S.D/T. Ocean Reaper YH470 (Seasonal)

Wooden Built
Copyright 2010 Barry Banham for FMHT.

Technical

Official Number: 132361
Yard Number: ?
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 101
Net Tonnage: 35
Length: 89.7 ft
Breadth: 19.7 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by F. W. Carver & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Built: Beeching Brothers Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth

History

1912: Launched by Beeching Brothers Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Yd.No.) for Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (43/64) & John Hubbard, Caister on Sea (21/64) as OCEAN REAPER.
14.5.1912: Registered at Yarmouth (YH470).
5.1912: Completed (James Bloomfield, manager).
30.12.1913: John Hubbard, Caister on Sea sold 21 shares to Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (William J. E. Green appointed manager).
17.2.1914: Sold to W. J. E. Green Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (William J. E. Green, manager).
9.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.232) and later fitted with hydrophones. Based Granton.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Gt. Yarmouth (W. J. E. Green Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth).
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay appointed manager.
13.10.1924: At Yarmouth landed 250 crans of herring.
15.7.1925: William J. E. Green appointed manager.
1930s: White fish trawling out of herring season from Fleetwood (Bloomfields Ltd, Fleetwood, managing agents) and Padstow.
12.6.1941: Sold to William James (Milford Haven) Ltd, Milford Haven.
12.11.1941: Sold to George Watt (10/64), George Watt Wiseman (6/64), Edwin Wiseman (6/64), George Nicholl (6/64), Joseph West (6/64), Andrew Davidson (5/64), Charlotte Wiseman (5/64), George William Watt (5/64), George Wiseman (5/64), all Gardenstown; Bella Ritchie Fraserburgh (5/64) & Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields (5/64) (George Watt, managing owner).
4.12.1941: Registered at Fraserburgh (FR366). Continued to fish from Milford.
1945: Sold for breaking up.
31.7.1945: Fraserburgh registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Reaper YH470

S.T. Ocean Reaper YH470
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog

29/04/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
13/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.