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S.T. Wyoming GY483

Technical

Official Number: 137027
Yard Number: 628
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 302
Net Tonnage: 157
Length: 135 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C.D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

1915: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.628) for The Atlas Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Letten Bros, managers) as VERESIS.
14.4.1915: Registered at Grimsby (GY483).
4.1915: Completed (George S. Letten, manager). Requisitioned from the builders for war service (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.1616).
11.1915: Registered at Grimsby (GY483).
1920: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
8.6.1931: Stood by steam trawler GAMBRI (GY99) 100 miles NW of Hoy Head with bunkers on fire and proceeding to Stromness.
16.1.1932: Left Icelandic grounds for Grimsby.
16.1.1932: In hurricane swept clean by seas and lost wheelhouse and two compasses.
19.1.1932: Made radio contact and monitored by MERISIA (FD153) requested any vessel to give bearing and supply a compass,. Dodging for 36 hours, believed in vicinity of Faroe Islands and then steering by wind.
20.1.1932: Contact made with LUNE (FD59) which supplied bearing and confirmed crew safe and no assistance required.
20.1.1932: Arrived Scrabster at 1.20 pm. Took compass and food and sailed 4.10pm. for Grimsby.
22.1.1932: Arrived Grimsby.
22.11.1933: Reported stranded at Hoholmen, south Sandnessjoeen, Norway. Salvage steamer PARAT (135g/1905) in attendance.
25.11.1933: Refloated with assistance of PARAT. Checked, tight and proceeded.
9.1936: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black Bart, manager).
20.4.1937: Registered at Grimsby as WYOMING (GY483).
Pre 4.1940: Employed on Fishery Protection.
2.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed on auxiliary patrol duties (Hire rate £83.1.0d/month). Based North Shields (Ty/Sk. P. Coull RNR).
12.1940: Sold to Sir Alec Black Bart, Grimsby.
6.1941: Fitted out for minesweeping duties (P.No.FY.1862).
22.4.1942: Sold to Active Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager) for £8100.
20.5.1944: Mined near 54 Buoy, 20 miles ENE of Harwich. Five crew MPK.

(MPK – Alexander Mitchell, 2nd Hand; Bernard McQue Humble, Engineman; John Jordan, stoker; George Sutherland, Ldg Cook; Joseph S. Tester, seaman)

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08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Wrenthorpe FD80

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall and David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 122944
Yard Number: 264
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 73
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 21.7 ft
Depth: 9.0 ft
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow

History

2q1906: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.264) for Tettenhall Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as WRENTHORPE.
8.9.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD80), Louis Cohen, Norbreck appointed manager.
8.9.1906: Mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
9.1906: Completed.
11.8.1909: Mortgaged to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (B). James H Marr appointed manager.
9.10.1913: Mortgage (A) discharged.
10.10.1913: Mortgage (B) discharged.
10.10.1913: Mortgaged to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (C).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 91.19 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1534).
2.12.1916: James A. Robertson appointed manager.
10.10.1918: Mortgage (C) discharged.
18.10.1918: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood.
1919: Returned.
18.10.1919: James A. Robertson appointed manager.
7.11.1924: Alan Marr appointed manager.
4.1.1926: Joseph Arthur Marr appointed manager.
1927: Sold to John Baxter, Aberdeen (c/o The Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd) for £2500.
2.5.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
16.6.1928: Registered at Aberdeen (A351).
6.6.1933: Reported that 25 miles off Aberdeen picked up Bjarni Oysteinsen, a Norwegian fisherman on passage from Bergen in a 20ft boat.
1936: Sold for breaking up.
12.11.1936: Aberdeen registry closed “Broken up”.

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S.T. Wrenthorpe FD80

S.T. Wrenthorpe FD80
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

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08/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
18/08/2018: Information updated.
15/11/2018: Image added.

S.T. Wren FD174

Technical

Official Number: 108530
Yard Number: 553
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 143.82
Net Tonnage: 43.76
Length: 106 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Built: Edward Bros, North Shields
Engine: 300ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by N. E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland

History

16.6.1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, North Shields (Yd.No.553) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester as WREN.
21.7.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD174).
7.1897: Completed (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood, managers).
24.3.1899: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Hull.
12.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H215).
8.9.1911: Registered office transferred to Hull (George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London, managers).
7.9.1912: Re-measured after lengthening at Goole to119.0 ft 168g 64n.
7.9.1912: Hull registry closed and vessel registered anew in consequence of material alterations (H215).
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.682). Based Dover auxiliary patrol.
8.6.1918: Ordered to be renamed WHITETHROAT (‘… as stated consequence on the manning of new construction:-’).
7.1918: Renamed WHITETHROAT.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull. Reverted to WREN (H215).
7.6.1919: John Slater, London, appointed manager.
18.12.1923: Foundered in North Sea in storm conditions, all nine crew lost. BURMAH (H86) received a signal believed from sinking trawler but unable to proceed in blizzard conditions .
10.3.1924: Hull registry closed “Total loss”.

