S.T. Majestic FD181 : The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Majestic FD181

Technical

Official Number 98714
Yard Number: 41
Gross Tonnage: 146
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 97.24 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Engine:T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley

History

29.10.1890: Launched by Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Yd.No.41) for John Kelsall, Manchester (managing owner) as MAJESTIC.
30.12.1890: Registered at Hull (H120).
7.1.1891: Completed.
1895: Transferred to Fleetwood (Kelsall & Co, managers).
27.8.1897: Hull registry closed.
23.1.1897: Sold to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood, managers).
4.9.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD181).
24.3.1899: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Hull (George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London, managers).
13.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H444).
22.10.1904: The Dogger Bank Incident. Shelled and damaged by Russian Navy Baltic Fleet while fishing on the Dogger Bank. Russians on passage to the Pacific in the darkness opened fire on the trawlers (approx 45 vessels) under the impression that they were about to be attacked.
Pre 1908: George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London designated managers.
1910: Sold to James S. McGillivray, Macduff, fitted out as a drifter.
1.11.1911: In collision in River Yare with FORWARD (BF624), which subsequently sank.
4.5.1912: Hull registry closed.
5.1912: Registered at Banff (BF478).
5.1917: Sold to H. Smethurst, Grimsby for use as a trawler.
5.1917: Banff registry closed.
25.5.1917: Registered at Grimsby (GY1054) as a trawler.
28.11.1917: Sold J. Johnson, Scarborough (Penguin Fishing Co Ltd).
9.5.1918: Sold to A. W. Green, Grimsby.
7.1918: Renamed SUN-FLAME (GY1054).
1.1920: Sold to Great Yarmouth Steam Trawlers Ltd, Gt Yarmouth (George H. Hansell, manager).
14.1.1920: Grimsby registry closed.
19.1.1920: Registered at Yarmouth (YH229).
1926: Sold for breaking up.
26.10.1926: Yarmouth registry closed.