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S.D/T. Craiglea YH81 (Seasonal)

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4175
Official Number: 145544
Yard Number: 67
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 37
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Built: Ouse Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Hook, Nr Goole
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell, Sowerby Bridge
Boiler: Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln

History

17.6.1919: Launched by Ouse Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Hook, Nr Goole (Yd.No.67) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as RAINBAND (Ad.No.4175).
29.9.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
15.12.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal. Laid up at Dundee.
1921: Sold to R. J. Smith & D. Smith, Newhaven, Edinburgh & A. Smith, Cellardyke (asking £7,000) for £5,250.
1921: Registered at Leith as CRAIGLEA (LH270).
1922: Sold to David Gault, Lossiemouth (managing owner). Leith registry closed. Registered at Inverness (INS540).
3.1930: Sold to Charles V. Eastick, Gorleston (managing owner).
3.1930: Inverness registry closed.
14.3.1930: Registered at Yarmouth (YH81).
28.9.1936: At Yarmouth landed 200 crans of herring.
1940-1945: Fishing out of Fleetwood (Sk. Larner, Winterton, Gt. Yarmouth). Bloomfields Ltd, Fleetwood managing agents.
30.4.1943: Typical wartime landing. 69 kits – cod/codling-11, whiting-30, roker-21, dogs-1, sole & prime-6.
16.11.1945: At Yarmouth landed 200 crans, grossed £900.
16.11.1945: At Yarmouth landed 250 crans grossed £1000.
26.1.1948: Sold to Robert E. Beazor, Gt. Yarmouth & Percy G. Hayhoe, Caister-on-Sea (32/64 each) (Frederick Brown, manager) for £8000.
19.4.1948: Sold to Associated Trawlers (Gt. Yarmouth) Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Frank Strowger, Gorleston, manager)).
1949-1951: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood.
3.2.1950: Sold to Robert E. Beazor, Gt. Yarmouth & Percy G. Hayhoe, Caister-on-Sea (32 shares each).
30.10.1950: Disabled with warp around propeller. Steam drifter ANIMATION (YH138) connected and delivered Yarmouth.
28.4.1952: Sold to Percy G. Hayhoe, Caister-on-Sea (32/64); Charles V. Eastick (14/64); Charles H. Eastick (8/64); George W. Eastick (8/64) & Rachel Eastick (8/64), Gorleston.
12.5.1952: Sold to Charles V. Eastick (14/64); Charles H. Eastick (14/64); George W. Eastick (14/64); Rachel Eastick (14/64) & Henry J. Eastick (8/64), Gorleston (Purchased for £800 after boiler problems rectified).
14.2.1955: Sold to Belgium for breaking up.
21.3.1955: Yarmouth registry closed.

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S.T. Craiglea YH81
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S.D/T. Craiglea YH81
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Craiglea YH81
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S.D/T. Craiglea YH81
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Changelog
08/04/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
23/02/2017: Image added.
09/01/2020: Updated information.

S.D/T. Ocean Sunlight YH28 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 161628
Yard Number: 627
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 131
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 94.3 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Boiler: Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1929: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.615) for Bloomfields Ltd, Great Yarmout) as OCEAN SUNLIGHT.
6.1929: Completed (Neil Mackay, manager).
6.6.1929: Registered at Yarmouth (YH28).
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Bloomfields Ltd, Fleetwood, managing agents).
17.3.1934: At Padstow damaged in collision with ASCONA (LT108).
7.10.1938: At Yarmouth (Sk. Condon) landed 180 crans of herring.
15.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper. (Hire rate £77.4.11d/month).
13.6.1940: Off Newhaven (Ch. Sk. R. J. Crane RNR), mined 4.4 cables 129° from West Breakwater Light, Newhaven. Ten crew killed*
29.12.1941: Yarmouth registry closed “ Ship lost on Admiralty Service”.

(*Killed – Cyril Ballister, 2nd Hand; John Cowie, Peter Dickson, Charles J. McCondach, Enginemen; Leonard A. Scarlett, Ldg Signalman; Albert E. Latham, AB; Thomas C. W. Belcher, Harry Croston, William E. Kinley, Seamen; Albert V. Roberts Seaman Cook.)

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S.T. Ocean Sunlight YH28
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S.D/T/ Ocean Sunlight YH28

Changelog
02/04/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
12/06/2016: Pictures added.
07/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.D/T. Ocean Vim YH88 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 161633
Yard Number: 627
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 125
Net Tonnage: 55
Length: 94.3 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl A Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Boiler: Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1930: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.627) for Bloomfields Ltd, Great Yarmouth as OCEAN VIM.
28.5.1930: Registered at Yarmouth (YH88).
5.1930: Completed (Neil Mackay, manager).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Bloomfields Ltd, Fleetwood, managing agents).
7.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (LL Sweep) (P.No.FY.951) (Hire rate £70.9.4d/month).
1941: Based Barrow.
28.10.1939: Stood down role not determined.
13.11.1939: Employed on port duties.
5.1943: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
2.1944: Re-deployed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
3.1946: Returned to owner.
7.11.1949: Landed 205 crans of herring at Yarmouth.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
31.12.1954: Sold to Milford Haven Coal Supplies Ltd, Milford Haven (William Wilcox, manager).
25.11.1955: Registered at Yarmouth as SALLY MCCABE (YH88).
2.5.1957: Sold to East Briton Fishing Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Frank Squires, manager).
5.1958: Arrived Lowestoft for conversion to diesel propulsion.
7.1958: Converted to diesel propulsion by Richards Iron Works Ltd, Lowestoft – 5-cyl 360bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester.
23.7.1958: Sailed Lowestoft for Milford on completion of conversion.
2.1970: Company in liquidation.
3.1970: Sold by the liquidators to Hubert Jones (Trawlers) Ltd, Swansea (Frank Squires, Milford appointed manager).
5.4.1970: Sheltering off Rosslare, Co. Wexford (Sk. Louie Kominek), John E. Norman, 2nd Eng, washed overboard.
1976: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Briton Ferry. Arrived Briton Ferry in tow of JADESTAR GYPSY (LT53).
21.6.1976: Yarmouth registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Vim YH88
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S.T. Ocean Vim YH88
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S.T. Ocean Vim YH88
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HMS Ocean Vim
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S.D/T. Ocean Vim YH88
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S.D/T. Ocean Vim YH88
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S.D/T. Sally McCabe YH88
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M.T. Sally McCabe YH88
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Changelog
02/04/2010: Page published. 6 updates since then.
08/12/2015: Pictures added.
07/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.D. Fisher Lad BF204

