Technical

Official Number: 124749
Yard Number: 134
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 185
Net Tonnage: 67
Length: 110.5 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley

History

3.1.1907: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd.No.134) for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Hull as St. LUCIA.
15.3.1907: Completed.
27.3.1907: Registered at Hull (H937) Joseph Vivian appointed manager.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 73net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
By 11.8.1917: Fitted 1-6pdr HA.
1919: Released.
3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical).
6.3.1936: Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (Charles H. Emerson, manager) in voluntary liquidation.
3.1936: Sold to Colin H. Brand, Milford Haven (managing owner).
18.12.1936: Sold to William Wilcox, Milford Haven (managing owner).
1937: Sold to Robert P. Lewis, Fishguard (Edward W. Brand, Milford Haven, manager).
1938: William Wilcox appointed manager.
1945: Sold to Colin H. Brand, Cleveleys (managing owner).
12.6.1945: Last landing at Milford.
1949: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
12.2.1952: Arrived Preston from Fleetwood under own power.
16.2.1952: Delivered.
1952: Hull registry closed.

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S.T. St. Lucia H937
Picture courtesy of Alan Hirst

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
20/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.