Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Loch Rannoch A475

In Boston ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood

Technical

Official Number: 115551
Yard Number: 354
Completed: 1901
Gross Tonnage: 178
Net Tonnage: 45
Length: 106.2 ft
Breadth: 21.2 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

26.10.1901: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.354) for The Bon Accord Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as LOCH RANNOCH.
7.11.1901: Registered at Aberdeen (A475).
11.1901: Completed (H. A. Holmes, manager).
4.1912: Sold to Joseph Main, William Brebner, George Walker & Alex Walker, Aberdeen (joint owners) (Joseph Main managing owner).
1913: Sold to Joseph Main, William Brebner, George Walker & Thomas Davidson, Aberdeen (joint owners) (Thomas Davidson managing owner.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 68.32net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
9.1916: Requisitioned for war service on boom defence duties. Based Lerwick.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
1933: Sold to William Brebner Jnr, Aberdeen (managing owner).
26.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (Hire rate £44.10.0d/month). Based Port Edgar with M/S Group 62 (Sk. C.C. Findlay RNR/ Ty/Sk. H.E. Ward RNR).
5.1942: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.779).
25.11.1942: Sold to Alexander Arthur Davidson, Aberdeen.
24.1.1944: Returned to owner.
15.9.1945: Sold to A. J. Tilbrook Ltd, Milford Haven.
11.12.1950: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
30.5.1952: Arrived Grays, Essex.
26.11.1952: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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S.T. Loch Rannoch A475

S.T. Loch Rannoch A475
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S.T. Loch Rannoch A475

S.T. Loch Rannoch A475
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Changelog

19/07/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
05/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
13/04/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Colwyn Bay H387

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

Technical

Official Number: 181294
Yard Number: 684
Completed: 1941
Displacement: 750
Gross Tonnage: 517
Net Tonnage: 190
Length: 166.3 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 14.1 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 1050ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

18.1.1941: Ordered.
2.5.1941: Laid down.
6.9.1941: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.684) (“Hills” class ) for The Admiralty as HMS DUNCTON.
11.2.1942: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr HA/LA, 4-MG, 1-20mm, DC) ) (P.No.T220).
1942: Home Fleet.
1942: To Freetown, 2nd A/S Group.
1945: Armament increased (2-20mm).
1946: Laid up at Rosyth on Disposal List (SORF, Rosyth).
10.4.1946: Sold to Marine Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Fitted out and classified as a fishing trawler.
1.1947: Registered at Hull as COLWYN BAY O.N.181294 (H387).
5.1951: Company in liquidation.
18.5.1951: Sold to Basil Arthur Parkes, North Ferriby.
5.1951: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. (Basil Arthur Parkes, North Ferriby appointed manager. Fishing from Hull.
3.1953: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
1953: Made one trip to Greenland fishery.
15.4.1955: Transferred to Grimsby.
1955: Company re-styled Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood.
10.4.1956: Transferred to Hull crewed and operated by Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Basil Arthur Parkes appointed manager.
11.4.1956: Sailed Hull for Iceland (Sk. A. Webster).
27.4.1956: At Hull landed 1,473 kits grossed £4,382.
25.9.1963: Sailed Hull for Iceland (Sk. E. Calvert).
16.10.1963: At Hull landed 840 kits grossed £4,237. Laid up.
1964: Sold to Arie Rijsdijk, Boss en Zonen, Hendrik Ido Ambacht for breaking up.
29.2.1964: Delivered to Hendrik Ido Ambacht.

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S.T. Colwyn Bay H387

S.T. Colwyn Bay H387
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S.T. Colwyn Bay H387

S.T. Colwyn Bay H387
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S.T. Colwyn Bay H387

S.T. Colwyn Bay H387
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S.T. Colwyn Bay H387

S.T. Colwyn Bay H387
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Changelog

19/07/2010: Page published. 5 revisions since then.
30/08/2014: Picture added.
03/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
27/12/2019: Information updated.

S.T. Sasebo CF27

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 148307
Yard Number: 854
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 308
Net Tonnage: 116
Length: 129.4 ft
Breadth: 24.0 ft
Depth: 13.2 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

12.11.1928: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.854) for Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff as SASEBO.
12.1928: Completed. Morley H. Neale & Joshua S, Neale designated managers.
12.1928: Registered at Cardiff (CF27).
8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £137.6.4d/month).
28.11.1939: Returned to owner.
3.7.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.828).
7.2.1946: Returned to owner.
5.1956: Neale & West Ltd closed their Cardiff base citing high coal prices, unruly crews and Spanish over-fishing; vessels for sale.
5.1956: Five vessels bought en bloc by Fred Parkes, Blackpool – AKITA (CF4), CHAFFCOMBE (CF18), OKU (CF3), SASEBO (CF27) and St. BOTOLPH (CF8).
25.5.1956: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Fred Parkes, Blackpool designated manager.
9.6.1956: Arrived Fleetwood.
6.1956: Sold to B. J. Nijkerk S.A., Antwerp for breaking up.
3.7.1956: Sailed Fleetwood for Boom.
1956: Cardiff registry closed.

