Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Hornet FD168

Additional information courtesy of Göran Olsson

Technical

Official Number: 98708
Yard Number: 14
Completed: 1890
Gross Tonnage: 149
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 100.5 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow

History

14.10.1890: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow (Yd.No.14) for British Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as HORNET.
1890: Completed (William L. Robins, manager).
1.12.1890: Registered at Hull (H113).
6.11.1912: Sold to James Alexander Robertson, Fleetwood.
15.11.1912: Hull registry closed.
16.11.1912: Registered at Fleetwood (FD168).
7.12.1912: Sold to The Active Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 55.16 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
1914: Re-measured 155g.
26.1.1914: Sold to Fiskeri A.B. Sälen, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager) for £1350.
26.6.1914: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.1914: Registered at Gothenburg as EVALD (GG588).
30.9.1920: Sold to Rederi A.B. Karin, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager).
1925: Sold to A.B. Mercari, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager).
21.10.1925: Trawling westward off the Danish coast between the Skaw and Hirtshals, making three knots. At 5.17am in collision head on with the Finnish Mariehamn registered barque PLUS (1256grt/1885) sustaining severe damage to shell plating port side forward, started to take in water and when engine room flooded started to settle. Crew of ten abandoned in ship’s boat and ship foundered; picked up by PLUS.
27.10.1925: Survivors landed at Helsingør, Denmark. Gothenburg registry closed.

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S.T. Hornet H113

S.T. Hornet H113
Picture courtesy of The Billy Worrall Collection

S.T. Hornet FD168

S.T. Hornet FD168
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Changelog
22/13/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
19/02/2018: Added an image.
19/10/2023: Added an image.

S.D/T Honora Evelyn FD165

Additional Information courtesy of Ian Wilson

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3870
Official Number: 162066
Yard Number: 54
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 100
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 87.7 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co, Gt. Yarmouth
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Lowestoft

History

1918: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.54) (wooden “Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as SILHOUETTE (Ad.No.3870).
3.8.1918: Completed (1 – 6pdr).
3.1931: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
8.7.1931: Renamed HONORA EVELYN (FD165).
1937: Sold to J. Bier & Son (Iron & Steel) Ltd, London for use on salvage work.
23.9.1937: Attending the wreck of the Fleetwood steam trawler DINAS (FD63) which stranded on 4.12.1936 at Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal and became a total loss. Reported stranded on rocks inside Dunfanaghy Bar, attempts to refloat failed and now submerged.
27.9.1937: Completely submerged and considered a complete wreck.
30.10.1937: Fleetwood registry closed “Total loss”.

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HMD Silhouette

HMD Silhouette
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Changelog
22/08/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
04/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Honjo FD356

Technical

Official Number: 139620
Yard Number: 535
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 274
Net Tonnage: 90
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 22.7 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

8.1917: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.535) for Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff as HONJO.
9.1917: Completed (Morley H. Neale, Joshua S. Neale & Wilfred Neale, joint managers). Registered at Cardiff (CF48).
1.1918: Requisitioned for war service and appointed as a minesweeper but returned.
9.1919: Sold to John T. Barratt, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
11.1919: Cardiff registry closed.
21.11.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD356).
19.4.1921: Sold to Swan Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
14.4.1923: Sold to Société. Anonyme des Pêcheries Ostendaises, Ostend (Aspeslagh & Deceuninck, managers) (BoT approved sale).
5.5.1923: Fleetwood registry closed.
5.1923: Registered at Ostend as NEPTUNE (O126).
Pre 1927: Delete managers.
25.3.1928: Outward for fishing grounds, after passing Ness Head, Caithness in thick fog, at 1.26 am. struck rocks at Freswick. Refloated but taking water, crew of sixteen abandoned in boat as started to settle. Boat was carried by ebb tide around Duncansby Head and landing was made in Gills Bay. Vessel foundered in Freswick Bay. Ostend registry closed.

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22/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.

