Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Hermia FD92

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow and Jan Harteveld

Technical

Official Number: 110950
Yard Number: 38
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 216.40
Net Tonnage: 61.26
Length: 120.0 ft
Breadth: 21.7 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Built: Menzies & Co Ltd, Inverkeithing
Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl by Shanks, Anderson & Co, Glasgow
Boiler: James Neilson & Son Ltd, Glasgow

History

4.1900: Completed by Menzies & Co Ltd, Inverkeithing (Yd.No.38) as a liner for The Rushworth Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as HERNIA.
27.4.1900: Registered at Grimsby (GY1153).
30.4.1900: John Edward Rushworth designated manager.
5.5.1900: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Lincoln & Lindsey Banking Co Ltd, Lincoln (A).
24.11.1905: When about 200 miles NNW from Hoy Head, Orkney (Sk. G. H. Turner), shipped a heavy sea and Samuel Robbins (36), AB, Grimsby was washed
overboard and drowned.
11.3.1909: Mortgage (A) transferred to Stamford, Spalding & Boston Banking Co Ltd, Grimsby.
21.8.1912: Mortgage (A) transferred to Barclay & Co Ltd, London.
1914: New boiler fitted made by Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees.
5.5.1915: Alteration of tonnage to 210.18g 82.60n. Certificate of Survey dated Grimsby 3.5.1915.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.855). Based Humber as patrol & escort vessel.
7.2.1917: Mortagee re-styled Barclays Bank Ltd, London.
27.10.1917: Mortgage (A) discharged.
27.10.1917: Sold to The Mersey Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
29.10.1917: Ernest Taylor designated manager.
31.10.1917: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Manchester & Liverpool District Banking Co Ltd, Manchester (B).
11.12.1918: Left Immingham for return to owner.
11.3.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
12.3.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD92).
1922: Joseph A. & H. Taylor designated managers.
1924: Walter J. Morley designated manager.
1925: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (B) to Walter Henry Utley Morley, Fleetwood. Walter Morley designated manager.
22.4.1925: The Mersey Steam Trawlers Ltd in voluntary Liquidation. William Ignatius Swarbrick, Chartered Accountant, Preston appointed Liquidator.
16.7.1925: The Mersey Steam Trawlers Ltd wound-up.
1929: Sold to N.V. Visscherij Maatschappij “De Daad”, IJmuiden.
5.3.1929: Fleetwood registry closed.
3.1929: Registered at IJmuiden as PROTINUS (IJM85).
1933: Reederij Fa. Erenst & Weimar designated managers.
1937: F. J. F. Erenst designated manager.
20.3.1940: On a trip in North Sea (Sk.Klaas Wijker); eleven crew. When fishing westward of the Danish/Norwegian coast, bombed by German Heinkel He111 aircraft, skipper and deckhand lost their lives. Crew with two seriously wounded took to boat and stood off as trawler foundered possibly in or near position 57.14N 4.11E.
25.3.1940: Sighted and picked up by HMS/M UNITY having drifted for five days during which the two seriously ill men died. On landing, possibly at Blyth, two other crewmen who had suffered severe frostbite had legs amputated. IJmuuiden registry closed – lost by enemy action.

Note. At the time of this incident The Netherlands had yet to join in the war.

Click to enlarge image

S.T. Protinus IJM85

S.T. Protinus IJM85
Picture courtesy of George Westwood

Changelog
22/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
08/10/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Helios GY784

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 113238
Yard Number: 339
Completed: 1903
Gross Tonnage: 201
Net Tonnage: 62
Length: 115 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Engine: 375ihp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Speed: 9.5 knots

