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S.T. Tacsonia M36

Technical

Official Number: 112470
Yard Number: 761
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 243
Net Tonnage: 77
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge

History

21.12.1904: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.761) for Southern Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Waterford, Co. Waterford (Cornelius C. Morley, Milford Haven, manager) as TACSONIA.
1.1905: Completed.
31.1.1905: Registered at Milford (M36).
9.1912: Transferred to Fleetwood (Messrs Morley & Price, managers).
1.1913: Returned Milford for slipping and repair. On entering the Docks ran into wall and sustained extensive bow damage.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 93 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr QF, W/T) (Ad.No.783). Auxiliary Patrol Liverpool.
11.1916: At Fleetwood (Lieut. W.H. Baker RNR).
25.04.1916: At Fleetwood. Minesweeping gear embarked (gun replaced with 1-6pdrHA).
1919: Returned to owner.
1919: Sold to John McR. Knight & Morgan W. Howells, Hakin (John McR. Knight, manager).
9.2.1920: Sold to Direct Fish Supplies Ltd, London (John McR. Knight, manager).
10.1921: Transferred to Grimsby (G. W. P. Margarson, manager).
14.10.1921: Milford registry closed.
7.11.1921: Registered at Grimsby (GY1308).
23.3.1922: Company in voluntary liquidation.
10.8.1922: Placed in compulsory liquidation.
10.1922: Sold to Charles Dobson, Grimsby (Norman Stockdale, manager).
1928: New boiler fitted.
20.8.1931: Proceeding to sea from Aberdeen, grounded in navigation Channel. Refloated but grounded again. Tug CHESTER (90grt/1900) in attendance.
21.8.1931: Refloated with assistance of tug and returned to Aberdeen.
4.1938: Sold to Netherlands for breaking up.
9.4.1938: Grimsby registry closed.

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
07/08/2021: Updated history and technical information.

S.T. Sylvia H439

Technical

Official Number: 109094
Yard Number: 220
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 213
Net Tonnage: 85
Length: 117.6 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley, 1898
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull

History

3.11.1898: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley (Yd.No.220) for Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as SYLVIA.
21.12.1898: Completed (George T. Armitage, manager).
23.12.1898: Registered at Hull (H439).
1914: Transferred to Fleetwood (James W. Armitage, Fleetwood, manager).
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler. Based Cromarty.
1.1918: Sold to Joseph R. E. Mordaunt, Grimsby.
26.1.1918: Hull registry closed.
30.1.1918: Registered at Grimsby (GY1112).
8.1918: Returned to owner.
10.1918: Sold to Henry Rachkind, Cleethorpes (managing owner).
9.1919: Sold to The Faroe Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Henry Burns, manager).
11.1921: Sold to Forward Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
1936: John Bannister appointed manager.
7.4.1941: Foundered off Faroe Islands in approx position 61.27N 05.48W. after being bombed and damaged by German air attack. Ten crew rescued, one man lost*.
22.7.1941: Grimsby registry closed “Sunk by enemy action 7/4/41”.

*Lost: W.A. Templeman, Grimsby

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S.T. Sylvia H439

S.T. Sylvia H439
Picture courtesy of the Mike Thompson Collection

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
21/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
07/08/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124

Technical

Official Number: 128932
Yard Number: 479
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 256
Net Tonnage: 100
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

1912: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.479) for The Castle Steam Trawlers Ltd, Swansea as SWANSEA CASTLE.
11.6.1912: Completed (Crawford Heron, manager).
11.6.1912: Registered at Swansea (SA108).
8.11.1913: Mortgaged to De Eerste Nederlandsche Scheepsverband Maatschappij, Dordrecht.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
18.6.1917: Fitted with 6pdr gun and commissioned.
19.6.1917: Arrived Milford.
20.6.1917: Gun trials satisfactory.
1919: Released.
22.10.1918: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager).
1.4.1919: Mortgage discharged.
27.11.1923: Mortgaged to London Joint City & Merchants Bank Ltd, London.
9.1927: Owners re-styled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (Sir John D. Marsden Bart, manager).
14.7.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1817)(Hire rate £64.0.0d/month).
15.5.1942: Mortgage discharged.
10.6.1942: Sold to Heward Trawlers Ltd, London & Fleetwood (R. S. Hewett & H. F. Hayward)(Robert S. Hewett, manager).
10.6.1942: Swansea registry closed.
12.6.1942: Registered at London (LO124).
25.2.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Liverpool.
2.1946: Registered at London as RODEN (LO124).
194?: (Wed) In gale force winds and poor visibility stranded on reef off Islay. (Tues week) Metal Industries (Salvage) Ltd steamer SALVEDA (782grt/1943) connected at 09.00a.m. (Wed week) Refloated at 07.00a.m. Returned to Fleetwood for repair with runner crew of seven.
2.1955: Sold for breaking up.

