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S.T. Carieda GY908

Technical

Official Number: 135968
Yard Number: 275
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 112
Length: 117 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes Ltd, Hull

History

21.6.1913: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.275) for The Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby (Alick Black, manager) as CARIEDA.
25.8.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY908).
8.1913: Completed. Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A). Fishing from Fleetwood.
17.4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1751).
23.9.1915: Mortgage (A) discharged.
24.9.1915: Sold to The Rushworth Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
25.9.1915: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
25.9.1915: Vessel mortgage (64/64) to William Somerville Letten, Grimsby for the sum of £5000 with interest at 6% (B).
27.9.1915: Vessel mortgage (64/64) to The Rushworth Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby for the sum of £1000 with interest at 5% (C). Based Queenstown.
14.1.1916: William Somerville Letten died.
24.11.1916: Probate granted to executors, George Somerville Letten, James Edmund Letten, Frank Somerville Letten, Alice Letten & Edward Cyril Grant, Grimsby.
29.12.1916: Mortgage (C) discharged.
22.3.1918: Mortgage (B) discharged.
22.3.1918: Sold to The Yarborough Steam Fishing Co, Grimsby. John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
26.3.1918: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (D).
4.2.1919: Mortgage (D) discharged.
5.2.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (E).
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
24.7.1924: Mortgage (E) discharged.
25.7.1924: The Yarborough Steam Fishing Co, Grimsby sold (16/64) shares to Harold Bacon, Grimsby; (16/64) shares to James Norman Bacon, Grimsby; (16/64) shares to Arthur Gladstone Bacon, Scartho and (16/64) shares to Frederick Newton Husbands, Burton-on-Trent.
2.8.1924: Harold Bacon appointed manager.
31.12.1929: Harold Bacon died intestate.
5.6.1930: Administration granted to Gertrude Catherine Bacon, Grimsby; Edwin Bacon ‘the Elder’. Grimsby and Charles George Martin, Scartho.
5.9.1930: Sold in four Bills of Sale to Kottingham Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
29.9.1930: James Norman Bacon appointed manager.
18.4.1940: Requisitioned for war service for barrage balloon towing (Hire rate £58.2.6d/month).
24.4.1940: Returned to owner.
14.3.1941: Charles George Martin appointed manager.
3.1.1944: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood. Harvey Wilfred Wilson, Grimsby appointed manager.
18.1.1944: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, Lopndon (F).
30.12.1947: Mortgage (F) discharged.
30.7.1949: Sold to Trawlers Grimsby Ltd, Grimsby. Harvey Wilfred Wilson appointed manager.
10.4.1953: Sold to Derwent Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby.
11.4.1953: Harvey Eilfred Wilson appointed manager.
9.2.1955: John Carl Ross appointed manager.
1958: Following failure of trawl gallows surveyed at Grimsby and shell and deck plating found wasted. Declared beyond economical repair.
1958: Sold to N.V. Arie Rijsdijk Boss & Zonen, Hendrik-Ido-Ambracht for breaking up.
24.7.1958. Arrived Hendrik-Ido-Ambracht.
28.7.1958: Grimsby registry closed.

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S.T. Carieda GY908

S.T. Carieda GY908
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Changelog
21/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
31/10/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Boston Canberra FD68

Technical

Official Number: 180342
Yard Number: 775
Completed: 1946
Gross Tonnage: 334
Net Tonnage: 134
Length: 130 ft
Breadth: 25.7 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Engine: 700IHP T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull. Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Speed: 11.4 knots

History

1.8.1946: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.775) for N.V. Motorvisscherij, Ostend as VAN DER WEYDEN (O293).
5.11.1946: Completed.
8.11.1946: Arrived Ostend from Hull.
9.11.1946: Naming ceremony.
14.11.1946: Sailed Ostend for Icelandic fishing grounds on maiden trip.
20.3.1951: Ostend registry closed.
17.4.1951: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager). Registered at Fleetwood as BOSTON CANBERRA (FD68).
1951: Re-measured 323g 118n.
2.4.1955: Chartered by White Fish Authority for two experimental trips for hake fishing in areas off Orkney and Shetland.
16.12.1955: Sold to Findus Hammerfest, Hammerfest (Hammerfest Havfiske A/L, managers). Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Hammerfest as GARGIA (F30H).
1958: Sold to Hammerfest Havfiske A/L, Hammerfest (Leif Throne-Holst, manager).
1958: Lengthened to158.6 ft 374g 126n.
Pre 1966: Delete manager.
1970: Sold to A/S H. Berling Shipsopphugging, Sandnesjoen for breaking up.
9.7.1970: Breaking up commenced at Sandnesjoen.

