S.T. Samurai GY175

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Dr Ian Buxton

Technical

Official Number: 137003
Yard Number: 587
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 22.73
Net Tonnage: 86.38
Length: 117.5 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: 450ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Boiler: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

22.10.1913: Ordered.
25.8.1914: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.587) for Sleights’ Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as SAMURAI.
9.1914: Completed. Price £7,487. (Cost to build £7,244 (machinery £2,745), profit £243).
21.9.1914: Ernest Sleight designated manager.
23.9.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY175).
26.9.1914: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (A).
9.1914: Completed.
12.5.1915: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank of England Ltd, London (B).
13.5.1915: Mortgage (A) discharged.
8.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.1443). Fitted with 1-6pdr HA and mine-sweep. Based Lowestoft.
8.4.1918: Mortgagee re-styled National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London.
1920: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
15.9.1921: Sir Ernest Sleight, Bart designated manager.
15.2.1924: Mortgagee restyled National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
10.10.1927: Mortgage (B) discharged.
19.10.1927: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Walter Harold Beeley, Grimsby for the sum of £4,000 with interest at 6% (C).
13.7.1919: Transfer of mortgage (C) to Margaret Isabel Beeley, Grimsby.
12.10.1937: Mortgage holder became Mrs Margaret Isabel Roger, Woodhall Spa.
1.7.1938: Mortgage (C) discharged.
4.7.1938: Sold to Ora Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
6.7.1938: Sydney Leech, Rossall Beach, Cleveleys designated manager.
5.7.1938: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to District Bank Ltd, Manchester (D).
23.3.1941: On St. Kilda ground, bombed and strafed by German aircraft, suffered damage.
1.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 271 kits – hake-53, cod/codling-1, flats-2, ling/coley-207, roker-2, dogd-6.
7.7.1952: Mortgage (D) discharged.
15.8.1952: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Amy Beatrice Leech, Thornton Cleveleys for the sum of £2,500 with interest at 5% (E).
14.4.1954: Last landing at Fleetwood, 232 boxes 20 baskets, grossed £1,207.
4.1954: Sold to The Hammond Lane Metal Co Ltd, Dublin breaking up.
28.5.1954: Mortgage (E) discharged.
30.11.1954: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel broken up.”

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S.T. Samurai GY175

S.T. Samurai GY175
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection.

S.T. Samurai GY175

S.T. Samurai GY175
Picture from the Internet

Samurai

Samurai
Picture courtesy of The NE Lincs Library

Changelog
27/01/2009: Page published. 8 Updates since then.
14/01/2017: Information updated.
27/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
30/07/2021: Updated information.