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S.T. Marton FD38

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 114310
Yard Number: 258
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 232
Net Tonnage: 80
Length: 125.3 ft
Breadth: 21.7 ft
Depth: 11.8 ft
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: 380ihp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Glasgow
Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow

History

12.7.1905: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd. No.258) for Louis Cohen, Norbreck; Ernest Heinrich Fridrich Louis Schottler, Blackpool; William Johnson, Sheffield; Percy Johnson, Sheffield and Walter Henry Dickenson, Fleetwood (64/64 joint owners) as MARTON.
8.1905: Completed.
2.9.1905: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
2.9.1905: Registered at Fleetwood (FD38). Fred Kelsall designated manager.
2.12.1905: Sold to Norbreck Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (64/64). Louis Cohen designated manager.
7.12.1905: Mortgage (A) discharged.
8.12.1905: Ship mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (B).
8.12.1905: Fred Kelsall designated manager.
5.12.1906: Louis Cohen, Norbreck appointed manager.
19.1.1909: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Samuel Meggitt Johnson JP, Sheffield for £350 at 6% interest (C).
4.10.1909: Mortgage (C) discharged.
4.10.1909: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (D).
5.10.1909: James H. Marr designated manager.
1910: Vessel and company sold to James H. Marr, Fleetwood.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 94.58net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
30.8.1914: Mate killed and two deckhands injured when bollard broke away, crushing him.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1590). Based Tyne.
27.1.1919: Sold to John McRae Knight & Morgan Watkin Howell, Hakin.
21.2.1919: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.3.1919: Registered at Milford (M11). John McRae Knight designated managing owner.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Milford Haven.
2.1920: Sold to Direct Fish Supplies Ltd (64/64), London. John McRae Knight, Milford Haven designated manager.
10.2.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (E).
10.1921: Transferred to Grimsby.
14.10.1921: Milford registry closed.
18.11.1921: Registered at Grimsby (GY1311).
23.3.1922: Direct Fish Supplies Ltd,London in liquidation.
10.8.1922: Placed in compulsory liquidation.
9.1922: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (E) to ??, Portugal.
23.9.1922: Grimsby registry closed.
1923: Sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Marton FD38

S.T. Marton FD38
Picture courtesy of The John Stevenson Collection

Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
15/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
10/06/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Cotsmuir M244

Additional information courtesy of Barry Johnson Milford Trawlers

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3539
Official Number: 143818
Yard Number: 718
Completed: 1917
As built: 360 disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 275.15
Net Tonnage: 107.43
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Smiths Dock Co. Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesborough
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Boiler: R.W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle

History

8.8.1917: Laid down.
17.10.1917: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.718) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS GOBLE (Ad.No.3539).
23.11.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr and W/T).
12.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as THOMAS GOBLE O.N.143818.
1919: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries and engaged in commercial trawling.
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
3.2.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) as THOMAS GOBLE (LO288).
2.1920: At HM Dockyard, Pembroke completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Milford.
21.2.1920 – 7.3.1921: Landed at Milford. Laid up.
12.6.1921: Sold to D. Pettit Ltd, Milford Haven. David Pettit designated manager.
29.12.1921: London registry closed.
4.1.1922: Registered at Milford as COTSMUIR (M244).
23.4.1925: Sailed Milford for West Coast of Ireland grounds (Sk. William G. Davies).
3.5.1925: Fishing 140 miles NW by N of the Bull Rock, tailshaft fractured. Steam trawler CAPSTONE (M243) in company connected and proceeded to tow back to Milford.
6.5.1925: Delivered Milford.
30.5.1933: At 6.30 am. in position 12 miles SW of Bull Rock picked up all crew of steam trawler TALLY HO (M43) (Sk. John W. Setterfield) from boat after their trawler foundered about 5.30 am. Landed survivors at Berehaven.
9.11.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
28.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (P.No.FY.550) (Hire rate £80.4.2d/month).
11.1945: Returned after restoration and survey at Port Glasgow. Fishing from Fleetwood.
28.12.1945: Sold to John C. Llewellin, Joseph L. Yolland, John Yolland Jnr, Haverfordwest & Betty Yolland, Swansea. John C. Llewellin designated manager.
1.1.1946: Messrs Yolland & Llewellin partnership dissolved.
9.1.1946: Sold to John Charles Llewellin, Milford Haven. John Charles Llewellin designated manging owner.
18.4.1946: Sold to J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven. John Charles Llewellin appointed manager.
29.9.1948: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £13890.
6.10.1948: Milford registry closed.
10.1948: Registered at Fleetwood (FD284). Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
2.2.1952: Sold to David Wood, Aberdeen for £7700.
2.1952: Fleetwood registry closed.
2.1952: Registered at Aberdeen (A703). David Wood designated managing owner.
1959: Sold to W. Ritscher, Hamburg for breaking up.
11.10.1959: Delivered to Atlantic Reederei F. & W. Joch, Hamburg with trawler ERIC STROUD (A90), 213grt/1914 in tow also for breaking up.
13.10.1959: Aberdeen registry closed.

