S.D/T. Ocean Reward YH 730 (Seasonal) : The Bosun's Watch

S.D/T. Ocean Reward YH 730 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 132379
Yard Number: 481
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 39
Length: 85.9 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

13.7.1912: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.481) for Bloomfields Ltd, Gt Yarmouth (James Bloomfield (43/64) & Elijah Green (21/64) as OCEAN REWARD.
8.1912: Completed at a cost of £3314 (James Bloomfield, manager).
6.8.1912: Registered at Yarmouth (YH730).
9.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol boat (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.243) and later fitted with hydrophones.
1919: Returned to owner.
1920-1939: Trawling out of herring season from Fleetwood (Bloomfields Ltd, Fleetwood, managing agents) and Padstow.
2.3.1921: Elijah Green sold 21 shares to Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (James Bloomfield, manager).
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay appointed manager.
12.1939: Requisitioned for war service on Examining Service (Hire rate £27.0.0d/month).
28.5.1940: At 0245 off Dover (Py Ty Lt. Hugh C. Slater RNR) foundered after being in collision with steamer ISLE OF THANET (2789g/1925) returning from Dunkirk. Tug LADY BRASSEY (362g/1913) searched for survivors. Four crew MPK/missing.
7.8.1940: Yarmouth registry closed.
(MPK – Py Ty Lt. Hugh C. Slater, Petty Officers James H. Christie and Norman J. Thorley )
(Missing – Corporal Richard Shrubsole)
Note: “Ocean” class design by Alex Hall & Co, of which BRIGHTON O’ THE NORTH (INS382) was the later example, was chosen as the base design for the WW1 Admiralty steel drifter.

(Missing – Corporal Richard Shrubsole)

Note: “Ocean” class design by Alex Hall & Co, of which BRIGHTON O’ the NORTH (INS382) was the later example, was chosen as the base design for the WW1 Admiralty steel drifter.

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