Monthly Archives: January 2009

War Service

FLEETWOOD TRAWLERS (either former, current or future) INVOLVED IN OPERATION NEPTUNE – NORMANDY LANDINGS June 06 1944

ADMIRAL SIR JOHN LAWFORD (LO42)
ALIDA (FD192)
ALL HALLOWS (ex JAMAICA (LO186))
AMBITION (ex THRUSH (H703)
ARMANA (FD121)
CEVIC (FD7)
CLYTH NESS (FD131)
CONGRE French (ex MININGSBY (FD25)-BOSTON WAYFARER (FD110))
CREVETTE (PERN (A160)
CYELSE (FD67)
DOROTHY LAMBERT (FD122)
EN AVANT Dutch (ex MAUN (FD81))
FAIRWAY (FD140)
GENERAL BIRDWOOD (H121)
HEROINE (ex HERO (FD227))
HMS CEDAR (CEDAR/RED GAUNTLET (LO33))
HMS LAUREL (PATRICIA HAGUE (FD58)
HMS LILAC (ROBERT HEWETT (LO427))
HMS PEARL (WESTELLA (H349/FD318))
HMS RUBY (CARELLA (FD216/FD319))
JACINTA (FD235)
JAMES LAY (LO339/FD189)
LORD ESSENDON (FD75)
LORD MIDDLETON (FD67)
LORD STANHOPE (H199)
LUNE (FD59)
NEIL SMITH (FD107)
NIBLICK (FD77)
NORTHCOATES (H329)
NORTHERN FOAM (LO153)
NORTHERN GEM (LO109)
NORTHERN GIFT (LO166)
NORTHERN PRIDE (LO104)
NORTHERN REWARD (LO168)
NORTHERN SKY (LO162)
NORTHERN WAVE (LO121)
NORTHLYN (FD90)
SCOMBER (FD98)

S.T. Warland GY819

Technical

Official Number: 134762
Yard Number: 265
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 214
Net Tonnage: 88
Length: 117.2 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

11.12.1912: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.265) for Alick (Alec) Black, Grimsby as WARLAND.
12.1912: Completed.
25.2.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY819). Fishing from Fleetwood.
25.3.1915: Sold to Alfred W. Baxter, Grimsby (managing owner).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1626).
25.9.1917: Sold to Sleight’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Ernest Sleight, Bart, manager).
7.11.1917: Sold to Walter H. Beeley, Grimsby (managing owner).
1919: Returned.
30.3.1919: Sold to Thorganby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
2.5.1919: Sold to Leopold D. Napier, London (managing owner).
11.2.1920: Sold to Smithfield Trawlers Ltd, London (W. Goldstein, Cricklewood, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
14.5.1922: Stranded off Aberystwyth.
15.5.1922: Refloated and berthed at Aberystwyth.
21.8.1922: Sold to Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
20.7.1926: Sold to Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
19.9.1928: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
1928: Transferred to Grimsby.
1935: Fishing from Fleetwood (Bowden Ramster, managing agent).
7.9.1936: Reported that Sk. F. Christian had been seriously injured and landed to hospital in Skaw, Denmark.
16.9.1938: Sold to Matthew J. McCabe & W. M. M. Curtis, Dublin (A. Williams, manager). Registered at Dublin (D125).
1939: Sold to W. M. M. Curtis, Dublin.
5.1940: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager). Dublin registry closed.
22.5.1940: Registered at Grimsby (GY299).
24.5.1940: Sold to The Admiralty and fitted out to an anti-submarine trawler.
23.9.1940: Grimsby registry closed.
18.2.1942: Foundered in the North Sea after being damaged by German air attack (Sk. H.H. Firth RNR).

