Official Number: 131935
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 41
Net Tonnage: 29
Built: Sanders & Co, Galmpton, Devon

History

1911: Completed by Sanders & Co, Galmpton for Charles Bond, 16 Prospect Road, Brixham as FERN LEAF.
25.10.1911: Registered at Brixham (BM317).
5.5.1919: Sold to Charles C. Bond, Church Street, Brixham.
192?: Re-measured 24n
3.10.1922: Sold to G. H. Hole, 10 Trafalgar Terrace, Brixham.
25.4.1925: Sold to C. M. Ashford, ??.
30.8.1925: Sold to J. E. Rowse Jnr, Milford Haven.
22.1.1934: Sold to Ralph Stockman Dugdall, 57 Esplanade, Fleetwood.
Post 1934: Auxiliary motor fitted
9.2.1941: Requisitioned for war service and employed on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £20.0.0d/month).
1942: Brixham registry closed “no longer fishing”.
1943: Based Clyde as TRV attached to Alexandria Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire.
1946: Returned to owner.
pre1948: Sold for breaking up.

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Fern Leaf BM317

Official Number: 63932
Launched: 1870
Gross Tonnage: 38
Net Tonnage: 25
Length: 57 ft
Built: John Gibson, Fleetwood, 1870
Owner: Thomas Leadbetter, Fleetwood & Others

History

16.12.1870: Completed by John Gibson, Fleetwood for Thomas Leadbetter, Fleetwood & Others as WONDER. Registered at Fleetwood (FD68).
1881: Census at Fleetwood – John Leadbetter (36), b-North Meols, master; John Leadbetter (38), b-North Meols, mate; Spencer Sumner (26), b-Warton, AB; William Leadbetter (15), b-Fleetwood, AB: Robert Leadbetter (13), b-Fleetwood, cook.
24.10.1887: Sold to John Leadbetter, Fleetwood & Others (John Leadbetter, managing owner).
1918: Sold to Thomas W. Dixon, 38 James Street, Whitehaven (managing owner).
23.2.1922: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Whitehaven.
1929: Same.

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Wonder FD68
Picture courtesy of Alan Hirst

Official Number: 114302
Launched: 1903
Gross Tonnage: 40
Net Tonnage: 16
Length: 64.0 ft
Breadth: 18.1 ft
Draught: 8.21 feet
Built: Liver & Wilding, Fleetwood
Owner: Mary Ellen Leadbetter, Fleetwood and Others

History

1903: Completed by Liver & Wilding Ltd, Fleetwood for John Liver, ‘Brookfield’, Fairhaven, Lytham (64 shares) as RELIANCE at a cost of £1200.
23.11.1903: Registered at Fleetwood (FD210). John David Gibson, 88 York Terrace, Fleetwood designated ship’s husband.
24.11.1903: Sixteen shares sold to John David Gibson, Fleetwood, designated managing owner.
27.11.1903: Eight shares sold to Walter Whittaker, Hill Top, Cheadle Hulme.
7.12.1903: Eight shares each sold to Agnes Liver, Frank John Liver and Herbert James Liver all of ‘Brookfield’, Fairhaven, Lytham.
9.12.1903: Eight shares sold to Arthur Thomas Liver, 158 Dock St, Fleetwood.
28.5.1904: Re-measured at Liverpool and tonnage altered to 20.10 net.
11.3.1907: Arthur Thomas Liver designated managing owner.
1917(?) : Arthur T. Liver, 4. Clarendon Road, St. Annes-on-the-Sea (managing owner).
post1924: Sold to Mary Ellen Leadbetter, Fleetwood and Others.
1925: Converted to auxiliary motor
24.11.1925: Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Whitehaven (WA25).
1927: Not in MNL.
1947: Sold to Mr & Mrs Davison for conversion to a yacht.
6.1949: On passage to Cuba. In gale force winds driven ashore at Cave Hole, Portland. Mr Davidson lost his life. Total loss.

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Reliance FD210
Picture from unknown source

Official Number: 89708
Launched: 1893
Rig: Dandy
Gross Tonnage: 72
Net tonnage: 56
Length: 67.2 ft
Breadth: 18.8 ft
Draught: 9.0 ft
Built: Peel IoM
Owner: B. Rostron, Fleetwood

History

1893: Completed by ??, Peel, IoM, for B. Rostron, Fleetwood as RED ROSE. 10.1.1893: Registered at Fleetwood (FD99).
6.11.1896: Sold to Richard Ashcroft, 54 North Albert St, Fleetwood & Others (Richard Ashcroft, managing owner).
23.10.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD99).
11.5.1913: Re-measured and tonnage altered to 57.43gross 24.42net.
4.6.1913: New Fishing Certificate issued.
1915: Same.
1917: Sold to Ernest Tomlinson, London Street, Fleetwood (Ernest Taylor, Knowsley Villas, Victoria Road, Thornton-le-Fylde, manager).
26.5.1920: Sold to George Frank Dunston, 36 Avondale Road, Southport. 13.9.1920: Sold to Herbert Pritchard, 88 Gidlow Road South, Stanley, Liverpool. 1921: Sold to Henry George Prior, 19 Bookham Road, Lowestoft.
5.2.1921: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Lowestoft.

