Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Red Archer LO430

Technical

Official Number: 160799
Yard Number: 1016
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 333
Net Tonnage: 134
Length: 138.8 ft
Breadth: 23.8 ft
Depth: 13.3 ft
Engine: 96hp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

22.5.1928: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1016) for West Dock Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as DEEPDALE WYKE.
17.8.1928: Registered at Hull (H459).
22.8.1928: Completed (Ernest W. Robins, manager).
1939: Sold to The Admiralty.
28.6.1939: Hull registry closed. Fitted out as a boom defence vessel. Renamed RENNET (P.No.Z.99).
1940: At Rosyth.
1941: Mediterranean Command.
1944: Based Aden.
1946: Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Cdr. E. D. W. Lawford DSO, manager) to replace war losses.
10.1946: Rebuilt and reclassed at Barrow.
10.1946: Converted at Barrow-in-Furness for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150°F. First Fleetwood trawler converted to burn oil fuel.
1.1947: Registered at London as RED ARCHER (LO430).
7.1958: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
17.7.1958: Delivered Barrow-in-Furness from Fleetwood under own power.

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S.T. Red Archer LO430

S.T. Red Archer LO430
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S.T. Red Archer LO430

S.T. Red Archer LO430
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S.T. Red Archer LO430

S.T. Red Archer LO430
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
20/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
29/05/2018: Added an image.

S.T. Robert Hewett LO427

Additional information courtesy of Christine Simm

Technical

Official Number: 162210
Yard Number: 1098
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 379
Net Tonnage: 140
Length: 150.5 ft
Breadth: 25.5 ft
Depth: 13.1 ft
Engine: 96 hp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

8.11.1930: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1098) for Yorkshire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as BEACHFLOWER.
12.12.1930: Registered at Hull (H349).
15.12.1930: Completed (Albert Turgoose & James Clark, managers).
17.4.1934: Arrested for alleged unlawful fishery inside Norwegian territorial waters (Sk. Norton).
6.7.1934: In court at Vardoe, Norway, Sk. Norton was found “Guilty” and fined 5,000 kroner.
9.1935: As a result of the Abyssinian crisis and failure of British diplomacy, the Government authorised The Admiralty to procure twenty modern trawlers for conversion to minor war vessels.
11.1935: Following successful trials sold to The Admiralty.
8.11.1935: Hull registry closed. Fitted out as a “Berberis” class minesweeper. Renamed HMS LILAC (P.No. T.26).
23.5.1944: Assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings. Assigned PLUTO (Pipe Line Under The Sea) project.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
1946: Sold to Great Northern Fishing Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood (Robert S. Hewett, manager).
11.1946: Restored and reclassed at Fleetwood after return. Registered at London as ROBERT HEWETT (LO427).
1948: On Icelandic grounds. Connected to motor trawler ALLAN WATER (H420) disabled with engine problems. Repairs subsequently effected and tow slipped.
17.04.1948: Five crew charged with refusal to sail, claiming that the paint in their sleeping quarters was wet. Case dismissed by Chairman of Bench.
20.12.1950: Fitted for radar, the third vessel at the port to be fitted with the technology.
23.12.1951: Reported grounded at Calve Island, Tobermory. Subsequently refloated on the high tide by two other trawlers and returned to Fleetwood.
28.04.1952: On Icelandic grounds. Wireless Operator Harry Wilcock suffered severe burns as the result of a fish oil accident. Taken to Reykjavik hospital for treatment. After four months, subsequently flown to London airport before being transferred by train to Blackpool, where an ambulance took him to Fleetwood hospital for further treatment.
1955: Sold to Heward Trawlers Ltd, London & Fleetwood (R. S. Hewett & H. F. Hayward) (Robert S. Hewett, manager).
03.1958: Grounded in the River Wyre. Deckhand James Swann attempted to reach the shore but sank up to his waist in mud. Fishermen on the quayside threw him a rope and hauled him out.
09.1958: On Icelandic grounds. Altercation with the gunboat THOR resolved by the intervention of HMS Diana.
11.1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Preston.
18.11.1960: Sailed Fleetwood for Preston.
18.11.1960: Delivered.
1960: London registry closed.

