S.T. Lord Minto FD51 : The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Lord Minto FD51

Technical

Official Number: 136192
Yard Number: 599
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 295
Net Tonnage: 123
Length: 136.7 ft
Breadth: 23.2 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Engine : 93HP T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

1.3.1914: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.599) for Yorkshire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as LORD MINTO.
28.5.1914: Registered at Hull (H105).
6.6.1914: Completed.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1516).
1919: Returned to owner.
17.10.1921: Sold to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
14.3.1924: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood.
12.1.1925: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (E. Towne, manager).
6.6.1925: Hull registry closed.
12.6.1925: Registered at Fleetwood (FD51).
26.10.1936: In gale force winds and heavy weather off St. Kilda, Bosun William Wilson Crewdson was washed overboard and drowned.
9.1939: On a trip to St. Kilda grounds (Sk. Charles Pennington); eleven crew.
18.9.1939: Trawling 30 miles NW of St. Kilda. 1900 hrs stopped in position 58.09N 09.17W by U-boat (U.35); tried to escape and made radio message. Examined i.a.w. Prisenordnung (Prize Regulations) Art.54. Seized along with ARLITA (FD188) and NANCY HAGUE (FD133). As boats not considered safe for crew, transferred to NANCY HAGUE. Sunk by gunfire in position 57.51N 09.28W. At 2047 H M destroyers SOMALI (P.No.F33) and MATEBELE (P.No.F26) detached to assist. Also sunk by gunfire, ARLITA (FD188), but NANCY HAGUE (FD133) allowed to take both crews onboard and return to Fleetwood.
27.9.1939: Fleetwood registry closed.

(Crew (all Fleetwood unless stated) – Sk. Charles Pennington; Arthur Dutton, Mate; J. R. Rogers, Bosun; T. Hudson Ch.Eng; R. Neill, 2nd Eng; G. Halliday; Bertram Lee; W. Sharples; J. Beadle, Liverpool, deckhands; W. Kneale, Knott End, fireman; Robert Pooley, cook; Herbert Coplin, wireless operator.)

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