Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Cordella H572

In Marr (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from the port.

Technical

Official Number: 181338
Yard Number: 202
Completed: 1948
Gross Tonnage: 604
Net Tonnage: 222
Length: 170.4 ft
Breadth: 29.2 ft
Depth: 14.3 ft
Built: John Lewis & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by John Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (No.275)
Boiler: Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee
Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F

History

1948: Launched by John Lewis & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.202) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as CORDELLA.
7.1948: Trials.
10.7.1948: Completed and delivered at a cost of £84,304 (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager).
7.1948: Registered at Hull (H572).
5.7.1965: Sailed Hull for Iceland on last trip (Sk.K. Hinchcliffe).
27.7.1965: At Hull landed 1,159 kits grossed £4,861.
3.8.1965: Sold to Jas de Smedt, Antwerp (£8050) for breaking up.
8.1965: Hull registry closed.

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S.T. Cordella H572
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S.T. Cordella H572
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Changelog
17/10/2010: Page published. 6 updates since then.
17/03/2016: Picture added.
07/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.D/T. Jenny Irvin SN21

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4167
Official Number: 139889
Yard Number: 101
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.0 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 8.8 ft
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Boiler: A. Dodman & Co Ltd, King’s Lynn

History

1919: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.101) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as GULF STREAM (Ad.No.4167).
10.9.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
24.8.1919: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London.
3.10.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (Part IV) (LT601), engaged in commercial fishing.
8.1920: Sold to James Ballard R. L. Dawson, North Shields (Robert Bogle, manager).
25.8.1920: Registered at North Shields (SN42) (O.N.139889).
31.12.1920: Lowestoft registry closed.
22.1.1921: Sold to R. L. Dawson, North Shields (managing owner).
1921: Sold to John H. Sheldon, Plymouth (George Williams & John Pease, Plymouth, managers) for non fishing purposes.
20.9.1924: North Shields registry closed “Vessel no longer fishing”.
1924: Sold to Joseph D. Irvin & T. T. Irvin, North Shields (Joseph D. Irvin, managing owner).
19.12.1924: Registered at North Shields (SN21).
9.2.1925: Registered at North Shields as JENNY IRVIN (SN21).
1931: Sold to R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields (Sir John H. Irvin KCB, manager).
29.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.980) (Hire rate £32.16.0d/month). Fitted with LL sweep, based at Dundee.
1.12.1943: Transferred to Ministry of Aircraft Production (MoAP).
12.1943: Sold to Wellvale Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
17.4.1945: McCandless & Piggot Ltd, appointed manager for MoAP.
1946: Returned to owner.
1946: Sold to Government of Poland, Warsaw (Ministry of Industry & Commerce) (“Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow DalekomorskichSp.z.ogr.odp, Gdynia, managers) under the UNRRA scheme. North Shields registry closed. Registered at Gdynia as EUSTACHIUSZ (GDY112).
1947-1948: Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth, then laid up until sold.
1.6.1949: Sold to Arthur Walter Eastoe, Ronald Clifford Cook & Richard Henry Colby, Lowestoft and John Odde, East Molesey. Gdynia registry closed.
3.6.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as JENNY IRVIN (LT57).
1955: Sold to Belgium for breaking up.
3.3.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for Antwerp.
16.3.1955: Lowestoft registry closed.

Changelog

16/10/2010: Page published. 2 updates since then.
20/02/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Norman Wilson LT1158

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4126
Official Number: 140843
Yard Number: 567
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

8.3.1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.567) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as TIDAL WAVE (Ad.No.4126).
12.8.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
11.12.1919: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
1920: Sold to A. & J. Summers, Peterhead under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen) for £7000, reduced to £4875.
6.8.1920: Registered at Peterhead as SOPHIA S. SUMMERS (PD379) O.N.140843.
By 15.6.1921: Payments outstanding.
1921: Mortgage foreclosed. Repossessed by His Majesty, represented by the Commissioners representing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, London.
1921: Sold to Alexander B. Summers, Peterhead (managing owner).
1923: Sold to William C. Wilson, Whitley Bay & A. J. Gardner (later J. & P. Gardner), Cellardyke (John T. Graham, Anstruther, manager).
29.5.1923: Peterhead registry closed.
5.1923: Registered at Kirkcaldy as NORMAN WILSON (KY228).
1939: Sold to Mrs L. R. Gardner, Cellardyke.
9.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on the balloon barrage (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month). Based at Rosyth (Attendance drifter).
194?: Sold to William C. Wilson, North Shields.
1946: Sold to Supreme Fishcuring Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
9.1946: Returned to owner.
1946-1949: Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth.
1947: Sold to Neptune Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (P. Garnett, Epsom, manager).
1.1949: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven.
12.5.1955: Last landing at Milford.
1955: Fished herring season from Lowestoft.
1956: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
7.3.1956: Sailed Lowestoft for Bruges (Sk. Pye).
7.3.1956: Delivered.
1956: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Norman Wilson KY228
Picture courtesy of The John Stevenson Collection

