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S.T. Annie Melling (1) PN61

Technical

Official Number: 114913
Yard Number: 785
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 221
Net Tonnage: 85
Length: 117.6 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields

History

8.2.1906: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.785) for Henry Melling, Preston (managing owner) as ANNIE MELLING.
3.1906: Completed. Registered at Preston (PN61).
1907: Owners became The Melling Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Henry Melling, Preston, manager).
4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1- 6pdr) (Ad.No.1593).
12.1918: Returned to owner at Fleetwood (Melling Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Henry Melling, Preston, manager)).
1921: Sold to Thomas F. Kelsall, Fleetwood (managing owner).
11.8.1922: Lost after collision off Tobermory.

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S.T. Annie Melling PN61

S.T. Annie Melling PN61
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Changelog

21/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
29/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Red Sabre LO71

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 181287
Yard Number: 685
Completed: 1942
Gross Tonnage: 504.57
Net Tonnage: 186.39
Length: 167.7 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 14.1 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 970ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

18.1.1941: Ordered.
7.5.1941: Laid down.
24.9.1941: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.685) (“Hills” class) for The Admiralty as PORTSDOWN (P.No.T.221).
6.3.1942: Completed (1- HA/LA, 4-MG, 1-20mm, ASDIC, DC).
1942: Home Fleet.
1942: To Freetown, 2nd A/S Group.
1945: Armament increased (2-20mm).
1946: Laid up at Rosyth on Disposal List (SORF, Rosyth).
10.4.1946: Sold to Hull Merchants Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Hull for the sum of £27.500, estimated cost to convert for fishing, £32,000.
12.1946: Converted to a fishing vessel at Birkenhead. 524.19grt 195.00net.
12.1946: Engine re-rated 1050ihp
24.12.1946: Registered at Hull as SOLLUM O.N.181284 (H369).
21.1.1949: Sold to Grimsby Motor Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Grimsby for the sum of £102,500. Harvey Wilfred Wilson designated manager.
2.1949: Hull registry closed.
2.2.1949: Registered at Grimsby (GY8).
24.2.1949: Registered at Grimsby as HARGOOD (GY8) (MoT Minute R.G.No.1037/1949 dated 12.2.1919).
12.1949: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
1951: Grimsby Motor Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby in liquidation.
28.3.1951: Sold to Derwent Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Grimsby for the sum of £90,000 (T. Ross Ltd to advance £34,000; Ross Group Ltd to advance £8,000 and Bank to advance £48,000).
28.3.1951: Alteration to tonnage and other particulars. Certificate of Survey at Grimsby dated 18.12.1950. 504.57grt 186.39net.
29.3.1951: Harvey Wilfred Wilson designated manager.
14.4.1951: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
29.8.1952: Mortgage (A) discharged.
9.2.1955: John Carl Ross designated manager.
21.6.1955: Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
30.6.1955: William John Meazey designated manager.
30.6.1955: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1955: Registered at London as RED SABRE (LO71).
2.1956: Made record trip to Icelandic grounds. 7 days 15 hrs (Sk. Jim McKernan). At Fleetwood landed 700 kits, £4,800 gross.
4.2.1957: Outward for Icelandic grounds (Sk. Tom McKernan) in very rough weather, answered distress call from steam trawler ALCMARIA (LT48) disabled of Maugould Head, IoM with boiler trouble.
5.2.1957: At 3.00 am. after several attempts with rocket and barrel connected but line parted and fouled propeller. Anchored to await tug from Heysham. Steam tug FISHERHILL (292grt/1946) connected and at 11.59 pm. delivered Fleetwood.
13.12.1959: Homeward from Icelandic grounds (Sk. Tom McKernan). Spoke to RED FALCON (LO4) (Sk.Alex Harvey), 50 miles astern, and was informed that due to adverse weather his speed was 4 to 5 knots.
14.12.1959: At 0700 called RED FALCON and gave position abeam of Rathlin Island after a very rough passage between Skerryvore and the island in WSW storm conditions gusting 90mph and very confused sea. Past the Mull of Galloway called RED FALCON several times but received no reply. (RED FALCON presumed foundered, between Stanton Bank and Skerryvore and probably to the SW of Skerryvore Light, Inner Hebrides, overwhelmed due to stress of weather; all nineteen crew lost).
7.1963: Company taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood.
17.1.1964: Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd office closed.
1964: Sold to Haulbowline Industries Ltd, Passage West, Cork for breaking up.
21.12.1964: Delivered Passage West from Fleetwood under own power.
12.1964: London registry closed.