History

3.12.1902: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.338) for Roberts & Ruthven Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as HELIOS.
12.1.1903: Registered at Grimsby (GY784).
21.1.1903: Completed. Robert William Roberts appointed manager.
21.12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (Ad.No.953). Based Queenstown.
11.4.1915: Laid up at Queenstown with boiler defect. To Grimsby for survey.
5.1915: Returned to owner.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
13.11.1925: Sold to Sir Thomas Robinson KBE (48/64) & Frank Wheeler Robinson (16/64), Cleethorpes.
23.11.1925: Sir Thomas Robinson KBE and Frank Wheeler Robinson appointed managers.
8.2.1927: Sir Thomas Robinson KBE died.
30.6.1927: Probate granted to Frank Wheeler Robinson, Fred Hazelgrove and Hartington Adams, all Cleethorpes (joint owners (48/64)).
17.9.1927: Sold to Sir Thomas Robinson & Son (Grimsby) Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
22.9.1927: Frank Wheeler Robinson appointed manager.
30.4.1936: New Certificate of Registry issued 77.92 net.
29.12.1941: Sold to J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd (64/64), London.
5.1.1942: William Alfred Bennett appointed manager.
1.6.1945: Sold to Thornton Trawlers Ltd (64/64) Fleetwood.
19.6.1945: Henry Atkinson, Knott End on Sea appointed manager.
19.6.1945: Leslie James Marr, Thornton-le-Fylde appointed manager.
17.10.1946: Sold to Lewis Isaacs (64/64), Grimsby.
17.10.1946: Lewis Isaacs appointed manager.
1.11.1946: Sold to Producers Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
2.11.1946: Joseph Reynolds Cobley appointed manager.
1.11.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
2.11.1946: 14.3.1950: Joseph Reynolds Cobley appointed manager.
4.1951: Sold to BISCO and allocated to C. W. Dorkin & Co Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up.
17.7.1951: Breaking up commenced.
31.7.1951: Mortgage (A) discharged.
20.5.1952: Grimsby registry closed “Ship broken up”.

Click to enlarge image

S.T. Helios GY784

S.T. Helios GY784
Picture courtesy of Jeffrey Pullen

Changelog
22/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
08/04/2015: Picture added.

S.T. Hebden FD223

Technical

Official Number: 127569
Yard Number:330
Completed: 1908
Gross Tonnage: 264
Net Tonnage: 101
Length: 126.8 ft
Breadth: 22.6 ft
Depth: 12.0 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Glasgow
Built: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

10.10.1908: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.330) for John Potter, Blackpool as HEBDEN.
21.11.1908: Registered at Fleetwood (FD223).
11.1908: Completed.
9.1909: Sold to Richard W. Mason, Fleetwood.
24.1.1909: Homeward from fishing grounds, just before midnight in poor visibility, stranded two miles south of Corsewell Point, North Rhinns of Galloway.
25.1.1909: Not making water, refloated by tug in favourable conditions. Proceeded to Fleetwood.
9.1909: Sold to Empresa des Pescaries “Norte” Ltda, Lisbon, Portugal.
8.9.1909: Fleetwood registry closed.
1909: Renamed CHIRE.
9.1915: Sold to The Admiralty for conversion to a minesweeper (one of nine trawlers purchased en bloc from Portuguese owners for £80,788). Employed on auxiliary patrol duties (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.180). Renamed ACHERNAR.
1909: Remeasured 264g 101n.
17.5.1919: Sold to Cruz Bros, Gibraltar.
1919: Sold to Empreza Central de Pesca a Vapor Ltda, Lisbon, Portugal. Registered at Lisbon as Rio Guardiana.
Pre1927: Sold to Cia Portugueza de Pesca, Lisbon. Registered at Lisbon as JUPITER.
1960: Sold for breaking up.

Changelog
22/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
21/06/2016: Information updated.

S.T. Heather FD101

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall and Jan Harteveld

Technical

Official Number: 119183
Yard Number: 306
Completed: 1904
Gross Tonnage: 179
Net Tonnage: 51
Length: 110.5 ft
Breadth: 20.9 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Engine: 350ihp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Built: Mackie & Thomson Ltd, Govan

