Monthly Archives: January 2009

S.T. Bridlington FD145

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 133460
Yard Number: 561
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 205
Net Tonnage: 82 (75)
Length: 112.2 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.4 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 300ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

7.7.1913: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.561) for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as BRIDLINGTON.
1.9.1913: Registered at Hull (H1009).
1.9.1913: Joseph Vivian appointed manager.
24.9.1913: Completed.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
13.5.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
22.10.1928: Robert Burton appointed manager.
16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson appointed manager.
10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
1.11.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (joint mortgagees).
1935: Insured value £2,650.
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: At Extraordinary General Meeting at Hull, Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd placed in Creditors’ Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, London appointed liquidators).
3.2.1937: Sold by the mortgagee under mortgage(A) to Heward Trawlers Ltd (64/64), London (Robert Scott Hewett & Harold Frank Hayward).
17.2.1937: Hull registry closed.
17.2.1937: Robert S. Hewett, London appointed manager.
19.2.1937: Registered at London (LO194). Refurbished.
11.3.1937: Arrived Fleetwood from Hull.
11.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 368 kits – hake-184, cod/codling-30, haddock-10, whiting-37, flats-7, ling/coley-28, roker-10, gurnard-7, dogs-55.
1948: Sold to Fern Leaf Co Ltd, Fleetwood (William Newton, manager).
1954: London registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD145).
1956: Sold for breaking up in The Netherlands.
17(7?).9.1956: Arrived Dordrecht from Fleetwood under own power. Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Bridlington LO194
Picture from the Internet

S.T. Bridlington FD145
Picture courtesy of the late Alan Hirst

Changelog
26/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
18/01/2017: Removed disputed image.
03/10/2019: Information updated.
12/06/2022: Added an image.

S.T. Boston Vampire H94

Technical

Official Number: 183416
Yard Number: 730
Completed: 1949
Gross Tonnage: 386
Net Tonnage: 138
Length: 136.7 ft
Breadth: 25.8 ft
Depth: 13.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (E.No.442) Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

12.5.1949: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd. No.730) for Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager) as BOSTON VAMPIRE.
10.1949: Completed. Registered at Hull (H94).
19.6.1950: Landed at Fleetwood (Sk. Albert Coxall), 442 boxes grossed £2,275.
5.7 & 8.8.1950: Landed at Fleetwood.
23.8.1950: Last landing at Fleetwood, 357 boxes grossed £2,365. Returned to Hull.
2.1951: Sold to Fishery Products Ltd, St. John’s, Newfoundland. Hull registry closed. Registered at St. John’s as ZARINA.
11.1952: New boiler fitted.
1954: Sold to National Sea Products Ltd, Halifax, NS (Harold P. Connor, manager). Registered at Halifax, NS as CAPE FEARLESS.
1969: Sold for breaking up to Canadian shipbreakers at Sydney, N.S.
12.1968: In course of breaking up.

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S.T. Boston Vampire H94
Picture from the Internet

S.T. Boston Vampire H94

S.T. Boston Vampire H94
Picture courtesy of David Slinger

Changelog
26/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/02/2015: Corrected mistake.
17/01/2017: Removed disputed image.

S.T. Banquo FD99

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 181349
Yard Number: 210
Completed: 1948
Gross Tonnage: 604
Net Tonnage: 222
Length: 170.4 ft
Breadth: 29.2 ft
Depth: 14.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (No.283)
Boiler: Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee.
Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F
Built: J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen

