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S.D/T. Riant INS30 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham for FMHT.
Additional information courtesy of Douglas Paterson

Technical

Official Number: 144800
Yard Number: 100
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 86.2
Breadth: 18.5
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad

History

1917: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.100) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as GREEN SEA (Ad.No.4166).
16.2.1918: Completed as a fishing vessel.
21.12.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
8.2.1921: Registered at Aberdeen as GLADYS and VIOLET (A639).
24.6.1921: Sold to Edgar Mutton & Peter Maxwell Matthews, Aberdeen (Benjamin Allenby, manager) under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen).
1924: Sold to David Main, John Ralph & D. W. McKenzie, Burghead (James R. Hamilton, Elgin, manager).
10.4.1924: Aberdeen registry closed.
4.1924: Registered at Inverness as RIANT (INS30).
From 1932 – 1936: Seasonal trawling for whitefish out of Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
1939: To Executors of David Main, deceased.
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month). Employed on auxiliary patrol.
27.1.1940: Lost after stranding on Isle of Gigha. Inverness registry closed.

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S.T. Riant INS30

S.T. Riant INS30
Picture courtesy of the Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog

S.D/T. Ocean Rambler YH725 (Seasonal)

Wartime visitor

Technical

Official Number: 135078
Yard Number: 499
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 37
Length: 86.5 ft
Breadth: 18.7 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine and boiler: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

13.5.1914: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.499) for Bloomfields Ltd, Gt Yarmouth as OCEAN RAMBLER.
8.6.1914: Registered at Yarmouth (YH725). James Bloomfield designated manager.
6.1914: Completed at a cost of £4381.
9.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol drifter (Ad.No.246).
13.11.1914: At Lowestoft, parent ship HALCYON.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Gt. Yarmouth (Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth).
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay designated manager.
13.10.1924: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 160 crans of herring.
5.10.1925: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 180 crans.
28.10.1925: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 230 crans.
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow.
6.3.1931: Damaged in collision with FELLOWSHIP (LT65)) in Padstow Harbour.
1942: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood, management. Trawling from Fleetwood and Padstow.
11.6.1943: Typical wartime landing. 105 kits – hake-2, cod/codling-11, whiting-7, flats-26, roker-55, gurnard-2, dogs-1, sole & prime-1.
1945: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth.
5.8.1954: Sold to Alfred King, Gt. Yarmouth.
27.9.1954: Sold to George Edward Haylett, Caister on Sea.
11.10.1954: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 150 crans.
11.1955: Sold to Belgium shipbreakers for breaking up.
10.11.1955: Yarmouth registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Rambler YH725

S.T. Ocean Rambler YH725
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog
24/04/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
08/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
04/07/2021: Updated information.

S.D/T. Rose Hilda YH73 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham for FMHT

Technical

Official Number: 161631
Yard Number: 325
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 116
Net Tonnage: 50
Length: 92.3 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by F. W. Carver & Co , Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Built: Fellows & Co Ltd, Gt Yarmouth

History

1929: Laid down by Fellows & Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth (Yd.No.325) on spec. 1929: Sold to W. J. E. Green, Great Yarmouth. Launched as ROSE HILDA.
16.1.1930: Completed (William J. Epsom, manager).
26.2.1930: Registered at Yarmouth (YH73).
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Milford and Fleetwood (Sir Alec Black/Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
21.10.1937: At Yarmouth landed 200 crans of herring caught 45 miles from Newarp Light Vessel.
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examining service (Hire rate £65.7.10d/month).
4.9.1939: Stood down role to be determined.
2.10.1939: Converted to a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.740).
4.1943: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
4.1946: Returned to owner.
30.10.1947: At Yarmouth landed 228 crans.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
5.7.1954: Sold to Frederick E. Catchpole, Lowestoft (managing owner).
7.1954: Yarmouth registry closed.
22.7.1954: Registered at Lowestoft (LT90).
12.1954: Converted by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft fitted with a 6-cyl 2 stroke 440bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester.
12.1954: On completion of conversion to diesel propulsion registered at Lowestoft as DAWN WATERS (LT90).
13.12.1954: Registered at Lowestoft as a motor trawler (LT90).
8.10.1955: At Lowestoft landed 190 crans.
18.11.1960: Sold to Gilbert & Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Frederick E. Catchpole, manager).
12.1961: Transferred to Milford (William H. Kerr, appointed manager).
2.2.1962: Sold to Norrard Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Allan G. Packham, manager).
8.1966: Laid up at Milford.
11.1966: Re-activated.
5.5.1969: Towed motor trawler CATHERINE SHAUN (FD201) from Fleetwood to Castle Pill, Milford Haven for breaking up.
1974: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield and allocated to Castle Pill yard, Milford Haven for breaking up.
3.12.1974: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Rose Hilda YH73

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73. Picture courtesy of The Harold Beswick Collection.

