S.T. Northern Dawn LO136 : The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Northern Dawn LO136

Technical

Official Number: 164717
Yard Number: 548
Completed: 1936
Gross Tonnage: 655
Net Tonnage: 265
Length: 188.1 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 15.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl & LP turbine with DR gearing & hydraulic coupling by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde.
Built: Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde, 1936

History

1936: Ordered by Leverhulme Ltd, London to absorb frozen credits in Germany.
1936: Launched by Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG Weser, Bremen.
7.1936: Completed by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde (Yd.No.548) for MacLine Ltd, London (Leverhulme Ltd) as Northern Dawn (LO136). Operating out of Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
7.9.1936: First landing at Fleetwood (585 boxes £575 gross).
12.11.1936: Landed four men picked up off Isle of Man in waterlogged boat. They had left the Spanish steamer MARI (3830grt/1907)on passage Workington to Barry, ostensibly for supplies but could not find steamer on return.
10.1937: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (H. Markham Cook, Grimsby, manager).
8.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£33,088) and fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler (P.No.FY.146).
8.1939: London registry closed.
1.1940: Based Aberdeen (Lieut. G. P. S. Lowe RNVR).
26.3.1940: With A/S trawler Brontes (P.No.FY118) (H236) (Ch Sk. J. R. Coultas RNR) escorting tanker DAGHESTAN (5742grt/1921) from Scapa Floe to Sullom Voe, at about 9 miles 212° from Copinsay, tanker torpedoed by Uboat (U57) and sunk. HM Destroyers ICARUS (P.No.D03). IMPULSIVE(P.No.D11) and FIREDRAKE (P.No.H79) sent to search for the submarine. Tugs BUCCANEER (840dw/1937) (P.No.W49) and KROOMAN (230grt/1938) sent to assist the tanker. Picked up nineteen survivors and BRONTES took onboard six; two crew and one gunner lost.
3.1942: Transferred on loan to US Navy.
10.1942: Returned to Royal Navy and operated in South Atlantic based at Cape Town.
20.10.1945: A Control Committee was formed to manage Hull and Grimsby trawlers which had been bought by the Admiralty pre war and were being offered
for sale back to their original owners. The owners who bought back these vessels and wanted to take part in the scheme agreed to register the trawlers under the Hull Ice Co. Ltd and profits were shared. Management of the trawlers was given to the companies which had bought them.
2. 1946: Sold to The Hull Ice Co Ltd, Hull (Northern Trawlers Ltd, London, manager).
6.1946: Surveyed at Birkenhead.
7.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY289).
1.11.1946: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (H. Markham Cook, Grimsby, manager) for £1.
28.10.1958: On a Norway Coast trip had fire in bunkers. Put in to Hammerfest and fire extinguished by local fire brigade; some minor damage.
Pre 1959: John Bennett designated manager.
Pre 1963: John A. Butt designated manager.
3.1963: Sold to Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston-on-Tyne for breaking up.
27.3.1963: Delivered Tyne.
9.1964: Grimsby registry closed.