Additional material courtesy of Roy Breach
Technical
Official Number: 132378
Yard Number: 132
Completed: 1912
Gross tonnage: 102
Net Tonnage: 46
Length: 89.1 ft
Breadth: 19.1 ft
Depth: 8.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Built: Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
History
1911: Ordered by J. T. & F. J. Salmon, Gt Yarmouth.
1912: Completed by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Yd.No.132) for John Thomas Cullen Salmon, Gt. Yarmouth as FRED SALMON.
20.7.1912: Registered at Yarmouth (YH665) (John Thomas Cullen Salmon managing owner).
9.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.1888).
1919: Returned to owner.
1.1921: Sold to John Windram, Berwick-on-Tweed (managing owner).
10.2.1921: Yarmouth registry closed.
2.1921: Registered at Berwick (BK417).
1923: Change of address to Eyemouth.
1923: Registered at Berwick as OCEAN PLOUGH (BK417).
1.1930: Sold to John Victor Breach (64/64), Lowestoft.
13.1.1930: Berwick registry closed.
14.1.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT133).
29.1.1930: Registered at Lowestoft as STRIVE (LT133) (BoT Minute RG1024/1930 dated 28.1.1930).
30.1.1930: Sold to John Victor Breach (43/21) & W. J. Powles (21/64), Lowestoft.
14.7.1930: At Lerwick in collision with steam drifter PLUMER (LT596).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood.
23.7.1932: Off Fleetwood suffered broken tail shaft; steam drifter FEASIBLE (LT122) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
19.2.1933: On Small’s ground broke mainmast when hauling.
19.7.1933: At Castlebay with fractured propeller blade.
6.4.1934: Grounded in Caledonian Canal, tug connected and refloated.
20.3.1935: Sold to John Victor Breach (64/64). Lowestoft.
1.7.1935: At Lerwick with damage rudder caused by striking rock.
5.1.1936: Suffered heavy weather damage off St. Ann’s Head.
12.11.1936: In Lowestoft with damaged propeller.
9.2.1938: Sold to Explorator Ltd (64/64), Lowestoft (John Victor Breach, manager).
15.11.1939: Requisitioned for was service as a minesweeping drifter (2-MGs) (P.No.FY.922) (Hire rate £27.0.0d/month).
26.5 – 4.6.1940: At Dunkirk evacuation (Sk. W. A. Catchpole RNR).
1.1942: Based Harwich LL sweep drifter.
1.1944: John Victor Breach died.
9.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
9.4.1945: Robert Henry Self appointed manager.
23.5.1945: Sold to County Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Lowestoft (Robert Henry Self, manager).
21.12.1945: Returned to owner.
27.4.1947: Off Aberdeen suffered heavy weather damage.
5.11.1947: In collision with steam drifter SARAH HIDE (LT1157) and sustained damage.
9.4.1952: Leaving Aberdeen with heavy swell running lost man overboard and drowned.
4.11.1946: At Lowestoft landed 245 crans of herring. The Prunier Trophy winner was ROMANY ROSE (YH63) with a 2463/4 cran landing.
1953: Sold for breaking up.
28.5.1953: Lowestoft registry closed.
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S.D/T Strive LT133
Technical
Official Number: 148977
Yard Number: 625
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 248
Net Tonnage: 106
Length: 125.2 ft
Breadth: 22.6 ft
Depth: 12.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by R. W. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
History
1.4.1930: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.625) for Richard W. Lewis, Aberdeen as MELGUM.
30.4.1930: Registered at Aberdeen (A108).
5.1930: Completed (Richard W. Lewis managing owner).
By 1933: Sold to North Eastern Fisheries Ltd, Aberdeen (Richard W. Lewis, manager).
1.1935: Sold to Alexander Flockhart, Leith, Edinburgh & others (Alexander Flockhart managing owner).
11.1.1935: Aberdeen registry closed.
14.1.1935: Registered at Leith (LH63).
10.10.1935: Registered at Leith as OCEAN VIEW (LH63).
Pre 1939: Carnie & Gibb, Newhaven, Edinburgh appointed managers.
By 11.1939: Fleet sold en bloc to B. A. Parkes, Blackpool.
12.12.1939: Attacked by German aircraft but no damage or casualties.
By 1.1940: Sold to William Carnie Jnr, Glasgow. Placed in ownership of Flockhart & Sons, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.863) (Hire rate £122.19.4d/month).
1.1941: Based at Falmouth with M/S Group 57 (Ty Sk. G. W. Mileham RNR).
6.1941: Remains at Falmouth.
194?: Sold to J. Flockhart, Newhaven, Edinburgh & others.
1945: Sold to J. B. Anderson, Edinburgh, Alexander Flockhart, William Flockhart, Newhaven & George Inglis Ward, Edinburgh) (George Inglis Ward, manager).
29.12.1945: Returned to owner.
1949: Sold to George Inglis Ward, Edinburgh & others (George Inglis Ward managing owner) (trading as Ocean Fishing Co Ltd, Newhaven, Edinburgh).
1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to James A. White & Co Ltd, St. David’s for breaking up.
15.4.1960: Arrived St. David’s from Granton. Leith registry closed.
