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S.T. Strathgairn A251

Technical

Official Number: 137164
Yard Number: 565
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 211
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 115.6 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1915: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.565) for Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (John Brown, manager) as STRATHGAIRN.
3.1915: Completed. Requisitioned by The Admiralty from the builders.
23.3.1915: Commissioned as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1366).
24.3.1915: Registered at Aberdeen (A251). Based Dover.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
1938: W. Rhind appointed manager.
1940: Fishing from Fleetwood.
14.7.1941: Mined about 20 miles SW of Barra Head. Five crew MPK*. Six crew picked up and landed at Stornoway.
19.7.1941: Aberdeen registry closed “ Vessel sunk 14.7.1941”.

(MPK* – H. Ashton; H. J. Brown; E. W. Curtis; F. C. Dawkins; T. Reid)

Changelog

07/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Strathalbyn A48

Technical

Official Number: 148961
Yard Number: 701
Completed:: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 218
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 117.5 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

22.8.1929: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.701) for Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as STRATHALBYN.
9.1929: Completed.
19.9.1929: Registered at Aberdeen (A48). George Massie designated manager.
1938: W. Rhind designated manager.
12.1940: Fishing some 12 miles ESE of Fetlar, Shetland Isles in company with steam trawlers, DANEDEN (A59)) and STAR of SCOTLAND(A347). DANEDEN attacked by enemy aircraft, bombed and sunk with the loss of all nine crew.
29.12.1942: Sold to Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth. Fishing out of Fleetwood. Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood managing agents.
27.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 287 kits – hake-13, cod/codling-13, haddock-215, flats-8, ling/coley-6. gurnard-9, dogs-7.
1.5.1943: Typical wartime landing, Faroe grounds. 800 kits – cod/codling-300, haddock-480, ling/coley-20.
1946: Transferred to Gt. Yarmouth.
28.4.1947: Sold to Thomas Davidson Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
28.6.1950: Sold to Colonial Development Corporation, London.
11.1950: Taken in hand by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd and fitted with refrigeration plant, fish room modified with metal boxes on railed shelving, crew accommodation air conditioned and other improvements.
17.1.1951: Completed successful trials in Aberdeen Bay.
24.1.1951: Sailed Aberdeen for Lagos (Sk. Alex Flett, Findochty) in company with STRATHBLAIR (A132) (Sk. Tom Normandale).
2.2.1951: Noted. Forecastle added. Alteration to tonnage and other particulars. Certificate of Survey at Aberdeen dated 16.1.1951.
1953: Sank. Refloated and repaired.
13.10.1954: Sold to Nigerian Shipping & Trading Co Ltd, Lagos. (Sk. Flett stayed in Lagos to instruct locals).
1955: Sold for breaking up at Lagos.
15.9.1955: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 2 updates since then.
06/08/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Storm Cock FD148

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 99586
Yard Number: 95
Completed: 1892
Gross Tonnage: 151
Net Tonnage: 63
Length: 104 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Engine: 50nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull

History

22.10.1892: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.95) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as STORM COCK.
14.11.1892: Registered at Hull (H207).
11.1892: Completed (Henry A. L. Russell, manager).
6.2.1902: Sold to George R. Nicholson, Wallasey (managing owner).
10.2.1902: Hull registry closed.
2.1902: Registered at Liverpool (LL303).
6.1911: Sold to The Sunrise Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Magnus B. Wedum, manager).
6.1911: Liverpool registry closed.
29.6.1911: Registered at Fleetwood (FD148).
10.1915: Sold to Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (George T. Armitage, manager).
21.10.1915: Fleetwood registry closed.
23.10.1915: Registered at Hull (H405).
1916: Main deck, engine casing and funnel renewed.
1916: New boiler fitted.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
4.1919: Sold to Ernest William Hall, Lowestoft (managing owner).
2.4.1919: Hull registry closed.
5.4.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (LT393).
7.9.1920: Advertised for sale at Baltic Exchange, London, ‘vessel lying at Lowestoft’.
17.9.1920: Sold to Charles Huish, Plymouth (managing owner).
18.1.1933: Following death of Charles Huish, transferred to Mrs Josephine Huish, Plymouth (Arthur R. Chapman/Sanders Stevens & Co Ltd, managers).
1937: Sold to The Netherlands for breaking up.
16.8.1937: Lowestoft registry closed “To Holland”.

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.

S.T. Stoic GY1015

Technical

Official Number: 109845
Yard Number: 445
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 200
Net Tonnage: 69
Length: 115.1 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (engine made 1894 fitted 1899)
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

19.12.1898: Launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.445) for The Grimsby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as STOIC.
20.1.1899: Registered at Grimsby (GY1015).
1.1899: Completed (George E. J. Moody, manager).
1907: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1915: Defensively armed.
10.7.1917: Stopped by U-boat (U.53) 55 miles S by W of south point of the island of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands and sunk by gunfire. Crew abandoned in boat and later taken to Suðuroy.
14.8.1917: Grimsby registry closed “Sunk by a Submarine”.

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
06/08/2021: Amended position for loss.

S.T. St. Minver GY458

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4464
Official Number: 144030
Yard Number: 245
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 323
Net Tonnage: 131
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 87 hp T.3-cyl by Crossley Bros. Ltd, Manchester
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole

History

1919: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.245) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as JONATHAN COLLINS.
1919: Sold to Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull.
26.11.1919: Completed (Harold Hall, manager).
14.1.1920: Registered at Hull as St. MINVER (H136).
5.1928: Sold to Bunch Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (W. Crampin, manager).
30.4.1928: Hull registry closed.
1.5.1928: Registered at Grimsby (GY458). Fitted for lining to pursue the Greenland halibut fishery.
1930: H. G. Crampin appointed managers.
5.1936: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (F. Parkes, manager).
8.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£6,000) and fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.725).
8.1939: Grimsby registry closed.
1944: Fitted out as a fuel carrier (‘Esso’ ).
5.1946: Sold to Easton Trawling Co Ltd, Swansea. Renamed MINESSE (SA??).
15.7.1947: Approval by MoT to transfer registration from Swansea to Cape Town.
1.8.1947: Sold to James Dalgliesh, Rondesbosch, Cape Town.
2.8.1947: Sale concluded for £10,000.
3.10.1947: Arrived Cape Town. Registered at Cape Town (CTA412).
1948: Sold to East Fisheries Ltd, Cape Town. pre 1959: Managers became Irving & Johnson Ltd, Cape Town.
1963: Sold for breaking up at Cape Town.

(John (aka Jonathan) Collins, Carpenter’s crew, age 53, b. Axminster, Devon – VICTORY (SB857))

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S.T. St Minver GY458

S.T. St Minver GY458
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
28/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.