Technical

Official Number: 162188
Yard Number: 550
Completed: 10 1930
Gross Tonnage: 369
Net Tonnage: 149
Length: 143.6 ft
Breadth: 24.5 ft
Depth: 13.2 ft
Engine: 96nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

10.7.1930: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.550) for F. & T. Ross Ltd, Hull as WELSBACH.
7.8.1930: Registered at Hull (H277).
8.8.1930: Completed (Percy Ross, manager).
25.7.1939: Insured value £14,500.
9.8.1939: Sailed Hull for Bear Island (Sk. F. Smith).
29.8.1939: At Hull landed 1,749 kits grossed £827 (603 kits unsold).
1939: To requisitioning, at Hull landed from Iceland/Bear Island/White Sea/Norway Coast (Sks. J. Shears, C. Eddows, G. Holiday, F. Smith) 219 days 12,941 kits £9,304 gross.
8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, AA weapons) (P. No.FY.652)(Hire rate £182.19.3d/month).
9.8.1942: Based Grimsby: Shot down a German bomber off Withernsea.
1946: Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd, managers).
16.5.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Jarrow.
5.1946: Hull registry closed.
5.1946: Registered at Fleetwood (FD178).
1946: Registered at Fleetwood as WYRE WARRIOR (FD178).
1954: Transferred to Wyre Trawlers Ltd (Leslie Wheildon, manager) on purchase of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd by Associated Fisheries Group.
1955: Sold to Jacques Bakker & Zonen, Bruges for breaking up (£4870).
20.3.1955: Sailed Fleetwood for Bruges but towed into Milford Haven with mechanical problems.
3.1955: Fleetwood registry closed.
22.3.1955: Registered at Hull (H??).
2.4.1955: Sailed Milford Haven in tow of RED CRUSADER (LO462) bound for Bruges.
9.4.1955: Delivered Bruges.

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S.T. Wyre Warrior FD178
Picture courtesy of the Phillip Dell Collection

HMT Welsbach
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Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
02/08/2019: Updated information and added an image.