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Andy Hall

Technical

Official Number: 145559
Yard Number: 860
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: Lea Shipbuilding & Repairing Co, Canning Town
Engine: 270ihp T.3-cyl by D. & R. B. Scott, Tayport
Boiler: Hewitt & Kellitt Ltd, Bradford

History

1919: Launched by Lea Shipbuilding & Repairing Co, Canning Town (Yd.No.860) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as WHITECLOUD.
25.8.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
9.12.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal. Laid up at Dundee.
1921: Sold to A. Lewis McCombie, Granton (Thomas Murphy, manager) for £4,875 under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen).
1922: Registered at Leith (LH304). Official No.145559.
1922: Registered at Leith as ADMIRAL STARTIN (LH304).
1.1926: Sold to Samuel Chapman Snr, Samuel Chapman Jnr, Fred Chapman and Benjamin Chapman, Grimsby (64/64 joint owners). Samuel Chapman Jnr designated managing owner.
1.1926: Leith registry closed.
13.1.1926: Registered at Grimsby (GY376).
4.1926: Sold to John Pirie (16/64), James Pirie (16/64), William Pirie (21/64) and George Paul (11/64), all Portknockie.
30.4.1926: James Pirie designated managing owner.
30.4.1926: Grimsby registry closed.
5.5.1926: Registered at Banff as FISHER LAD (BF204).
20.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on harbour defence patrol duties (P.No.FY.282) (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
1944: Sold to Supreme Fishcuring Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
10.11.1945: Returned to owner. Laid up.
1947: Sold Hjalmar Naess, Haugesund, Norway.
1947: Banff registry closed. Registered at Haugesund as STEFFEN NAESS (R-45-H).
By 1949: Converted to dry cargo. 100grt 49net.
By 1949: Converted to motor and fitted with oil engine by Wichmann Mtrf, Rubbestadneset, Norway.
21.04.1961: On passage Moss towards Stavanger with a cargo of barley (Capt Hjalmar Naess). Capsized off Kristiansund when cargo shifted and foundered. Master and his two sons lost. Registry closed.
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S.T. Fisher Lad BF204
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Changelog

27/03/2010: Page published. 11 updates since then.
05/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
29/08/2020: Updated history.

S.D/T. Inspiration LT1211 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 140020
Yard Number: 17
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 44
Length: 86.0 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliott & Garood Ltd, Beccles

History

1918: Ordered by The Admiralty from J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (“Admiralty drifter”) as OUTLINE.
17.12.1918: Order cancelled but steel ordered and decided to go ahead with build on spec.
1920: Launched (Yd.No.17) for John W. Brooke (32/64), Adrian Lodge & John W. M. Brooke, Lowestoft (32/64 joint shares) as OUTLINE.
12.1920: Completed.
2.12.1920: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1211).
1.4.1921: Sold to William B. Jenner (24/64), John A. Jenner (24/64) & Edward Kemp, (16/64) all Lowestoft.
9.10.1924: Sold to Arthur Gouldby, Lowestoft.
6.5.1926: Renamed INSPIRATION (LT1211).
1920/30s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood, managing agent).
27.6.1928: Typical landing at Fleetwood, 50 boxes.
2.7.1934: Connected to FLORA TAYLOR (LT239) disabled with machinery problem and delivered Fleetwood.
28.1.1935: Put into Dover with machinery problem (broken HP slipper).
7.11.1936: Sold to P. W. Watson & Sons Ltd, Lowestoft (A. W. Watson, manager).
21.11.1936: Renamed NORBREEZE (LT1211). Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
28.10.1939: Requisitioned for war service as boom defence support drifter (P.No.Z.162) (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
11.6.1943: Compulsorily purchased by M.O.W.T.
6.8.1943: Lowestoft registry closed “Registry no longer required”.
3.6.1947: Sold to P. W. Watson & Sons Ltd, Lowestoft (A. W. Watson, manager).
30.7.1947: Registered at Lowestoft (LT316).
30.10.1947: Sold to Nord (Lowestoft) Ltd, Lowestoft (A. W. Watson, manager).
1.1955: Sold to Belgian shipbreakers.
24.1.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for Antwerp.

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S.T. Inspiration LT1211
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Changelog
26/03/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
02/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
27/01/2021: Updated history.

The Bosun's Watch

Fleetwood Steam and Sailing Trawlers

Category Archives: Seasonal Visitors

S.D/T. Craiglea YH81 (Seasonal)

S.D/T. Ocean Sunlight YH28 (Seasonal)

S.D/T. Ocean Vim YH88 (Seasonal)

S.D. Fisher Lad BF204

S.D/T. Inspiration LT1211 (Seasonal)