S.T. Goth FD52
Positional information courtesy of Captain Hilmar Snorrason
Goth crew information courtesy of the late Fred Hobbs
Technical
Official Number: 148478
Yard Number: 468
Completed: 1925
Gross Tonnage: 394
Net Tonnage: 174
Length: 147.5 ft
Breadth: 25.1 ft
Engine: 99NHP T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith, Hull
Speed 10.5 knots
History
8.6.1925: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.468) for Hellyer Bros Ltd, Hull as GOTH.
12.8.1925: Registered at Hull (H211).
20.8.1925: Completed.
1929: Fish carrier for halibut fishery in the Davis Strait, Greenland.
3.1.1930: Stranded near Narvik, refloated but leaking and put into Lodingen. Divers plugging leaks.
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.649) (Hire rate £152.13.6d/month).
11.1945: Returned to owner.
12.1945: Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd, managers).
1946: Registered at Fleetwood (FD52).
4.12.1948: Sailed Fleetwood for Icelandic grounds (Sk. Wilfred Elliott); twenty one crew.
10.12.1948: Trawling NW of Straumnaes, north west coast of Iceland in company with St. MELANTE (GY80).
11.12.1948: Storm, hauled and ran for shelter to Adalvik Bay.
13.12.1948: Reliable evidence that vessel was communicating by radio with other trawlers.
Post 13.12.1948: Presume foundered NNW of Halo, 43 miles to NW of Straumnes, Iceland in position 66°59.8 N/24°28.9 W; all twenty-one crew lost*.
23.2.1949: Posted missing.
14.4.1950: At BOT Formal Investigation (No. S.416), the Court found that the casualty was probably caused by heavy weather, but other possibilities, mine explosion, boiler explosion, bunker explosion, could not be excluded.
Skipper: Wilfred (Wink) Elliot aged 36, Warbreck Hill Rd, Blackpool
Mate: A. E. Plummer, aged 47, Preston
Bosun: John Edwards, aged 35, Hathaway Place, Fleetwood
Chief Engineer: G. H. Knight, aged 52, Garfield Rd Fleetwood
2nd Engineer: Alfred Patterson, aged 24, Dock St Fleetwood
Wireless Operator: Stanley Bowles, aged 19, Newton-le-Willows
Fireman: Thomas Dagger, aged 25, Springfield Terrace, Fleetwood
Fireman: Harvey Ramsden, aged 24, Layton Blackpool
Fireman: J. Beattie, aged 24, Liverpool
Cook: H. P. Blyth, aged 51, Bolton
Assistant Cook: Albert Silcock, aged 20, Preston
Deckhand: Ernest Parker (DSM) aged 28, Heathfield Rd Fleetwood
Deckhand: John Tandy, aged 27, Victoria St. Fleetwood
Deckhand: Harry Buckley, aged 24, Carr Rd Fleetwood
Deckhand: William Durbin, aged 26, Shakespeare Rd Fleetwood
Deckhand: Norman Grisenthwaite, aged 24, Heathfield Rd Fleetwood
Deckhand: Harry Smith, aged 23, Heathfield Rd Fleetwood
Deckhand: Richard Snasdell, aged 23, Oak St Fleetwood
Deckhand: Benjamin Redman, aged 27, Blackiston St Fleetwood
Deckhand: J. Davies, aged 60, Gordon Rd Fleetwood
Brassie: Robert Rhimes, aged 16, Broomfield Rd Fleetwood
A wireless message from the GOTH stating her intention to seek shelter was picked up by the Grimsby vessel LINCOLN CITY.
Note: Goth was due to be renamed WYRE GALANT on her return.
On 15/11/1997 the Icelandic trawler HELGA (RE 49) picked up a funnel in her nets while fishing NNW of Halo. It was taken to Reykjavic and identified as part of the GOTH. The funnel has now been returned to Fleetwood where relatives of those who were lost intend to preserve it as a memorial
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S.T. Goth FD52
Picture courtesy of Peter Brady
S.T. Goth H211
Picture courtesy of Jonleif (TPF)
Goth memorial and funnel
Picture courtesy of Alan Duggan
only visit Fleetwood occasionally and always visit the memorial near the North Euston. Although i had heard of the Goths funnel and the hope of bringing it back to Fleetwood it was a very pleasant surprise to find that the funnel and the memorial to my uncle and his crew. many thanks for all the hard endeavour from all those responsible for making it happen.
Dave Elliott