Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Kielder Castle FD40

Technical

Official Number: 113065
Yard Number: 6
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 129
Net Tonnage: 22
Length: 96.7 ft
Breadth: 19.4 ft
Depth: 10.4 ft
Engine: C.2-cyl by Tweedy Bros, North Shields
Built: Clelands Graving Dock & Slipway Co Ltd, Newcastle

History

16.1.1900: Launched by Clelands Graving Dock & Slipway Co Ltd, Newcastle (Yd.No.6) for The Castle Trawl & Line Fishing Co Ltd, North Shields as KIELDER CASTLE.
6.3.1900: Registered at North Shields (SN63).
3.1900: Completed (Richard Irvin Jnr, manager).
1913: Sold to Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields (Richard Irvin, North Shields & John H. Irvin, Aberdeen, managers).
2.1.1917: Sold to Jonathan Uttley, Blackpool (Ernest Taylor, Thornton, manager).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
22.7.1918: Sold to The Garth Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
1.1919: Released.
27.2.1919: North Shields registry closed.
28.2.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD40).
1924: Sold for breaking up.
27.6.1924: Fleetwood registry closed.

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24/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.

S.T. Keyes LT580

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3641
Official Number: 139341
Yard Number: 631
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 203
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl by W. H. Allen, Son & Co Ltd, Bedford

History

30.4.1918: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.631) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as TIMOTHY BRANNON (Ad.No.3641).
31.5.1918: Completed (1-12pdr HA, hydrophone and W/T).
4.1919: Sold to Leonard C. Cockrell, Wivenhoe.
27.6.1919: Registered at Hull as KEYES (H66). Leonard C. Cockrell desiganted managing owner.
9.1919: Sold to Vanessa Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft.
5.9.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (LT580). Leonard C. Cockrell designated manager.
17.9.1919: Hull registry closed.
1923: Sold to Arthur S. Bowlby, Harlow, Essex. Edward D. W. Lawford, Milford Haven, designated manager.
11.1925: At Aran District Court, Co. Galway, Sk. John W. Setterfield was fined for fishing within the prohibited area and not displaying lights. Also in court were the skippers of PHINEAS BEARD (LO283) and CALDY (M198). Total fines £350.
10.1930: Transferred to Fleetwood when Edward D. W. Lawford moved his vessels to the port.
1932: Laid up at Fleetwood.
9.1932: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes designated manager.
10.1932: Sold to William Buchan, Aberdeen.
4.11.1932: Lowestoft registry closed.
13.11.1932: Registered at Aberdeen (A215).
14.12.1932: Registered at Aberdeen as BUCHANS (A215). William Buchan designated managing owner.
14.9.1939: Sold to David Buchan, Aberdeen.
23.7.1956: Sold to The River Ness Fishing Co (1955) Ltd, Aberdeen.
5.11.1956: Sold to Nigg Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. William Brebner designated manager.
1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for breaking up.
28.6.1960: Arrived Granton from Aberdeen under own power.
7.2.1961: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

Timothy Brannon, Quartergunner (prest). age 29, b. Wicklow, Co. Wicklow – VICTORY (SB360)

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
18/03/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Kernevel M62

Technical

Official Number: 145005
Yard Number: 413
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 172
Net Tonnage: 65
Length: 112.3 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1906: Completed by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.413) for Soc. Anon des Chalutiers de l’Quest, St. Nazaire as KER-NEVEL. Registered at Lorient (L754).
Post 1917: Sold to ??, Dieppe. Registered at Dieppe.
1925: Sold to George F. Liston, Leith (managing owner).
25.5.1925: Registered at Granton (GN35) as KERNEVEL.
1930: Sold to Wear Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Sunderland (John Hall, manager).
1930: Granton registry closed. Registered at Sunderland (SD36).
1931: New boiler fitted.
1935: Sold to Sunderland Ice Co Ltd, Sunderland (Charles Hall. manager).
12.1939: Sold to John C. Llewellin, Joseph L. Yolland, John Yolland Jnr, Havorfordwest & Thomas S. Yolland, Swansea (John C. Llewellin, manager).
2.1940: Sunderland registry closed.
1.3.1940: Registered at Milford (M62).
12.8.1940: Fishing the Small’s ground (Sk. J. Cheyney) in company with RIVER YTHAN (M51) (Sk. W. Davies) and JASMINE (M90) (Sk. Walter Perry) damaged by German aircraft attack 6 miles NW of Smalls Lighthouse. Injured *.
1941: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
2.1943: Sold to Peter Alexander Johnstone, Aberdeen.
12.2.1943: Milford registry closed.
15.2.1943: Registered at Aberdeen (A560).
10.4.1944: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out for smoke making.
1944: Assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
8.5.1944: Part of Group B1. Sailed Bracklesham Bay for Mulberry A.
9.5.1944: Arrived Mulberry A.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
7.11.1944: Returned to owner.
6.11.1952: Sold to Scarborough Pure Ice & Cold Storage Co Ltd, Scarborough (James Johnson, manager).
15.11.1955: Laid up at Scarborough.
3.1956: Sold to BISCO and allocated to J. J. King & Co Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up. Delivered (Sk. Will. Pashby) River Tyne from Scarborough under own power (paid Skipper £35.0.0d for delivery).
4.5.1956: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

