Technical

Official Number: 160113
Yard Number: 496
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 360
Net Tonnage: 142
Length: 140.4
Breadth: 24.0 ft
Draught: 13.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

19.5.1928: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.496) for Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull as LADY ROSEMARY.
3.7.1928: Registered at Hull (H373).
7.7.1928: Completed (A. Cargill, manager).
4.3.1937: Sold to Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
12.3.1937: Hull registry closed.
13.3.1937: Registered at Grimsby (GY374).
1.7.1937: Registered at Grimsby as DALMATIA (GY374).
6.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£10000). Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.844).
8.12.1939: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1940: Based Gt Yarmouth with M/S Group 29 (Sk. A. R. Lees RNR).
1.1941: Refitting at Southampton (Act Sk. A. E. Warburton RNR).
6.1941: Based Portsmouth with M/S Group 29 (Ty Sk. C. Evans RNR).
1.1944: Fitted out as a dahn layer and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy Landings. Attached to 9th Flotilla.
5.6.1944: Left Solent anchorage to sweep and mark Channel 7 for Force J1. On completion swept and marked anchorage for Force J ships.
7.6.1944: Marking area off landing beaches in Eastern Task Force area.
25.6.1944: Marked swept channel off Cherbourg.
29.6.1944: In support of minesweepers
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended. Deployed with minesweeping support off French Coast.
24.4.1946: Sold to Manor Steam Ship Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Reginald Llewellyn Hancock, Hakin, manager).
6.1946: At Milford, completed Special Survey.
26.6.1946: Registered at Milford (M140).
7.1946: Re-classed as a Steam Trawler.
11.1947: Sold to J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (John Charles Llewellin, manager).
5.11.1947: Milford registry closed.
11.1947: Registered at Hull (H474). Fishing from Hull (Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull, managers).
1.1948: Registered at Hull as Westhawk (H474).
22.9.1950: Bought by J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager) for £21,195 from mortgagee, British Mutual Bank Ltd.
8.1951: Docked for Special Survey (drilled) at Hull.
1952: Used for WFA lay up scheme and fishing quota.
27.11.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to J. J. King & Co Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up.
11.1952: Delivered River Tyne.
1953: Hull registry closed.

Technical

Official Number: 160093
Yard Number: 490
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 359
Net Tonnage: 156
Length: 140.4 ft
Breadth: 24.0 ft
Draught: 13.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

10.12.1927: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.490) for Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull as St. ALEXANDRA.
9.1.1928: Registered at Hull (H373).
12.1.1928: Completed.
11.3.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£7000).
6.5.1939: Hull registry closed. Renamed HMS LARCH (P.No.T.96).
8.1939: Fitting out as a “Berberis” class minesweeping trawler at Sheerness Dockyard.
6.1940: Based Sheerness with M/S Group 2 (Sk.J. T. White RNR).
1.1941: Remains based Sheerness (Act Sk. A. H. V. Winfield RNR).
6.1941: Based Scapa Flow with M/S Group 18 (Act Sk. A. H. V. Winfield RNR).
1.1942: Remains based Scapa Flow (Act Sk. A. H. V. Winfield RNR).
5.1946: Sold to Westholme Fishing Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Reginald Llewellyn Hancock, Hakin, manager).
31.5.1946: Registered at Milford as WESTHILL (M138).
10.1947: Sold to J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven.
5.11.1947: Milford registry closed.
11.1947: Registered at Hull (H470). Fishing from Hull (Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull, managers).
15.9.1950: Bought by J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager) for £18714 from mortgagee, British Mutual Bank Ltd.
2.1951: Slipped for Special Survey (drilled) at Fleetwood.
1952: Used for WFA lay up scheme and fishing quota.
6.10.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thomas Young & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for breaking up.
10.10.1952: Delivered at Sunderland. Hull registry closed.