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Wardour FD146

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow
Boiler information courtesy of Jim Murphy

Technical

Official Number: 132278
Yard Number: 227
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 335
Net Tonnage: 136
Length: 140 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.4 ft
Engine: 350ihp T.3-cyl and boiler C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History
8.9.1911: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.227) for Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as St. MALO.
8.11.1911: Completed. Harold Hall designated manager.
1.12.1911: Registered at Hull (H371).
4.1915: Requisitioned for war service.
16.4.1915: Commissioned as an armed trawler (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1375).
23.8.1918: Sold to George William Jeffs (22/64), Arthur Jeffs (21/64) & Harry Birch Jeffs (21/64), Grimsby.
1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
27.9.1919: Sold to St. Malo Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
29.9.1919: George William Jeffs designated manager.
9.1919: Hull registry closed.
18.9.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY523).
22.10.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
27.11.1923: Mortgagee re-styled Midland Bank Ltd, London.
5.3.1923: Mortgaged to George William Jeffs , Arthur Jeffs & Harry Birch Jeffs, Grimsby (joint mortgagees) for the sum of £4,000 with interest at 5% (B).
20.2.1930: Mortgage (A) discharged.
21.2.1930: Mortgage (B) discharged.
3.3.1930: Sold Walter Garratt (16/64), Walter Adrian Garratt (16/64), Fred Birch Jeffs (16/64) and George Ernest Jeffs (16/64), Grimsby.
3.3.1930: Walter Garratt appointed manager.
12.3.1930: Registered at Grimsby as CARFAX (GY523) (BoT Minute M/RG 1088/30 dated 11.3.1930).
18.8.1930: Walter Garratt (16/64) shares mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
30.9.1930: Walter Adrian Garratt (16/64), Fred Birch Jeffs (16/64) and George Ernest Jeffs (16/64) shares mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (D), (E) and (F).
15.12.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs appointed manager.
17.8.1932: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgages (C), (D), (E) and (F) to Edward Cyril Grant (64/64), Grimsby.
23.8.1932: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (G).
24.8.1932: Edward Cyril Grant designated manager.
30.9.1932: Registered at Grimsby as WARDOUR (GY523) (BoT Minute M/RG 1185/32 dated 17 9.1932).
1.10.1935: Mortgage (G) discharged.
10.10.1935: Sold to The Clan Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
26.10.1935: Edward Cyril Grant designated manager.
1.11.1935: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (H).
28.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr HA, AA weapons)(P.No.FY581)(Hire rate £83.15.0d/month).
1940: Based Leith.
3.2.1940: In Firth of Forth, connected to HM Trawler FIREFLY (P.No.FY673), badly damaged when a loose British mine they had recovered exploded killing thirteen crew and wounding a similar number. Delivered Leith.
6.1940: At Gt. Yarmouth with M/S Group 30 (Sk. Frederick Leslie Hamilton DSM RNR).
3.9.1940: Sk. Hamilton awarded DSC.
20.6.1940: By B7 buoy off Frinton-on-Sea, picked up a small boat containing three men which had set out from IJmuiden. Landed them at Harwich.
1941: Based Sheerness (Quuenborough), ungrouped (Sk.C. J. Euston RNR).
1.1942: Based Sheerness (Quuenborough) with M/S Group 3 (Ty Lt. John William Box RNVR).
3.1942: Ty Lt. Henry Leonard Choppin RNVR appointed CO.
8.1943: John Hubert Hill RNVR appointed CO.
7.1944: Ty Lt. John William Box RNVR appointed CO.
11.1944: Reginald Henry Clifton RNVR appointed CO.
20.7.1944: Mortgage (H) discharged.
20.9.1944; George Brown Brewster, Fleetwood designated manager.
10.10.1944: Company registered office transferred to Fleetwood.
11.1944: Reginald Henry Clifton RNVR appointed CO.
16.4.1946: Returned to owner.
12.1946: New boiler by Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead.
12.1946: Transferred to Fleetwood.
18.2.1947: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to District Bank Ltd, Manchester (I).
6.9.1951: Mortgage (I) discharged.
17.12.1951: Sold to Fern Leaf Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
31.12.1951: William Newton designated manager.
31.1.1953: In severe weather conditions, assisted in search for steam trawler MICHAEL GRIFFITH (FD249) in distress 7 miles south of Barra Head; nothing found.
16.4.1953: Grimsby registry closed.
17.4.1953: Registered at Fleetwood (FD146).
1954: Sold to Haulbowline Industries Ltd, Passage West, Co. Cork for breaking up.
29.7.1954: Delivered Passage West from Fleetwood under own power. Fleetwood registry closed.
1954: Boiler removed during breaking, re-tubed, tested and sold to Cork Harbour Commissioners and installed in their dredger OWENACURRA (106274) (875grt/1897).

