Technical

Official Number: 122938
Yard Number: 346
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 247
Net Tonnage: 85
Length: 125.9 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Wm. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow (engine built 1900)
Boiler by Lytham Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Lytham
Built: Lytham Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Lytham

History

27.1.1906: Launched by Lytham Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Lytham (Yd.No.346) for Fylde Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as KINGSWAY.
11.4.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD57), George W. Stennett appointed manager.
4.1906: Completed. Contract price £5675.
4.1.1909: Henry Melling appointed manager.
22.3.1909: Sold to Wilbur Johnston, Vancouver, BC, (managing owner).
6.1909: Fylde Steam Fishing Co Ltd in liquidation.
4.9.1909: Fleetwood registry closed.
9.1909: Registered at Vancouver, BC.
1909: Sold to Joseph W. McFarland, Vancouver, BC (managing owner).
1912: Sold to Steamer Kingsway Ltd, Vancouver, BC.
1915: Sold to Standard Fisheries Ltd, Vancouver, BC.
1916: Sold to The Canadian Fishing Co Ltd, Vancouver, BC (Alvah H. Hager, manager).
1936: Sold to Vancouver Tug Boat Co Ltd, Vancouver, BC (Harold A. Jones & James A. Lindsay, joint managers).
1940: Sold to Vancouver Towing Co Ltd,Vancouver, BC. After conversion to motor, reclassed as a tug. Registered at Vancouver as La POINTE.
1940: Re-engined with 2 stroke 7-cyl oil engine by Fairbanks, Morse & Co, Beloit, Wis.
Re-classed as a tug 285g 108n.
1959: Sold to Vancouver Tug Boat Co Ltd, North Vancouver, BC.
1959: Re-engined with 2 stroke 6-cyl oil engine by Fairbanks, Morse & Co, Chicago, Il. (engine built 1954).
1968: Sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Kingsway FD57
Picture courtesy of Harald Tømmerdal

S.T. Kingsway FD57
Picture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library

Changelog
08/04/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
19/10/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.