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S.D/T. Silver Seas LT235 (Seasonal)


Copyright 2010 Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 149249
Yard Number: 1103
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 117
Net Tonnage: 53
Length: 94.1 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliott & Garwood Ltd, Beccles.
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

20.12.1930: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1103) for Arthur George Catchpole, Kessingland as SILVER SEAS.
25.1.1931: Completed.
21.3.1931: Registered at Lowestoft (LT235).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
8.5.1937: Off Isle of Man, steam drifter ADVISABLE (LT168) stripped propeller. Connected and delivered Fleetwood.
24.5.1939: Arthur G. Catchpole died.
1939: Transferred to George Catchpole, Victor Charles Catchpole, Arthur George Catchpole, Frederick Ernest Catchpole, Lowestoft (in accordance with the Will).
13.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.946) (Hire rate £69.3.6d/month).
5.4.1940: Sold to Silver Fishing Co (Lowestoft) Ltd, Lowestoft (Benjamin Utting, manager) (company owned by the Catchpole family).
12.1943: Employed on port duties.
5.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
8.1944: Returned to owner.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
12.2.1960: Sold to Alick King, Lowestoft for conversion to diesel power.
1960: Converted and re-engined by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft with a 4 stroke 3-cyl oil engine 300bhp by A. K. Diesels Ltd, Lowestoft.
1960: Re measured 121g 44n.
18.2.1960: Sold to George Wood (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen (William Wood, manager).
11.3.1960: Registered at Aberdeen (A65).
16.3.1960: Lowestoft registry closed.
1971: Sold to P. & W. McLellan Ltd, Bo’ness for breaking up.
3.1971: Arrived Bo’ness in tow of NETHERLEY (A723) also for breaking up. Aberdeen registry closed.

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S.D/T Silver Seas LT235

S.D/T Silver Seas LT235
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S,D/T. Silver Seas LT235

S,D/T. Silver Seas LT235
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S,D/T. Silver Seas LT235

S,D/T. Silver Seas LT235
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S,D/T. Silver Seas LT235

M.D/T. Silver Seas LT235
Picture courtesy of the Robert Durrant Collection

Changelog
04/09/2010: Page published.
29/05/2014: Picture added.
22/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. Avondale H166

Wartime visitor
Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson and Hull Trawlers

Technical

Official Number: 143805
Yard Number: 1311
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 202
Net Tonnage: 79
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Wivenhoe
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl by A. G. Mumford Ltd, Colchester
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees

History

1918: Launched by Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Wivenhoe (Yd.No.1311) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM FALL (Ad.No.3749)
29.5.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 2-303 cal Lewis MG, Hydrophone & W/T). Built under Lloyd’s Survey. 8.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as William Fall O.N.143805.
20.12.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO193).
26.1.1920: London registry closed.
31.1.1920: Sold to The East Hull Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
31.1.1920: Benjamin Knowles designated manager.
12.2.1920: Registered at Hull (H166).
5.3.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The National Provincial and Union Bank of England Ltd, London (A).
25.3.1920: Registered at Hull as AVONDALE (H166) (BoT Minute 1825-20).
19.9.1923: On an Icelandic trip, Claude Lonsdale (18), Hull lost overboard and drowned.
15.2.1924: Mortgagee re-styled National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
9.9.1928: 2nd Eng Arthur Skow (47), Hull died in Klaksvig Hospital, Iceland having been taken ill while fishing the Icelandic grounds.
28.10.1932: George Henry Brown designated manager.
21.2.1933: On an Icelandic trip, Richard Pinder (18) lost overboard and drowned in the North Sea.
22.11.1934: Mortgage (A) discharged.
23.11.1934: Sold to John William Tomlinson (32/64) and John William Tomlinson Jnr (32/64), North Shields.
3.12.1934: John William Tomlinson Jnr designated managing owner.
6.9.1940-1945: Fishing out of Fleetwood, landing from Home Waters.
28.4.1943: Typical wartime landing – 133 kits – hake-22, flats-3, ling/coley-105, dogs-3.
1945: Transferred to fish out of North Shields.
1954: Sold to BISCO for breaking up.
1.12.1954: Hull registry closed “Ship broken up” advice from managing owner and shipbreaker.