(Thomas Goble, Master’s Mate (Midshipman), age 23, b. Arundel, Sussex – VICTORY (SB978))

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S.T. Cotsmuir M244

S.T. Cotsmuir M244
Picture by William Barker courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

S.T. Cotsmuir M244

S.T. Cotsmuir M244
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HMT Cotsmuir

HMT Cotsmuir
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then
25/02/2015: Information updated.
22/07/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
28/08/2017: Added an image.
06/01/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Ouse LT572

Additional material courtesy of Maurice Voss and George Westwood
Wartime visitor

Technical

Official Number: 113574
Yard Number: 208
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 168
Net Tonnage: 68
Length: 104.1 ft
Breadth: 21 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: 45hp T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thompson Ltd, Govan

History

31.7.1900: Launched by Mackie & Thomson Ltd, Govan (Yd.No.208) for James Leyman & Co Ltd, Hull as OUSE.
6.9.1900: Registered at Hull (H514).
9.1900: Completed (James Leyman, manager). Initially with Hull boxing fleet and later fished out of Scarborough.
5.1913: Sold to S.A. Compagnie Nationale des Chalutiers à Vapeur, Ostend. Sailed Scarborough for Belgium (Sk. Dave Naylor).
15.5.1913: Hull registry closed.
5.1913: Registered at Ostend as OUSE (O202).
3.2.1915: Sold to Paton’s Trawlers Ltd, Glasgow (Charles F. Paton, manager). Ostend registry closed. Registered at Glasgow (GW15).
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler.
24.7.1915: Off St. Alban’s Head in collision with and sank HMD WATER LILY (BF595).
1918: Based Lerwick.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
1919: Sold to Arthur Gouldby, Kessingland, Lowestoft (managing owner).
21.6.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (LT572).
1934: Sold to Mrs Edith C. Burton, Lowestoft (managing owner).
1941: Sold to Loopey Fishing & Development Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Harold D. Holland, manager).
Pre 1943-1945: Fishing out of Fleetwood (Sk. V. Buschini Snr).
4.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 65 kits – cod.codling-12, whiting-36, flats-2, roker-9, gurnard-1, sole & prime-5.
1945: Returned to Lowestoft.
1950s: Served as an Exhibition ship in Waveney Dock.
10.1954: Sold to Belgium for breaking up.
27.10.1954: Sailed Lowestoft for Belgium towing LORD DUNCAN (LT273) also sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Ouse H514

S.T. Ouse H514
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S.T. Ouse LT572

S.T. Ouse LT572
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S.T. Ouse LT572

S.T. Ouse LT572
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S.T. Ouse LT572

S.T. Ouse LT572
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 revisions since then.
27/10/2014: Picture added.
09/08/2015: Added picture.
19/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.
10/07/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Alcmaria LT48

Technical

Official Number: 162977
Yard Number: 1031
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 143
Net Tonnage: 47
Length: 31.12m (102.1 ft)
Breadth: 6.34m (20.7 ft)
Depth: 2.90m (9.5 ft)
Built: Gebr. Boot, Leiderdorp
Engine: 250 hp T.3-cyl by Industrieele Maats. “Hera”, Ymuiden (Engine made 1917)
Pennant : FY. 1525

