S.T. Crystal SH58 : The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Crystal SH58

Additional material courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official No: 105079
Yard Number: 151
Completed: 1895
Gross Tonnage: 149g
Net Tonnage: 57n
Length: 100.0
Breadth: 20.8
Depth: 11.0 feet
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull

History

Class of two vessels to a design proposed by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull and approved by the Kingston board. Contracts were signed with the shipyard to build the vessels, and with C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd to make the engines and boilers. The names chosen were, CRYSTAL and TOPAZ. Total cost for Crystal with amendments, fees, classification, fishing gear, stores and coal £4,307.17.11d.

20.11.1895: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.151) for Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as CRYSTAL.
16.12.1895: Registered at Hull (H303).
16.12.1895: Completed trials and accepted (Lawrence Spring, manager).
1913: New boiler fitted.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 62 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
28.1.1916: Fitted with new propeller.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
10.10.1917: Arthur Taylor appointed manager.
7.7.1918: Skipper had to resort to chopping gear to escape from a German submarine. Claim for £105.14s. made under War Risk Insurance Policy.
5.11.1918: In River Humber off Grimsby in collision with steam trawler Lyric (GY434). Sustained slight damage, Lyric suffered damage to stem and bow plating.
12.11.1918: Arrived at Hull to land and repair.
1919: Released.
6.3.1919: Sold to George Altoft & William Boyd Hull for £9,250 including fishing gear (through W. A. Massey & Sons Ltd, Hull, shipbrokers commission £150).
21.3.1919: Sold to Trident Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (George Altoft, manager).
16.11.1929: Sold to George Henry Gibson & Charles Henry Mumby, Hull (George H. Gibson, manager).
31.1.1934: Sold to Joseph Catchpole & John Sheriff Ellis, Scarborough (Joseph Catchpole, manager).
30.1.1935: Sold to J S Ellis & Co Ltd Scarborough (Joseph Catchpole manager).
28.5.1935: Sold to Crystal Fishing Co Ltd Scarborough (Bob Robson & Fred Welch)(Joseph Catchpole manager).
31.5.1935: Hull registry closed.
1.6.1935: Registered at Scarborough (SH58).
1.6.1937: Sold to Filey United Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Scarborough (Richard F. Cammish, manager).
22.2.1940: Fishing in North Sea (Sk.Thomas ‘Mickey” Scales), in company with AUCUBA (GY172), CARDEW (H157) and EMULATOR (SH83) attacked by German aircraft. Group returned fire and aircraft withdrew; no casualties.
14.10.1942: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
26.6.1943: On a North Sea trip (Hull crew). Foundered after detonating a German laid mine off Yorkshire Coast (position not confirmed at present*).
27.6.1943: Destroyer HMS VIVACIOUS (P.No. D36) on East Coast patrol and escort duties picked up all 10 crew and landed them at Immingham.