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HMT Swansea Castle

HMT Swansea Castle
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124
Picture courtesy of Angela Barnsby

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124
Parade float picture courtesy of Angela Barnsby

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
18/08/2015: Pictures added.
24/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. Swan FD116

Technical

Official Number: 124688
Yard Number: 96
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 270
Net Tonnage: 95
Length: 130 ft
Breadth: 23.1 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Boiler: R. Stephenson & Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne

History

20.2.1907: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.96) for The Cygnet Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as SWAN.
5.1907: Mortgaged to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
10.5.1907: Registered at Fleetwood (FD116). Richard W. Mason appointed manager.
5.1907: Completed.
1.11.1911: Thomas Cardwell appointed manager.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 103.72 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.136).
12.1915: Renamed SWAN III.
1919: Returned to owner and reverted to SWAN (FD116).
1.11.1919: Mortgage (A). Mortgagee changed name to London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London.
3.1921: Sailed Fleetwood for South West Irish grounds (Sk. H. Martin); eleven crew.
7.3.1921: In thick fog in the Western Approaches, approx 80 miles off Lands End, run down by Seattle registered steamer EDGEMONT (6865grt/1919), Baltimore for Antwerp, struck amidships and foundered in approx position 49°26N/11°14W. Six men lost and five put onboard the ARLEY (FD44) and returned to Fleetwood.
18.3.1921: Fleetwood registry closed.

(Lost. Sk. B(H) Martin; A. Wignall, Bosun; G. Bond, 2nd engineer; Wairing, fireman, McFallon, deckhand and T. Allen, cook.

Survivors. T. Welch, mate; R. Wilson, Chief engineer; Charles Thomas, deckhand; A. Cooley, deckhand and J. Morris, fireman.)

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S.T. Swan FD116

S.T. Swan FD116

S.T. Swan FD116

S.T. Swan FD116
Picture courtesy of The Sankey Collection

Changelog
7/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
16/10/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Swallow FD167

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson

Technical

Official Number: 108523
Yard Number: 543
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 243
Net Tonnage: 79
Length: 133.7 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 10.8 ft
Engine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Built: Edwards Bros, North Shields, 1897
Owner: Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Fleetwood

History

3.4.1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, Howden-on-Tyne (Yd.No.543) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester as SWALLOW.
7.5.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD167).
5.1897: Completed (John E.A. Kelsall, Fleetwood, manager).
26.2.1898: Working as a fish carrier “fleeter” with the K&B fleet fishing off the Western Isles. Took onboard from trawler TEAL (FD166) survivors of trawler PLOVER (FD173) which had been run down the previous day by Norwegian steamer SAINT ANDREW (2984g/) off Dubh Heartach Light.
27.2.1898: Landed survivors at Fleetwood.
1899: Transferred to Hull (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood, managers).
7.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H97).
12.5.1899: Fleetwood registry closed.
8.9.1911: Registered office transferred to Hull (George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London, managers).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 95.40 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
10.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.654).
13.11.1914: At Lowestoft, parent ship HALCYON.
30.3.1918: ‘Run down and sunk by steamer believed to be Norwegian AUDAX (928grt/1903) five miles to the south of Whitby at 0300.’ Crew saved. Steamer confirmed as AUDAX.
5.4.1918: ‘Ceased to be on Admiralty charter from 30th March 1918’.
14.5.1918: ‘Ceased to be on Admiralty charter on 29th March, and not on 30th as stated’.
18.5.1918: Hull registry closed “Vessel lost 29th March 1918 whilst under Admiralty Charter”.

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S.T. Swallow H97

S.T. Swallow H97
Picture courtesy of Nicolina

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/02/2016: Information updated.