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S.T. Sasebo CF27

S.T. Sasebo CF27
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Changelog
18/07/2010: Page published. 2 updates since then.
05/03/2015: Picture added.
30/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
07/07/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Leys- GY1023

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 139936
Yard Number: 666
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 222.28
Net Tonnage: 96.58
Length: 117.1 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby
Engine: 425ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

3.5.1916: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.666) for Charles Absolom Osborne (21/64), Charles Osborne (21/64) both Grimsby, Charles Alford Osborne (11/64) and Bernard Campbell Fisher (11/64) both Cleethorpes as LEYS.
20.2.1917: Builder’s Certificate issued.
24.2.1917: Registered at Grimsby (GY1023).
24.2.1917: Charles Absolom Osborne designated managing owner.
27.2.1917: Completed.
5.1917: Requisitioned for war service as minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.3330). Based Stornoway.
26.11.1917: Samuel Osborne died.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
12.9.1919: Probate granted to James Shaw, Humberstone, William Maltby and Joseph France Jnr both Cleethorpes (21/64 joint owners).
15.6.1920: James Shaw, William Maltby and Joseph France Jnr shares (21/64) sold to Joseph Osborne (21/64), Bexhill on Sea.
1.1.1927: Sold to Queen Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
11.3.1943: Sold to Grimsby Motor Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
12.3.1943: Harry Wilfred Wilson appointed manager.
16.4.1943: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
9.4.1944: Landed at Fleetwood.
21.9.1944: Mortgage (A) discharged.
30.10.1944: Sold to Western Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
22.11.1944: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (B).
4.6.1947: Mortgage B) discharged.
23.6.1947: Sold to Forward Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
23.6.1947: John Bannister appointed manager.
11.1956: Sold to Van den Bossche & Co, Belgium.
3.12.1956: Arrived Boom for breaking up.
19.1.1957: Grimsby registry closed “… on sale of vessel to foreigners (Belgian Subjects)”.

Changelog
13/07/2010: Page published. 2 updates since then.
29/03/2016: Information updated.

S.T. Kingston Onyx GY119

In Parkholme (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood.

Technical

Official Number: 160057
Yard Number: 488
Completed: 1927
Gross Tonnage: 352
Net Tonnage: 146
Length: 140.3 ft
Breadth: 24.0 ft
Depth: 12.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

(In 1935 the Hull trawler Leonidas (162186) (H267) was lengthened by Smiths Dock Co. Ltd. The work involved creating an improved hull form with new bow and stern sections. The design was successful, not only providing increased fish room capacity, but also, as was expected, reducing coal consumption and giving a slightly higher free running speed. Other owners stemmed vessels at Middlesbrough for similar work to be undertaken)

26.10.1926: The board of Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd decided to build four more distant water trawlers to the same design as the four built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd (SARDIUS, TOURMALINE, KINGSTON DIAMOND and KINGSTON PEARL). Contracts were signed with the shipyard to build the ships at a cost of £9,125 each and with Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd to make the engines and boilers at £6,300 each unit. Total cost £15,425 per vessel. The names chosen for the new vessels were KINGSTON GARNET, KINGSTON EMERALD, KINGSTON TOPAZ and KINGSTON ONYX.

18.6.1927: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.488) for Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as KINGSTON ONYX.
5.8.1927: Registered at Hull (H365).
11.8.1927: Completed trials and accepted (John W. Lown, manager).
15.8.1927: Sailed on first Icelandic trip.
19.8.1927: Held up by Danish Fishery Cruiser FYALL when steaming from Westerman Islands to Cape Reykanes.
5.9.1927: Landed 818 kits grossed £921.
20.4.1937: Sailed Hull for Middlesbrough to be lengthened.
6.1937: Completed lengthening by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough to 151.5 feet (including fitting new bow and stern sections). Re measured 357g 151n. Total cost £4,290.
23.6.1937: Returned to Hull.
12.7.1937: Re-registered at Hull on lengthening and tonnage change.
11.1938: Boiler fitted with superheaters by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull.
25.7.1939: Insured value £15,700.
21.8.1939: Admiralty telegram to withdraw all vessels from White Sea, Bear Island and Norway Coast.
26.8.1939: Ordered to return from sea for requisitioning.
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (P.No.4.54) (Hire rate £174.10.8d/month). War Risks Insurance value £21,315.
1.6.1940: At Sheerness fitting out as an Armed Boarding Vessel (Lt. J.B. Wright RNR).
25.12.1940: Arrived Kirkwall (Lt. J.B. Wright RNR).
6.1940: Northern Patrol (Lt. R. Walgate RNR).
7.1941: Based Granton with A/S Group 13 (Sk. E. J. Day RNR).
27.7.1944: Arrived St. Andrew’s dock, Hull for decommissioning and return to owner.
2.9.1944: Returned to owner. Taken in hand for Special Survey.
2.11.1944: Completed successful trials.
4.12.1944: Sailed Hull for fishing grounds (Sk. Albert Cornish) after refitting for 100 days.
1945: Insured value £30,000.
9.10.1945: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Harvey Wilfred Wilson, Grimsby, manager) in an en bloc sale with CHALCEDONY (H392) for £52,500.
15.10.1945: Hull registry closed.
10.1945: Registered at Grimsby (GY119).
18.2.1946: On a Norway Coast trip, responded to call from KINGSTON PEARL (H542) (Sk. J.W. Hornby) badly damaged by heavy seas. Stood by until salvage tug PARAT (191grt/1913) arrived.
4.1946: Registered at Grimsby as MOORSOM (GY119) (Grimsby Industries (Trawler Managers) Ltd, managers).
5.11.1947: Sold to J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (John Charles Llewellin, manager). Fishing from Hull (Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull, managing agents).
10.1948: Grimsby registry closed.
1.11.1948: Registered at Hull (H590).
23.9.1948: Registered at Hull as WESTHOPE (H590).
30.7.1954: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (B. A. Parkes, manager).
1956: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston upon Tyne for breaking up.
24.4.1956: Arrived River Tyne.
15.11.1956: Hull registry closed “Broken up”.

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HMT Kingston Onyx

HMT Kingston Onyx
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S.T. Westhope H590

S.T. Westhope H590
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S.T. Westhope A590

S.T. Westhope A590
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Changelog
10/07/2010: Page published. 8 updates since then.
03/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
21/03/2021: Updated history.