S.T. The Tetrarch GY945

In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood

Technical

Official Number: 135957
Yard Number: 277
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 112
Length: 117.4 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

22.7.1913: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.277) for North Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as THE TETRARCH.
10.1913: Completed.
14.10.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY945).
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.254).
11.10.1915: Sold to Thomas W. Baskcomb, Grimsby.
1919: Returned to owner.
22.10.1935: Fleet of Thomas W. Baskcomb sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
24.10.1935: Sold to Dobson Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Charles Dobson, manager).
24.12.1940: Sold to Perihelion Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Herbert G. Crampin, manager).
30.11.1941: Foundered off 20T buoy, Coquet Island following collision with Aberdeen steamer KOOLGA (1110g/1910). Nine crew lost.
28.2.1942: Grimsby registry closed.

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S.T. The Tetrarch GY945

S.T. The Tetrarch GY945
Picture by Steve Pulfrey courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

S.T. The Tetrach GY945

S.T. The Tetrarch GY945
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

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