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S.T. St. Lucia H937

Technical

Official Number: 124749
Yard Number: 134
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 185
Net Tonnage: 67
Length: 110.5 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley

History

3.1.1907: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd.No.134) for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Hull as St. LUCIA.
15.3.1907: Completed.
27.3.1907: Registered at Hull (H937) Joseph Vivian appointed manager.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 73net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
By 11.8.1917: Fitted 1-6pdr HA.
1919: Released.
3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical).
6.3.1936: Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (Charles H. Emerson, manager) in voluntary liquidation.
3.1936: Sold to Colin H. Brand, Milford Haven (managing owner).
18.12.1936: Sold to William Wilcox, Milford Haven (managing owner).
1937: Sold to Robert P. Lewis, Fishguard (Edward W. Brand, Milford Haven, manager).
1938: William Wilcox appointed manager.
1945: Sold to Colin H. Brand, Cleveleys (managing owner).
12.6.1945: Last landing at Milford.
1949: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
12.2.1952: Arrived Preston from Fleetwood under own power.
16.2.1952: Delivered.
1952: Hull registry closed.

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S.T. St. Lucia H937

S.T. St. Lucia H937
Picture courtesy of Alan Hirst

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
20/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. St. Lolan H139

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4251
Official Number: 144032
Yard Number: 894
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 324
Net Tonnage: 148
Length: 138.3 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

17.5.1919: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.894) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as EDWARD McGUIRE (Ad.No.4251).
30.11.1919: Completed. Sold to West Riding Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Thomas Hudson, manager).
3.12.1919: Delivered as a fishing vessel.
19.1.1920: Registered at Hull as CAPE St. VINCENT (H139).
10.1928: Sold to H. Croft Baker & Sons Ltd, Grimsby (Sydney C. Baker, Cleethorpes, manager).
31.10.1928: Registered at Hull as St. LOLAN (H139).
1.10.1931: Proceeding to sea after bunkering at Blyth, at about noon in collision in South Harbour with Workington steamer GALACUM (585grt/1915). Both vessel damaged.
6.1.1932: Homeward from Norwegian coast, stranded at Storfjorden, Norway.
7.1.1932: With salvage steamer in attendance refloated at 9.20pm. with slight damage. Proceeded to Grimsby.
11.4.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
1.4.1937: Last landing at Fleetwood, 209 boxes grossed £353.
25.5.1937: Sold to Red Funnel Trawlers Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW.
26.5.1937: Hull registry closed.
16.7.1937: Registered at Sydney as KOROWA .
14.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service (Royal Australian Navy) as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.79). (6.9.1945?)
2.1946: Returned to owner after restoration and survey at Sydney.
1955: Sold for breaking up at Sydney.
13.7.1955: Registry closed after breaking up of vessel complete.

(Edward McGuire (also recorded as McQuire), AB (volunteer), age 24, b. Richmond, Surrey – VICTORY (SB158))

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

S.T. St. Leonard FD333

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 134755
Yard Number: 547
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 296
Net Tonnage: 128
Length: 135.2 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: 500ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby

History

28.10.1912: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.547) for Grimsby Victor Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as St. LEONARD.
12.12.1912: Registered at Grimsby (GY799).
12.12.1912: Matthew William Jennison appointed manager.
18.12.1912: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George Edward James Moody, Grimsby to secure the sum of £4000 with interest at 5%. (A).
11.1.1913: Completed.
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.454).
9.11.1917: Mortgage (A) discharged.
27. 11.1917: Sold to The Port St. Mary Fishing & Curing Co Ltd (64/64), London.
30.11.1917: Charles Jeffs Jnr, Cleveleys appointed manager. Based Kirkwall.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
18.7.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
21.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD333).
26.2.1922: Stranded Ardmore Rocks, Islay.
6.4.1922: Refloated, berthed Ardbeg Jetty. Returned Fleetwood, repaired and returned to service.
1924: Sold to Soc. de Pesca Golfinho Ltda, Lisbon.
5.9.1924: Fleetwood registry closed. Renamed TONINHA. Registered at Lisbon.
1928: Sold to Sociedade Maritima Treve Ltda, Lisbon, Portugal. Renamed MARIA CRISTINA PRIMEIRO.
1930: Sold to “Trevo” Ltda, Lisbon.
1933: Sold to Sociedade de Pesca Costeira Ltda, Lisbon, Portugal. Renamed TREVO TERCEIRO.
1940: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
6.1940: Sold to Hellyer Brothers Ltd, Hull.
24.6.1940: Registered in the Registry of British Ships at Hull.
7.1940: Sold to The Admiralty and fitted out at Pembroke Dock as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1683). Based Plymouth with M/S Group 53.
16.1.1941: Hull registry closed.
10.1942: Renamed FINESSE.
12.1942: While minesweeping off South West coast shot down Focke Wulf 190. Based Dartmouth with M/S Group 53.
1.1946: Laid up at Plymouth “To return to fishing”.
2.1946: Sold to Easton Trawling Co Ltd, Swansea. Name confirmed and registered at Swansea as FINESSE (SA16).
1951: Sold to Giovanni Catarame, Catania, Sicily. Swansea registry closed. Renamed S. AGATA. No port of registry recorded.
1956: Sold for breaking up.

