Category Archives: Drifter/Trawler

S.D/T. Vera Creina LT758 (Seasonal)

Copyright Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 130009
Yard Number: 128
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 80
Net Tonnage: 35
Length: 83.2 ft
Breadth: 18.1 ft
Depth: 8.7 ft
Built: Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Engine: C.2-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1911: Launched by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Yd.No.128) for William J. Head & George Kilwick Wright, Belvedere, Kent (joint owners) as VERA CREINA.
4.1911: Completed.
22.4.1911: Registered at Lowestoft (LT758). William J. Head designated managing owner.
18.10.1913: Sold to Head & Wright Ltd, Lowestoft. William J. Head designated manager.
9.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1865). Based Dover.
1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (Head & Wright Ltd).
4.9.1925: At Lowestoft, nets damaged by fire. 1928/1930s: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
19.6.1928: Typical landing 35 boxes.
9.10.1939: Stranded on Bacton beach.
11.10.1939: Refloated by tug. 1940-1945: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
1943: Harold Frank Weeks, Fleetwood designated manager.
16.6.1943: Typical landing. 86 kits – cod/codling-28, whiting-8, flats-30, roker-13, gurnard-5, sole & prime-2.
12.2.1946: Sold to Jubilee Fishing Co Ltd, London (Samuel Stewart, manager).
12.8.1953: Sold to Colne Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Denis Stephens, manager).
1954: Sold for breaking up.
30.7.1954: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Vera Creina LT758

S.D/T. Vera Creina LT758
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S.D/T. Vera Creina LT758

S.D/T. Vera Creina LT758
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Changelog

29/11/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
22/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
10/08/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Hosanna LT167 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham and Barry Johnson

Technical

Official Number: 149242
Yard Number: 581
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 132
Net Tonnage: 62
Length: 96.3 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 9.8 ft
Built: John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co (R. H. Hutchinson), Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1930: Launched by John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad (Yd.No.581) for Albert Edward Beamish, Lowestoft as HOSANNA.
8.1930: Completed.
29.8.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT167). Albert Edward Beamish designated managing owner.
22.9.1930: At Yarmouth landed 120 crans fresh herring, 58 salted.
1930s: Seasonal white fish fishing from Padstow and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
10.11.1938: At Lowestoft (Sk. Billy Bowles) landed 238 crans grossed £280. Prunier Trophy winner.
15.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY950) (Hire rate £74.8.3d).
1941: Based Milford Haven (Pbty Ty Sk. F. S. Johnson RNR).
11.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
1945: Returned to owner.
20.8.1946: Sold to John Albert Beamish, Pakefield, Lowestoft.
27.10.1948: At Lowestoft landed 200 crans.
13.6.1952: Sold to Milford Haven Coal Supplies Ltd, Milford Haven. William Willcox designated manager.
2.4.1953 – 1.6.1953: Fishing from Fleetwood.
15.6.1953: Landed at Milford.
29.7.1954: Arrived Milford (Sk. Albert Wiseman) with Bideford registered ketch PROGRESS (85grt/1884) in tow having picked her up off Lundy abandoned.
18.8.1955: Sold to Haven Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven. Robert Lewis designated manager.
16.6.1956: Attended steam trawler MERCHANT VANGUARD (M56) stranded on Hook Peninsula, Co. Waterford previous day while seeking shelter. Attempted with MERCHANT VENTURER (M49)(Sk. Ernie Smith) and DEELUX (YH84)(Sk.Hubert Griffiths), to refloat the vessel but failed.
12.12.1959: Sold to John George Mitchell, Lowestoft.
21.4.1960: Sold to Scattan Ltd, Lowestoft. John George Mitchell designated manager.
1.7.1960: Registered at Lowestoft as a motor trawler.
1960: Re measured 140g 49n 96.3 x 20.6 x 8.45 feet.
2.7.1960: Completed trials after conversion to motor by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft and fitted with 6-cyl 4 stroke 335bhp oil engine by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln.
1975: Laid up.
26.11.1975: Sold to Colne Fishing Co Ltd, Luton for spares. John Leggett, Lowestoft designated manager. Main engine and all usable parts removed.
1976: Sold with MERBREEZE (LT365) and TRITINIA (LT188) to T. G. Darling, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft for breaking up by East Anglian Reclamation Ltd at Nelson Wharf, Lake Lothing, Lowestoft.
13.10.1976: Lowestoft registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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S.D/T. Hosanna LT167

