Yearly Archives: 2009

S.T. Thistle FD226

Technical

Official Number: 119127
Yard Number: 410
Completed: 1904
Gross Tonnage: 179
Net Tonnage: 66
Length: 110.2 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 11.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

13.4.1904: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.410) for John S. Boyle, Glasgow (managing owner) as THISTLE.
5.1904: Completed. Registered at Glasgow (GW2).
10.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler (1-3pdr). Based Lerwick.
1918: Sold to Ernest Taylor, Noah Ashworth & Rowland Morris, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor manager).
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
7.1919: Glasgow registry closed.
16.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD226).
1.1920: Sold to Soc. Anon Pêcheries à Vapeur “Zeester”, Ostend (Auguste Brunet, manager).
21.1.1920: Fleetwood registry closed.
20.2.1920: Registered at Ostend as ROWLAND (O192).
1.10.1925: Placed on charter, towed, along with LISETTE-ADOLPHINE (O213) from Ostend to Fecamp by CONSY (LR2390).
1926: No owner recorded (Belgian).
1927(?): Sold to Union des Pêcheries Maritimes, Ostend.
16.3.1929: Union des Pêcheries Maritimes, Ostend in liquidation.
4.1929: Sold to Peter L. Hancock, Hakin.
4.1929: Ostend registry closed.
26.4.1929: Registered at Milford as RECENIA (M3).
28.5.1929: Sold to W. Llewellyn Hancock, Thomas Hughes & Elizabeth Hughes, Milford Haven.
4.3.1933: Sold to Reginald L. Hancock, Hakin.
1.4.1938: Sold to J. W. S. Barlow, Aberdeen (A. Buchan, manager).
1939: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes & Walter Holmes)(Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
26.1.1939: First landing at Fleetwood, 45 boxes grossed £89.
8.10.1941: Stranded on Barn Scar rocks between Ravenglass and Seascale, Cumberland in position 54°24.50N/03°32W. Subsequently declared a Total Loss.
16.6.1942: Milford registry closed. Reported to have been used by the Eskdale Gunnery Range as a target for training purposes. Some shell plates still visible.

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Theresa Boyle FD338

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson

Technical

Official Number: 137800
Yard Number: 570
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 224
Net Tonnage: 99
Length: 120.7 ft
Breadth: 22.7 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: 83hp T.3-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Built : Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

12.7.1915: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.570) for John S. Boyle Ltd, Glasgow as THERESA BOYLE.
8.1915: Completed (John S. Boyle managing owner). Registered at Glasgow (GW3).
9.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.1311). Based Moray Command.
1918: Sold to Port St. Mary Fishing & Curing Co Ltd, London (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
7.1919: Glasgow registry closed.
1.8.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD338).
4.1924: Sold to James Lyle, Newhaven, Edinburgh (managing owner).
2.5.1924: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.5.1924: Registered at Granton (GN4).
29.5.1927: Reported landing at Oban, a sturgeon over 7ft long and weighing 2 cwts caught while on the Dhu Heartach grounds.
10.2.1940: Fishing 115 miles E x N of Aberdeen (Sk. Oliver Bell). At midday attacked by Heinkel bomber with machine gun fire. Fire returned with Lewis gun, aircraft withdrew. Aircraft returned and dropped three bombs in water portside amidships. One violent explosion and water entered engineroom through strained plates, carbide container caught fire. At 2.45 p.m. abandoned to boat and stood off, returned at 3.45 p.m. but vessel sinking fast. In rising Easterly wind and bitter cold, sailed to Westward.
12 .2.1940: At 4.30 p.m. RAF aircraft overflew boat, rocket fired. Aircraft communicated with HMTrawlers BRABANT (GY544) (P.No.FY.690) and ALMANDINE (H415) (P.No.FY.645), ‘sweeping 10 miles away. After 50 hours in open boat picked up by ALMANDINE and landed at ?? at 6.00 p.m. all crew suffering from exposure.

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
13/07/2017: Information added.

S.T. The Norman FD145

Additional information courtesy of Göran Olsson

Technical

Official Number: 128742
Yard Number: 391
Completed: 1908
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 86
Length: 120.3 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

22.10.1908: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.391) for Neale Bros, Penarth (Wilfred Neale, Cardiff; Howard K. Neale, Joshua S. Neale, Morley H. Neale, Douglas E. Neale, Penarth) as THE NORMAN.
12.1908: Completed (James Thomas, Milford Haven, manager).
16.12.1908: Registered at Milford (M231).
1910: Sold to Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff (Wilfred Neale, Morley H. Neale & Joshua S. Neale, managers).
15.12.1910: Milford registry closed.
12.1910: Registered at Cardiff (CF30).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service.
18.5.1915: Commissioned.
19.5.1915: Arrived Devonport. Fitted out as a minelayer (1-6pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1762).
1917: Fitted out as a minesweeper. Based Dover.
1918: Sold to The Hesketh Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Ernest Taylor, manager).
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
4.1919: Cardiff registry closed.
14.4.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD145).
1921: Joseph A. & Harold Taylor appointed managers.
1924: Magnus B. J. Wedum appointed manager.
30.12.1924: Sold to George J. Ward & Frederick Swann, Lytham (Seafield Trawling Co) (Walter Morley, Fleetwood, manager).
1926: Sold to Lambert Häller, Gothenburg.
11.6.1926: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.1926: Registered at Gothenburg as NORMAN (GG56).
1928: Sold to Elfgrimernas Trål A/B, Gothenburg (Lambert Häller, manager).
1944: Sold to A/B Doggersbankar, Gothenburg (Carl G. Edquist, manager).
Post 1945 Pre 1949: Sold to Göteborgs Torskmjölsfabrik, Gothenburg (Ch. Stranne, manager).
1963: Broken up in Gothenburg.

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S.T. Norman GG56

S.T. Norman GG56
Picture courtesy of Göran Olsson

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
22/08/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Thayetmyo FD124

Technical

Official Number: 104236
Yard Number: 493
Completed: 1895
Gross Tonnage: 145
Net Tonnage: 57
Length: 100.6 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Built: Edwards Brothers Ltd, North Shields

History

1895: Completed by Edwards Brothers Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.493) for George Beeching, Fleetwood (managing owner) as THAYETMYO.
20.2.1895: Registered at Fleetwood (FD124).
4.9.1896: Lost off Iceland.
10.1896: Fleetwood registry closed.

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published.

S.T. Tewera LO9

Technical

Official Number: 161345
Yard Number: 1065
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 335
Net Tonnage: 142
Length: 135 ft
Breadth: 24.9 ft
Depth: 13.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

2.11.1929: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1065) for Brand & Curzon Ltd, Milford Haven as TEWERA.
4.1.1930: Registered at London (LO9).
7.1.1930: Completed (Edward Brand & Charles Curzon, managers).
10.9.1937: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
27.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.526)(Hire rate £166.2.1d/month).
6.1946: Returned to owner.
10.1946: Sold to Government of Poland, Warsaw (Ministry of Industry & Commerce) (“Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich Sp.z.ogr.odn., Gdynia, managers) under the UNRRA scheme. Renamed SATURNIA (GDY91)
21.2.1966: Sold to Polish shipbreakers for breaking up at Gdansk.

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S.T. Tewera LO9

S.T. Tewera LO9
Picture courtesy of the James Cullen Collection

S.T. Saturnia GDY91

Picture from the Internet

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published.
30/08/2013: Information updated.
16/06/2014: Picture added.
19/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
01/04/2024: Added an image.