Technical

Official Number: 110867
Yard Number: 231
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 172
Net Tonnage: 62
Length: 100.0 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Draught: 11.0 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Beverley

History

31.1.1899: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.231) for Queen Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as BUCKINGHAM.
7.2.1899: Completed.
8.3.1899: Registered at Grimsby (GY1096).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Returned.
3.1930: Sold to Arthur Grant & Son Ltd, Grimsby.
8.1930: Registered at Grimsby as WARREN (GY1096).
10.1940: Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd, London (William. A. Bennett, manager).
12.1940: Sold to J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager).
1943-1944: Fishing from Fleetwood.
19.11.1943: Disabled on fishing grounds, steam drifter PATRIA (LT178) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
12.1943: Sold to The Wembley Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (A. G. Hamer, manager).
21.4.1944: Last landing at Fleetwood.
11.1945: Sold to Samuel Stewart & Co (London) Ltd, London (Samuel Stewart, manager).
1.1946: Grimsby registry closed.
11.1.1946: Registered at Lowestoft (LT117).
25.6.1946: Sold to Cranley Shipping Co Ltd, London (Robert George Frankis, manager).
12.5.1949: Sold to Cranbrook Shipping Co Ltd, London (Leonard Frederick Milton, manager).
4.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Tyne based shipbreakers.
16.4.1952: Sailed Lowestoft for River Tyne.
16.1.1953: Lowestoft registry closed.

Technical

Official Number: 118194
Yard Number: 390
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 193
Net Tonnage: 75
Length: 110.2
Breadth: 21.9 ft
Draught: 11.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1905: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.390) for The Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as STRATHAIRLIE.
12.10.1905: Registered at Aberdeen (A39).
10.1905: Completed (John Brown, manager).
1914: Sold to R. Main, Aberdeen.
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1168).
1919: Returned to owner.
1925: Sold to John Craig, Aberdeen & Others.
1934: Sold to Alexander A. Davidson, Aberdeen.
1940: Sold to J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager).
1943: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1944: Sold to British & American Salmon Curing Co Ltd, London.
7.7.1944: Last landing at Fleetwood.
11.1946: Aberdeen registry closed.
11.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY394).
9.1949: Sold for breaking up. Grimsby registry closed.

Technical

Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 271
Net Tonnage: 123
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Draught: 12.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Polson Ironworks Co, Toronto
Built: Polson Iron Works Co, Ontario

History

1.1917: Ordered. 1918: Launched by Polson Iron Works Co, Ontario (Yd.No.- ) (Canadian “Castle” – “T.R.” class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR.18.
1.8.1918: Completed and commissioned in Royal Canadian Navy.
31.1.1919: Paid off and laid up.
!92?: Re measured 124.4 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet – 258Bgt 48n
1921: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain D. J. Munro) for reconditioning and lay-up prior to sale. Brought over at The Admiralty’s expense. Laid up in Caledonian Canal.
1926: Sold to Société Anonyme Pêcheries à Vapeur, Ostend (John Bauwens, manager).
Registered at Ostend as MARIE LOUISE (O98).
13.3.1926: Crew from Pêcheries à Vapeur sailed for England onboard steam trawler RAYMOND (O140) to take delivery.
20.3.1926: Arrived Ostend.
5.1933: Moved to Canal de dérivation, Ostend to lay up (economic climate).
1939-1940: Landing at Fleetwood.
1940: Transferred to Belgian Economic Mission, London.
24.9.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel. (P.No.Z.238).
1.1946: Returned to owner.
1946: Ostend registry closed.
9.1946: Sold to Norway.

Technical

Official Number: 149249
Yard Number: 1103
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 117
Net Tonnage: 53
Length: 94.1 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Draught: 9.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliott & Garwood Ltd, Beccles.
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

20.12.1930: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1103) for Arthur George Catchpole, Kessingland as SILVER SEAS.
25.1.1931: Completed.
21.3.1931: Registered at Lowestoft (LT235).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
8.5.1937: Off Isle of Man, steam drifter ADVISEABLE (LT168) stripped propeller. Connected and delivered Fleetwood.
24.5.1939: A. G. Catchpole died.
1939: Transferred to George Catchpole, Victor Charles Catchpole, Arthur George Catchpole, Frederick Ernest Catchpole, Lowestoft (in accordance with the Will).
13.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.946) (Hire rate £69.3.6d/month).
5.4.1940: Sold to Silver Fishing Co (Lowestoft) Ltd, Lowestoft (Benjamin Utting, manager) (company owned by the Catchpole family).
12.1943: Employed on port duties.
5.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
8.1944: Returned to owner.
1960: Converted and re engined by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft with a 4 stroke 3-cyl oil engine 300bhp by A. K. Diesels Ltd, Lowestoft
1960: Re measured 121g 44n
12.2.1960: Sold to Alick King, Lowestoft for conversion to diesel power.
18.2.1960: Sold to George Wood (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen William Wood, manager).
11.3.1960: Registered at Aberdeen (A65).
16.3.1960: Lowestoft registry closed.
1971: Sold to P. & W. McLellan Ltd, Bo’ness for breaking up.
3.1971: Arrived Bo’ness in tow of NETHERLEY (A723) also for breaking up.

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S.D/T Silver Seas LT235
Picture courtesy The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Technical

Official Number: 143805
Yard Number: 1311
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 202
Net Tonnage: 79
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Draught: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. G. Mumford Ltd, Colchester
Built: Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Wivenhoe

History

1918: Launched by Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Wivenhoe (Yd.No.1311) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM FALL.
29.5.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 2 – .303 cal Lewis MG, Hydrophone & W/T).
20.12.1919: Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO193).
3.1920: Sold to East Hull Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (G. H. Brown, manager).
26.1.1920: London registry closed.
12.2.1920: Registered at Hull as AVONDALE (H166).
19.9.1923: On an Icelandic trip, Claude Lonsdale (18) lost overboard and drowned.
21.2.1933: On an Icelandic trip, Richard Pinder (18) lost overboard and drowned.
7.1934: Sold to J. W. Tomlinson Jnr, North Shields.
1944-45: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1954: Sold to BISCO for breaking up. Hull registry closed.

