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S.T. Romanoff GY639

Technical

Official Number: 113210
Yard Number: 276
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 178
Net Tonnage: 81
Length: 108.7 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Hull

History

10.9.1900: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.276) for Alick (Alec) Black, Grimsby (managing owner) as ROMANOFF.
9.11.1900: Registered at Grimsby (GY1204).
11.1900: Completed.
20.5.1905: Sold to The Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Alick (Alec) Black, manager).
1.1909: Sold to Christian M. Eversen, Thorshavn, Faeroe Islands.
29.1.1909: Grimsby registry closed.
2.1909: Registered at Thorshaven as CECELIE.
21.5.1911: Sold to The Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Alick (Alec) Black, manager).
29.5.1911: Registered at Grimsby as ROMANOFF (GY639).
1913: Fishing from Fleetwood.
28.5.1914: Sold to The Savoy Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Henry C. Baker, manager).
2.8.1917: Sold to William Baynton & Walter Jagger, Grimsby (William Baynton managing owner).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
By 11.8.1917: Fitted 1-6pdr LA.
1919: Released.
1920: New boiler fitted.
23.3.1920: Sold to Headway Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Walter Jagger, manager).
6.1922: Sold to Thomas Whitehead, Scarborough (managing owner).
6.6.1922: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1922: Registered at Scarborough (SH373).
1930: Sold to James Pattison, Hartlepool (managing owner).
1933: Sold to Robert Goodlad, Aberdeen (managing owner).
5.1933: Scarborough registry closed.
12.5.1933: Registered at Aberdeen (A275).
1937: Sold to German principals for breaking up.
14.9.1937: Aberdeen registry closed “Sold Germans”.

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S.T. Romanoff GY639

S.T. Romanoff GY639
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S.T. Reptonian FD171

Technical

Official Number: 163166
Yard Number: 581
Completed: 1933
Gross Tonnage: 409
Net Tonnage: 174
Length: 154.6 ft
Breadth: 25.6 ft
Depth: 13.9 ft
Engine: 111nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

19.10.1933: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.581) for Hellyer Bros. Ltd, Hull as BASQUE.
14.11.1933: Registered at Hull (H521).
21.11.1933: Completed (Frank O. Hellyer & Orlando S. Hellyer, managers).
22.12.1933: Sailed Hull for Bear Island grounds (Sk. J. W. Fox).
11.1.1934: At Hull landed 1,462 kits, grossed £1,220.
14.1.1939: Sold to Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Albert Wright Butt, manager).
30.1.1939: Hull registry closed.
1.2.1939: Registered at Grimsby (GY41).
15.4.1939: Registered at Grimsby as ISTRIA (GY41).
17.8.1939: Sailed Hull for Bear Island grounds (Sk. J. Hardcastle).
1.9.1939: Recalled by The Admiralty; at Hull landed 259 kits grossed £261.
9.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£22,659).
19.5.1939: Grimsby registry closed. Fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler (P.No.FY.150). Based Scapa Flow with A/S Group 14.
11.1945: After refit at Greenock, sold to The Wendover Fishing Co, Grimsby (Consolidated Fisheries Ltd).
11.1945: Registered at Grimsby (GY129).
30.9.1946: Sold to Hull Ice Co Ltd, Hull (Harold Watson Hall, manager).
16.11.1946: Sold to Thos. Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull (Harold Watson Hall, manager) for £21,774.10.0d.
19.11.1946: First trip from Hull – no details.
11.1946: Grimsby registry closed.
27.11.1946: Registered at Hull (H363).
10.1.1947: Registered at Hull as St. ARCADIUS (H363).
10.1.1947: Sailed Hull for White Sea grounds (Sk. B. Godfrey).
6.2.1947: At Hull landed 1,151 kits grossed £3,925.4.5d.
2.6.1947: Landed. Required extensive boiler repairs – 97 days in dock.
14.11.1947: Sold to Eton Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (George Gillard, manager) for £60,000 (W. A. Massey & Sons Ltd, Hull, shipbrokers commission £1,500).
29.12.1947: Registered at Hull as REPTONIAN (H363).
28.8.1950: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geofrey Edwards Marr, manager) for £33,000.
14.8.1951: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Frank Marr, Cleveleys, manager) for £39,625.
10.6.1953: Hull registry closed.
6.1953: Registered at Fleetwood (FD171).
1.1959: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
10.1.1959: Arrived Preston from Fleetwood under own power.
12.1.1959: Delivered.
1959: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Reptonian H363

S.T. Reptonian H363
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S.T. Reptonian FD171

S.T. Reptonian FD171
Picture courtesy of the JJ Collection

Changelog
18/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
03/11/2018: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.