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HMT Portsdown

HMT Portsdown
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S.T. Hargood GY8

S.T. Hargood GY8
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S.T. Hargood GY8

S.T. Hargood GY8
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S.T. Red Sabre LO71

S.T. Red Sabre LO71
Picture courtesy of The Phillip Dell Collection

S.T. Red Sabre LO71

S.T. Red Sabre LO71
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S.T. Red Sabre LO71

S.T. Red Sabre LO71
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S.T. Red Sabre LO71

S.T. Red Sabre LO71
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S.T. Red Sabre LO71

S.T. Red Sabre LO71
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

S.T. Red Sabre LO71

S.T. Red Sabre LO71
Picture courtesy of The David Buckley Collection

S.T. Red Sabre LO71

S.T. Red Sabre LO71
Picture courtesy of The David Buckley Collection

Changelog
20/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
25/03/2015: Picture added.
13/03/2017: Images added.
07/10/2020: Image added and updated history.

S.T. Vireo H446

Technical

Official Number: 133392
Yard Number: 149
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 192.38
Net Tonnage: 72.78
Length: 110 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: 300ihp T. 3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

30.5.1912: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.149) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64/64), Hull as VIREO.
2.7.1912: Registered at Hull (H446). John E. A. Kelsall, London & George Beeching, Hull appointed managers.
7.1912: Completed
10.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.383). Based Granton.
1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
7.6.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A). John Slater appointed manager.
6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
19.12.1924: Niels Hess (48), Mate, fell into sea and drowned when transferring fish to carrier.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
28.9.1928: Robert Burton appointed manager.
16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson appointed manager.
10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
1.11.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (Joint mortgagees).
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: At Extraordinary General Meeting at Hull, Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd placed in Creditors’ Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, London appointed liquidators).
26.10.1937: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (A) to Brixham Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Brixham.
27.10.1937: Vessel (64/64) mortgaged for the sum of £750 with interest at 5% to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Corfe Castle and Ernest Norton, London (Joint mortgagees)(B). Ralph S. Dugdall appointed manager.
12.1937: Transferred to Fleetwood when Brixham Trawlers Ltd moved to the port.
3.12.1937: Sailed Brixham for Fleetwood in company with OWL (H801), fishing round.
13.12.1937: First landing at Fleetwood, 105 boxes grossed £94.
2.12.1938: Brixham Trawlers Ltd registered office transferred to Fleetwood. Ralph S. Dugdall appointed manager.
9.2.1939: Mortgage (B) discharged.
13.2.1939: Vessel mortgaged to Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
2.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service and appointed for minesweeping duties, employed on auxiliary patrol (Hire rate £48.0.0d/month).
16.1.1940: Returned.
27.12.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed on harbour defence patrol (P.No.FY.1531).
12.1941: Paid off at Fleetwood “to be released”.
11.12.1941: Returned.
27.4.1943: Typical wartime landing. 291 kits – cod/codling-60, haddock-41, whiting-15, plaice-19, flats-16, ling/coley-36, roker-73, gurnard-21, dogs-5, sole & prime-5.
20.4.1953: Mortgage (C) discharged.
26.6.1958: Gordon Cranford Dugdall appointed manager.
1.8.1959: Company taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood.
8.1.1060: Sir Fred Parkes, Blackpool appointed manager (Arthur J. Lewis, commercial manager).
2.1960: Sold to Haulbowline Industries Ltd, Passage West, Cork for breaking up.
3.3.1960: Sailed Fleetwood for Cork.
5.3.1960: Arrived Passage West.
17.3.1960: Delivered.
15.8.1960: Hull registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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S.T. Vireo H446

S.T. Vireo H446
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S.T. Vireo H446

S.T. Vireo H446
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S.T. Vireo H446

S.T. Vireo H446
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
23/04/2017: Removed disputed image.
11/08/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Swan II LO47