Technical

Official Number: 137006
Yard Number: 630
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 220
Net Tonnage: 98
Length: 120.2 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Draught: 11.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Gt. Central Co-op Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

25.8.1914: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.630) for The Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as FRASCATI.
2.10.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY315).
8.10.1914: Completed (H. C. Baker, manager).
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.49).
1919: Returned to owner.
10.1933: Sold to H. Markham Cook, London.
11.1933: Sold to Aldred Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (H. Markham Cook, manager).
10.1941: Sold to J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd, Grimsby (W. A. Bennett, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
29.9.1944: Last landing at Fleetwood.
8.1945: Sold to British & American Salmon Curing Co Ltd, London.
10.1947: Sold to Elkington Estates Ltd, Grimsby (C. Dobson, manager).
5.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thomas Young & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for breaking up.
5.1952: Grimsby registry closed.

Technical

Official Number: 132358
Yard Number: ?
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 90
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 84.4 ft
Breadth: 19.4 ft
Draught: 9.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliot & Garood Ltd, Beccles

History

3.1912: Completed by John Chambers & Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd.No.) for James Pitchers Jnr, Gt. Yarmouth as MARY EVELYN.
15.3.1912: Registered at Yarmouth (YH704).
14.51915: Sold to Alex Keay, Fleetwood.
25.2.1920: Sold to William Bruce, St. Combs.
19.3.1920: Sold to William James Ballard, Ramsgate & Others.
7.6.1920: Yarmouth registry closed.
6.1920: Registered at Ramsgate (R333).
1932: Sold to William Sayer, Margate.
9.7.1932: Foundered quickly 10 miles W of Helwick Lightship, Bristol Channel after being involved in a collision with the Glasgow steamer SKERRIES (1258grt/1921) Bristol for Waterford. Five crew, Skipper, Mate, Bosun, Chief Engineer and Trimmer picked up by SKERRIES but despite search by boats from SKERRIES and Liverpool steamer MAKALLA (5781grt/1918), four men missing.
10.7.1932: Survivors landed at Waterford.
19??: Ramsgate registry closed

S. D/T. Mary Evelyn R333
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

© Mike Thompson for FMHT with additional material by Maurice Voss

Technical

Official Number:
Yard Number: 977
Completed: 1925
Gross Tonnage: 338
Net Tonnage: 137
Length: 138.8 ft
Breadth: 23.8 ft
Draught: 13.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

6.8.1925: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.977) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD MOUNTBATTEN.
29.9.1925: Registered at Hull (H225) (O.N.149020).
6.10.1925: Completed.
7. 1938: Sold to Pêcheries à Vapeur, Soc. Anon, Ostend (John Bauwens, manager).
16.7.1938: Hull registry closed.
21.7.1938: Arrived at Ostend in company with LORD WEIR (H280) (PRINCE de LIEGE (O83)).
1938: Re measured 46,50 x 7,50 metres – 324.40Bgrt 113n
27.7.1938: Registered at Ostend as GRAAF van VLAARDEREN (O92).
6.1940: At Dartmouth requisitioned by Belgian Marine Corps for evacuation at Dunkirk (Did not participate).
18.6.1940: Took part in evacuation of Cherbourg (Sk. Charles Vermeersch). Sailed for Plymouth.
6.1940: Transferred to Belgian Economic Mission, London. Fishing from Fleetwood.
16.9.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z.239).
2.2.1946: Returned to owner.
10.1946: At Antwerp rebuilt with new bow section 148.2 feet – 375.36Bgrt 137n
16.10.1946: Returned to service after rebuild.
8.11.1950: Sailed for Hemiksem for conversion to a motor trawler.
195?: Re engined by St. Pieterswerf, Hemiksem with 4 stroke 6-cyl Carels oil engine 755bhp by Soc.d’Elec. et de Méc, Ghent (Engine No.9657.62). Re measured 391.89 Bgrt 159.82n
27.10.1951: Returned to service.
13.4.1965: Ostend registry closed.
5.1965: Sold to Brugse Scheepssloperij, Bruges for breaking up.

Technical

Registered Part IV
Gross Tonnage: 22

History

Previously registered at Caernarvon (CO98).
Converted to steam.
2.1919: Sold to M. Blyth, Fleetwood.
26.2.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD5).
15.7.1919: Sold to ??, ??.
9.3.1920: Fleetwood registry closed “Broken up”.

Wooden built.

Technical

Official Number: 138872
Yard Number: 37
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 117
Net Tonnage: 52
Length: 93.8 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Draught: 10.0 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Burrell & Co, Gt Yarmouth
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft

History

1917: Completed by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.37) for James Johnson, Scarborough as FLO JOHNSON. Registered at Scarborough (SH325).
7.1917: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.3052). Based Portland.
1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft.
7.1919: Scarborough registry closed.
10.7.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (LT451).
1927: Sold to The Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (F. E. Catchpole, manager).
21.3.1927: Registered at Lowestoft as ABIDING STAR (LT451).
1930: Re engined and boilered by Elliott & Garood Ltd, Beccles.
17.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service on Degaussing Service (P.No. FY.284) (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
1944: Sold to Bay Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
1946: Returned to owner.
1947: Sold for breaking up. Lowestoft registry closed.