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S.T. William Fall LO193

S.T. William Fall LO193
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S.T. Avondale H166

S.T. Avondale H166
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Changelog
01/09/2010: Page published.
27/02/2017: Image added.
01/04/2017: Added another image and removed FMHT watermark.
02/04/2017: Significant information update.
29/07/2019: Information updated.

S.T. Frascati GY315

Wartime visitor
Additional information courtesy of George Westwood and Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 137006
Yard Number: 630
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 219.53
Net Tonnage: 97.80
Length: 120.2 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 420ihp T.3-cyl (Builder’s Cert 410ihp) and boiler by Gt. Central Co-op Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby

History

25.8.1914: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.630) for The Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as FRASCATI.
24.9.1914: Builders’ Certificate issued.
1.10.1914: Harry Croft Baker appointed manager.
2.10.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY315).
2.10.1914: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank of England Ltd, London (A). 8.10.1914: Completed (Henry C. Baker, manager).
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.49). Based Taranto. 8.4.1918: Mortgagee re-styled National Provincial & Union Bank of England Ltd, London.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
15.2.1924: Mortgagee re-styled National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
23.10.1933: Mortgage (A) discharged.
23.10.1933: Sold to Harry Markham Cook (64/64), Grimsby.
18.11.1933: Sold to Aldred Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
18.11.1933: Harry Markham Cook appointed manager.
18.11.1933: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
8.3.1934: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Harry Markham Cook, Grimsby for the sum of £1,350 with interest at 5% (C).
13.8.1934: Mortgage (C) discharged.
24.9.1934: Mortgage (B) discharged.
30.9.1941: Sold to J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd (64/64), London.
21.10.1941: Harry Markham Cook, Fleetwood appointed manager. Fishing from Fleetwood.
1943: Working Icelandic grounds.
29.9.1944: Last landing at Fleetwood.
13.8.1945: Sold to British & American Salmon Curing Co Ltd (64/64), London.
29.8.1945: Alfred John Lewellyn, Woodford Green appointed manager.
30.11.1945: Insured value £17,000; for 1946 proposed same.
4.1947: On a trip to Norwegian coast (Sk.George Greening). Suffered boiler problems and ended up disabled in very poor weather some 180 miles NE of Aberdeen and shipping water despite anchoring. Steam trawler CLOUGHSTONE (H374) (Sk. George Reeve) responded and after being in collision and suffered some damage to both vessels, connected and in a SW full gale and heavy seas commencing tow to Aberdeen. Lost tow at one stage but was able to reconnect. Nearing Aberdeen the weather improved, and tow transferred to local tugs.
8.4.1947: Delivered Aberdeen.
29.10.1947: Sold to Elkington Estates Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
29.10.1947: Charles Dobson appointed manager.
4.1952: Sold to Thomas Young & Sons (Shipbreakers) Ltd, Sunderland for breaking up.
19.4.1952: Delivered to South Docks, Sunderland.
21.5.1952: Grimsby registry closed “Ship being broken up”.

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S.T. Frascati GY315

S.T. Frascati GY315
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S.T. Frascati GY315

S.T. Frascati GY315
Picture courtesy of The George Westwood Collection

Frascati Builers Certificate

Frascati Builders Certificate
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Frascati Scrap Letter

Frascati Scrap Letter
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Changelog
03/08/2010: Page published. 6 updates since then.
15/11/2015: Information updated.
21/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
13/10/2020: Updated history.
20/08/2021: Added an image.

S.D/T. Mary Evelyn YH704

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham
Additional information courtesy of Wayne Osborne

Technical

Official Number: 132358
Yard Number: 400
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 90
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 84.4 ft
Breadth: 19.4 ft
Depth: 9.6 ft
Built: John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliot & Garrood Ltd, Beccles