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73 outboard of Red Hackle

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73 outboard of Red Hackle. Picture courtesy of The Harold Beswick Collection.

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Rose Hilda YH73

S.D/T. Rose Hilda YH73
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S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection (TPF)

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of Robert Durrant

Changelog

04/03/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
03/06/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.D/T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham for FMHT.

Technical

Official Number: 161629
Yard Number: 616
Pennant Number: FY.1504
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 131
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 94.3 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Engine: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

9.5.1929: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.616) for Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth as OCEAN LIFEBUOY.
6.1929: Completed (Neil Mackay, manager).
6.6.1929: Registered at Yarmouth (YH29).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
7.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on port duties (Hire rate £70.4.11d/month).
29.11.1939: Converted for minesweeping (P.No.FY.1504).
1942: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood management.
26.1.1946: Returned. Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
21.10.1953: Landed 301.25 crans of herring at Yarmouth after transferring 16 nets to UTOPIA (BF531) which contained 62 crans.
1953: Runner up in Prunier Trophy. (Throughout her career one of Yarmouth’s most successful herring catchers).
31.12.1954: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (William H. Kerr, manager).
8.3.1956: Registered at Yarmouth as DEELITE (YH29).
1958: Re-engined with 2 stroke 5-cyl 360bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester.
10.1971: Fishing off Irish Coast (Sk. Bill Phillips) suffered main engine failure. CONSTANT STAR (M133) fouled her propeller in attempting to connect. Subsequently towed to Milford by PICTON SEA LION (M22).
7.1973: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
23.7.1973: Sailed Milford for Briton Ferry in tow of WILLING BOYS (LT737).
10.9.1973: Breaking up completed. Yarmouth registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29

S.T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29
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S.T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29

S.T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29
Picture courtesy The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29

S.D/T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29
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M.D/T. Deelite YH29

M.D/T. Deelite YH29
Picture courtesy of The Ashley Gardner Collection

Changelog
26/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
10/03/2015: Picture added.
23/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from images.

S.D/T. Faithful Star LT323 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 148197
Yard Number: 998
Completed: 1927
Gross Tonnage: 103
Net Tonnage: 44
Length 90.3: ft
Breadth: 19 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Built by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine 260ihp T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth

History

7.3.1927: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.999) for Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as Faithful Star.
9.4.1927: Completed (Frederick E. Catchpole, Lowestoft, manager) (valued at £3,900).
19.6.1927: Registered at Lowestoft (LT323).
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
3.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service employed on contraband control (1-3pdr) (Hire rate £49.11.4d/month).
6.1941: Based Weymouth as armed patrol (Ty/Sk. W. G. Hitter RNR). 9.3.1946: Returned to owner.
15.10.1946: At Lowestoft landed 190 crans of herring.
11.1952: Converted to motor by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft, re-engined with 300bhp 4 stroke 3-cyl diesel by W. H. Podd Ltd, Lowestoft.
21.11.1952: Surveyed following conversion to diesel propulsion.
14.12.1957: At night in a strong onshore wind and snow showers got into difficulties whilst seeking shelter and stranded about 1/4 mile S of Orford Ness Lighthouse (Sk. George Challis). Two crew got ashore and raised alarm, other crew members made it to shore but Sk. Challis was rescued by LSA breeches buoy. Salvage arranged with Yarmouth tug RICHARD LEE BARBER (122grt/1940) but delayed due to picking up a barge which was adrift and delivering Harwich. Pushed further up the beach and damaged by heavy seas. Declared a Total loss.
15.5. 1958: Lowestoft registry closed.

(Crew – Sk. George Challis; Jack Bessey, Mate; Robert Norman, 3rd Hand; Charles O’Neill, Ch Eng; Eric Burwood, 2nd Eng; Stanley Humphrey & Kenneth Womack, deckhands; Frank Webb, cook.)

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S.T. Faithful Star LT323

S.D/T. Faithful Star LT323
Picture courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

S.T. Faithful Star LT323

S.T. Faithful Star LT323
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S.D/T. Faithful Star LT323

S.D/T. Faithful Star LT323
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S.T. Faithful Star LT323

S.D/T. Faithful Star LT323
Picture courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

S.T. Faithful Star LT323

S.D/T. Faithful Star LT323
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M.T. Faithful Star LT323

M.T. Faithful Star LT323
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M.T. Faithful Star LT323

M.T. Faithful Star LT323
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
26/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
22/09/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
28/10/2017: Added an image.
15/08/2020: Updated history.