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St. Leonard GY799

St. Leonard GY799
Picture courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
24/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

The End of The Steam Age

Article from unknown source and date supplied by Les Howard

The age of steam which revolutionised the fishing industry has fizzled out at Fleetwood. It’s death knell sounded of Friday when Wyre Trawlers Ltd. officially announced that the Wyre Mariner, once the pride of the Fleetwood fleet, is going to end her days sailing from the Humber.

Wyre announced that the Mariner, commaned by Skipper Percy Bedford, will dock at Grimsby to land there on Monday and be transferred to Northern Trawlers Ltd which, like the Wyre firm, is a subsidiary of Associated Fisheries Ltd.

Built in 1956, the 656 ton Mariner was the biggest conventional trawler at the port. She was the first ship built by Associated when they took over the fleet run by Fleetwood Fish Merchants’ Association.

Part of the agreement was that Associated would build a fleet of new ships, and this they did, but the others were faster, more economical, diesel powered trawlers. The Mariner is steam powered and burns oil.

Her owners said today, “The cost of fuel oil makes this kind of ship uneconomical for Fleetwood type fishing, although there are many of them sailing from the Humber ports.”

All Fleetwood’s fishing fleet is now diesel powered although there are still two oil burning steam trawlers at the port. They are Loch Moidart, which belongs to Wyre, and Samuel Hewett, which belongs to Hewett Fishing Co. Ltd.

Both are laid up in the dock’s “graveyard corner,” and the scrapyard looks like being their last port of call.

S.T. St. Cuthbert FD137

Technical

Official Number: 138943
Yard Number: 650
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 311
Net Tonnage: 162
Length: 137 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

11.9.1915: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.650) for Grimsby Victor Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as St. CUTHBERT.
1.1.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY824).
8.3.1916: Completed/ Matthew W. Jennison designated manager.
4.1916: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1992).
11.1917: Sold to New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood. Ernest Tomlinson & Joseph A. Taylor designated managers.
Based Portland.
Post12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
3.4.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
4.4.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD137).
1924: William W. Brierley designated manager.
16.10.1928: Sold to Capt Gjert Myhre, Halifax, NS, Canada.
12.1928: Sold to Ocean Trawlers Ltd, Halifax, NS, (Bernard P. Saunders, manager).
27.12.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
1.1929: Registered at Halifax, NS.
1936: Sold to Warren Transportation Co Ltd, Belize, British Honduras for conversion to dry cargo.
1936: Fitted out to dry cargo – 311g (411g) (469g) 241n 508d.
1936: Re-engined with 2stroke 2-cyl oil engine by J. & C. G. Bolinders M/V A/B, Stockholm (engine built 1917).
1936: Halifax, NS registry closed. Registered at Belize, British Honduras.
1938: Sold to Motorship St. Cuthbert Inc, Tampa, FL. Belize registry closed. Registered at Roatan, Honduras.
1957: Sold to McCormick Shipping Corporation (c/o Eastern Shipping Co, Miami, FL, USA). Roatan registry closed. Registered at Panama.
1986: Removed from Lloyd’s Register “Vessel’s continued existence in doubt.

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
29/07/2021: Updated history.