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S.T. Wrenthorpe FD80

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall and David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 122944
Yard Number: 264
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 73
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 21.7 ft
Depth: 9.0 ft
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow

History

2q1906: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.264) for Tettenhall Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as WRENTHORPE.
8.9.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD80), Louis Cohen, Norbreck appointed manager.
8.9.1906: Mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
9.1906: Completed.
11.8.1909: Mortgaged to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (B). James H Marr appointed manager.
9.10.1913: Mortgage (A) discharged.
10.10.1913: Mortgage (B) discharged.
10.10.1913: Mortgaged to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (C).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 91.19 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1534).
2.12.1916: James A. Robertson appointed manager.
10.10.1918: Mortgage (C) discharged.
18.10.1918: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood.
1919: Returned.
18.10.1919: James A. Robertson appointed manager.
7.11.1924: Alan Marr appointed manager.
4.1.1926: Joseph Arthur Marr appointed manager.
1927: Sold to John Baxter, Aberdeen (c/o The Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd) for £2500.
2.5.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
16.6.1928: Registered at Aberdeen (A351).
6.6.1933: Reported that 25 miles off Aberdeen picked up Bjarni Oysteinsen, a Norwegian fisherman on passage from Bergen in a 20ft boat.
1936: Sold for breaking up.
12.11.1936: Aberdeen registry closed “Broken up”.

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S.T. Wrenthorpe FD80

S.T. Wrenthorpe FD80
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
18/08/2018: Information updated.
15/11/2018: Image added.

S.T. Wren FD174

Technical

Official Number: 108530
Yard Number: 553
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 143.82
Net Tonnage: 43.76
Length: 106 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Built: Edward Bros, North Shields
Engine: 300ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by N. E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland

History

16.6.1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, North Shields (Yd.No.553) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester as WREN.
21.7.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD174).
7.1897: Completed (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood, managers).
24.3.1899: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Hull.
12.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H215).
8.9.1911: Registered office transferred to Hull (George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London, managers).
7.9.1912: Re-measured after lengthening at Goole to119.0 ft 168g 64n.
7.9.1912: Hull registry closed and vessel registered anew in consequence of material alterations (H215).
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.682). Based Dover auxiliary patrol.
8.6.1918: Ordered to be renamed WHITETHROAT (‘… as stated consequence on the manning of new construction:-’).
7.1918: Renamed WHITETHROAT.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull. Reverted to WREN (H215).
7.6.1919: John Slater, London, appointed manager.
18.12.1923: Foundered in North Sea in storm conditions, all nine crew lost. BURMAH (H86) received a signal believed from sinking trawler but unable to proceed in blizzard conditions .
10.3.1924: Hull registry closed “Total loss”.

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S.T. Wren H215

S.T. Wren H215
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 revisions since then
26/07/2014: Picture added.
09/09/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/08/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Woolton GY575

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 162899
Yard Number: 986
Completed: 1935
Gross Tonnage: 427
Net Tonnage: 160
Length: 160.3 ft
Breadth: 26.7 ft
Depth: 12.5 ft
Engine: 800ihp T. 3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Boiler: Richardsons Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

