Wartime visitor
Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number:132096
Yard Number: 478
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 195
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 115.3 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Engine: 425ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby

History

2.2.1911: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.478) for Henry Croft Baker (32/64) & Arthur Grant (32/64) Cleethorpes as BERU.
22.2.1911: Completed. (Builders’ Certificate signed).
25.2.1911: Delivered.
25.2.1911: Registered at Grimsby (GY611).
25.2.1911: Arthur Grant designated managing owner.
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.30). Based Aegean Sea.
29.2.1916: Henry Croft Baker (32/64 shares sold to Alick Black (16/64) and John Cash Store (32/64), both Grimsby.
13.2.1917: Alick Black (16/64) and John Cash Store (16/64) shares sold to Arthur Grant (64/64), Cleethorpes.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby (Arthur Grant, managing owner).
7.4.1931: Sold to Arthur Grant & Son Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
8.4.1931: Arthur Grant appointed manager.
26.7.1932: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
11.1939 Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £48.15.0d/month).
10.2.1940: Returned to owner.
27.9.1940: Mortgage (A) discharged.
30.9.1940: Sold to John Sherrif Ellis (64/64), Scarborough.
30.9.1940: John Sherrif Ellis designated managing owner.
10.2.1941: Sold to Scarborough Pure Ice & Cold Storage Co Ltd (64/64), Scarborough.
22.2.1941: James Johnson appointed manager.
24.9.1941: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclay Bank Ltd, London (B).
6.4.1943: Mortgage (B) discharged.
28.4.1943: At Fleetwood, typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 92 kits – hake-16, cod/codling-33, whiting-15, flats5, ling/coley-14, roker-7, gurnard-3.
3.5.1943: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
16.4.1945: Mortgage (C) discharged.
18.4.1945: Sold to James Johnson (32/64) & John William Johnson (32/64), Scarborough.
20.4.1945: John William Johnson appointed manager.
21.8.1950: Sold to Scarborough Pure Ice & Cold Storage Co Ltd (64/64), Scarborough.
25.8.1950: John William Johnson appointed manager.
4.1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to James A . White, St Davids, Fife for breaking up.
17.11.1952: Delivered (Sk. Jack Mann plus five crew) to Granton from Scarborough (paid £35.0.0d for delivery). Transferred to St Davids for breaking.
25.8.1953: Letter from BISCO stating “… vessel has been completely demolished”.
4.9.1953: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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S.T. Beru GY611
Picture courtesy of The Jeffrey Pullen Collection

S.T. Beru GY611
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

S.T. Beru GY611
Picture courtesy of The George Westwood Collection

S.T. Beru GY611
Picture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library

Changelog
02/02/2011: Page published. 4 updates since then.
13/02/2015: Picture added.
24/06/2019: Updated information and added an image.