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S.T. Westhill H470
Picture © Grimsby Reference Library

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3549
Official Number: 148815
Yard Number: 809
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 324
Net Tonnage: 249
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Draught: 12.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Campbell Gas Engine Co Ltd, Halifax
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

22.5.1917: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.809) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as ALEXANDER HILLS.
18.9.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, W/T).
21.9.1917: Accepted.
9.1920: Re-commissioned as HMS MOY (“Colne” class but unarmed).
1921: Employed Fleet Target Service.
1939: Mediterranean Station. Armed (2 x 1 – 3″).
1.1941: Based Alexandria. Fleet Target Service (Lt. V. G. Palmer Rtd). 1942: Based Tobruk. Fleet Target Service (Lt Cdr. V. G. Palmer Rtd).
22.12.1942: Sailed Tobruk for Alexandria.
1943: After refit in Alexandria operated as a controlled minelayer.
1945: Employed clearing minefields off Port Said and entrance to Suez Canal.
1946: Returned to UK. Laid up.
1946: Sold to Moy Fishing Co Ltd, North Shields.
11.1946: At Leith, completed refit, special survey and classification as a Steam Trawler.
1.1947: Registered at North Shields as CORAL ISLAND (SN109).
5.1948: Sold to Oddsson & Co Ltd, Hull.
5.1948: North Shields registry closed.
29.5.1948: Registered at Hull (H567).
2.4.1949: Registered at Hull as ARNANES (H567).
11.1949: Sold to Ocean Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (K/ Pocklington, manager).
10.11.1949: Registered at Hull as FORBES (H567).
3.8.1950: Sold to Boyd Line Ltd, Hull (T. W. Boyd, manager).
2.10.1950: Registered at Hull as ARCTIC TRAPPER (H567).
7.3.1952: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager) for £8000 and used for WFA lay up scheme and fishing quota.
6.10.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thomas Young & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for breaking up.
10.10.1952: Delivered at Sunderland.

Technical

Official Number: 160873
Yard Number: 534
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 354
Net Tonnage: 149
Length: 140.2 ft
Breadth: 24.6 ft
Draught: 13.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

20.11.1929: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.534) for Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull as LADY ENID.
17.12.1929: Registered at Hull (H172).
20.12.1929: Completed (A. Cargill, manager).
3.1937: Sold to The Loyal Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
12.3.1937: Hull registry closed.
13.3.1937: Registered at Grimsby (GY369) (Bill Butt designated manager).
2.6.1937: Mortgaged to Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
29.6.1937: Registered at Grimsby as CURTANA (GY369).
28.6.1938: Arthur Wright Butt designated manager.
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.674) (Hire rate £166.13.6d/month).
24.4.1945: Mortgage (A) discharged.
10.1945: Returned to owner.
4.1946: Reclassed at Grimsby.
21.8.1953: Sold to J. Marr & son Ltd, Fleetwood for £9000 and used for WFA lay up scheme and fishing quota.
24.8.1953: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, designated manager.
31.8.1953: Moved from Fish Dock to lay up in Alexandra Dock, Grimsby (Surveys overdue).
1.4.1954: Transferred to J. W. Draper & Sons Ltd, Grimsby, as beneficial owner, for stripping and subsequent breaking up.
28.7.1955: Moved to Fish Dock. Hull side slipped in Fish Dock for final breaking.
29.8.1955: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel broken up. Advice from beneficial owner”.

Note: From Grimsby Register and other documents it appears that J. Marr & Son Ltd retained legal title to the vessel with J. W. Draper & Sons Ltd as the beneficial owner.

Technical

Official Number: 160875
Yard Number: 535
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 354
Net Tonnage: 149
Length: 140.2 ft
Breadth: 24.6 ft
Draught: 13.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

2.12.1929: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.535) for Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull as LADY MARGOT.
6.1.1930: Registered at Hull (H188).
8.1.1929: Completed (E. Cargill, manager).
23,3,1937: Sold to The Standard Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (A. W. Butt, manager).
30.3.1937: Hull registry closed.
31.3.1937: Registered at Grimsby (GY376).
16.6.1937: Registered at Grimsby as SICYON (GY376).
9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.669) (Hire rate £170.11.4d/month).
13.7.1946: Returned to owner.
21.8.1953: Sold to J. Marr & son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager) for £9000 and used for WFA lay up scheme and fishing quota.
31.8.1953: Laid up in Alexandra Dock, Grimsby.
1.4.1954: Sold to J. W. Draper & Sons Ltd, Grimsby for stripping and subsequent breaking up.
3.1957: Grimsby registry closed.