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Picture courtesy of Fred Bettess

Technical

Official number: 89709
Launched: 1893
Gross Tonnage: 42
Net Tonnage: 21
Rig: Ketch
Length: 60.1 ft
Breadth: 16.8 ft
Draught: 9.0 ft
Built: Singleton Brothers, Fleetwood
Owner: Henry Leadbetter, 44 Kent St, Fleetwood (Richard Leadbetter, Manager)

History

1893: Completed by Singleton Brothers, Fleetwood for Henry Leadbetter, 44 Kent St, Fleetwood (Richard Leadbetter, manager) as HARRIET.
2.10.1893: Registered at Fleetwood (FD111).
5.12.1905: Sold to ??
Pre1924: Sold to Mark Leadbetter, 36 Belmont Road, Fleetwood (managing owner).
1929: Same.
19.3.1930: Re-registered at Fleetwood as auxiliary motor.
194?: Sold to George W. Fletcher, 22 Whinfield Ave, Fleetwood.
1978: Ceased fishing. Sold to Mrs Josephine Barner, Little Langdale, Cumbria. Converted and moored at Millom as a hostel.
2005(?): Sold to Fleetwood Museum for restoration.
2008: Behind Museum awaiting restoration.

Built as a sister smack to MARGARET
Last sailing trawler to operate from Fleetwood.

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Harriet FD111 outbound. Picture courtesy of E V Todd

Harriet FD111 outbound with Ida and William & John FD162. Picture courtesy of E V Todd

Sailing Trawler Harriet FD111

Sailing Trawler Harriet FD111

Sailing Trawler Harriet FD111

Official Number: 53277
Gross Tonnage: 51g
Net tonnage: 38
Length: 64.6 ft
Breadth: 17.4 ft
Draught: 9.5 ft
Rig: Dandy
Built: ??, Rye
Owner: George Miller, 33 Church St, Fleetwood

History

1865: Completed by ??, Rye as MILO.
March 21 1888: Registered at Fleetwood (FD19).
1908: In ownership of George Miller, 33 Church St, Fleetwood.
1915: Same.
1916: Sold for demolition.
February 19 1916: Fleetwood registry closed.

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Sailing Trawler Milo FD19
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Sailing Trawler Milo FD19

Official Number: 45350
Launched: 1866
Gross Tonnage: 35
Net Tonnage: 20
Length: 54.1 ft
Breadth: 16.1 ft
Draught: 8.5 ft
Rig: Jigger Smack
Built by:John Gibson, Fleetwood, 1866
Owner: J. Wright, Fleetwood

History

1866: Completed by John Gibson, Fleetwood for J. Wright, Fleetwood as WILLIAM and JOHN. Registered at Fleetwood (FD162).
1881: Census at Fleetwood – George Bird (27), b-Hoylake, master; David Herbert (28), b-Colchester,AB; Robert Green (41), b-Poulton-le-Fylde, AB; Philip Kay (29), b-Peel, AB; James Bird (15), b-Hoylake, cook.
21.10.1890: Sold to Richard Ashcroft, 9 Adelaide St, Fleetwood (managing owner).
26.9.1919: Sold to Jane Meadows, 1 Elm Street, Fleewood.
16.2.1921: Sold to John Henry Collis, 35 Carr Road, Fleetwood.
28.10.1928: Fleetwood registry closed. No longer fishing.

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William & John

Official Number: 86148
Launched: 1883
Gross tonnage: 41
Net tonnage: 28
Length: 62 ft
Breadth: 17.4 ft
Draught: 8.7 ft
Rig: Cutter
Built: J.W. & A. Upham, Brixham, 1883
Owner: Mrs Jane Wareing, Fleetwood & Others

History

7.2.1883: Launched by J.W. & A. Upham, Brixham for James Small, Brixham as FLEETWING.
1883: Completed. Registered at Dartmouth (DH51 or DH214).
3.8.1889: Sold to Mrs Jane Wareing, Fleetwood & Others.
12.1889: Dartmouth registry closed.
9.12.1889: Registered at Fleetwood (FD63).
1891: John Waring, Fleetwood (managing owner).
17.8.1904: Tonnage altered to 24.26 net. New Fishing Certificate issued.
20.12.1904: Sold to Frank Jones, 16 Ferndale Rd, Hoylake.
9.1.1913: Vessel foundered in Crosby Channel after being involved in a collision with steam hopper barge BETA (404grt/1891).
20.1.1913: Fleetwood registry closed. Vessel subsequently salved and broken up.

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Fleetwing FD63
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