Technical

Official Number: 116103
Yard Number: 335
Completed:1902
Gross Tonnage: 239
Net Tonnage: 84
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 21.75 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Engine: 70nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

20.9.1902: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.335) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as SWAN.
15.11.1902: Registered at Hull (H700).
11.1902: Completed (H. A. Lees Russell, manager).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 93 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.811).
2.1915: Renamed SWAN II.
17.4.1915: Registered at Hull as Swan II (H700).
4.10.1918: Sold to Weston W. Crampin, Grimsby (managing owner).
21.10.1918: Hull registry closed.
24.10.1918: Registered at Grimsby (GY1223).
1919: Returned to owner.
2.1919: Sold to The Crampin Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Herbert W. Crampin, manager).
2.1920: Sold to The Bunch Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Walter Crampin, manager).
10.1930: Sold to Hewett Fishing Co Ltd, London (Robert Scott Hewett, manager).
14.10.1930: Grimsby registry closed.
15.10.1930: Registered at London (LO47).
6.1935: On a trip to Donegal Bay grounds (Sk. John Plant). Seized in Culdaff Bay by Civic Guards disguised as fishermen on a charge of fishing in Free State territorial waters. At Letterkennny, Co. Donegal, Sk. Plant was fined £50 and trawler detained pending payment.
12.4.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1880)(Hire rate £59.15.0d/month).
7.1941: Employed as a base for boiler cleaning parties.
6.11.1941: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T.
4. 1945: Repair & Maintenance at Aultbea.
8.1945: Sold to Hewett Fishing Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood (Robert S. Hewett, manager).
1947: Sold to BISCO and allocated to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
11.2.1947: Arrived Troon Harbour (draughts 5’6”/12’6”).
21.2.1947: Breaking commenced.
1.4.1947: Beached (draughts 3’6”/6’0”).
23.6.1947: Breaking completed. London registry closed.

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S.T. Swan II LO47

S.T. Swan II LO47
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S.T. Swan II LO47

S.T. Swan II LO47
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S.T. Swan H700

S.T. Swan H700
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 5 Updates since then.
19/05/14: Picture added.
20/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
27/02/2022: Added an image.

S.T. Rosalind LT977

Technical

Official Number: 121085
Yard Number: 89
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 174
Net Tonnage: 68
Length: 108.5 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Engine: 45nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Speed : 9.5 knots

History

2.9.1905: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd.No.89) for Hellyer’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as ROSALIND.
26.10.1905: Completed (Charles Hellyer, manager).
3.11.1905: Registered at Hull (H839).
28.5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.1780).
12.1915: Renamed ROSALIND II.
13.4.1918: Arthur Gouldby, Lowestoft (managing owner). Based Aegean Sea.
12.3.1919: Waiting instructions whether required for Post-War Service (SS).
1919: Sold to Ellis Brothers & Co (Hull) Ltd, Hull (William Ellis, manager).
10.1919: Returned after survey and restoration at Hull and reverted to ROSALIND (H839).
1920: Sold to Albert E. Stock, Pakefield, Lowestoft (George D. Utting, Kessingland, manager).
24.2.1920: Hull registry closed.
27.2.1920: Registered at Lowestoft (LT977).
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood, (Alex Keay managing agent).
1932: Sold to John Utting, Lowestoft (managing owner).
1940: Directed to Fleetwood under wartime controls.
1943: Sold to Rosalind Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
1954: Sold to Jackson Mills (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood.
1955: Sold to BISCO and allocated to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
13.9.1955: Sailed Fleetwood for Troon.
14.9.1955: Delivered Troon Harbour (draughts 4’6”/13’0”).
31.10.1955: Breaking commenced.
13.10.1955: Reberthed.
7.12.1955: Reberthed.
13.12.1955: Beached (draughts 5’0”/8’3”).
28.12.1955: Rebeached.
27.1.1956: Breaking completed.

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S.T. Rosalind LT977

S.T. Rosalind LT977
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S.T. Rosalind LT977

S.T. Rosalind LT977
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S.T. Rosalind LT977

S.T. Rosalind LT977

Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
02/07/2016: Picture added.