History

1916: Launched by Gebr. Boot, Leiderdorp (Yd No.1031 ) for Naam VennStoomviss “Zaanstroom VI” (P. J. D. & Joh. Dil & S.Yff, Zaandijk, managers) as ZAANSTROOM VI.
1917: Completed.
Pre 1920: Sold to N.V. Visscherij Maats “Maastroom II”, IJmuiden (N.V. Scheeps Exploit Maats “Maastroom”, managers). Renamed MAASSTROOM II.
19??: Sold to ?? and renamed ARIA.
Pre 1927: Sold to N.V. Zeevissch Maats “Alcmaria”, IJmuiden. Renamed ALCMARIA.
1935: Sold to Bowden Ramster, Fleetwood.
3.1935: Remeasured 148g 64n.
21.3.1935: Registered at Lowestoft (LT48).
30.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1525) (Hire rate £41.18.8d/month) (Nore/Yarmouth).
30.5.1940: Sailed Yarmouth with twelve other drifters for Ramsgate.
26.5.1940: At 1857 ‘Operation Dynamo’ – evacuation at Dunkirk put into effect.
31.5.1940: Sailed Ramsgate for Dunkirk. Assisted in evacuation.
1.6.1940: At 0825 arrived Ramsgate with 32 troops.
4.6.1940: ‘Operation Dynamo’ terminated.
8.1940: Fitting out at Leith.
15.10.1940: Transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy (Rosyth/Port Edgar) with M/S Group 164.
28.11.1944: Returned to Royal Navy.
12.1944: At Dundee minesweeping gear removed.
2.1945: For disposal.
3.9.1945: Returned to owner.
1951: Sold to the Dalby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Bowden Ramster, Cleveleys, manager).
4.2.1957: At 9.30 am. disabled with boiler trouble off Maughold Head, IoM (Sk.Leslie Hatcher) requested assistance from DEAN SWIFT (FD29) (Sk. Jack Randles), sheltering in Ramsey Bay. In heavy rain, gusting 56mph, drifted to within 11 miles NW of Morecambe Bay Lightship when DEAN SWIFT arrived on scene at 5.30 pm. At 6.00 pm. tried to connect but line parted. 8.30 pm. made SOS. 10.00 pm. Barrow lifeboat launched and RED SABRE (LO71) (Sk. Jim McKernan), outward for the fishing grounds, turned back.
5.2.1957: At 3.00 am. lifeboat stood by while RED SABRE attempted to pass a line by rocket and barrel and was eventually successful only to see line carried away and her propeller fouled. With Barrow lifeboat still in attendance and in moderating weather DEAN SWIFT connected at 5.00 am. and commenced tow to Fleetwood arriving in the afternoon. Boiler beyond economical repair.
26.2.1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Barrow-in-Furness. (Also recorded as delivered Barrow 22.2.1957)

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S.T. Alcmaria LT48

S.T. Alcmaria LT48
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S.T. Alcmaria LT48

S.T. Alcmaria LT48
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Changelog
18/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
06/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/06/2019: Updated information.
20/12/2022: Added an image.

S.T. Lord Minto FD51

Technical

Official Number: 136192
Yard Number: 599
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 295
Net Tonnage: 123
Length: 136.7 ft
Breadth: 23.2 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Engine: 93nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

1.3.1914: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.599) for Yorkshire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as LORD MINTO.
28.5.1914: Registered at Hull (H105). John McCann & Edward Cartwright designated managers.
6.6.1914: Completed.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1516). Based Dover.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
17.10.1921: Sold to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. John McCann & Edward Cartwright designated joint managers.
14.3.1924: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood. James A. Robertson designated manager.
12.10.1924: James A. Robertson died.
10.1924: Alan Marr designated manager.
12.1.1925: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
6.6.1925: Hull registry closed.
12.6.1925: Registered at Fleetwood (FD51). Alan Marr designated manager.
1.12.1925: Alan Marr died.
12.1925: Joseph Arthur Marr designated manager.
26.10.1936: In gale force winds and heavy weather off St. Kilda, Bosun, William Wilson Crewdson was washed overboard and drowned.
9.1939: On a trip to St. Kilda ground (Sk. Charles Pennington); eleven crew.
18.9.1939: Trawling 30 miles NW of St. Kilda. 7.00pm. stopped in position 58.09N 09.17W by U-boat (U.35); tried to escape and made radio message. Examined i.a.w. Prisenordnung (Prize Regulations) Art.54. Seized along with ARLITA (FD188) and NANCY HAGUE (FD133). As boats not considered safe for crew*, transferred along with crew of ARLITA to NANCY HAGUE which allowed to return to Fleetwood. Both vessels sunk by gunfire in position 57.51N 09.28W. At 8.47pm. H M destroyers SOMALI (P.No.F33) and MATABELE (P.No.F26) detached to assist.
27.9.1939: Fleetwood registry closed “Vessel sunk by German submarine”.

*Crew (all Fleetwood unless stated) – Sk. Charles Pennington; Arthur Dutton, Mate; J. R. Rogers, Bosun; T. Hudson Ch.Eng; R. Neill, 2nd Eng; G. Halliday; Bertram Lee; W. Sharples; J. Beadle, Liverpool, deckhands; W. Kneale, Knott End, fireman; Robert Pooley, cook; Herbert Coplin, wireless operator.

Note: U-boat (U35) was sunk 29.11.1939 in North Sea, in position 60.53N, 02.47E, by depth charges from HMShips KASHMIR (P.No.F12), KINGSTON (P.No.F64) and ICARUS (P.No.D03). All submariners survived.

Note: U-boat (U35) was sunk 29.11.1939 in North Sea, in position 60.53N, 02.47E, by depth charges from HMShips KASHMIR (P.No.F12), KINGSTON (P.No.F64) and ICARUS (P.No.D03). All submariners survived.

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S.T. Lord Minto FD51

S.T. Lord Minto FD51
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S.T. Lord Minto FD51

S.T. Lord Minto FD51
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
-1/05/2021: Updated history.