7.3.1935: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.986) for Shire Trawlers Ltd, London as WARWICKSHIRE.
3.1935: Completed for Warwickshire Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (William. A. Bennett, manager).
28.3.1935: Registered at Grimsby (GY133).
9.1935: As a result of the Abyssinian crisis and failure of British diplomacy, the Government authorised The Admiralty to procure twenty modern trawlers for conversion to minor war vessels.
12.1935: Following successful trials sold to The Admiralty.
23.12.1935: Grimsby registry closed. Fitted out as a “Gem” class anti-submarine trawler. Renamed HMS TURQUOISE (P.No.T.45).
19.2.1942: Escorting convoy on East Coast (Lieut. C. M. Newns RNVR), drove off E-boat attack; eighteen enemy survivors picked up.
10.1946: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Reclassed at Fleetwood and registered at Hull as St. OSWALD (H335) (MoT Minute R.G.No.11524/1946).
5.1948: Sold to Grimsby Merchants Amalgamated Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. George Edward Peniston appointed manager
5.1948: Hull registry closed.
8.5.1948: Registered at Grimsby (GY575).
23.5.1948: While steaming 22 miles south west of Vardö, struck a mine which caused serious bow damage and killed three crew members. Norwegian minesweeper KNM Lomma P.No.M317) escorted to Vardö.
29.9.1948: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
5.5.1950: Registered at Grimsby as WOOLTON (GY575) (MoT Minute R.G.No.11027/50 dated 24.4.1950).
27.5.1952: Mortgage (A) discharged.
3.7.1952: John Wilcock Robinson, Fleetwood appointed manager.
20.6.1952: Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
30.6.1952: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Grimsby Merchants Amalgamated Trawling Co Ltd, Grimsby for the sum of £20,000 with interest at 5% (B).
4.8.1952: At Fleetwood. Landed 12,000 stone of cod and haddock from an eleven day Icelandic trip; grossed £5,004.
1.9.1953: Mortgage (B) discharged.
22.2.1954: Leslie Wheildon appointed manager.
21.8.1954: Company restyled Wyre Trawlers Ltd (Leslie Wheildon, manager) on purchase of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd by Associated Fisheries Group.
23.8.1954: Grimsby registry closed.
8.1954: Registered at Fleetwood (FD18).
10.1954: Registered at Fleetwood as WYRE WOOLTON (FD18).
15.4.1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Preston.
16.4.1957: Sailed Fleetwood for Preston.
17.4.1957: Delivered.
1957: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Warwickshire GY133

S.T. Warwickshire GY133
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. St Oswald H335

S.T. St Oswald H335
Picture by Jonathan courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

HMT Turquoise

HMT Turquoise
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

HMT Turquoise

HMT Turquoise
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

S.T. Wyre Woolton FD18

S.T. Wyre Woolton FD18
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
05/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. Winooka GY465

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 136247
Yard Number: 312
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 331
Net Tonnage: 138
Length: 137.4 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

19.11.1914: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.312) for S. T. White & Co Ltd, Hull as SEAWARD HO.
1915: Completed (Samuel T. White, manager).
1915: Registered at Hull (H312).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No. 1512).
24.3.1916: Attached to Unit.104, Dover Patrol, engaged German submarine, but missed with shot and failed to ram as submarine dived.
5.1918: Renamed ATTENTIVE III. Parent Ship at Dover.
1919: Returned to owner at Hull and reverted to SEAWARD HO (H312).
1920: Sold to Newington Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (John Work, manager).
26.2.1920: Registered at Hull as GUY THORNE (H312).
7.3.1927: Ran ashore near Mefjordboen, Vestfjorder, north west coast of Norway.
22.8.1927: Hull registry closed.
1928: Subsequently salved and returned to service.
6.1928: Sold to John Edward Rushworth (64/64), Grimsby.
26.6.1928: Registered at Grimsby (GY465).
26.6.1928: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
29.6.1928: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
2.10.1930: Mortgage (A) discharged.
2.10.1930: Sold to Dale Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby.
2.10.1930: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
2.10.1930 Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B)
3.3.1931: Arrived Reykjavik in tow of Icelandic steam tug MAGNI (111grt/1920) having been ashore at Skerjafjord; propeller damaged.
2.12.1932: Put in to Longhope with heavy weather damage and leaking deck. Proceeded Stromness for repair.
10.10.1933: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (B) to John E. Rushworth Ltd (64/64), Grimsby (John E. Rushworth, manager).
10.10.1933: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
11.10.1933: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
6.3.1934: Registered at Grimsby as WINOOKA (GY465) (BOT Minute M/RGNo.1021/1934 dated 9.2.1934)).
2.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (C) to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
5.10.1935: Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
2.12.1935: First landing at Fleetwood (check).
13.3.1936: Sailed Fleetwood for West of Scotland grounds.
15.3.1936: Lost off St. Kilda after being involved in a collision with ETHEL TAYLOR (FD363); three crew lost*. Survivors picked up by ETHEL TAYLOR and returned to Fleetwood.
2.7.1936: Grimsby registry closed “Sunk in collision 15.3.1936”.