History

9.4.1948: Launched by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.210) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as THORNELLA. Contract price £84,220.
9.1948: Registered at Hull (H582).
21.9.1948: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys designated manager.
25.9.1948: Trials.
29.9.1948: Completed and delivered insured for £113,000.
30.9.1948: Sailed Hull for Bear Island (Sk. Charles Henry Taylor); first trip.
22.10.1948: At Hull landed 2864 kits (2846 headless, 1.603 haddock), £10,948 gross.
16.8.1949: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Brough designated manager.
1949: Landings – 336 days at sea, 42,210 kits, £103,033 gross.
20.9.1952: Sailed Hull for Greenland (Sk. Charles William O’Neil).
4.10.1952: Responded to distress from steam trawler NORMAN (H289) stranded on an uncharted reef off the Greenland coast. Recovered eight bodies in the sea and landed them at Scrabster.
11.11.1952: Landed at Hull.
24.12.1952: Landed at Hull from Bear Island.
1952/53: Made two trips to Greenland fishery.
26.12.1952: Sailed Hull for Greenland (Sk.Charles William O’Neil).
9.1.1953: In company with LOCH MOIDART (H481) ran into a full NE gale whilst heading through broken ice, compelling the pair to to turn and dodge into wind. When coming into open water a large wave fell onboard, crushing the wheelhouse port side forward and flooding the radio room. With steering gear damaged and only half a wheel, the skipper managed to navigate with a boat compass and radio operator, James Cunningham, dried out the radio equipment in the stokehold and made contact with the owners to say they were safe.
17.1.1953: Arrived Hull landed 2,838 kits £6,198 gross.
19.1.1953: Surveyed and taken in hand for repair.
24.2.1953: Following repairs sailed for Norway Coast.
13.9.1954: Sold to to Northern Fishing Co (Hull) Ltd, Hull. Mark Hellyer designated manager.
6.10.1954: Registered at Hull as BANQUO (H582) (MoT&CA minute R558/1/0269 dated 4.10.1954).
17.3.1957: Vessel mortgaged to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
10.1957: Arrested by Icelandic gunboat THOR for alleged illegal fishing of Langanes peninsula, NE coast of Iceland (Sk. Joseph Jennings).
16.10.1957: At Reykjavik, Sk. Jennings was fined £1800.
12.1961: Hellyer Bros merged with Associated Fisheries Ltd.
26.3.1965: Mortgage (A) discharged.
24.5.1965: Sold to Hellyer Bros. Ltd, Hull (Associated Group re-organisation).
26.5.1966: Laurence Hall Swaine designated manager.
25.4.1967: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds (Sk. William John Stockton).
15.5.1967: At Hull, last landing 839 kits (240 shelf) £3,141 gross, £926 net. Within Associated Fisheries Group transferred to Fleetwood.
18.5.1967: Sailed Hull with Fleetwood crew on Icelandic trip (Sk. Thomas James Watson).
19.5.1967: Sold to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
7.6.1967: At Fleetwood landed 900 kits (914 boxes), £4,331 gross.
7.6.1967: Hull registry closed.
8.6.1967: Registered at Fleetwood (FD99). Leslie Wheildon designated manager. Repainted in Wyre Trawlers livery.
9.1967: Sailed for Icelandic grounds (Sk. Thomas James Watson). On return landed and laid up.
9.1967: Sold to Van Heyghen Freres S.A., Ghent for breaking up.
27.9.1967: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.10.1967: Delivered to shipbreaker at Ghent.

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S.T. Thornella H582
Picture courtesy of the JJ Collection

S.T. Banquo FD99
Picture courtesy of the JJ Collection

S.T. Thornella H582
Picture courtesy of The JanH Collection

S.T. Thornella H582
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

S.T. Thornella H582
Picture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library

S.T. Thornella H582
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. Banquo FD99
Picture courtesy of The Phillip Dell Collection

Banquo Settling Sheet
Courtesy of The Mike Thompson Collection

S.T. Banquo H582
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog
26/01/2009: Page published. 6 revisions since then.
30/08/2014: Added 10th picture.
15/01/2017: Picture removed.
30/03/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
19/01/2019: Updated information.
28/01/2019: Updated information.
07/08/2019: Updated information.
06/10/2020: Added an image.

S.T. Aby FD138

Technical

Official Number: 180326
Yard Number: 755
Completed: 1945
Gross Tonnage: 361
Net Tonnage: 139
Length: 136 ft
Breadth: 25.2 ft
Depth: 13.2 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl by Charles D Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Speed: 11.7 knots

History

18.5.1945: Laid down.
22.9.1945: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gems Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.755) for Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood as ABY.
26.11.1945: Registered at Fleetwood (FD138). Fred Parkes, Blackpool designated manager.
27.11.1945: Completed.
12.1945: First landing at Fleetwood, 700kits from a 16 day Faroe trip (Sk. Bob Wright).
7.10.1946: Sold to Seddon Fishing Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood. Borys Kilaczycki, London designated manager.
14.2.1949: Sold to Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff.
14.2.1949: Fleetwood registry closed.
1949: Registered at Cardiff as CHAFFCOMBE (CF18).
5.1956: Neale & West Ltd closed their Cardiff base citing high coal prices, unruly crews and Spanish over-fishing; vessels for sale.
5.1956: Five vessels bought en bloc by Fred Parkes, Blackpool – AKITA (CF4), CHAFFCOMBE (CF18), OKU (CF3), SASEBO (CF27) and St. BOTOLPH (CF8).
21.5.1956: Arrived Fleetwood.
6.1956: Sold to The Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
6.1956: Cardiff registry closed.
20.6.1956: Registered at Fleetwood (FD30). Fred Parkes, Blackpool designated manager.
12.1956: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
1.1957: Registered at Fleetwood as BOSTON GANNET (FD30). Basil Arthur Parkes designated manager.
By 12.1961: Laid up at Fleetwood along with SUPERNAL (H414) and St. BOTOLPH (FD31).
11.1962: Reactivated.
19.11.1962: Sailed Fleetwood for Home Water grounds (Sk. S. Roberson); fifteen crew.
6.12.1962: Experienced machinery problems and put into Oban for repairs. On berthing struck quay causing considerable damage over about 20yds and setting in bow plates.
7.12.1962: On completion of repairs, sailed Oban to resume fishing. After landing at Fleetwood returned to lay up.
20.3.1963: Removed to Glasson Dock and laid up.
10.1963: Sold to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
6.10.1963: Arrived Troon.
8.10.1963: Breaking commenced.
18.10.1963: First beaching.
31.1.1964: First rebirthing.
15.4.1964: Second rebirthing.
20.5.1964: Breaking up completed. Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Aby FD138
Picture from the Internet

