Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 139955
Yard Number: 354
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 261
Net Tonnage: 102
Length: 120.2 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Engine: 470ihp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

22.5.1917: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.354) for The Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as OLYMPIA (originally to have been named BISACCIA).
25.7.1917: Walter William Butt appointed manager.
26.7.1917: Registered at Grimsby (GY1080).
7.1917: Completed (Walter W. Butt, manager).
9.1917: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine trawler (1-12pdr, 1-3.5” A/S Howitzer & Hydrophone) (Ad.No.3064). Based Taranto.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
1.2.1924: About 50 miles E of Tyne met Norwegian steamer CONDOR (?) with disabled wooden aux. schooner Joyce French (785grt/1905) of London, Lillesand for Tyne, pitprops, in tow. Transferred tow and proceeding Tyne.
4.2.1924: Delivered Tyne.
26.8.1926: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
8.4.1938: Albert Wright Butt appointed manager.
12.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1586) (Hire rate £76.2.6d/month).
1.12.1941: Mortgage (A) discharged.
14.1.1942: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
22.1.1942: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
2.1944: Returned to fishing from Fleetwood.
24.2.1944: First landing at Fleetwood.
18.9.1944: Last landing at Fleetwood.
9.1944: Reverted to war role.
30.10.1945: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
12.1.1946: Sold to William Wilcox (64/64), Milford Haven.
15.1.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
23.1.1946: William Wilcox designated managing owner.
9.5.1946: Sold to Channel Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
20.5.1946: Mortgage (B) discharged.
21.5.1946: William Wilcox appointed manager.
22.5.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
21.2.1949: Sold to Taylor Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
3.3.1949: Charles Taylor Ltd appointed manager.
22.2.1949: Mortgage (C) discharged.
4.1962: Sold to N.V. Machinehandel & amp; Scheepssloperij ‘De Koophandel’, Nieuw-Lekkerland, The Netherlands for breaking up.
30.4.1962: Sailed Grimsby for Rotterdam.
7.5.1962: Grimsby registry closed “… on sale to foreigners (Dutch subjects)”.

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S.T. Olympia GY1080
Picture by Steve Pulfrey courtesy of Mark Stopper

S.T. Olympia GY1080
Builders Certificate

S.T. Olympia GY1080
Scrapping Certificate

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 10 updates since then.
08/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.