Changelog

15/10/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
07/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
27/06/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Kindred Star (2) LT177 (Seasonal)

© Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 149212
Yard Number: 580
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 115
Net Tonnage: 49
Length: 92.1 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Burrell & Co, Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1930: Launched by John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.580) for Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as KINDRED STAR.
61930: Completed (Frederick E. Catchpole, Lowestoft, manager).
10.6.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT177).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
24.1.1939: Disabled in North Sea. Steam drifter ADVISABLE (LT168) connected and delivered Lowestoft.
1.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No. FY1524) (Hire rate £64.16.7d).
6.1941: Based Portland (Ty/Sk. T. W. Sheridan RNR).
27.2.1946: Returned to owner.
17.10.1950: At Lowestoft landed 210 crans of herring of which 40 crans were iced.
5.1954: Converted by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft, fitted with 300bhp 4 stroke 3-cyl diesel by W. H. Podd Ltd, Lowestoft.
5.1954: Re measured 120.49g 50.33 n.
29.5.1954: Completed successful trials after conversion to diesel propulsion.
29.9.1954: At Lowestoft first landing 7 crans.
22.12.1964: Sold to Leslie John Derrington, Lowestoft & Miriam Ursula Harman (joint owners).
Prior to 9.1965: Arrest warrant for unpaid harbour dues rescinded.
10.1965: Refitted.
19.4.1966: Sold to Leslie John Derrington, Lowestoft & David William Alan Chamberlain, Towcester (joint owners).
19.9.1966: Sailed Lowestoft for Bathurst , NSW, with huts on foredeck.
13.2.1968: Registered owners Kindred Marine Products Ltd, St. Helier, Jersey.
9.12.1974: Mail returned “owners not known”.
16.4.1985: Lowestoft registry closed on advice from Registrar of Shipping & Seamen, Llanishen, Cardiff.

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S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177
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S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177
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S.D/T Kindred Star LT177
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S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177
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HMT Kindred Star
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M.D/T. Kindred Star LT177
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M.D/T. Kindred Star LT177
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S.D/T. Kindred Star LT177
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Changelog
08/10/2010: Page published.
14/05/2014: Picture 3 added.
17/12/2014: Added another picture.
06/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
22/07/2023: Added an image.

S.D/T. Kathleen LT673 (Seasonal)

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4143
Official Number: 139994
Yard Number: 10
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.55
Depth 9.3 ft
Engine: T. 3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Coatbridge
Boiler: Gt. Central Co-op Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby

History

1919: Launched by J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad (Yd.No.10) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as BREAKER (Ad. No. 4143.)
16.9.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
1919: Sold to Edward William Bird, Lowestoft.
10.10.1919: Sold to Head & Wright Ltd, Lowestoft (William J. Head, manager).
31.10.1919: Registered at Lowestoft as KATHLEEN (LT673).
1930s: Seasonal fishing from Padstow and Fleetwood (William J. Head, managing agent).
17.4.1931: At Padstow badly damaged when jammed under berth fendering.
25.5.1935: Off Irish coast, broke mainmast when hauling.
24.4.1938: In fog in Morecambe Bay suffered damage in collision with ASCONA (LT108).
23.8.1938: On Small’s ground damaged gallows after coming fast.
11.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (Hire rate £32.16.0d/month) (P.No.FY1828).
6.1940: Based Swansea (Sk. J. W. Chenery RNR). Renamed CLARIBEL.
15.6.1940: Strafed with machine gun fire by two German aircraft but returned safely.
1943: Harold Frank Weeks, Fleetwood appointed manager.
10.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
1945: Returned and reverted to KATHLEEN (LT673).
18.2.1946: Sold to Anglo Continental Fish Traders Ltd, Grimsby (Harry Franklin, manager).
4.3.1946: Lowestoft registry closed.
9.3.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY219).
1946: Sold to Norwegian owners. Registered at Haugesund as JOTNAFJELL.
1993: Sold to German owners.
12.09.2022: After conversion to a gaff-rigged cutter, still sailing under the name NOBILE, providing youth sailing trips during summer months.

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S.D/T. Kathleen LT673
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

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Changelog
08/10/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
01/07/2016: Picture added.
05/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
12/09/2022: Updated history.
25/09/2022: Added an image.

The Bosun's Watch

Fleetwood Steam and Sailing Trawlers

Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Cordella H572

S.D/T. Jenny Irvin SN21

S.D/T. Norman Wilson LT1158

S.D/T. Kindred Star (2) LT177 (Seasonal)

S.D/T. Kathleen LT673 (Seasonal)