Technical

Official Number: 149211
Yard Number: 280
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 104.47
Net Tonnage: 44.85
Length: 88.0 ft
Breadth: 19.1 ft
Depth: 9.0 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co (1927) Ltd, Goole
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

20.6.1928: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co (1927) Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.280) for Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifter Co Ltd, Lowestoft as LORD RODNEY. Completed (Harold Jackson, manager).
19.7.1928: Registered at Lowestoft (LT390).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
4.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service on Contraband Control (Hire rate £52.18.2d/month).
2.1940: Fitted out as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.877).
26.5.1940: At 6.57pm. ‘Operation Dynamo’ (Dunkirk evacuation) put into effect.
28.5.1940: With Senior Officer (Cdr J. S. M. Glendinning RNR retd) in steam tug JAVA (128grt/1905-500ihp) (Capt W. Jones) left Ramsgate for Dunkirk at 3.00pm (Sk. Robert Durrant) in company with steam drifters LORD KEITH (LT181), LORD COLLINGWOOD (LT183) and LORD St. VINCENT (LT79).
29.5.1940: At 4.30am. ferrying troops to ships. 10.00am. alongside Dunkirk Pier embarking troops. 5.00pm. left Dunkirk beaches for Ramsgate.
1.1942: At Lowestoft as LL drifter.
21.9.1943: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull when Basil Parkes bought most of Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Ltd better vessels. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
10.1943: Transferred to War Dept.
8.2.1946: Released.
9.2.1946: Laid up.
2.1946: Returned to owner (Maj. A. W. Suddaby MBE, Gorleston, manager).
28.12.1946: Sold under U.N.R.&R. Scheme and loaned to Poland. (“Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich Sp.z.ogr.odn, Gdynia). Registered at Gdynia as EUBENIUSZ (GDY111). Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth with Dutch crew (Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd managing agents).
1.6.1949: Sold to Arthur W. Eastoe, Ronald C. Cook & Richard H. Colby, Lowestoft and John Odde, East Molesey. Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Westminster Bank Ltd, London (A).
6.1949: Gdynia registry closed.
9.6.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as LORD RODNEY (LT79).
1.1951: Mortgage (A) discharged.
24.1.1951: Sold to Ronald C. Cook, Samuel Broadley & George Catchpole, Lowestoft.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
30.4.1959: Sold to Craigwood Ltd, Aberdeen. George R. Wood designated manager.
1959: Converted to motor by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft, fitted with 3-cyl 4 stroke 300bhp oil engine by A.K. Diesels Ltd, Lowestoft.
1959: Whilst being converted to motor ‘owned’ by Brandon Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Alick King).
5.1959: Lowestoft registry closed.
12.5.1959: Registered at Aberdeen (A50).
31.7.1959: Alteration to tonnage and other particulars following survey at Gt Yarmouth 8.7.1959 107.21g 43.71n.
1961: Whaleback fitted.
26.7.1966 (regd): Sold to Hubert Jones, Swansea.
20.5.1969 (regd): Sold to Thomas J. Griffiths & Nellie M. Porter, Swansea with White Fish Authority loan. Peter Wright, Milford designated manager.
1969: At Swansea in collision with Dutch motor vessel PAUL WESTERS (473g/1955).
1972: Repossessed by White Fish Authority.
15.2.1972 (regd): Sold to Guiseppe Antoniazzi, Milford Haven.
23.8.1974 (regd): Sold to Bronislaw Ltd, Mastlebridge, Neyland (Sk. Bruno Linke).
26.3.1975: Sold to Linke Trawling Co Ltd, Mastlebridge, Neyland (Sk. Bruno Linke).
2.1975: Sailed Milford for Swansea towing DEELUX (YH84). Tow parted and recovered by Tenby lifeboat.
1975: Sold to Thomas W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Briton Ferry.
11.1975: Arrived Briton Ferry.
8.12.1975: Breaking up completed.
7.1.1976: Aberdeen registry closed. “Vessel broken up. Advice received from owner and shipbreaker. “

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S.D/T. Lord Rodney LT79
Picture courtesy of James Cullen

S.D/T. Lord Rodney LT79
Picture courtesy of Peter Green

S.T. Lord Rodney A50
Picture courtesy of Milford Trawlers
© The John Stevenson Collection

S.D/T. lord Rodney LT390
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Mentioned in despatches
Picture courtesy of Robert Durrant

S.T. Lord Rodney LT79
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. lord Rodney A50
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Changelog
13/05/2010: Page published. 6 revisions since then.
27/10/2014: Picture added.
16/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
17/12/2018: Updated information.