S.T. Red Knight LO445

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 163173
Yard Number: 586
Completed: 1934
Gross Tonnage: 394
Net Tonnage: 152
Length: 151.9 ft
Breadth: 25.6 ft
Depth: 13.6 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 102nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

4.12.1933: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.586) for Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull as LADY ADELAIDE.
3.1.1934: Registered at Hull (H4).
10.1.1934: Completed (Edward Cargill, manager).
15.1.1934: Sailed Hull on first trip to White Sea grounds (Sk.W. Lewis).
12.2.1934: At Hull landed 499 kits grossed £935.
2.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£18,333).
27.2.1939: Hull registry closed. Fitted out as a “Gem” class anti-submarine trawler. Renamed HMS BERYL (1-4”,
AA weapons, DC) (P.No.T.34). To Malta in Reserve Fleet.
28.11.1939: Commissioned. Mid. Harold W. du Boisson RNR appointed CO. To Alexandria with A/S Group 4.
4.1940: A/Comm Bosun Henry E. Sellwood RN appointed CO.
6.5.1940: Arrived Malta with A/S Group 4.
6.1940: Mid. Harold W. du Boisson RNR appointed CO.
7.10.1940: Act Cdr James Collis Bird DSC RN (rtd) appointed CO.
7.1941: Mid. Harold W. du Boisson RNR appointed CO.
11.11.1941: Snr Comm Bosun Victor P. Rhind RN appointed CO.
17.12.1941: A/Sub Lieut. Harold W. Boisson RNR appointed CO. To Port Said with A/S Group 4.
12.1942: Ty/Sub Lieut. Harold Olsberg RNR appointed CO.
10.7.1943 – 3.9.1943: At Sicily landings.
9.1944: Ty/Sk. Joseph William Richmond RNR appointed CO.
1946: Laid up at Milford Haven on Disposal List (SORF, Pembroke Dock).
4.1946: Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Capt. E. D. W. Lawford DSO, manager).
1946-47: Restored at Barrow.
2.1947: Converted at Barrow-in-Furness for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
2.1947: Registered at London as RED KNIGHT (LO445).
26.4.1954: At Reykjavik Sk. Nicholas Wright was fined £1700 with catch and gear confiscated on a charge of fishing inside Icelandic territorial waters.
14.12.1959: Homeward from Icelandic grounds (Sk. John Mecklenburgh) in very heavy weather off Western Isles. Between 0710 and 0715 spoke to RED FALCON (LO4) (Sk. Alex Harvey) about 150 miles ahead and agreed to make for lee of Irish coast. Presumed Sk. Harvey later set course for Inishtrahull. At 1830, Sk. Mecklenburgh called RED FALCON on the radiotelephone but received no reply.
15.12.1959: On arrival at Fleetwood on midday tide Sk. Mecklenburgh expressed concern for the RED FALCON.
16.12.1959: At 1220 Formby Coastguard informed Northern Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Pitreavie that vessel was 24 hrs overdue. Search by Shackleton aircraft over area.
18.12.1959: Search called off. 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.
1.1961: Dodging in heavy seas and gale force wind off Iceland assisted trawler LORD MONTGOMERY (FD130) who had lost the mate, Ralph Connelly, presumed washed overboard, to search the area. The mate was not found.
1962: Sold to to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
27.11.1962: Delivered Barrow-in-Furness from Fleetwood under own power.
12.1962: London registry closed.

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S.T. Red Knight LO445

S.T. Red Knight LO445
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HMS Beryl

HMS Beryl
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HMT Beryl

HMS Beryl
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S.T. Red Knight LO445

S.T. Red Knight LO445
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S.T. Red Knight LO445

S.T. Red Knight LO445
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S.T. Red Knight LO445

S.T. Red Knight LO445
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Changelog
18/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
03/02/2016: Information updated.
14/08/2016: Picture added.
11/06/2019: Information updated.
09/09/2023: Added an image.

