S.T. Evelyn Rose GY9 : The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Evelyn Rose GY9

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3831
Official Number: 143857
Yard Number: 838
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 327
Net Tonnage: 130
Length: 138.3 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby

History

1918: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.838) (“Mersey” Class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM JACKSON.
27.4.1918: Completed (1 – 12pdr, hydrophone and W/T).
29.3.1918: Accepted.
3.2.1920: Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO293).
6.1921: Sold to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
11.6.1921: London registry closed.
5.7.1921: Registered at Hull (H288).
7.1921: Converted to a fishing vessel by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.754) – 327g
9.8.1921: Renamed LORD BYNG (H288).
24.1.1929: Sold to Bunch Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (H. G. Crampin, manager).
28.1.1929: Hull registry closed.
29.1.1929: Registered at Grimsby (GY9). Fitted for lining to pursue the Greenland halibut fishery.
5.1936: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
7.1936: Renamed EVELYN ROSE (GY9). Operating out of East Coast ports.
1939: Transferred to Fleetwood.
Pre 4.1940: Employed on Fishery Protection (WAS/Fort William/Fleetwood).
27.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service (Hire rate £98.2.0d/month).
27.5 – 4.6.1940: At Dunkirk evacuation (Ty/Sk. A. J. Lewis) transported 150 troops. Badly damaged by air attack, beached at Ramsgate. Repaired and fitted out for auxiliary patrol duties (P.No. 4.136).
5.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper.
1945: Returned (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
8.1945: Sold to The Cevic Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Richard Neave, manager).
22.11.1949: Homeward from an Icelandic trip (Sk. Pegler); twenty-two crew, stranded in darkness while on passage through the Sound of Islay.
23.11.1949: Twelve crew members taken off by Port Askaig lifeboat and returned to standby. Concrete poured into vessel in early forenoon but could not seal the hull.
24.11.1949: Part catch discharged to CEVIC (FD7) for shipment to Fleetwood.
26.11.1949: Part catch landed (£780 gross).
2.12.1949: Refloated and berthed at Port Askaig Pier.
12.1949: Returned to Fleetwood.
2.1950: Repairs completed and returned to fishing.
30.12.1954: Early morning sailed Fleetwood for Faroe fishing grounds (Sk. William Dawson); fourteen crew.
31.12.1954: At12.30 am. stranded about 15 yds from Ardtornish Light, Morven while in transit through the Sound of Mull in southerly wind, fresh breeze, good visibility. While attempting to launch boat, slipped off rocks and foundered quickly; two survivors* walked five miles to nearest habitation. (Position of wreck is uncertain possibly located in 130m, 400m from shore. (Original loss in approx position 56°31N/5°45W in 60-80m)).
23.7.1955: At MoT formal inquiry (S.433) at Fleetwood the court found Sk. Dawson had made an error in navigation by misinterpreting the image on the radar screen, resulting in the vessel stranding.
(William Jackson, OS (volunteer), age 28, b. Edinburgh – VICTORY (SB94))
(* Survivors – W. Crawford (40), Mate and E. Meyer (34), deckhand both of Fleetwood)
(Lost – Sk. W. Dawson; C. P. Chard; F. Thornton; A . McDermott, K. Atkins; L. J. Evans; C. R. Holdon; R. Leadbetter; R. W. E. Barlow & J. Salthouse.)