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HMT Lilac

HMT Lilac

HMT Lilac

HMT Lilac
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S.T. Robert Hewett LO427

S.T. Robert Hewett LO427
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S.T. Robert Hewett LO427

S.T. Robert Hewett LO427
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S.T. Robert Hewitt LO427

S.T. Robert Hewitt LO427
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S.T. Robert Hewett LO427

S.T. Robert Hewett LO427
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
03/06/2017: Removed disputed images and FMHT watermarks.
01/02/2024: Minor history update.
02/02/2024: Minor history update.
04/02/2024: Minor history update.

S.T. Esher LO193

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 136213
Yard Number: 591
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 235
Net Tonnage: 92
Length: 112 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesborough
Engine: 70bhp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood Ltd, Glasgow
Boiler: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

7.9.1914: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.591) for Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as ESHER.
3.10.1914: Completed.
4.11.1914: Registered at Hull (H163). William R. Nowell designated manager.
20.4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an armed trawler (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.1754). Based Egypt.
7.3.1918: Sold to The Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
30.3.1918: Joseph Vivian designated manager.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
13.5.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
22.10.1925: Robert Burton designated manager.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson designated manager.
10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
1.11.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (Joint mortgagees).
1935: Insured value £2,800.
3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical).
6.3.1936: At Extraordinary General Meeting at Hull, Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd placed in Creditors’ Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, London appointed liquidators).
3.2.1937: Sold by order of the mortgagees under mortgage (A) to Heward Trawlers Ltd, London (Robert Scott Hewett & Harold Frank Hayward).
17.2.1937: Robert Scott Hewett designated manager.
17.2.1937: Hull registry closed.
19.2.1937: Registered at London (LO193).
6.3.1937: Arrived Fleetwood from Hull.
21.11.1939: About 2 miles off Tory Island, picked up twelve crew of steam trawler THOMAS HANKINS (LO372) sunk by U-boat (U.33) and landed them at Moville, Co. Donegal.
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £62.13.4d/month).
6.2.1940: Returned to owner.
1.5.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 249 kits – hake-32, cod/codling-27, haddock-12, whiting-9, flats-15, ling/coley-58, roker-23, gurnard-15, dogs-58.
2.1952: Sold to Devotion Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
2.1952: London registry closed.
6.2.1952: Registered at Aberdeen (A700). Alexander Hay designated manager.
3.1957: Sold for breaking up at Antwerp.
21.3.1957: Aberdeen registry closed

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S.T. Esher LO193

S.T. Esher LO193
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S.T. Esher LO193 at Hull

S.T. Esher LO193 at Hull
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S.T. Esher A700

S.T. Esher A700
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
23/01/2017: Removed disputed image.
17/07/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Tekoura FD12

Additional information courtesy of Chris Petherbridge Hull Trawler Website

Technical

Official Number: 161352
Yard Number: 1066
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 335
Net Tonnage: 142
Length: 135 ft
Breadth: 24.9 ft
Depth: 13.7 ft
Engine: 99hp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby

History

(In 1935 the Hull trawler LEONIDAS (162186) (H267) was lengthened by Smiths Dock Co. Ltd. The work involved creating an improved hull form with new bow and stern sections. The design was successful, not only providing increased fish room capacity, but also, as was expected, reducing coal consumption and giving a slightly higher free running speed. Other owners stemmed vessels at Middlesbrough for similar work to be undertaken)

19.11.1929: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1066) for Brand & Curzon Ltd, Milford Haven as TEKOURA.
9.1.1930: Registered at London (LO14).
14.1.1930: Completed (Edward Brand & Charles Curzon, managers).
1.9.1937: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
1938: Completed lengthening by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough to 150.7 feet (including fitting new bow and stern sections). Re measured 368g 142n.
31.1.1938: On return to Fleetwood Sk. John Wilson of the CALDEW (FD347) said that while off Eagle Island he had heard Sk. Anderson of the BOSTONIAN (FD41) calling the Boston control ship TEKOURA on Friday 21st. He tried to call BOSTONIAN but no reply. In severe weather conditions, BOSTONIAN was lost south of Barra with all hands.
25.7.1939: Insured value £16,500.
4.10.1939: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine trawler (1-4”, 1-20mm HA, Depth Charge Thrower & Rails) (P.No.FY.247)(Hire rate £191.4.7d/month). Based Spa Flow.
31.8.1943: Sold to Heward Trawlers Ltd, London & Fleetwood (R. S. Hewett & H. F. Hayward)(Robert S. Hewett, manager).
4.1945: Paid off to reserve.
18.4.1946: Returned to owner.
10.1948: Sold to Ocean Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (M. Laboa, manager) for £39000.
1949: Henry J. Horwood appointed manager.
1953: Ocean Fisheries Ltd in liquidation.
10.1953: Laid up at Milford.
25.2.1954: Sale to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Alfred J. Marr, manager) for £5000 announced.
27.2.1954: Sailed Milford for Fleetwood. London registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD12).
3.1954: Docked at Birkenhead for survey including boiler and steam pipes.
30.3.1954: First landing at Fleetwood, 370 boxes grossed £2,265.
14.7.1954: Last landing at Fleetwood, 410 boxes grossed £1,351.
7.1954: Sold to Van den Bossche & Co, Boom for breaking up.
14.10.1954: Arrived Boom from Fleetwood. Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Tekoura FD12