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Boston Canberra FD68

Boston Canberra FD68 as Van Der Weyden
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S.T. Boston Canberra FD68

S.T. Boston Canberra FD68
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S.T. Boston Camberra FD68

S.T. Boston Camberra FD68
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S.T. Boston Canberra FD68

S.T. Boston Canberra FD68
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Boston Canberra FD68

Boston Canberra FD68
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S.T. Boston Canberra FD68 as Gargia F30H

S.T. Boston Canberra FD68 as Gargia F30H
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S.T. Boston Canberra FD68 as Gargia F30H

S.T. Boston Canberra FD68 as Gargia F30H
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Changelog
21/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
17/01/2017: Removed disputed image.

S.T. Caldew FD347

Additional information courtesy of The Hull Trawler Website, Geoff Davidson and Patrick Conaghan.

Technical

Official Number: 128769
Yard Number: 1580
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 257
Net Tonnage: 115
Length: 129.7 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7
Engine: 97hp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough.
Boiler: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields

History

5.10.1914: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.580) for James Thomas, Milford Haven (managing owner) as MARISTO.
11.1914: Completed.
6.11.1914: Registered at Milford (M14).
9.6.1915: Landed 200 kits of hake for record £954.
12.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an armed trawler (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1978).
1917: Based at Portland. In company with HMTrawler CALIPH (Ad.No.133)(M197) attacked a German submarine and claimed an unconfirmed kill.
16.10.1917: Sold to The “Wyre” Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Magnus B. J. Wedum, manager).
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
10.9.1919: Milford registry closed.
11.9.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD347).
30.9.1921: Registered at Fleetwood as CALDEW (FD347).
14.2.1931: In gale force winds and driving snow, at 3.00am. responded to distress call to Malin Head Radio by Finnish steamer MALVE (1488grt/1917) (Capt Boxberg) stranded on Tiree whilst on passage Tallin to Manchester with wood pulp and timber. With steam trawlers DHOON (FD54) and RIVER CLYDE (FD418) stood by to render assistance. Vessel refloated on flood after pumping out ballast and moving 40 tons of cargo from No.3 to No.4 hold, and went to anchor in Balephetrish Bay, Tiree. Wind freshened and started to drag, with insufficient steam, drove ashore among rocks, held fast and making water. Crew abandoned and landed on Tiree. Vessel was a total loss.
12.11.1931: At Fleetwood, Sk. James Crewdson was fined 20s by Magistrates for excessive use of the steam whistle in the Wyre Channel to the annoyance of the public.
16.3.1935: Fishing the St. Kilda grounds (Sk. Edward Harris). At 10.30am. when hauling SW of the islands and with the radio operator, Christopher Cramer (23)) on the winch, when he had completed his task he disappeared over the side. The crew dashed to the rail and as he came up for the second time a deckhand grabbed Cramer’s foot and hauled him safely onboard.
25.3.1935: Sailed Fleetwood for St. Kilda and Butt of Lewis grounds (Sk. Edward Harris); twelve crew.
6.4.1935: While trawling on grounds south of Gigha, at about 7.55 a.m. in collision with the OSPRAY II (FD129) (Sk. Robert Kelly) which suffered damage aft of wheelhouse on starboard side and shell plating holed in the bunker. Despite efforts to save her and attempt to beach, vessel filled rapidly and crew abandoned and lay to until vessel sank at about 8.35 am. Picked up by the CALDEW and returned to Fleetwood.
7.12.1935: BOT Formal Investigation (S.375) found Sk. Edward Harris and Sk. Robert Kelly both in default and suspended Sk. Harris’s ticket ticket for twelve months.
30.9.1937: Arrived Fleetwood with steam trawler LOWTHER (FD347) (Sk.T. Barcock) in tow having picked her up off the Flannan Islands, disabled with broken tail shaft. The trip of 400 miles was accomplished in 60 hours in moderate weather.
31.1.1938: On arrival at Fleetwood, Sk. John Wilson reported that he had heard Sk. Anderson of the steam trawler BOSTONIAN (FD41) calling the Boston control ship TEKOURA (FD12) on Friday 21st at 5-30pm. while he was off Eagle Island. BOSTONIAN was lost south of Barra in severe weather conditions; no survivors.
6.3.1938: On the grounds off the Donegal coast (Sk. William Wright). Trawl warp parted whipping across the deck and encircling two men. Realising that they were both severely injured Sk. Wright called Killybegs Radio Station and arranged for an ambulance to meet the ship. Made best speed for Killybegs, Co. Donegal.
7.3.1938: On arrival, driven across the county and deckhands Emmanuel Clarke (44) and William Carter admitted to hospital in Donegal. Clarke did not respond to treatment and died that night as a result of his injuries.
1938: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
22.2.1939: Off Mull of Galloway, stood by submarine L.21 which had broken away from tug in gale force winds while on passage from Portsmouth to Messers W. H. Arnott, Young’s yard at Dalmuir, for breaking. Unsuccessfully tried to connect, abandoned and proceeded. L.21 was subsequently recovered by the Glasgow tug CHIEFTAIN (196grt/1930 860ihp) and delivered Dalmuir.
16.9.1939: Sailed Fleetwood for Faroe Island grounds (Sk. Thomas Joseph Kane); twelve crew.
21.9.1939: At Faroe landed fireman D. Morris, Blackpool due to illness; transferred to hospital at Tveraa.
24.9.1939: Whilst fishing off the Faroe Islands stopped by U-boat (U.33), sunk by gunfire in position 60.47N 06.20W after crew ordered into boat. Crew picked up by Swedish steamer KRONPRINSESSAN MARGAETA (3765grt/1914).
27.9.1939: Steamer stopped by German destroyer FRIEDRICH IHN crew removed and interned in Germany. Five years and seven months first in Sandbostel and later Milag 8.
18.10.1939: Fleetwood registry closed “Sunk by enemy submarine”.