History

14.10.1904: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow (Yd.No.306) for Hugh Alexander, Rutherglen, John Templeton, Roderick Scott and Charles Finlay Paton, Glasgow (64/64 joint owners) trading as The Glasgow Trawling Co Ltd, Glasgow as HEATHER.
11.1904: Completed.
16.11.1904: Registered at Glasgow (GW6). Charles Finlay Paton designated managing owner.
19.10.1907: Noted as arriving alongside East Pier, Greenock.
3.2.1908: While fishing off Fetlar, Shetland and having hauled in trawl boards and hanging, board was inadvertently lowered and jammed the right arm of deckhand Frederick W. Rossetter between the board and ship’s side with elbow and arm severely crushed. Stopped fishing and made best speed for Lerwick where Rossetter was landed for treatment by Dr MacLennan. In the afternoon making ready for sea and stowing the anchor, the anchor was allowed to fall sharply and crushed the second finger of the right hand of James Smythe. Smythe was put ashore to receive attention from Dr MacLennan. Another crewman was shipped before proceeding to the fishing grounds.
9.6.1909: Advertised in Lloyd’s List “Under Owners’ instructions” by Thomas McLaren & Co, Glasgow, the High class Modern steam trawlers, HEATHER (GW6) and BLUEBELL (GW5). Also NETTLE (GW11) and GOWAN (GW9) along with ACTIVE (GN51) and ALERT (GN52).
24.9.1909: In thick fog stranded on Swarth Skerry, Stronsay, Orkney.
24.9.1909: Successfully salved by A. Y. Stirrat, Aberdeen Mutual Steamship & Trawlers’ Insurance Co.
3.11.1909: Sold to Henry Orde McAllister Lees, Edinburgh. Henry Orde McAllister Lees designated managing owner.
7.4.1910: At Granton (Sk. Stevenson) landed 520 boxes of mixed fish caught about 120 miles E by N of Buchan Ness.
29.10.1911: Arrived Burntisland in tow of German steamer HEDWIG HEIDMANN (2084grt/1903) picked up some 70 miles off the Longstones in distress with broken HP cylinder and short on provisions.
31.10.1911: Arrived Granton in tow of local tug.
15.4.1914: While alongside Mearns Quay, Aberdeen. A carter backing a yoked lorry alongside struck Thomas Ellis, a store keeper, who was standing on the edge of the quay, knocking him into the dock. Seeing what had happened, crewman Allan Douglas (27), Leith, a fisherman, jumped in the water and successfully held Ellis above the surface until a line was cast. A ladder was let down and both men rescued, little the worse for their immersion.
19.5.1915: At Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Sk. Thomas Lees was fined £5 after pleading guilty to having entered the Firth of Forth on 15 May between the hours of 1.00 and 2.00am. when entry was forbidden during the hours of darkness under the Defence of the Realm Act.
25.2.1916: At Aberdeen landed a catch of 29 tons for a 15 day trip making £1,074 gross.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1918: Sold to New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood.
1919: Released.
3.1919: Glasgow registry closed.
26.3.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD101). Joseph A. Taylor & Ernest Tomlinson, designated managers.
1919: Sold to Archibald Glen Brown, Granton.
4.7.1923: Fleetwood registry closed.
5.7.1923: Registered at Granton (GN98). Archibald Glen Brown designated managing owner.
8.10.1924: At Belford Magistrates Court, Northumberland, Sk. John Lyle was fined £20 with £3.1.6d expenses and trawl gear confiscated after being found guilty of trawling within the legal limit off the Berwickshire coast on 29 August.
1928: Sold to N.V. Reederij Zaanstroom, Ymuiden.
1928: Remeasured 169g 61n under Dutch rules.
1928: Granton registry closed. Registered at IJmuiden as ROTTERDAM (IJM105).
1930: Sold to Visscherij Maatschappij Rotterdam, IJmuiden.
4.12.1936: Sold for breaking up.

Click to enlarge image

S.T. Rotterdam IJM105

S.T. Rotterdam IJM105
Picture courtesy of The Jan Harteveld Collection

Changelog
22/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
29/03/2018: Information updated and image added.
01/01/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Hazeldene BCK47

Technical

Official Number: 109809
Yard Number: 214
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 141
Net Tonnage: 34
Length: 93.2 ft
Breadth: 20 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co, Gt. Yarmouth

History

1898: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.214) for Alfred Bannister & Thomas Robinson, Grimsby as TEUTON.
8.8.1898: Registered at Grimsby (GY795).
8.8.1898: Completed (Alfred Bannister, managing owner).
22.1.1901: Sold to Onward Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Thomas Robinson, manager).
1913: New boiler fitted.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 54.0 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an armed trawler (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.780).
1.1918: Returned to owner.
18.3.1918: Sir Thomas Robinson appointed manager.
20.3.1918: Registered at Grimsby as ANGOLIAN (GY795).
6.1918: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
18.3.1934: Sold to Andrew Wilson, Buckie.
24.3.1934: Grimsby registry closed.
3.1934: Registered at Buckie as HAZELDENE (BCK47). Fishing out of Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
1940: Owners opened office in Fleetwood.
27.5.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters.
141 kits – cod/codling-11, whiting-32, flats-6, roker-65, gurnard-6, dogs-4, sole & prime-17.
Pre 1952: Managers became Hazael Fishing Co Ltd (J. Thain).
14.4.1953: Last landing at Fleetwood.
4.1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
30.4.1953: Delivered Barrow from Fleetwood under own power. Buckie registry closed.

Click to enlarge image

S.T. Hazeldene BCK47

S.T. Hazeldene BCK47
Picture © Grimsby Reference Library


Changelog

22/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
30/05/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
30/12/2020: Updated history.