Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Whooper FD15

Technical

Official Number: 136891
Yard Number: 402
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 302
Length: 126.2 ft
Breadth: 23.3 ft
Depth: 13.2 ft
Built: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen
Engine: 61nhp T.3-cyl by J. Abernethy & Co, Aberdeen

History

23.5.1914: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen , Aberdeen (Yd.No.402) for Cygnet Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as WHOOPER.
18.7.1914: Registered at Fleetwood (FD15).
7.1914: Completed (R. W. Mason, manager).
12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Ad.No.668).
30.6.1916: Lost off Lowestoft by mine explosion; one officer and eight ratings lost *.
17.11.1916: Fleetwood registry closed “Lost on Admiralty service”.

(*Lost: Ty Skipper Thomas G. Phipps RNR; John W. Spooner, 2nd Hand; Harry E. Adams, Engineman; David S. Bird, POTel; Ernest Harrison & Richard E Stroud, Deckhands: Ernest Johnson & Joseph Nolloth, Trimmers; Aubrey Hinchliffe, Ord Tel.)

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

s.v. William and John FD162

Technical

Official Number: 45350
Completed: 1866
Gross Tonnage: 35
Net Tonnage: 20
Length: 54.1 ft
Breadth: 16.1 ft
Depth: 8.5 ft
Rig: Jigger Smack – trawling
Built by:John Gibson, Fleetwood

History

1866: Completed by John Gibson, Fleetwood (Yd. No. 8) for Jeffrey Wright, Fleetwood as WILLIAM and JOHN. Registered at Fleetwood (FD162).
1.1.1870: Owned by William Sumner, Fleetwood.
1881: Census at Fleetwood – George Bird (27), b-Hoylake, master; David Herbert (28), b-Colchester,AB; Robert Green (41), b-Poulton-le-Fylde, AB; Philip Kay (29), b-Peel, AB; James Bird (15), b-Hoylake, cook.
21.10.1890: Sold to Richard Ashcroft, 9 Adelaide St, Fleetwood (managing owner).
26.9.1919: Sold to Jane Meadows, 1 Elm Street, Fleewood.
16.2.1921: Sold to John Henry Collis, 35 Carr Road, Fleetwood.
28.10.1928: Fleetwood registry closed. No longer fishing.

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William & John

William & John

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published.
01/03/2015: Minor information update.
02/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Whitby – FD147

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Milford Trawlers

Technical

Official Number: 108499
Yard Number: 22
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 163.73
Net Tonnage: 51.07
Length: 104.2 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Irvine Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Irvine
Engine: 250ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow

History

12.1.1898: Launched by Irvine Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Irvine (Yd.No.2) for Frederick Emil Hagerup and George Doughty MP, Grimsby (64/64 joint owners) as WHITBY.
2.1898: Completed.
7.3.1898: Registered at Grimsby (GY524).
7.3.1898: Frederick Emil Hagerup designated managing owner.
7.3.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Co Ltd, Lincoln (A).
16.3.1898: Mortgage (A) transferred to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London.
24.6.1898: Sold to Hagerup, Doughty & Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
24.6.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London (B).
27.6.1898: Frederick Emil Hagerup appointed manager.
1.3.1906: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd (64/64), Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager) on the formation of the company.
2.3.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London (C).
9.3.1906: John Denton Marsden appointed manager.
25.11.1907: Mortgagee re-styled to The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London.
1910: The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London in liquidation following takeover by Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation Ltd, London which in turn was taken over by Commercial Union Assurance Co Ltd, London.
11.8.1913: Mortgages (A) & (B) discharged.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 63.64 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
12.1915: New boiler fitted.
20.1.1916: Mortgage (C) discharged.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
13.10.1917: Fitted with 1-6pdr & W/T.
1919: Released.
7.10.1920: Transferred to Lowestoft.
27.1.1922: Stranded on Gunton Denes, North Beach. Crew taken off by Lowestoft Lifesaving Team. Lowestoft lifeboat JOHN and MARY MEIKLAM of GLADSWOOD (Cox. John T. S. Swan) launched and stood by. Subsequently refloated.
25.4.1922: Sold to Thomas Wright Mason & Thomas Cardwell, Fleetwood (64/64 joint owners).
10.5.1922: Sailed Lowestoft for Fleetwood. 12.5.1922: Thomas Wright Mason designated managing owner.
16.5.1922: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Liverpool & Manchester Banking Co Ltd, Manchester (D).
20.10.1926: Grimsby registry closed.
21.10.1926: Registered at Fleetwood (FD147).
23.10.1926: Sold to Mason Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood. Thomas Wright Mason appointed manager.
1927: Thomas Cardwell appointed manager.
1928: Sold to Frank L. Youds, Milford Haven. Frank L. Youds designated managing owner.
26.1.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.2.1928: Registered at Milford (M141).
17.7.1929: Sold to Pettit & Youds, Milford Haven. Frank L. Youds appointed manager.
14.8.1939: Sold to John C. Llewellin, Hakin; Joseph L. Yolland, Milford; John Yolland Jnr, Fleetwood & Thomas S. Yolland, Swansea. John C. Llewellin appointed manager.
4.4.1941: Outward from Milford for fishing grounds (Sk. W. Aldous) sunk by German aircraft 3 miles SSE of Blackwater Light Vessel; nine crew rescued by steam drifter JACKLYN (LT327) (Sk. Noel Bray) which also came under attack.
23.4.1941: Milford registry closed “Vessel lost by enemy action 4th April 1941”.

