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S.T. Marrs FD31

Technical

Official Number: 98769
Yard Number: 59
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 154
Net Tonnage: 64
Length: 100.8 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Engine: C.2-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley

History

19.9.1891: Launched by Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Yd.No.59) for James Herbert Marr & Joseph Marr, Hull as MARRS.
24.10.1891: Completed (James Herbert Marr managing owner).
26.10.1891: Registered at Hull (H172).
1898: Transferred to Fleetwood.
28.6.1900: Joseph Marr, Bridlington died.
13.12.1900: Transferred to Exors of the late Joseph Marr (James Herbert Marr, Mrs Ann Marr, Fleetwood & John Thomas Hill, Bridlington).
29.5.1902: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood on formation of company (James H. Marr appointed manager).
18.7.1903: Mortgaged to Mary Ann Marr, Fleetwood for £1000 @ 5% interest.
24.5.1905: Hull registry closed.
25.5.1905: Registered at Fleetwood (FD31).
1906: Re-measured 147g 47n.
27.1.1906: Mortgage (A) discharged.
27.1.1906: Sold to Joseph Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (managing owner).
1.1906: Sold to Soc. des Pêcheries à Vap de la Manche, Dieppe.
8.2.1906: Fleetwood registry closed.
2.1906: Registered at Boulogne as Le BAR (B235).
1914: Sold to Lobez Poret & Co, Boulogne.
1915: Sold to M. Barnard, Boulogne.
1920: Sold to Bourgain & Guelle, Boulogne.
10.9.1921: Foundered off Boulogne after collision.

Changelog
27/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Marjorie FD139

Technical

Official Number: 124694
Yard Number: 537
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 293.57
Net Tonnage: 113.20
Length: 135.0 ft
Breadth: 23.0 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Engine: 500ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

10.9.1907: Launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.537) for Fleetwood Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood (Shareholders: J. Heap, Blackpool; H. Heap, Blackpool; H. Kelly, Grimsby; G. E. J. Moody, Grimsby; G. Selijoth, Fleetwood, W. C. Frith, Fleetwood and T. Lockwood, Poulton-le-Fylde) as MARJORIE.
10.1907: Completed.
1.11.1907: Registered at Fleetwood (FD139).
1.11.1907: Geoge E. J. Moody, Grimsby designated manager.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 115.94 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
6.1914: Sold to Société de Chalutage de la Méditerranée, Marseilles.
25.6.1914: Fleetwood registry closed.
4.7.1914: Registered at Marseilles as MARGUERITE.
1923: Sold to Société Anonyme Chalutiers de La Rochelle, La Rochelle. Registered at La Rochelle as AVOCETTE.
1937: Sold for breaking up.

Changelog
27/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
06/01/2016: Picture added.
06/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
07/06/2021: Updated technical details.
07/06/2021: Removed incorrect image.

S.T. Salmonby BN206

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3742
Official Number: 147960
Yard Number: 233
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 317
Net Tonnage: 127
Length: 138.9 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow
Built: Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow

History

4.8.1918: Launched by Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow (Yd.No.233) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as ROBERT DRUMMOND (Ad.No.3742).
26.6.1918: Completed (1 – 12pdr and W/T).
1924: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Boston (Fred Parkes, Wyburton, Boston, manager). Registered at Boston as SALMONBY (BN206). Operating from Grimsby.
1925: Homeward, in fog stranded on the Ness of Duncansby. Refloated with the help of local fishermen and continued passage.
23.3.1926: Sailed Grimsby for West of Scotland grounds and to land at Fleetwood and transfer to that port (Sk. Joseph Rawcliffe), twelve crew. When S of New Sands Gas Buoy suffered boiler explosion, foundered, two crew* rescued from rigging by Spurn Head lifeboat.

(*Saved: Harry Leadbetter, Mate, Fleetwood and Robert Butcher, deckhand, Grimsby) (Body of fireman C. Lewis, Boston washed up at Donna Nook.)

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27/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Marion (2) LO235

Technical

Official Number: 120683
Yard Number: 788
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 255
Net Tonnage: 98
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields

History

25.1.1906: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.788) for Mrs Marion L. Ryde, Godalming as MARION.
3.1906: Completed (Crawford Heron, Swansea, manager).
3.1906: Registered at London (LO235).
30.11.1912: Sold to George H. D. Birt, Milford Haven (managing owner).
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.20).
6.1915: At Sheerness.
14.8.1915: Sailed for Mediterranean.
30.7.1917: Sold to The Croston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Ernest Taylor, manager).
23.2.1918: Mined off Malta. ‘ During minesweeping operations struck mine about midday and sank in approximate position 35.45N 14.24E. Six lives lost.’
23.2.1918: ‘Ceased to be on Admiralty charter’.
10.3.1919: London registry closed “ Vessel lost on Admiralty Charter”. (Minefield was laid on 30/1/1918 by U.boat (UC25), beginning at 35°44.9’N, 14°24.6’E and running north with mines at 75 metre intervals. 18 mines total).

(Lost – Lieut Cdr. Joseph King; Henry Tarbitton, 2nd Hand; James Fisk & William E. Warman, deckhands; Robert Tetley, signalman; Samuel D. Tonkin, trimmer.)

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27/12/2008: Page published. 5 updates since then.

S.T. Marion (1) FD88

Technical

Official Number: 122948
Yard Number: 87
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 239.20
Net Tonnage: 70.75
Length: 127.0 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built; Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: 380ihp T.3-cyl by G. T. Grey, South Shields
Boiler: J. T. Eltringham & Co, South Shields

History

7.7.1906: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.87) for Elizabeth Cohen (64/64), Norbreck as MARION.
26.10.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD88). Louis Cohen designated manager.
10.1906: Completed.
1.2.1907: Sold to Clevedon Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
14.2.1907: Louis Cohen designated manager.
30.3.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
28.12.1909: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Henry Boydell, South Shore, Blackpool for the sum of £100 with interest at 6% (B).
1.2.1911: Mortgage (A) discharged.
2.2.1911: Mortgage (B) discharged.
2.7.1912: Walter Morley designated manager.
24.8.1912: Arrived Fleetwood and landed body of Henry Moston, deckhand, who had died at sea.
1913: Re-measured 217g 67n.
1913: Sold to N.V. Stoomvissch Maats “Zanstroom IV”, IJmuiden
10.7.1913: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.1913: Registered at IJmuiden as ZAANSTROOM IV (IJM197). P. J. D. & Joh Dil & S. Yff, designated managers.
1934: Laid up.
1935: Sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Marion FD88

S.T. Marion FD88
Picture courtesy of The ABP Collection

Changelog
27/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
13/04/2020: Added an image and updated history.