Technical
Official Number: 110893
Yard Number: 205
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 153
Net Tonnage: 46
Length: 111.4 ft
Breadth: 20.8 ft
Depth: 11.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by J. Cran & Co, Leith
Boiler: J. T. Eltringham & Co Ltd, South Shields
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co, Aberdeen
History
8.1899: Completed by J. Duthie, Sons & Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.205) for The Great Grimsby Albion Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Richard Atkinson, manager) as ARABIAN.
3.8.1899: Registered at Grimsby (GY251).
12.1914: Sold to Thomas Lauder, Aberdeen.
12.1914: Grimsby registry closed.
9.12.1914: Registered at Aberdeen (A209).
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out for minesweeping and later for boom defence duties (Ad.No.NI).
1919: Returned.
1918: Sold to Noah Ashworth, Rowland Morris & Ernest Taylor, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
16.7.1919: Aberdeen registry closed.
18.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD325).
12.1919: Sold to Union des Pêcheries Maritimes S.A., Ostend, (R. Peltier, manager).
24.12.1919: Fleetwood registry closed.
1.1920: Renamed MARIE. Registered Ostend.
3.1929: Sold to Peter L. Hancock, Haken.
26.4.1920: Renamed AVENTURE (M9).
10.5.1929: Sold to Cecil M. Lloyd, Milford Haven & Alan L. Hancock, Hakin.
4.11.1930: Sailed Milford for fishing grounds off Irish Coast (Sk. J. W. Cheney).
7.11.1930: Sustained damage to main engine while off Queenstown, Co. Cork. Requested assistance and DUNCAN McRAE (M68) connected and commenced tow to Milford.
8.11.1930: Delivered Milford.
4.3.1933: Sold to Reginald L. Hancock, Hakin.
1936: Demoition commenced at Hancock’s, Pembroke Dock.
19.6.1936: Milford registry closed.
Technical
Official Number: 141946
Yard Number: 279
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 270
Net Tonnage: 105
Length: 128.8 ft
Breadth: 23.0 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee
History
1917: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.279) for the The Brooklyn Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Thomas Cardwell, manager) as AUREA.
25.9.1917: Registered at Fleetwood (FD300).
9.1917: Completed. Requisitioned from the builders for war service and fitted out for anti submarine duties (1-12pdr, 1-3.5” A/S Howitzer and Hydro) (Ad.No.3066).
1920: Returned to owner.
1934: Sold to T. L. Devlin & Sons, Granton (T. L. Devlin, manager).
20.4.1934: Fleetwood registry closed.
4.1934: Registered at Granton as COMPAGNUS (GN2).
29.12.1934: Mate, Gilbert Menzies, badly injured when blocking up.
13.12.1935: About 140 miles off Aberdeen connected to trawler NAPIER (A244), disabled with engine problems and towed her to Aberdeen.
17.12.1939: Foundered in the North Sea, 150 miles E by N of May Island, Firth of Forth after being bombed and damaged by German air attack; one deckhand, James Swanney killed by machine gun fire. Survivors taken onboard COLLEAGUE (GN53).
Technical
Official Number: 106669
Yard Number: 117
Completed: 1896
Gross Tonnage: 132
Net Tonnage: 54
Length: 99.2 ft
Breadth: 20.0 ft
Depth: 10.3 ft
Engine: 47HP T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan
History
19.9.1896: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd. No.117) for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Grimsby as CRATER.
10.1896: Completed.
27.10.1896: Registered at Grimsby (GY111).
1917: Fishing from Fleetwood.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
7.1919: Sold to Noah Ashworth, Fleetwood & Ernest Taylor, Thornton (New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, managers).
18.7.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
20.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD330).
1923: Sold to Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields.
28.11.1923: Fleetwood registry closed.
29.11.1923: Registered at North Shields (SN135).
2.2.1926: Returning to Shields (Sk. A. Annan), struck submerged object 6.5 miles east of Souter Lighthouse and foundered; crew saved.
2.6.1926: North Shields registry closed.
NOTE : she was returning to Tyneside after a fishing trip when she struck an unidentified submerged object, believed to be wreckage, and sank some 6.5 miles to the east of Souter lighthouse.
The wreck, which has yet to be positively identified, lies on hard sand and shale in a spoil ground area at a depth of 54m, the lowest astronomical depth. The wreck is intact except for damage to the quarter deck and forecastle structures which have collapsed.
Technical
Official Number: 132419
Yard Number: 398
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 318
Net Tonnage: 131
Length: 130.7 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 13.3 ft
Engine: 69HP T.3-cyl by J. Abernethy & Co, Aberdeen
Built: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen
History
17.12.1913: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.398) for The New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood (Ernest Tomlinson, manager) as BEGA.
1.1914: Completed.
6.2.1914: Registered at Fleetwood (FD233).
14.11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.923).
1917: Joseph A. Taylor designated manager.
18.6.1917: Torpedoed by U-boat (U58) 40 miles north of Muckle Flugga (61.36N 00.35W). Nine crew lost*.
29.1.1919: Fleetwood registry closed.
(*Lost – Thomas Wright, 2nd Hand; Laurence Thomson & Finlay Macleod, Seamen; Alfred Williamson & Harry Wittup, Deckhands; Patrick Cosello & George R. Harvey, Trimmers).
Technical
Official Number: 138286
Yard Number: 647
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 326
Net Tonnage: 134
Length: 138.7 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby
History
11.10.1916: Launched by Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.647) (Prototype “Mersey” class vessel) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD MERSEY.
15.2.1916: Registered at Hull (H427).
2.1916: Completed.
4.1916: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1991).
27.11.1917: At Aberdeen fitted with hydrophones.
1919: Returned to owner.
27.4.1928: Sold to Malcolm S. McFarlane, London & John A. Spilman, Hull.
13.7.1928: Sold to Alan Spilman Ltd, London (A. Spilman, manager).
29.8.1928: Registered at Hull as CASTLETHORPE (H427).
19.5.1933: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £4100.
14.6.1933: Hull registry closed.
16.6.1933: Registered at Fleetwood (FD188).
14.12.1933: Registered at hull as ARLITA (FD188).
20.8.1934: Transferred to Hull (City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull, managers).
11.6.1935: Transferred to Fleetwood.
9.1939: On a trip to St. Kilda grounds (Sk. Ernest Christie); twelve crew.
18. 9.1939: Trawling 22 miles WNW of St. Kilda. At 18.48 hrs stopped by U-boat (U.35) in position 58.09N 09.17W. Advised to follow the submarine in the direction of smoke from two other trawlers. Seized along with LORD MINTO (FD51) and NANCY HAGUE (FD133). As boats not considered safe for crew, transferred to NANCY HAGUE. Sunk by gunfire in position 57.51N 09.28W. Also sunk by gunfire, LORD MINTO (FD51). NANCY HAGUE (FD133) returned to Fleetwood.
27.9.1939: Fleetwood registry closed.
(Crew (all Fleetwood unless stated) – Sk. Ernest Christie; James Mayson, Mate; W. Sloane, Thornton, Bosun; Peter Croft, Ch. Eng; A. Nyquist, 2nd Eng; Thomas Christy; J. Astles; H. Ramshaw, Thornton; W. Lee, deckhands; C. Bird, Hoylake, half deckhand; F. Woolfenden & H. Dearden, firemen; L. Cashmere, cook.)
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