S.T. Holdene FD161

Technical

Official Number: 139203
Yard Number: 619
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 74
Net Tonnage: 107
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields

History

14.9.1915: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.619) for The Lune Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as HOLDENE.
29.9.1915: Registered at Fleetwood (FD161).
9.1915: Completed (Henry Melling, manager). Requisitioned from the builders for war service and fitted out as an anti aircraft vessel (1-13pdr HA & 1-3pdr HA) (Ad.No.437).
2.2.1917: Mined off Orford Ness. Seven crew lost*.
19.2.1917: Fleetwood registry closed.

(Lost* – William Clues & Frank Haigh, enginemen; John Holland, seaman; James Markwell, deckhand; Alfred W. Lawrence, trimmer; William J. Wright, cook; John L. Brown, boy cook.)

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22/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.

S.T. Hibernia FD354

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson, Andy Hall and
Milford Trawlers

Technical

Official Number: 123803
Yard Number: 801
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 216.49
Net Tonnage: 82
Length: 117.5 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

1.2.1907: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.801) for Welsh Trawling Co (64/64), Milford Haven as HIBERNIA.
3.1907: Completed.
14.3.1907: Registered at London (LO266). George H. D. Birt designated manager.
By 1912: Sold to George H. D. Birt (64/64), Milford Haven. George H. D. Birt designated managing owner.
20.5.1912: Alongside at Milford. Thomas John, Herbrandston, working onboard, in passing winch which was in motion, jacket caught in barrel. William Hancock who was nearby quickly responded and stopped winch before John was wound round. John was unconscious and suffered a wound over his left eye and other injuries.
4.1913: Along with BRITANNIA (LO271) inspected by Dutch principals with a view to purchase. In the event only BRITANNIA was sold.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 82.29 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.141).
1914: Based Portsmouth.
5.1915: Renamed HIBERNIA II.
30.7.1917: Sold to The Mersey Steam Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood. Ernest Taylor designated manager. Based Portsmouth.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood and reverted to HIBERNIA (LO266).
3.11.1919: London registry closed.
6.11.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD354).
1922: Joseph A. Taylor & Harold Taylor designated managers.
1924: Walter Morley designated manager.
22.4.1925: Company in voluntary Liquidation. William Ignatius Swarbrick, Chartered Accountant, Preston appointed Liquidator.
7.7.1925: Sold by the liquidator to Walter Henry Utley Morley (64/64), Fleetwood. Walter Morley, designated manager.
16.7.1925: The Mersey Steam Trawlers Ltd wound-up.
03.12.1926: While fishing off the Isle of Man in a strong NE gale responded to distress rocket and found steam trawler EMPORER (H741) disabled with engine trouble and drifting. Owing to the darkness and the sea state it was not possible to approach to communicate and stood by until daylight when, with a moderation in the weather, closed and connected.
4.12.1926: Delivered Fleetwood.
13.11.1929: Sold to Mrs Cicely Blanche Morley & Arthur Sharp, both Fleetwood (64/64 joint owners). Walter H. U. Morley designated manager.
25.7.1930: Sold to Oceanic Trading Corporation (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood. Walter H. U. Morley designated manager.
11.10.1930: Put into Douglas, IoM with damage to starboard bow having been in collision in Ramsey Bay with Fleetwood steam trawler ERNESTA (FD193). Temporary repairs carried out.
30.10.1934: Sold to Mrs Cicely Blanche Morley (64/64), Fleetwood. Walter H. U. Morley designated manager.
12.3.1935: Sold to William Walkington (64/64), Fleetwood. William Walkington designated managing owner.
28.5.1935: Sold to The Hewett Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), London. Robert S. Hewett designated manager.
2.6.1937: Fleetwood registry closed. Sold to Germany for breaking up.
1938: Breaking up completed.

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S.T. Hibernia FD354

S.T. Hibernia FD354
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

Changelog
22/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
27/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
03/10/2018: Information updated.
07/01/2021: Updated history.