Note: Still registered in ownership of J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood at the end of 1956.

Technical

Official Number: 115551
Yard Number: 354
Completed: 1901
Gross Tonnage: 178
Net Tonnage: 68
Length: 106.2 ft
Breadth: 21.2 ft
Draught: 11.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

26.10.1901: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.354) for The Bon Accord Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as LOCH RANNOCH.
7.11.1901: Registered at Aberdeen (A475).
11.1901: Completed.
4.1912: Sold to Joseph Main, Torry, Aberdeen (managing owner).
By1914: Sold to T. Davidson, Aberdeen & Others (T. Davidson, manager).
9.1916: Requisitioned for war service on boom defence duties.
1919: Returned to owner.
1933: Sold to William Brebner Jnr, Aberdeen & Others (T. Davidson, manager).
26.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (Hire rate £44.10.0d/month). Based Port Edgar with M/S Group 62 (Sk. C.C. Findlay RNR/ Ty Sk. H.E. Ward RNR).
5.1942: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.779).
1942: Sold to Alexander A. Davidson, Aberdeen.
24.1.1944: Returned to owner.
1945: Sold to A. J. Tilbrook Ltd, Milford Haven.
Pre1952: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, manager).
1953: Sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Loch Rannoch A475
Picture courtesy of John Stevenson

Technical

Official Number:181294
Yard Number: 684
Completed: 1942
Gross Tonnage: 517
Net Tonnage: 190
Length: 166.3 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Draught: 14.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

18.1.1941: Ordered by The Admiralty as a “Hills” class minesweeping trawler from Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley.
2.5.1941: Laid down (Yd.No.684).
6.9.1941: Launched as HMS DUNCTON.
11.2.1942: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr HA, 3×1-20mm HA ) (P.No.T220).
10.4.1946: Sold to Marine Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Fitted out and classified as a fishing trawler.
1.1947: Registered at Hull as COLWYN BAY (H387).
18.5.1951: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, manager). Fishing from Hull.
3.1953: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F
15.4.1955: Transferred to Grimsby.
1955: Company re-styled Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood.
10.4.1956: Transferred to Hull (B. A. Parkes, Hull, manager).
1964: Sold to Arie Rijsdijk, Boss en Zonen, Hendrik Ido Ambacht for breaking up.
29.2.1964: Delivered to Hendrik Ido Ambacht.

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S.T. Colwyn Bay H387
Picture courtesy of Alan Hirst

Official Number: 148307
Yard Number: 854
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 308
Net Tonnage: 116
Length: 129.4 ft
Breadth: 24.0 ft
Draught: 13.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

12.11.1928: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.854) for Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff as SASEBO.
12.1928: Completed.
12.1928: Registered at Cardiff (CF27).
8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £137.6.4d/month).
28.11.1939: Returned to owner.
3.7.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.828).
7.2.1946: Returned to owner.
1956: Neale & West Cardiff office closed, vessels offered for sale.
25.5.1956: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
9.6.1956: Arrived Fleetwood.
6.1956: Sold to B. J. Nijkerk S.A., Antwerp for breaking up.
3.7.1956: Sailed Fleetwood for Boom. Cardiff registry closed.

