S.T. Carella FD319 : The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Carella FD319

Technical

Official Number: 163143
Yard Number: 1112
Completed: 1933
Gross Tonnage : 421
Net Tonnage: 162
Length: 152.1 ft
Breadth: 25.6 ft
Depth: 13.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby

History

10.6.1933: Launched by Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1112) for Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as CAPE BATHURST.
21.7.1933: Registered at Hull (H496).
25.7.1933: Completed (Archibald Hudson, manager).
1934: Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd designated managers (Archibald Hudson, manager).
9.1935: As a result of the Abyssinian crisis and failure of British diplomacy, the Government authorised The Admiralty to procure twenty modern trawlers for conversion to minor war vessels.
17.10.1935: Sailed Hull for Bear Island grounds (Sk. C. Grantham).
8.11.1935: At Hull landed last trip 1,893 kits grossed £1191.
23.11.1935: Following successful trials sold to The Admiralty (Ref.18008/35).
26.11.1935: Hull registry closed. Fitted out as a “Gem” class anti submarine trawler (1 x 4”).
1936: Renamed HMS RUBY (P.No. T.24).
1940: Based Birkenhead with A/S Group 2 (Ty Lieut. R. P. Chapman RNR).
6.1941: At Plymouth refitting (Senior Officer, Ty S/Lieut. N. L. Brown RNVR).
9.7.1942: Escorting convoy WP.183 (Ty Lieut. Nicolas Leadley Brown RNVR) attacked by E-boats in Lyme Bay.
HMT MANOR (M238) (P.No.FY.333) (Skipper Benjamin Pile, RNR) torpedoed and sunk in position 50.19N 03.01W in 60m. Twenty-nine crew MPK, sole survivor, 2nd Hand Cyril Foale, picked up from the water and landed at Yarmouth, IoW.
1944: Assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Convoy escort duties in British waters and across the Channel in support of landings.
5.6.1944: Sailed Solent as Force S (Assault Convoy S 10) escort vessel.
6.6.1944 Arrived Sword beach.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
18.9.1945: Escorting (Lieut. M. Bishop RNVR)damaged French submarine MINERVE, Liverpool-Cherbourg, in tow of tug ELAN II. In gale conditions in Lyme Bay decided to round Portland Bill and shelter in Portland. Tug lost tow in race and submarine went ashore on the Bill. Returned to scene in very bad weather and sustained extensive minor damage.
26.4.1946: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £12,650.
8.1946: Re-classed at Manchester. Registered at Fleetwood as CARELLA (FD216) (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager).
13.12.1948: Sold to Henderson’s Trawling Co Ltd, Hull for £61,000.
1.1949: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.1.1949: Registered at Hull (H4) (William Stevenson, manager).
8.1949-2.1950: Landing at Fleetwood.
19.10.1951: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Frank Marr, manager).
1952: Homeward from Icelandic grounds ignored warnings not to proceed through The Minch and ran through the extremities of a trial (Operation Cauldron) of biological agents. Crew subsequently monitored covertly for any signs of illness.
27.7.1953: Hull registry closed.
7.1953: Registered at Fleetwood (FD319).
4.1959: Alleged fishing inside Icelandic 4 mile limit.
1.6.1959: Company taken over by J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager).
7.11.1959: Sold to BISCO and allocated to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
18.11.1959: Sailed Fleetwood for Troon.
19.11.1959: Delivered Troon Harbour (draughts 3’9”/15’9”).
23.2.1960: Breaking commenced.
2.3.1960: Beached (draughts 7’0”/10’6”).
9.6.1960: Breaking completed.