Note: Wooden built vessel

History

3.1912: Completed by John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad (Yd.No.400) for James Pitchers Jnr, Gt. Yarmouth as MARY EVELYN.
15.3.1912: Registered at Yarmouth (YH704).
14.5.1915: Sold to Alex Keay, Fleetwood (managing owner).
25.2.1920: Sold to William Bruce, St. Combs.
19.3.1920: Sold to William James Ballard, Ramsgate (managing owner) & others.
7.6.1920: Yarmouth registry closed.
9.6.1920: Registered at Ramsgate (R333).
7.7.1920: At Ramsgate landed a sturgeon of 72lbs which sold for £2.17.0d.
1932: Sold to Peter Kinlan, Margate (Chapman & Lanfear, Ramsgate, managers). 6.7.1932: Sailed Ramsgate for Milford via Bristol Channel grounds (Sk. Daniel Mynheer).
9.7.1932: Trawling in Bristol Channel between Lundy and Caldy Islands in thick fog. At about 5.30 pm. run down by Glasgow steamer SKERRIES (1258grt/1921), Bristol for Waterford, 10 miles W of Helwick Lightship; struck forward, pushed over and foundered quickly. Five crew *, including the Skipper, picked up by SKERRIES but despite search by boats from SKERRIES and Liverpool steamer MAKALLA (5781grt/1918), four men missing **. At about 8.00 pm. search abandoned.
10.7.1932: Survivors landed at Waterford.
23.1.1940: Ramsgate registry closed (mortgage repaid?).

Note: Mary Evelyn had been fishing her way round from Ramsgate to Milford where she would have been engaged, with other Ramsgate boats, seasonal trawling from the port.

Survivors * (all Ramsgate unless otherwise stated) – Sk. Daniel Mynheer; Thomas Knight, Mate; C. Rice, Lowestoft, Ch Eng; Bert Osborne, Bosun; Samuel Pullman, Trimmer.

Missing ** (all Ramsgate) – William Ivor Marshall (22) single, 2nd Eng; Robert William James Osborne (28) single, Frederick S. Holness (48) married , deckhands; Richard Frank Kennett (51) married, cook.

To make them a readable size, the newspaper clippings (Courtesy of Wayne Osborne) have been converted to PDF
Newspaper Report 1
Newspaper Report 2
Newspaper Report 3

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S. D/T. Mary Evelyn R333

S. D/T. Mary Evelyn R333
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Changelog

24/08/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
20/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
11/06/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Graaf van Vlaaderen O92

Wartime Visitor

© Mike Thompson for FMHT with additional material by Maurice Voss

Technical

Official Number: 149020
Yard Number: 977
Completed: 1925
As built: 338g 137n 138.8 x 23.8 x 13.3 feet
Gross Tonnage: 338
Net Tonnage: 137
Length: 138.8 ft
Breadth: 23.8 ft
Depth: 13.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

6.8.1925: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.977) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD MOUNTBATTEN.
29.9.1925: Registered at Hull (H225) (O.N.149020).
6.10.1925: Completed John McCann & Edward Cartwright, managers).
7. 1938: Sold to Pêcheries à Vapeur, Soc. Anon, Ostend (John Bauwens, manager).
1938: Re measured 46,50 x 7,50 metres – 324.40Bgrt 113n.
16.7.1938: Hull registry closed.
21.7.1938: Arrived at Ostend in company with LORD WEIR (H280) (PRINCE DE LIÈGE (O83)).
27.7.1938: Registered at Ostend as GRAAF VAN VLAARDEREN (O92).
6.1940: At Dartmouth requisitioned by Belgian Marine Corporation for evacuation at Dunkirk (Did not participate).
18.6.1940: Took part in evacuation of Cherbourg (Sk. Charles Vermeersch). Sailed for Plymouth.
6.1940: Transferred to Belgian Economic Mission, London. Fishing from Fleetwood.
16.9.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z.239). South Atlantic Command Based Durban.
2.2.1946: Returned to owner.
10.1946: At Antwerp rebuilt with new bow section 148.2 feet – 375.36Bgrt 137n.
16.10.1946: Returned to service after rebuild.
8.11.1950: Sailed for Hemiksem for conversion to a motor trawler.
1951: Re engined by St. Pieterswerf, Hemiksem with 4 stroke 6-cyl Carels oil engine 755bhp by Société d’Electricité et de Mécaniques (Engine No.9657.62). Re measured 391.89 Bgrt 159.82n
27.10.1951: Returned to service.
13.4.1965: Ostend registry closed.
3.1965: Sold to Brugse Scheepssloperij, Bruges for breaking up.
23.9.1966: Delivered Bruges.

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S.T. Lord Mountbatten H225

S.T. Lord Mountbatten H225
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S.T. Graaf van Vlaaderen O92

S.T. Graaf van Vlaaderen O92
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GRAAF van VLAARDEREN O92

GRAAF van VLAARDEREN O92
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Changelog
23/08/2010: Page published. 2 revisions since then.
25/08/2014: Added 3 pictures.
17/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
16/12/2020: Updated history.