(Released 1945: Albert Cook, Mate; Thomas Payne, Chief Engineer; Charles Ellis, Bosun; deckhands, Harold Ashwell, George Triffett and Alec Mulholland; fireman, Hector Pearson. Skipper Thomas Kane; Fredrick Rowe, 2nd Engineer and deckhand George Brooks had been exchanged for German prisoners in Lisbon in June 1943. Cook, John Shutterlin had been repatriated via Gibraltar in January 1945. Source IWM BU4665)

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S.T. Caldew FD347

S.T. Caldew FD347

S.T. Caldew FD347

S.T. Caldew FD347
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S.T. Caldew FD347

S.T. Caldew FD347
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The crew of Caldew in the POW camp

The crew of Caldew in the POW camp

Changelog
21/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
12/12/2015: Added information.
15/06/2016: Updated information.

S.T. Cairo H550

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 116071
Yard Number: 312
Completed: 1902
Gross Tonnage: 172.42
Net Tonnage: 63.16
Length: 108.4 ft
Breadth: 21.3 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Beverley)
Engine: 240ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith, Hull

History

10.5.1902: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Beverley) (Yd.No.312) for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as CAIRO.
19.6.1902: Joseph Vivian appointed manager.
23.6.1902: Registered at Hull (H550).
6.1902: Completed.
19.12.1910: At Hull Magistrates Court, Richard Smith, Bosun, was fined £25.6.0d and six weeks imprisonment for damaging the winch losing three and a half days fishing at a cost of £30-£40 per day and repair at £5.6.0d.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 67.43 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
10.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper support vessel (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.635).
1916: Fitted out as a minesweeper. Based Stromness.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
13.5.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County, Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
10.3.1923: Mortgagee restyled Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
22.10.1928: Robert Burton appointed manager.
19.11.1930: Mortgage (A) discharged.
19.11.1930: Sold to Colin Henry Brand (64/64), Milford Haven.
24.11.1930: Colin Henry Brand designated managing owner.
27.12.1930: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
14.12.1937: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Robert Parcell Lewis, Fishguard for the sum of £312 with interest at 5% (C).
4.1938: Newspaper clipping: “ J. F. Gwyther has been favoured with instructions to offer for sale at the Conservative Club, on Friday 15th September, the steam trawlers ALONSO, CAIRO and GOZO. These ships are of the ex fleeter type, strongly built, and the class suitable for pareja (pair fishing, Spanish style).”
3.8.1938: Mortgage (B) discharged.
25.11.1938: Last landing at Milford. Laid up.
3.12.1938: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Ruth Brand, Johnston and Lilian Gertrude Brand, Burton (joint mortgagees) for the sum of £660 with interest at 5% (D).
7.7.1939: Colin H. Brand filed for bankruptcy.
7.10.1939: Mortgage (D) discharged.
12.10.1939: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (C) to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
30.10.1939: Basil Arthur Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde appointed manager.
12.3.1941: Sold to Cairo Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
22.5.1941: John Charles Llewellin appointed manager.
17.2.1945: Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
12.3.1945: Owen Willie Limbrick appointed manager.
12.10.1945: Sold to George Mitchell (64/64), Lowestoft.
25.10.1945: Hull registry closed.
25.10.1945: George Mitchell designated managing owner.
31.10.1945: Registered at Lowestoft (LT154).
25.6.1959: Last landing at Lowestoft.
11.1959: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
17.11.1959: Sailed Lowestoft for River Thames under own power.
18.11.1959: Berthed at Grays, Essex after suffering boiler problems in Thames estuary.
18.1.1960: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Cairo H550