S.D/T. Hosanna LT167 Picture © John Stephenson

S.D/T. Hosanna LT167

S.D/T. Hosanna LT167
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S.D/T. Hosanna LT167

S.D/T. Hosanna LT167
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S.D/T. Hosanna LT167

S.D/T. Hosanna LT167
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S.D/T. Hosanna LT167

S.D/T. Hosanna LT167 Picture courtesy The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Hosanna LT167

S.D/T. Hosanna LT167
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M.D/T. Hosanna LT167

M.D/T. Hosanna LT167
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Changelog

14/11/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
15/01/2014: Picture added.
03/10/2014: Added another picture.
21/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
01/02/2019: Added an image.
23/08/2019: Updated information.
08/03/2022: Added an image.

S.D/L. Hyacinth M173

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 117481
Yard Number: 718
Completed: 1903
Gross Tonnage: 79
Net Tonnage: 18
Length: 80.0 ft
Breadth: 18.1 ft
Depth: 8.3 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: C.2-cyl and boiler by McColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

1903: Launched by Smith’ s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.718) for The Herring Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as HYACINTH.
8.1903: Completed (William Thomas Tripp, Kessingland, manager).
24.8.1903: Registered at Lowestoft (LT997).
10.1913: At Lowestoft landed 310 crans of herring – top boat.
1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (Ad.No.1068).
5.1915: Renamed HYACINTH II. Based in Aegean Sea.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (Herring Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft) and reverted to HYACINTH (LT997).
14.7.1919: Sold to William Henry East Snr, Milford Haven (managing owner).
30.6.1920: Sold to The Admiralty.
24.9.1920: Sold to James Ritchie, Hakin (managing owner).
7.10.1920: Lowestoft registry closed.
9.10.1920: Registered at Milford (M173).
22.10.1920: Sold to James Ritchie, Hakin, William Thomas Davies, Thomas Henry Powell & James Edwards, Milford Haven (James Ritchie, manager). 7.1.1922: Sold to James Ritchie, Thomas Henry Powell & William Thomas Davies, Milford Haven (James Ritchie managing owner).
13.3.1924: Last landing at Milford. Transferred to Fleetwood.
25.3.1924: Sailed Fleetwood for Irish grounds (Sk. D. W. Powell); eight crew. At about 10.00 pm. when some 50 miles WbyS from Lune Light Vessel sprang a leak and started to fill despite pumping. In thick fog with zero visibility started to settle. At about 10.44 pm. fog lifted and Runcorn owned schooner ELLEN ANNE (95grt/1866) was sighted. All crew members transferred before vessel foundered.
26.3.1924: Survivors landed at Holyhead.
4.4.1924: Milford registry closed “Vessel foundered”.

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S.D/T. Hyacinth LT997

S.D/T. Hyacinth LT997
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Changelog
08/11/2010: Page published.
01/06/2014: Picture added.
21/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/01/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Ascona LT108 (Seasonal)

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham and Barry Johnson

Technical

Official Number: 149226
Yard Number: 578
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 138
Net Tonnage: 59
Length: 98.0 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 10.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees (foreside firing)
Built: John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft

History

1929: Launched by John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.578) for Nelson George Utting (32/64) & William George Utting (32/64), Lowestoft as ASCONA.
12.2.1930: Registered at Lowestoft as (LT108).
3.1930: Completed.
1930s: Seasonal fishing from Padstow and Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
17.3.1934: At Padstow damaged in collision with OCEAN SUNLIGHT (YH29).
24.4.1938: In fog in Morecambe Bay suffered damage in collision with KATHLEEN (LT673).
30.8.1938: At Bangor Magistrates Court, Sk. Noah Ayres fined £50 for trawling within the three mile limit in Caernarvon Bay (First summons under the Sea Fishery Act of June 1938).
20.9.1938: Suffered damage to propeller off Fleetwood.
13.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY949) (Hire rate £77.15.11d/month).
1.6.1940: Based at Harwich.
4.1945: Transferred to miscellaneous Naval duties.
1.1.1946: Sold to Vigilant Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (David F. Cartwright, MBE MC, manager).
4.1946: Returned to owner.
26.4.1948: Damaged gallows when trawl came fast.
25.10.1948: At Lowestoft landed 216 crans of herring.
29.3.1949: Damaged gallows when trawl came fast.
12.11.1952: At Lowestoft landed 217 crans.
16.4.1953: Sold to Norrard Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Frederick William Ingram, manager).
16.6.1953: Returned to Milford (Sk. Jack Chenery) with mast fractured when lifting haul of jellyfish. Landed 59kits grossed £311 (3 days).
25.10.1957: Sailed Milford for Lowestoft to be converted to diesel propulsion.
14.2.1958: Completed trials after conversion by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft fitted with 402bhp 4 stroke 6-cyl oil engine by Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Ltd, Stockport (engine made 1947).
1958: Re measured 146g 60n.
7.3.1958: Returned to Milford.
19.5.1965: Fishing off the Smalls (Sk. Charles Manthorpe), deckhand Billy Owen injured in face when slip hook flew off gallows. Returned to Milford.
11.1968: Sustained damage to stem and bow plating in a collision at Milford dockhead.
12.12.1968: Arrived Gloucester for dry docking and repair.
6.1.1970: Laid up at Milford.
5.1970: Sold to Hughes Bolckow Ltd, Blyth for breaking up.
3.6.1970: Sailed Milford (Sk. Jack Utting) for Blyth in company with LORD COLLINGWOOD (M42) (Sk. Walter Robson) also sold for breaking.
8.6.1970: Delivered Blyth.
26.6.1972: Lowestoft registry closed. (16.7.1974: Mortgage to W.F.A. discharged).

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S.T. Ascona LT108

S.T. Ascona LT108
Picture courtesy of The Alan Hirst Collection

S.T. Ascona LT108

S.T. Ascona LT108
Picture courtesy of The Bob Kettle Collection

Changelog
05/11/2010: Page published. 3 revisions since then.
18/08/2014: Picture added.
03/06/2016: Minor information update.
20/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
18/07/2019: Updated information.

S.D/T. Margaret Hide LT746 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 140021
Yard Number: 458
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 161
Net Tonnage: 68
Length: 103.6
Breadth: 20.8 ft
Depth: 10.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow

History

1920: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.458) for John Victor Breach, Lowestoft & Others as MARGARET HIDE.
11.1920: Completed (John Victor Breech, manager).
2.12.1920: Registered at Lowestoft (LT746).
1926: Sold to Pevensey Castle Ltd, Lowestoft (John Victor Breach, manager).
11.1938: In North Sea disabled motor drifter EFFICIENT (FR242) picked up by steam drifter LANNER (LT1176) but fouled propeller when towline parted. Connected and delivered Lowestoft.
16.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY981) (Hire rate £52.6.6d/month).
1.1942: At Lowestoft as LL drifter.
10.1943: Transferred to War Department.
4.1945: Returned to owner.
26.10.1947: Damaged by heavy weather, steam drifter PATRIA (LT178) stood by.
Pre 1949 – post 1952: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood.
1955: Sold to Belgium for breaking up.
26.9.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for Antwerp towing BOYS’ FRIEND (LT151) also for breaking up.
(Named after Margaret Hide Breach)

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S.D/T. Margaret Hide LT746

S.D/T. Margaret Hide LT746
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S.D/T. Margaret Hide LT746

S.D/T. Margaret Hide LT746
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S.D/T. Margaret Hide LT746

S.D/T. Margaret Hide LT746
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S.D/T. Margaret Hide LT746

S.D/T. Margaret Hide LT746
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Changelog
02/11/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
19/07/2016: Image added.
18/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from images.