11.12.1945: Returned to owner.
18.1.1946: Grimsby registry closed.
23.4.1946: Registered at Fleetwood (FD165).
9.11.1947: Responded to wireless call from steam trawler THOMAS ALTOFT (H132) stranded on rocks off Eilean Glas, Harris. With great seamanship, Sk. Kirby took his vessel between the rocks five times and by 3.00am. all fifteen crew taken off.
29.12.1950: Fishing about 15 miles SW of Barra, at about 1330 observed RAF Halifax – ST798 of 202 Squadron, Aldergrove (Sqd Ldr. Terence R. Cox) crash in sea. Hauled and steamed to area, some wreckage found but no survivors.
15.1.1951: Body of Sqd Ldr. Cox, and aircraft wreckage, recovered by Milford motor trawler MILFORD COUNTESS (M128) (Sk. J. R. Clark) whilst fishing 20 miles W of Castlebay, Barra. Landed body and wreckage at Tobermoray, Mull.
2/3.3.1957: Attempted to refloat SETHON (FD166) (Sk. J.E. Mitchinson) stranded on Black Rock, Sound of Islay. First attempt tow parted and subsequent attempt aborted when tide failed to make as predicted.
7.11.1959: Sold to BISCO and allocated to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
16.11.1959: Sailed Fleetwood for Troon.
17.11.1959: Delivered Troon Harbour (draughts 6’3”/14’6”).
11.1.1960: Breaking commenced.
19.2.1960: Beached (draughts 6’8”/10’6”).
19.5.1960: Breaking completed.
1960: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Flanders FD165

S.T. Flanders FD165
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S.T. Flanders FD165

S.T. Flanders FD165
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S.T. Flanders FD165

S.T. Flanders FD165 in the Fish Dock
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S.T. Flanders FD165

S.T. Flanders FD165
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Changelog
16/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
21/04/2017: Removed disputed image and added another.
30/08/2020: Updated history.

S.T. King Erik GY474

Trawler/Liner

Additional information courtesy of David Lewis, Birgir Þórisson and Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 110879
Yard Number: 233
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 227
Net Tonnage: 90
Length: 114 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Engine: 420ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Selby

History

29.3.1899: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.233) as a liner for Viking Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as KING ERIK.
28.4.1899: Registered at Grimsby (GY10). John E. Rushworth designated manager.
28.4.1899: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Arthur Henry Leslie Melville & Eustace Abel Smith, Lincoln (joint mortgagees) (A).
29.4.1899: Completed.
9.1899: Converted to side fishing.
30.9.1899: Mortgage (A) discharged.
30.9.1899: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The York City & County Banking Co Ltd (B).
29/30.1.1901: In North Sea with steam trawler DERBY (GY153), came upon German steamer MARTHA SAUBER (1463grt/1888), running short of coals whilst towing German steamer ETHEL (1036grt/), disabled with broken tailshaft on a voyage from Hamburg to Tyne. Cast off tow and both trawlers connected to ETHEL in position 54.5N 1.37E; towage to the Tyne was resumed at about 11.00am.
31.1.1901: Delivered Tyne at 11.30am.
19.4.1901: The Admiralty Division Court awarded each trawler £250 (Owners-£175; skipper-£25; mate-£15; engineer-£12 and crew £1 each).
6.11.1902: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (B) to Frank Barrett (64/64), Grimsby.
8.11.1902: Frank Barrett designated manager.
6.11.1902: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Co Ltd, Gt. Grimsby (C).
3.8.1904: Mortgage (C) discharged.
16.9.1904: Sold to Ole Gogstad, Sandefjord, Norway registered owner Aktieselsk “KING ERIK”.
29.9.1904: Grimsby registry closed.
10.1904: Registered at Sandefjord (SD33).
31.1.1907: At the Sheriff Court at Elgin, Sk. Hans Christian Andersen was found guilty of trawling within forbidden limits in the Moray Firth and fined £100 or sixty days imprisonment. Fine not paid and imprisoned at Inverness. Released following representation by the Norwegian Government.
1911: Sold to Gustav Emil Forum, Esbjerg. Sandefjord registry closed. Registered at Esbjerg (E169).
10.1911: New boiler by Palmer’s Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Hebburn-on-Tyne.
25.5.1914: Out of Grimsby for Moray Firth fishing grounds, blowing strong SW near gale. At 8.00 am when off Spurn Light, condenser burst. Set course for Grimsby but when off the Bull had to anchor to attend to ingress of water from condenser sea cock and pipework. Ingress not arrested and proceeded Clee Ness, beached and sea cock temporarily sealed, engine room pumped out. At about 2.00 pm summoned tugs, refloated and brought into Grimsby for repair.
1915: Sold to Frank Barrett (64/64), Grimsby.
3.1915: Sandefjord registry closed.
1915: Re measured 228g 90n.
31.3.1915: Registered at Grimsby (GY474).
31.3.1915: Frank Barrett designated manager.
11.4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.1368). Based Egypt.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
1.1.1920: Sold to William Frank Gower (64/64), Grimsby.
12.4.1920: William Frank Gower designated managing owner.
1.4.1920: Sold to Direct Fish Supplies Ltd (64/64) London.
19.4.1920: George William Payne Margarson, Grimsby designated manager.
23.3.1922: Company in voluntary liquidation.
10.8.1922: Placed in compulsory liquidation.
9.10.1922: Sold by the liquidator George Digby Pepys, to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby.
8.12.1922: Thomas William Baskcomb designated manager.
27.7.1923: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Grimsby Trawler Owners Direct Supply Co Ltd, Grimsby (D).
20.6.1924: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harry Allen Baskcomb, Grimsby.
31.3.1925: Mortgage (D) discharged.
1.4.1925: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Harry Allen Baskcomb, Grimsby (E).
1.4.1925: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Grimsby Trawler Owners Direct Supply Co Ltd, Grimsby (F).
1929: New boiler.
13.11.1937: Mortgage (F) discharged.
24.4.1940: Mortgage (E) discharged.
2.5.1940: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
9.5.1940: Basil A. Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde designated manager.
3.9.1941: Sailed Fleetwood for Icelandic grounds (Sk. Francis H. Davidson); fifteen crew all told.
5.9.1941: Sailed Tobermory for Iceland after repair.
6.9.1941: When some 120 miles WSW of Faroe Islands, at 2330 torpedoed by U-boat (U.141) without warning, ship hit and exploded; all crew lost*.
27.10.1941: Loss reported to families.
7.5.1942: Grimsby registry closed “Ship missing since 5/9/41, presumed lost”.

