S.T. St. Crispin H86
In Fleetwood ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood
Technical
Official Number:
Yard Number: 767
Completed: 1946
Gross Tonnage: 536
Net Tonnage: 201
Length: 166.9 ft
Breadth: 27.7 ft
Draught: 14.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
History
17.4.1946: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.767) for N.V. Motorvisscherij, Ostend as RUBENS.
6.1946: Registered at Ostend (O297).
21.6.1946: Completed.
10.1955: Sold to St. Christopher Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, Hull, manager).
14.10.1955: Registered at Hull as St. CRISPIN (H86).
3.1956: On an Icelandic trip.
15.3.1956: Fouled propeller with fishing gear, disabled and in heavy seas driven ashore in the afternoon at high water on beach near Kudhaus, Medalland, south coast of Iceland. Two men injured. Lifeline connected within two hours but crew reluctant to leave. At 7.30 pm. five men had been taken off. Eventually all twenty crew rescued.
14.4.1956: Refloated and delivered Reykjavik. Temporary repairs for single voyage to Hull.
18.5.1956: Arrived Hull.
1965: Sold to Van Heygen Freres, Ghent for breaking up.
12.3.1965: Delivered Ghent. Hull registry closed.
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S.T. ST. Crispin H86
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection
S.T. St. Crispin H86
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection
S.T. St. Crispin H86
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection
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