S.T. Aby FD138
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

S.T. Aby FD138
Picture courtesy of The Osta Collection

S.T. Aby FD138
Picture courtesy of The Osta Collection.

Changelog
26/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
13/01/2017: Removed disputed image.
06/07/2020: Updated information.
22/07/2020: Further information update.
22/07/2020: Image added.

S.T. Wigan FD241

Additional information courtesy of Milford Trawlers

Technical

Official Number: 139210
Yard Number: 633
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 275
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Southbank on Tees, 1917
Engine: 87nhp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Boiler: Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Hebburn on Tyne
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

3.4.1916: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.633) for The “Wyre” Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood as WIGAN.
5.5.1916: Registered at Fleetwood (FD241).
5.1916: Completed. Magnus B. J. Wedum designated manager. Requisitioned from the builders for war service and fitted out as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1997). Based Humber.
26.9.1916: Sold to The Palatine Steam Trawling Co Ltd. Magnus B. J. Wedum designated manager.
1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
30.6.1928: Pursued by HMS SPEY when illegally trawling in the Firth of Clyde.
31.6.1928: In Campbeltown Sheriff Court, Sk. Nicholas Wright was fined £100 with forfeiture of the nets and gear for illegal trawling, £20 for concealment of identification marks and £50 for refusing to stop. For threatening Lt Woodriffe and Lt Aldridge with a gaff, George Grout, deckhand was fined £3 or 20 days imprisonment.
10.1928: Fitted with W/T.
16.12.1928: Informed Malin Head W/T Station that steam trawler BUSH (FD60) was ashore on rocks off Mull of Cantire, entrance to Islay Sound. That trawlers EDWARD CATTELLY (FD204) and VERA GRACE (FD211), the latter with a line aboard, were standing by and hoped to refloat on evening tide. No assistance was required. Attempt to refloat was unsuccessful.
11.1931: Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Magnus B. J.Wedum designated manager.
30.9.1932: Off Rathlin Island in heavy weather and gale, lost rudder. At 3.25 pm. steam trawler DAILY TELEGRAPH (GY367) connected and commenced tow to Fleetwood.
31.9.1932: Delivered Fleetwood.
1939: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. Basil Arthur Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde designated manager.
4.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service and designated for minesweeping duties (Hire rate £77.18.4d/month).
6.2.1940: Returned.
20.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1583).
1942: Dover Channel sweeping.
1945: Returned.
3.8.1945: Sold to Manor Steamship Co Ltd, Milford Haven.
10.1946: Fleetwood registry closed.
4.11.1946: Registered at Milford (M144). Reginald L. Hancock designated manager.
3.1951: Sold to John Wood, Aberdeen.
27.3.1951: Milford registry closed.
29.3.1951: Registered at Aberdeen (A677). John Wood designated managing owner.
11.9.1953: Sold to The Leslie Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen John Wood designated manager.
15.5.1959: Sold to Looker Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
1959: Sold to BISCO and allocated to James A. White & Co Ltd, St. David’s, Fife for breaking up.
21.5.1959: Arrived St. David’s from Aberdeen under own power.
3.9.1959: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up.”

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S.T. Wigan FD241
Picture courtesy of The John Clarkson Collection

Changelog
26/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
25/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
04/07/2020: Information updated.

The Bosun's Watch

Fleetwood Steam and Sailing Trawlers

Monthly Archives: January 2009

S.T. Bridlington FD145

S.T. Boston Vampire H94

S.T. Banquo FD99

S.T. Aby FD138

S.T. Wigan FD241