*Lost – Sk. Francis Henry Davidson (40), Cleethorpes; John Bradford Brewer (32), 2nd Hand; Frederick Durbin (38), 3rd Hand, Hull; George Aisthorpe (56). Ch Eng; William Arthur Watson (37) 2nd Eng, Fleetwood; Eddie Christopher Bowles (54), John James Grundy (20), Fleetwood, Walter Austin Helme (18), Fleetwood, Arthur Leach (44), Hull, Thomas Wall (28), George Wilkins (50), Hessle and Joseph Wroe (37), Hull, Deckhands; George Cyril Bond (25) and William Matthew Lewis (38), Grimsby, Firemen/Trimmers; James Garton (52), Cook..
Note: U 141 (Schuler) hit two trawlers with torpedoes on consecutive days. One was JARLINN and the other KING ERIK. Both vessels exploded

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S.T. King Erik SD33

S.T. King Erik GY474 at Grimsby
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S.T. King Erik GY474

S.T. King Erik GY474
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Changelog
16/01/2009: Page published. 5 revisions since then.
02/12/2014: Information updated.
29/12/2018: Removed FMHT watermark and updated information.
04/12/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Drusilla A133

Technical

Official Number: 135993
Yard Number: 570
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 250
Net Tonnage: 97
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.4 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

24.12.1913: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.570) for Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby as DRUSILLA. 27.1.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY951).
1.1914: Completed at a cost of £8762-4s-6d. John D. Marsden designated manager.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-10pdr) (Ad.No.36). Based Lerwick.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
29.6.1927: Owners re-styled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd. Sir John D. Marsden, Bart designated manager.
28.9.1929: Grimsby registry closed “To transfer to Nova Scotia”.
7.7.1930: Grimsby registry re-opened (GY958).
9.1934: Sold to North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen for the sum of £8,864.
19.9.1934: Grimsby registry closed.
20.9.1934: Registered at Aberdeen (A133). John Alexander Harrow designated manager.
31.10.1939: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for the sum of £4750. Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
2.1940: Stranded at Applecross, Sound of Sleet. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.
14.10.1940: Sold to The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (J. Marr & Son Ltd). Leslie James Marr designated manager.
1943: Landing at Fleetwood from Faroe grounds.
3.5.1943: Typical landing. 1212 kits – cod/codling-430, haddock-722, whiting-24, ling/coley-35.
18.1.1945: Sold to Eton Fishing Co Ltd, Hull for the sum of £18,500. George Gillard designated manager.
20.1.1945: Aberdeen registry closed.
25.1.1945: Registered at Hull (H112).
14.7.1945: First trip out of Hull to North Sea grounds (Sk. Henry Lead); eleven crew all told.
27.7.1945: At Hull landed 864 kits £3,596 gross.
30.11.1945: Insured value £18,500; for 1946 proposed same.
22.2.1946: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds (Sk. Thomas Mason). Transferred to fish out of Grimsby.
15.3.1946: Sold to Vinur Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
19.3.1946: At Hull landed 1105 kits £3,653 gross.
22.3.1946: Hull registry closed.
26.3.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY223). Charles Alfred Osborne designated manager.
19.2.1951: Sold to Alfred Bannister (Trawlers) Ltd, Grimsby. Fred Bannister designated manager.
4.1959: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
29.4.1959: Grimsby registry closed.
30.4.1959: Delivered Bruges.

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S.T. Drusilla GY223

S.T. Drusilla GY223
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S.T. Drusilla A133

S.T. Drusilla A133
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S.T. Drusilla A133

S.T. Drusilla A133
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Changelog
16/01/2005: Page published. 5 updates since then.
11/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
09/08/2019: Added an image and updated information.
02/05/2020: Updated information.