Official Number: 139936
Yard Number: 666
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 222
Net Tonnage: 97
Length: 117.1 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Draught: 11.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby

History

3.5.1916: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.666) for C. A. Osborne, Grimsby as LEYS.
24.2.1917: Registered at Grimsby (GY1023).
27.2.1917: Completed.
5.1917: Requisitioned for war service as minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.3330).
1919: Returned.
7.1927: Sold to Queen Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
3.1943: Sold to Grimsby Motor Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby (Grimsby Industries (Trawler Managers) Ltd, managers).
9.4.1944: Landed at Fleetwood.
10.1944: Sold to Western Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
1945: Grimsby Industries (Trawler Managers) Ltd, appointed managers.
1947: Sold to Forward Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (J. Bannister, manager).
1953: Fred Bannister appointed manager.
By1956: John Bannister appointed manager.
11.1956: Sold to Van den Bossche & Co, Belgium.
3.12.1956: Arrived Boom for breaking up. Grimsby registry closed.

Technical

Official Number: 160057
Yard Number: 488
Completed: 1927
Gross Tonnage: 352
Net Tonnage: 146n
Length: 140.3 ft
Breadth: 24.0 ft
Draught: 12.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

26.10.1926: The board of Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd decided to build for more distant water trawlers to the same design as the four built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell (SARDIUS, TOURMALINE, KINGSTON DIAMOND and KINGSTON PEARL). Contracts were signed with the shipyard to build the ships at a cost of £9,125 each and with C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd to make the engines and boilers at £6,300 each unit. Total cost £15,425 per vessel. The names chosen for the new vessels were KINGSTON GARNET, KINGSTON EMERALD, KINGSTON TOPAZ and KINGSTON ONYX.
18.6.1927: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.488) for Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as KINGSTON ONYX.
5.8.1927: Registered at Hull (H365).
11.8.1927: Completed trials and accepted (John W. Lown, manager).
15.8.1927: Sailed on first Icelandic trip.
19.8.1927: Held up by Danish Fishery Cruiser FYALL when steaming from Westerman Islands to Cape Reykanes.
5.9.1927: Landed 818 kits grossing £921.
20.4.1937: Sailed Hull for Middlesbrough to be lengthened.
23.6.1937: Returned to Hull
6.1937: Completed lengthening by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough to 151.5 feet (including fitting new bow and stern sections). Re measured 357g 151n Total cost £4,290..
12.7.1937: Re-registered at Hull on lengthening and tonnage change.
11.1938: Boiler fitted with superheaters by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
21.8.1939: Admiralty telegram to withdraw all vessels from White Sea, Bear Island and Norway Coast.
26.8.1937: Ordered to return from sea for requisitioning.
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (P.No.4.54) (Hire rate £174.10.8d/month).
1.6.1940: At Sheerness fitting out as an Armed Boarding Vessel (Lt. J.B. Wright RNR).
25.12.1940: Arrived Kirkwall (Lt. R. Walgate RNR).
7.1941: Based Granton with A/S Group 13 (Sk. E. J. Day RNR).
27.7.1944: Arrived St. Andrew’s Dock, Hull for decommissioning and return to owner.
2.9.1944: Returned to owner.
2.11.1944: Completed successful trials.
4.12.1944: Sailed Hull for fishing grounds (Sk. Albert Cornish) after refitting for 100 days.
9.10.1945: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Harold Wilfred Hall, Grimsby, manager) in an en bloc sale with CHALCEDONY (H392) for £52,500.
15.10.1945: Hull registry closed.
10.1945: Registered at Grimsby (GY119).
18.2.1946: On a Norway Coast trip, responded to call from KINGSTON PEARL (H542) (Sk. J.W. Hornby) badly damaged by heavy seas. Stood by until salvage tug PARAT (191grt/1913) arrived.
4.1946: Registered at Grimsby as MOORSOM (GY119) (Grimsby Industries (Trawler Managers) Ltd, managers).
5.11.1947: Sold to J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull, managers). Fishing from Hull.
10.1948: Grimsby registry closed.
1.11.1948: Registered at Hull (H590).
23.9.1948: Registered at Hull as WESTHOPE (H590).
1956: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston upon Tyne for breaking up.
24.4.1956: Arrived River Tyne. Hull registry closed.

Full details of wartime service can be found on the RN Patrol Service site

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S.T. Westhope H590
Picture courtesy of Alan Hirst