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S.T. Wren H215

S.T. Wren H215
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08/01/2009: Page published. 4 revisions since then
26/07/2014: Picture added.
09/09/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/08/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Woolton GY575

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 162899
Yard Number: 986
Completed: 1935
Gross Tonnage: 427
Net Tonnage: 160
Length: 160.3 ft
Breadth: 26.7 ft
Depth: 12.5 ft
Engine: 800ihp T. 3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Boiler: Richardsons Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

7.3.1935: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.986) for Shire Trawlers Ltd, London as WARWICKSHIRE.
3.1935: Completed for Warwickshire Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (William. A. Bennett, manager).
28.3.1935: Registered at Grimsby (GY133).
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.
12.1935: Following successful trials sold to The Admiralty.
23.12.1935: Grimsby registry closed. Fitted out as a “Gem” class anti-submarine trawler. Renamed HMS TURQUOISE (P.No.T.45).
19.2.1942: Escorting convoy on East Coast (Lieut. C. M. Newns RNVR), drove off E-boat attack; eighteen enemy survivors picked up.
10.1946: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Reclassed at Fleetwood and registered at Hull as St. OSWALD (H335) (MoT Minute R.G.No.11524/1946).
5.1948: Sold to Grimsby Merchants Amalgamated Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. George Edward Peniston appointed manager
5.1948: Hull registry closed.
8.5.1948: Registered at Grimsby (GY575).
23.5.1948: While steaming 22 miles south west of Vardö, struck a mine which caused serious bow damage and killed three crew members. Norwegian minesweeper KNM Lomma P.No.M317) escorted to Vardö.
29.9.1948: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
5.5.1950: Registered at Grimsby as WOOLTON (GY575) (MoT Minute R.G.No.11027/50 dated 24.4.1950).
27.5.1952: Mortgage (A) discharged.
3.7.1952: John Wilcock Robinson, Fleetwood appointed manager.
20.6.1952: Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
30.6.1952: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Grimsby Merchants Amalgamated Trawling Co Ltd, Grimsby for the sum of £20,000 with interest at 5% (B).
4.8.1952: At Fleetwood. Landed 12,000 stone of cod and haddock from an eleven day Icelandic trip; grossed £5,004.
1.9.1953: Mortgage (B) discharged.
22.2.1954: Leslie Wheildon appointed manager.
21.8.1954: Company restyled Wyre Trawlers Ltd (Leslie Wheildon, manager) on purchase of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd by Associated Fisheries Group.
23.8.1954: Grimsby registry closed.
8.1954: Registered at Fleetwood (FD18).
10.1954: Registered at Fleetwood as WYRE WOOLTON (FD18).
15.4.1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Preston.
16.4.1957: Sailed Fleetwood for Preston.
17.4.1957: Delivered.
1957: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Warwickshire GY133

S.T. Warwickshire GY133
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. St Oswald H335

S.T. St Oswald H335
Picture by Jonathan courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

HMT Turquoise

HMT Turquoise
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

HMT Turquoise

HMT Turquoise
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

S.T. Wyre Woolton FD18

S.T. Wyre Woolton FD18
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

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08/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
05/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. Winooka GY465

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 136247
Yard Number: 312
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 331
Net Tonnage: 138
Length: 137.4 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

19.11.1914: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.312) for S. T. White & Co Ltd, Hull as SEAWARD HO.
1915: Completed (Samuel T. White, manager).
1915: Registered at Hull (H312).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No. 1512).
24.3.1916: Attached to Unit.104, Dover Patrol, engaged German submarine, but missed with shot and failed to ram as submarine dived.
5.1918: Renamed ATTENTIVE III. Parent Ship at Dover.
1919: Returned to owner at Hull and reverted to SEAWARD HO (H312).
1920: Sold to Newington Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (John Work, manager).
26.2.1920: Registered at Hull as GUY THORNE (H312).
7.3.1927: Ran ashore near Mefjordboen, Vestfjorder, north west coast of Norway.
22.8.1927: Hull registry closed.
1928: Subsequently salved and returned to service.
6.1928: Sold to John Edward Rushworth (64/64), Grimsby.
26.6.1928: Registered at Grimsby (GY465).
26.6.1928: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
29.6.1928: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
2.10.1930: Mortgage (A) discharged.
2.10.1930: Sold to Dale Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby.
2.10.1930: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
2.10.1930 Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B)
3.3.1931: Arrived Reykjavik in tow of Icelandic steam tug MAGNI (111grt/1920) having been ashore at Skerjafjord; propeller damaged.
2.12.1932: Put in to Longhope with heavy weather damage and leaking deck. Proceeded Stromness for repair.
10.10.1933: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (B) to John E. Rushworth Ltd (64/64), Grimsby (John E. Rushworth, manager).
10.10.1933: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
11.10.1933: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
6.3.1934: Registered at Grimsby as WINOOKA (GY465) (BOT Minute M/RGNo.1021/1934 dated 9.2.1934)).
2.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (C) to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
5.10.1935: Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
2.12.1935: First landing at Fleetwood (check).
13.3.1936: Sailed Fleetwood for West of Scotland grounds.
15.3.1936: Lost off St. Kilda after being involved in a collision with ETHEL TAYLOR (FD363); three crew lost*. Survivors picked up by ETHEL TAYLOR and returned to Fleetwood.
2.7.1936: Grimsby registry closed “Sunk in collision 15.3.1936”.

* Lost. John Francis (38), Bosun; George Macdonald (53), cook & Robert Hall (43), fireman, all of Fleetwood.

Note: “Lieut. A. J. Coles RNR, City of Dundee (FD4) (Ad.No.678) and Lieut. A. Bean RNR, Seaward Ho rendered good Service on Folkestone Gate, when traffic Route had to be diverted at a moment’s notice”.

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HMT Attentive III

HMT Attentive III
Picture courtesy of The Harry Day Collection

S.T. Guy Thorne H312

S.T. Guy Thorne H312
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. Guy Thorne H312

S.T. Guy Thorne H312
Picture from the George Coull collection courtesy of Scarborough Maritime Heritage Trust

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 9 updates since then.
21/01/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
16/08/2021: Updated history.