S.T. Nodzu FD49

Technical

Official Number: 148316
Yard Number: 895
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 303
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 131 ft
Breadth: 24 ft
Depth: 13.2 ft
Engine: 99hp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Built: Smith’s Dock Co, Southbank on Tees

History

18.11.1929: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.895) for Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff as NODZU.
12.1929: Completed (Morley H. Neale & Joshua S. Neale, joint managers). Registered at Cardiff (CF22).
1.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.659) (Hire rate £142.13.3d/month).
11.1945: Returned.
1956: Neale & West Ltd closed their Cardiff base; vessels for sale.
5.1956: Sold to Dalby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (John B. Ramster, Cleveleys, manager).
5.1956: Cardiff registry closed.
5.1956: Registered at Fleetwood (FD49).
6.1959: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
4.11.1959: Delivered Preston from Fleetwood under own power. Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Nodzu FD49

S.T. Nodzu FD49
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S.T. Nodzu FD49

S.T. Nodzu FD49
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Changelog
18/01/2009: Page published.
18/04/2019: Added an image.

S.T. Newland LO95

Technical

Official Number: 116118
Yard Number: 310
Completed: 1903
Gross Tonnage: 235
Net Tonnage: 95
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby

History

18.11.1902: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.310) for The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as NEWLAND.
5.1.1903: Completed (John A. Laverack, manager).
6.1.1903: Registered at Hull (H713).
30.1.1908: William Morton, cook, lost overboard and drowned.
1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer & Hydrophone) (Ad.No.942).
1919: Returned to owner.
22.12.1924: George Blyth, deckhand, lost overboard and drowned.
12.1924: Sold to Hans Muff, Esbjerg (Hudson Bros, Hull, managers).
11.2.1925 Sold to Thomas Hudson, Hull.
4.3.1925: Hull registry closed.
14.3.1925: Sold Hans Muff, Esbjerg.
1925: Remeasured 245g 97n.
3.1925: Registered at Esbjerg as NAOS.
11.1926: Sold to John W. Storr, Hull. Esbjerg registry closed.
1926: Remeasured 235g 95n.
5.11.1926: Registered at Hull (H315).
7.12.1926: Sold to Neptune Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (John W. Storr, manager).
3.1.1929: Sold to Mons Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Elijah Headspith, Hessle, manager).
5.9.1934: Sold to Dalby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Bowden Ramster, manager).
7.1.1935: Registered at Hull as NEWLAND (H315).
6.1.1936: Sold to Hewett Fishing Co Ltd, London (Robert S. Hewett, manager).
9.1.1936: Hull registry closed.
11.1.1936: Registered at London (LO95).
5.1940: Requisitioned for war service and appointed for conversion to a minesweeper.
7.1940: Returned to owner (Not listed in MT65-467).
31.7.1940: 40 miles SW of Barra Head, picked up Master, twenty-four crew, one gunner and four passengers from steamer JAMAICA PROGRESS (5475grt/1932) sunk by torpedo and gunfire by U-boat (U.99). Landed at Fleetwood. (Chief Officer and sixteen crew members landed at Barra).
27.4.1943: Typical wartime landing. 519 kits – hake-422, whiting-27, flats-15, ling/coley-42, roker-13.
5.1943: Sold to Hull Merchants Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull.
5.1943: London registry closed.
22.5.1943: Registered at Hull (H553).
1943: Landing at Hull from Iceland/Faroe – 6 trips, 6,201 kits.
9.2.1945: Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager).
30.11.1945: Insured value £15,000; for 1946 proposed same.
28.12.1946 Sold to Lord Line Ltd, Hull.
1.8.1947: Sold to Elkington Estates Ltd, Grimsby (C. Dobson, manager).
9.1947: Hull registry closed.
9.1947: Registered at Grimsby (GY500).
1952: Sold to Stockton Shipping & Salvage Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees for breaking up.
12.10.1952: Breaking up commenced.
11.1952: Grimsby registry closed breaking up completed.

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S.T. Newland LO95

S.T. Newland H713
Picture courtesy of the Mike Thompson Collection

Changelog
18/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
21/11/2011: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
24/06/2021: Updated history.