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HMT Wardour

HMT Wardour
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 2 updates since then.
17/11/2018: Information updated.
19/11/2018: Image added.

S.T. Walwyns Castle LO231

Technical

Official Number: 128945
Yard Number: 537
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 100
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

2.8.1913: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.537) for The Castle Steam Trawlers Ltd, Swansea as WALWYNS CASTLE.
19.9.1913: Completed (Crawford Heron, manager).
19.9.1913: Registered at Swansea (SA9).
8.11.1914: Mortgaged to De Eerste Nederlandsche Scheepsverband Maatschappij, Dordrecht. (A).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service.
28.5.1915: Commissioned.
29.5.1915: Arrived Falmouth. Fitted out for auxiliary patrol duties (Ad.No.1774). Northern Patrol.
12.6.1918: Transferred from Northern Patrol to Devonport.
1.7.1918: Sailed Devonport for Falmouth.
6.7.1918: Sailed Falmouth escorting Convoy O.F.42 to Mediterranean. Based Malta.
22.10.1918: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager).
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull, then continued to fish from Swansea
12.1919: On a trip to Irish grounds.
30.12.1919: When some 150 miles west of Lundy came upon a disabled motor boat with five men onboard. Men were only survivors of eighteen onboard the American six masted schooner ELEANOR A. PERCY (3.401grt/1900), cargo grain, Rio de Janeiro for Copenhagen, which had foundered on 26.12.1919 in approximate position 48.30N 17.45W after springing a leak.
31.12.1919: Survivors landed at Swansea.
3.2.1919: Mortgage discharged (A).
27.11.1923: Mortgaged to London Joint City & Merchants Bank Ltd, London (B).
29.6.1927: Owners re-styled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (Sir John D. Marsden, manager).
14.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out at Sharpness for minesweeping duties (P.No.FY.866)(Hire rate £65.17.6d/month) (Sk. J. McLeman RNR). Based Stornoway. 15.5.1942: Mortgage discharged (B).
6.1942: Sold to The Hewett Fishing Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood (Robert H. Hewett, manager).
10.6.1942: Swansea registry closed.
12.6.1942: Registered at London (LO231).
3.1946: Returned.
3.1946: Sold to BISCO and allocated to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
25.3.1946: Delivered Troon.
1946: London registry closed.

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 5 revisions since then.
21/08/2014: Information updated.

S.T. Wallena FD82

Technical

Official Number: 135998
Yard Number: 261a
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 112
Length: 117 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: 66nhp T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

17.12.1913: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.261A) for Walter Olney (64/64), Fleetwood as WALLENA.
3.3.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY12). Walter Olney designated managing owner.
3.1914: Completed.
20.3.1914: Vessel mortgaged (all 64 shares) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.907).
2.10.1915: Mortgage (A) discharged.
4.10.1915: Sold to The Neva Steam Trawlers Ltd, Blackpool.
5.10.1915: Mortgaged to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (B).
8.10.1915: Ernest Tomlinson appointed manager.
8.7.1917: Ernest Tomlinson & Joseph A. Taylor, appointed managers.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
5.3.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
10.3.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD82).
1924: Mortgage (B) discharged.
1924: Sold to James N. & Harold Bacon, Grimsby (William W. Brierley, manager).
28.11.1924: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.12.1924: Registered at Grimsby (GY132).
9.1930: Sold to Kottingham Trawling Co, Grimsby (James N. Bacon, manager).
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.832)(Hire rate £60.0.0d/month).
1942: Based Granton M/S Group 105.
1944: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Harvey Wilfred Wilson, Grimsby, manager).
4.1945: Fitted out for boom defence gate duties.
11.1945: Returned.
11.9.1946: Laid up in Grimsby.
1949: Sold to John R. Hepworth & Co Ltd, Paull for breaking up.
27.7.1949: Left Grimsby in tow for Paull.
9.1949: Grimsby registry closed.”

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S.T. Wallena FD82

S.T. Wallena FD82
Picture courtesy of Mark Stopper

HMT Wallena

HMT Wallena
Picture courtesy of The Imperial War Museum

S.T. Wallena Ship's Bell

S.T. Wallena Ship’s Bell
Picture courtesy of Michael Claridge

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 2 updates since then.
12/01/2016: Picture added.
21/12/2016: Picture added.