* Injured – Sk. Walter Perry and Bosun Fred McKay – JASMINE. Ch. Eng. George Turrell – KERNEVEL

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S.T. Kernevel M62

S.T. Kernevel A560
Picture from The George Scales Collection courtesy Mick Bayes


Changelog

24/12/2008: Page published. 8 updates since then.
02/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
17/03/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Kelvinway FD117

Technical

Official Number: 181185
Yard Number: 557
Completed: 1921
Gross Tonnage: 247
Net Tonnage: 96
Length: 128.5 ft
Breadth: 24.3 ft
Depth: 9.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg
Built: H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg

History

1921: Completed by H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg (Yd.No.557) for Schmidt, Cordes & Harms, Hamburg as HINRICH CORDES.
1924: Sold to Ludwig Janssen & Co, Geestemuende. Renamed FRIESLAND (PG365).
4.4.1940: Captured with two other trawlers by HMS HOSTILE (P.No.H55) in position 70.06.5N 17.01.5E off the Norwegian coast. Crew of thirteen plus one woman (clandestine passenger).
12.4.1940: Brought in to a NE Scottish port by a prize crew.
1940: Fitted out as a minesweeper and commissioned into RN (P.No.FY.1663).
1946: Sold to Kelvin Trawlers Ltd, Glasgow. Registered at Leith as KELVINWAY (LH191) (O.N.181185).
1946: Remeasured 277g 125n.
10.1947: Leith registry closed.
8.10.1947: Registered at Aberdeen (A454).
20.9.1948: Off Start Point, Sanday, Orkney struck by heavy seas, Skipper and mate dead and others injured. Put in to Kirkwall.
5.11.1951: Aberdeen registry closed.
11.1951: Registered at Fleetwood (FD117).
4.9.1952: Last trip. Laid up.
11.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
3.1.1953: Arrived Barrow. Fleetwood registry closed.

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.

S.T. Kelvincourt FD124

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3667
Official Number: 144667
Yard Number: 347
Completed: 1917
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet.
Gross Tonnage: 276
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley
Built: Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley

History

1917: Launched by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley (Yd.No.347) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as BENJAMIN COOKE (Ad.No.3667).
1.11.1917: Completed as a minesweeper(1-12pdr).
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
24.08.1920: Registered at London (Part I & IV) as BENJAMIN COOKE O.N.144667 (LO409).
04.1921: At HM Dockyard, Pembroke fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Milford.
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
2.1922: Sold to Société Anonyme Armement Ostendais, Ostend.
28.2.1922: London registry closed.
1922: Remeasured 213Bgt 75n.
2.1922: Renamed EMIEL VANDERVELDE (O149).
12.1938: Sold to Rhondda Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Consolidated Fisheries Ltd).
1938: Remeasured 276g 113n.
16.12.1938: Renamed NAMUR (GY549).
29.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed on anti-submarine duties (P.No.4.104) (Hire rate £83.10.0d/month).
12.1940: Fitted out as a boom defence vessel.
3.1942: Sold to Walbro Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Thomas Walker, manager).
23.11.1943: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T.
1944: Renamed PALISADE. Based at Fort William (D. MacBrayne Ltd, Glasgow, agents).
4.1946: Transferred to Ministry of Transport.
7.1946: Laid up pending disposal.
1947: Sold to A. A. Graham.
8.1947: Sold to Kelvin Trawlers Ltd, Glasgow and reclassed at Port Glasgow.
14.8.1947: Registered at Aberdeen as KELVINCOURT (A405).
1951: Transferred to Fleetwood.
5.11.1951: Aberdeen registry closed.
11.1951: Registered at Fleetwood (FD124).
5.11.1952: Last landing. Laid up.
12.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
2.1.1953: Arrived Barrow from Fleetwood under own power. Fleetwood registry closed.

Benjamin Cooke, Private, Marine, b. ? – VICTORY (ML88) injured at Trafalgar

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
15/03/2021: Updated history and technical details.