* Lost. John Francis (38), Bosun; George Macdonald (53), cook & Robert Hall (43), fireman, all of Fleetwood.

Note: “Lieut. A. J. Coles RNR, City of Dundee (FD4) (Ad.No.678) and Lieut. A. Bean RNR, Seaward Ho rendered good Service on Folkestone Gate, when traffic Route had to be diverted at a moment’s notice”.

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HMT Attentive III

HMT Attentive III
Picture courtesy of The Harry Day Collection

S.T. Guy Thorne H312

S.T. Guy Thorne H312
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. Guy Thorne H312

S.T. Guy Thorne H312
Picture from the George Coull collection courtesy of Scarborough Maritime Heritage Trust

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 9 updates since then.
21/01/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
16/08/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Willoughby GY161

Additional information courtesy of Birgir Þórisson

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3740
Official Number: 143918
Yard Number: 232
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 329.04
Net Tonnage: 126.67
Length: 138.9 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built; Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow
Engine: 650ihp T.3-cyl by Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow
Boiler: The Clyde Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Port Glasgow

History

11.3.1918: Launched by Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow (Yd.No.232) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as NICHOLAS DEAN (Ad.No.3740).
27.4.1918: Completed as an A/S trawler (1-12pdr, hydrophone and W/T); sailed for Fleetwood.
4.12.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as NICHOLAS DEAN O.N.143918.
01.1920: Engaged in commercial trawling.
1920: Fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100 A1 Stm Trawler.
03.02.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO297).
By 18.6.1920: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
1920: Allocated to the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
1.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
16.2.1922: Advertised for sale, along with JOHN YULE (LO305), laid up in St. Andrew’s Dock, Hull.
3.1922: Sold en bloc to Gourney-Delpierre & Co, Boulogne.
9.1922: Sold to Gournay-Delpierre & Cie, Boulogne sur Mer.
28.9.1922: London registry closed.
9.1922: Registered at Boulogne as NOTRE DAME de FRANCE (B939).
12.1924: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
2.1925: Boulogne registry closed.
6.2.1925: Registered at Grimsby as WILLOUGHBY (GY161) (BoT Minute M/RS.1040/1925).
6.2.1925: Fred Parkes, Wyberton, Boston designated manager. Fishing from Grimsby.
6.1926: Company registered office transferred to Fleetwood.
25.11.1926: Arrived Halifax, NS and to fish out of the port.
3.1927: Returned to Fleetwood and fishing out of that port.
2.1928: Sold to Fiskveidahlutafelagid Svidi (The “Svidi” Fishing Co Ltd), Hafnarfjördur, Iceland.
24.2.1928: Grimsby registry closed.
2.1928: Registered at Hafnarfjördur as SVIDI (GK7). Thorarinn Egilsson & Sf Akurgerdi designated managers.
Pre 1930: Thorarinn Egilssoni appointed manager.
6.2.1932: In Grimsby for dry-docking, sank alongside whilst coaling.
11.2.1932: Salved and bunkers discharged prior to slipping.
2.12.1941: Disappeared off Snaefellsnes, SW of Iceland probably because of weather and overloading, but some speculation that she was mined. Crew of twenty-five lost.

(Nicholas Dean, Private, Marine, age 26 b. Bucker, Honiton, Devon – VICTORY (ML86)

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 5 revisions since then.
23/08/2014: Information added.
08/04/2015: Information updated.
16/08/2021: Updated history and technical details.