Technical
Official Number: 139796
Yard Number: 149
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 227
Net Tonnage: 98
Length: 117.1 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith
Built: Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith
History
28.11.1916: Launched by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith (Yd.No.149) for Peterhead Trawling Co Ltd, Peterhead (James G. Adam, Aberdeen, manager) as GREG NESS.
1.1917: Completed.
1917: Sold to James G. Adam, Aberdeen (managing owner).
9.4.1917: Registered at Aberdeen (A730).
4.1917: Requisitioned for war service as minesweeper (1-6pdr, 1-7.5” Howitzer) (Ad.No.3035). Based Holyhead.
1919: Returned to owner.
1919: Registered at Aberdeen as ERIC BELMAN (A730).
1922: Re-measured 240g 53n.
1922: Sold to G. Denis, Dieppe.
9.2.1922: Aberdeen registry closed.
2.1922: Registered at Dieppe as CAPITAINE BOURDIN (DI?).
1927: Re-measured 227g 98n.
6.1927: Sold to William Walker, North Shields (managing owner).
2.7.1927: Registered at North Shields as AGNES S. WALKER (SN82).
1927: Sold to G.eorge Flockhart, Leith (Alexander Flockhart, manager).
13.6.1928: When some 240 miles NE by E from May Island, George Rae (24), Leith, fireman, washed overboard when dumping ash and drowned.
1935: Sold to Alexander Flockhart, Newhaven, Edinburgh & others.
13.2.1935: NorthShields registry closed.
5.3.1935: Registered at Leith as OCEAN TIDE (LH80).
By 1939: Carnie & Gibb, Newhaven, Edinburgh appointed managers.
By 11.1939: Fleet sold en bloc to B. A. Parkes, Blackpool.
By 11.1940: Sold to Carnie & Gibb, Newhaven, Edinburgh (William Carnie Jnr, Glasgow, manager).
15.1.1942: Fishing from Ayr. Stranded on Tiree in position 49.76N 7.55W. All crew saved.
29.1.1942: Leith registry closed. “Total loss”.
Technical
Official Number: 148963
Yard Number: 625
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 231
Net Tonnage: 99
Length: 124.5 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by R. W. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
History
22.8.1929: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.625) for Richard W. Lewis, Aberdeen as RICHARD W. LEWIS.
9.1929: Completed.
25.9.1929: Registered at Aberdeen (A57).
1933: Sold to North Eastern Fisheries Ltd, Aberdeen (Sir Andrew Lewis, manager).
1935: Sold to Alexander Flockhart, Newhaven, Edinburgh & others (Alexander Flockhart managing owner).
11.1.1935: Aberdeen registry closed.
14.1.1935: Registered at Leith as OCEAN EDDY (LH62).
Pre 1939: Carnie & Gibb Ltd, Newhaven, Edinburgh appointed managers.
27.3.1939: Experienced machinery problems. OCEAN DRIFT (LH63) connected and delivered Lerwick after 30 mile tow.
By 11.1939: Fleet sold en bloc to B. A. Parkes, Blackpool.
By 1.1940: Sold to William Carnie Jnr, Glasgow. Placed in ownership of Flockhart & Sons, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
6.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z.143)(Hire rate £108.15.3d/month).
30.9.1945: Laid up.
1945: Sold to Huxley Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (H. Markham Cook, manager).
2.1946: Re-classed at Leith.
25.2.1946: Returned to owner.
11.1946: Leith registry closed.
11.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY391).
5.1948: Sold to George Walker, Aberdeen.
5.1948: Grimsby registry closed.
5.1948: Registered at Aberdeen (A609).
By 1951: Sold to Andrew W. King, Aberdeen & others (Andrew W. King managing owner).
1958: Sold to George Inglis Ward, Edinburgh & others (trading as Ocean Fishing Co Ltd, Newhaven) (George Inglis Ward managing owner).
1958: Aberdeen registry closed.
1958: Registered at Leith (LH85).
1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to James A. White & Co Ltd, St. David’s for breaking up.
15.4.1960: Arrived St. David’s from Granton. Aberdeen registry closed.
In Marr (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from the port.
Technical
Official Number: 163956
Completed: 1934
Yard Number: 1129
Gross Tonnage: 413
Net Tonnage: 160
Length: 152.8 ft
Breadth: 25.6 ft
Engine: 106HP T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
History
25.9.1934: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1129) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as WESTELLA.
14.11.1934: Registered at Hull (H124).
22.11.1934: Completed.
26.7.1939: Sailed Hull for Bear Island (Sk. H. Parrott).
12.8.1939: At Hull landed 1,194 kits grossed £1,207.
31.8.1939: Sold to The Admiralty and converted to an anti submarine trawler (P.No.FY.161).
15.11.1939: Hull registry closed.
1940: Based Dover with 10th A/S Group (Ch. Sk. A. Gove RNR).
26.5.1940: Took part in Dunkirk evacuation (Operation Dynamo).
2.6.1940: Mined after going to the aid of trawler BLACKBURN ROVERS (GY102)(P.No.FY.116) which had been mined after inadvertantly entering minefield. All survivors picked up by trawler SAON (H487)(P.No.FY159).
3.6.1940: Thomas M. Godfrey, Seaman died of wounds.
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