S.T. Cairo H550
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S.T. Cairo LT154

S.T. Cairo LT154
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S.T. Cairo H550

S.T. Cairo LT154
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S.T. Cairo LT154

S.T. Cairo LT154
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Changelog
21/01/2009: Page published: 5 updates since then.
07/05/2014: Picture added.
05/08/2016: Significant information update.
25/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
20/10/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Bridesmaid LO231

Technical

Official Number: 128944
Yard Number: 536
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 254
Net Tonnage: 100
Length: 125.0 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Draught: 12.3 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank on Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: 85hp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

2.8.1913: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank on Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.536) for The Castle Steam Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Swansea (Crawford Heron, manager) as Amroth Castle.
9.1913: Completed.
5.9.1913: Registered at Swansea (SA8).
8.11.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to De Eirste Rederlandsche Scheeps Verband Mastschappy, Dordrecht (A).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.2665). At Devonport fitted with 1-3pdr, W/T (Call sign XPG) and mine-sweep. Fitted as Leader. At Penzance.
1.1916: Allocated Unit No.61-Section A based Penzance (Sk. B. Bryant RNR).
2.1.1916-8.1.1916: Refit at Penzance. Relief SLEBECH (Ad.No.1758).
10.1916: Allocated Unit No.61 – Section A & B 3rd Division based Penzance (Sub Lieut. A. G. Sampson RNR).
1.10.1918: At Penzance F.C.T. Escort (Lieut. RNR).
9.10.1918: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager).
1919: Returned to owner at Milford Haven.
1.4.1919: Mortgage (A) discharged.
27.11.1923: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (B).
29.6.1927: Owners re-styled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (Sir John D. Marsden, manager).
25.6.1928: Off SW Ireland went to assistance of steam trawler MAGNOLIA (FD37) with propeller problems. Connected and commenced tow to Berehaven (Castletownbere), Co. Cork. MAGNOLIA foundered off Fastnet Rock and crew taken onboard and landed at Berehaven.
10.10.1933: Picked up two men from a motor yacht off Lundy Island which had been swamped and buffeted by violent weather.
Pre 4.1940: Employed on Fishery Protection.
11.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (1-12pdr) (P.No.4.120) (Hire rate £65.17.6d/month).
3.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper.
15.5.1942: Mortgaged(B) discharged.
5.1942: Sold to The Hewett Fishing Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood (Robert H. Hewett, manager).
10.6.1942: Swansea registry closed.
12.6.1942: Registered at London (LO231).
5.1945: Returned and re-classed at Fleetwood.
1946: Registered at London as BRIDESMAID (LO231).
30.12.1948: Homeward from Icelandic grounds. In blizzard conditions, stranded on rocks off Port Askaig, Sound of Islay. Crew taken off by Islay lifeboat; vessel subsequently refloated by tug and returned to service.
1954: Robert S. Hewett appointed manager.
1959: Sold to Haulbowline Industries Ltd, Passage West, Cork for breaking up.
13.1.1960: Sailed Fleetwood for Cork.
15.1.1960: Delivered Passage West.

Notes: The fourth BRIDESMAID in the Short Blue fleet. The first two being sailing trawlers and the third a steam powered fish carrier operating North Sea – Billingsgate.

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S.T. Bridesmaid LO231

S.T. Bridesmaid LO231
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S.T. Bridesmaid LO231

S.T. Bridesmaid LO231
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S.T. Bridesmaid LO231

S.T. Bridesmaid LO231
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S.T. Bridesmaid LO231

S.T. Bridesmaid LO231
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Changelog
21/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
10/06/2016: Picture added.
19/01/2017: Removed disputed image.
28/06/2019: Updated information.