S.T. Tekoura FD12

Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
12/11/2015: Information updated.

S.T. Louise SA50

Technical

Official Number: 124720
Yard Number: 353
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 270
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Built: Smiths Dock Co. Ltd, North Shields, 1907
Engine: T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields

History

23.7.1907: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.353) for Crawford Heron, Swansea as the LOUISE.
8.1907: Completed.
3.9.1907: Registered at Swansea (SA50).
3.9.1907: Registered owners, Mrs Marion L. Ryde, Godalming & Colonel Arthur T. Sloggett, Paignton. Crawford Heron, Swansea designated manager.
13.3.1913: Sold to George H. D. Birt, Milford Haven. George H. D. Birt designated managing owner.
4.6.1913: Mortgaged to Henry H. Hextall. Eastbourne (A).
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service.
6.1.1915: Commissioned (Ad.No.144).
22.1.1915: Arrived Devonport. Fitted out as a minesweeper (1-6pdr). Fitted as Leader. Admiralty Number became (Ad.No.965).
16.5.1917: Mortgage (A) discharged.
25.5.1917: Sold to Taylor & Tomlinson Ltd, Fleetwood. Ernest Taylor designated manager.
25.5.1917: Mortgaged to The London Joint City & Midland Bank, London (B).
31.3.1919: Swansea registry closed.
1.4.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD120). Based Granton.
1920: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
1920: Mortgage (B) discharged.
1920: Sold to M.J. vander Eb & Dresselhuys, Scheepvaart Maats, Rotterdam. J. Nierinck, Ostend designated manager.
3.2.1920: Fleetwood registry closed.
2.1920: Registered at Ostend as BARON L DONNY (O203).
5.10.1922: Sold to Jules H. Nierinck, Blackpool Jules H. Nierinck designated managing owner.
5.10.1922: Registered at Fleetwood as ALEC NIERINCK (FD414).
1925: Sold to Melling Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
15.9.1925: Registered at Fleetwood as TOM MELLING (FD414). Henry Melling designated manager).
1930: Delete manager.
15.1.1932: Sold to Alexander Keay, Fleetwood. Alexander Keay designated managing owner.
19.1.1932: Registered at Fleetwood as BAHAMA (FD414).
31.1.1941: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood. Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager for £7500.
4.5.1942: Sold to The Crampin Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby for £8600. H. G. Crampin designated manager. Fishing out of Fleetwood.
10.6.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 700 kits – hake-580, ling/coley-80, bream-40. 3.1945: Sold to Pettit & Youds Ltd, Milford Haven. Frank L. Youds designated manager.
11.10.1945: Outside the dock at Milford waiting to proceed to sea, Jack Lyons, fireman fell overboard and drowned.
7.11.1945: On a trip to SW of Ireland grounds (Sk. Cherrington). In bad weather stranded on rocks off Berehaven Island. Refloated on next tide with little damage. Returned to Milford.
16.4.1949: Outward for fishing grounds (Sk W. Reynolds), in thick fog off St.Ann’s Head in collision with steam trawler P & Y (M1). Returned to Milford for repairs.
19.4.1949: Sailed on completion of repairs.
22.8.1956: At Milford Sessions, Sk. Victor Thomas was charged with failing to ‘return to the sea’ 26 stone of undersized haddocks. He was fined £5 and ordered to pay 1gn costs.
24.7.1956: Sold to Brugse Scheepsloperij (Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges) for breaking up.
17.8.1956: Delivered Bruges. Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Bahama FD414

S.T. Bahama FD414
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S.T. Bahama FD414

S.T. Bahama FD414
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
10/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
12/05/2021: Updated history.