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S.T. Whitby GY524

S.T. Whitby GY524
Picture courtesy of Tony Cowling

S.T. Whitby FD147

S.T. Whitby FD147
Picture courtesy of Bill Blow

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
21/12/2015: Picture added.
23/03/2016: Significant information update.

S.T. Weasel M136

Additional material courtesy of Maurice Voss

Technical

Official Number: 108425
Yard Number: 189
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 164
Net Tonnage: 37
Length: 105.8 ft
Breadth: 20.7 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Engine: C.2-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co, Aberdeen
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co, Aberdeen

History

3.6.1897: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.189) for Thomas Lee Manchester, Pwllheli, Carnarvon (managing owner) as WEASEL.
7.1897: Completed.
17.7.1897: Registered at Milford (M136).
1899: Fishing from Fleetwood.
27.12.1899: Fishing 9 miles S of Bahama Light (Sk. A. H. Bailey), came fast and carried away forward stbd gallows.
25.1.1903: Off Donaghadee, Co. Down (Sk. William Kaye), in very heavy weather, Richard A. Miller (26) Second hand, washed overboard and drowned. Damaged wheelhouse, lost compass and boat.
4.9.1904: Off Skellig Light (Sk. William Kaye), due to error of judgement by fourth hand, in collision with steam trawler CAMROSE (M158).
8.8.1905: When some 15 miles NE of Point Lynas Light (Sk. William Kaye), suffered damage to boiler due insufficient water in boiler.
24.4.1908: Leaving Fleetwood for the fishing grounds (Sk. James R. Sangham), steering chain jambed. In going alongside in collision with tug FYLDE (256grt/1904) which came astern damaging one shell plate on the port bow.
9.1908: Sold to Société des Pêcheries de l’Océan, Arcachon (Charles Olivari, manager).
30.9.1908: Milford rgistry closed. Registered at Arcachon as EIDER.
By 1915: Owned by Société Immobilière du Moulleau et des Pêcheries de l’Océan, Arcachon.
1915: Requisitioned by Marine Francaise as a minesweeper (Escadrille de dragage du front de Mer). Based Lorient.
1919: Returned to owner.
1932: Sold to Morvan, Bizien & Cie, Lorient (J. Lelu, manager). Registered at Lorient.
1937: Sold for breaking up.

Changelog

08/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.

S.T. Warstar GY73

Technical

Official Number: 136005
Yard Number: 289
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 112
Length: 117 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

12.2.1914: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.289) for Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as WARSTAR.
14.5.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY73).
5.1914: Completed (Alick (Alec) Black, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1633).
2.11.1915: Sold to Henry Croft Baker, Grimsby (managing agent).
7.10.1918: Sold to Harry Wood, Grimsby (managing owner).
10.10.1918: Re-registered at Grimsby (GY73).
1919: Returned.
26.1.1920: Sold to Smithfield Trawlers Ltd, London (W. Goldstein, Cricklewood, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
12.1920: Sold to Lewis Trawling Co, Grimsby (Joseph Lewis, manager).
8.1922: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager). Transferred to Fleetwood.
1928: Transferred to Grimsby.
16.9.1938: Sold to Mathew J. McCabe & W. M. M. Curtis, Dublin (A. Williams, manager).
17.9.1938: Grimsby registry closed.
9.1938: Registered at Dublin (D121).
1939: Sold to W. M. M. Curtis, Dublin.
5.1940: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
5.1940: Dublin registry closed.
22.5.1940: Registered at Grimsby (GY294).
5.1940: Requisitioned for war service for auxiliary patrol duties.
1940: Sold to The Admiralty.
23.9.1940: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1942: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.292).
5.1944: Fitted out as a fuel carrier (“Esso”).
10.1944: At Milford, port duties.
9.1945: Towing at Milford, “To return to fishing”.
10.1945: Paid off C&M at Plymouth.
5.1946: Sold to William Wood & John Wood, Aberdeen.
5.1946: Registered at Aberdeen (A130).
10.1959: Sold to BISCO (£2050) and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for breaking up at Charlestown, Fife (Contract No.72E).
2.11.1959: Arrived Charlestown from Aberdeen towing GUNTON (A12) also sold for breaking up.
7.11.1959: Delivered.
21.3.1960: Breaking up commenced.

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S.T. Warstar A130

S.T. Warstar A130
Picture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.