S.T. The Tetrarch GY945

In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood
Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 135957
Yard Number: 277
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 225.09
Net Tonnage: 111.62
Length: 117.4 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 460ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

22.7.1913: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.277) for The North Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as THE TETRARCH.
10.1913: Completed.
13.10.1913: Alick (Alec) Black appointed manager.
14.10.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY945).
29.10.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Union of London & Smiths Bank Ltd, London (A).
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.254). Based Longhope.
9.10.1915: Mortgage (A) discharged.
11.10.1915: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby.
11.10.1915: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
12.10.1915: Vessel mortgaged to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (B).
27.2.1917: Mortgagee restyled Barclays Bank Ltd, London.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
22.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (B) to Fred Parkes (64/64), Fleetwood & Blackpool.
24.10.1935: Sold to Dobson Ship Repairing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
29.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes appointed manager.
29.10.135: Charles Dobson appointed manager.
14.11.1935: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (C).
23.12.1940: Mortgage (C) discharged.
24.12.1940: Sold to Perihelion Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
24.12.1940: Herbert G. Crampin appointed 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 “ Sunk in collision …”.

(Lost – Sk. T. W. Norris. J. Carle, E.T.S. Love, J. Pearson, W. Rendall, W. Revell, E. E. Shulver, G. L. Singleton, G. Waring)

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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 Tetrarch GY945

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

Changelog

20/06/2010: Page published. 8 updates since then.
22/08/2019: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.