Category Archives: Steam Trawlers

S.T. Moravia GY1018

Technical

Official Number: 139931
Yard Number: 350
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 307
Net Tonnage: 121
Length: 130.2 ft
Breadth: 23.0 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

28.10.1916: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No350) for The Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as MORAVIA.
13.1.1917: Registered at Grimsby (GY1018).
2.1917: Completed (Walter W. Butt, manager).
6.1917: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1272).
1919: Returned to owner.
9.1.1932: On an Icelandic trip sustained heavy weather damage to wheelhouse, funnel, boat and mizzen swept away. Skipper and one hand washed overboard and lost. After thirty-six hours drifting found by Hull trawler CAPE GRISNEZ (H84), connected and towed approx 900 miles to Grimsby.
6.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (Hire rate £89.5.0d/month).
4.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1819).
14.1.1942: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
14.3.1943: Mined in the North Sea in approx position 52 15N 01 48E (Ty/Sk. Lieut. H. R. Pook RNR). One crewman MPK.
1943: Grimsby registry closed.

(MPK – Edward D. Alexander, Seaman)

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S.T. Moravia GY1018

S.T. Moravia GY1018
Picture courtesy of Jeffrey Pullen

Changelog
16/06/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
05/03/2015: Picture added.
17/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermark.

S.T. Wistaria GY302

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

Technical

Official Number: 96242
Yard Number: 41
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 143
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 96.5 ft
Breadth: 20.2 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Built: A. W. Robertson & Co, Canning Town, London
Engine: T.3-cyl by G. T. Grey, South Shields

History

1891: Launched by A. W. Robertson & Co, Canning Town, London (Yd.No.41) for The International Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Grimsby as LYNTON.
6.1891: Completed (Thomas Baskcomb, Cleethorpes, manager).
18.8.1891: Registered at Grimsby (GY302).
23.9.1891: Mortgaged to George Doughty for sum of £2,000 with interest at 6% (A).
17.10.1892: Mortgage (A) discharged.
7.1898: Sold to The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (George Doughty, manager).
1902: New engine fitted.
5.2.1903: Net tonnage altered to 45n.
5.2.1903: Registered at Grimsby as WISTARIA (GY302).
1911: New boiler fitted.
1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.735).
15.1.1915: Commissioned (Sk. R. Piggott ) as tender to VIVID and part of Unit 65.
12.1915: Renamed WISTARIA II.
1919: Returned to owner and reverted to WISTARIA (GY302).
12.1919: Sold to Thomas W. Baskcomb, Grimsby (managing owner).
22.10.1935: Fleet of Thomas W. Baskcomb sold to Fred Parkes, Fleetwood.
10.1935: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby (Sir John D. Marsden, Bart, manager).
30.10.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
4.11.1935: Registered at Lowestoft (LT97).
12.11.1935: Transferred to Lowestoft.
1.1939: Sold to C. Valkenburg, Antwerp.
7.2.1939: Sailed Lowestoft for Antwerp.
11.2.1939: Lowestoft registry closed.

Changelog
15/06/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
16/08/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Lynmouth – GY348

In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood

Technical

Official Number: 99165
Yard Number: 42
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 143.77
Net Tonnage: 60.52
Length: 96.5 ft
Breadth: 20.2 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Built: A. W. Robertson & Co, Canning Town, London
Engine: 320ihp C.2-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith, Hull

History

1891: Launched by A. W. Robertson & Co, Canning Town, London (Yd.No.42) for George Doughty (64/64), Grimsby as LYNMOUTH.
6.1891: Completed.
22.6.1891: George Doughty designated managing owner.
6.7.1891: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George Jeffs, Grimsby for the sum of £2,500 with interest at 6% (A).
18.8.1891: Sold to The International Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
18.8.1891: Registered at Grimsby (GY348).
18.8.1891: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
15.12.1892: Mortgage (A) discharged.
15.12.1892: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Marine Securities Corporation Ltd, London (B).
23.12.1895: Mortgage (B) discharged.
31.12.1895: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London (C).
8.1.1896: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The York City & County Banking Co Ltd, York (D).
5.7.1898: George Doughty appointed manager.
8.7.1898: Mortgage (C) & (D) discharged.
30.7.1898: Sold to The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. (George Doughty, manager).
30.6.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London (E).
3.1904: New engine T.3-cyl (260ihp) & boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull.
28.5.1904: Tonnage altered to 54.18 net following survey at Grimsby 8.5.1904.
28.5.1904: Registered at Grimsby as YULAN (GY348) (BoT Minute M5281 dated 15.2.1904).
13.12.1908: Mortgage (E) discharged.
31.12.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London (F).
11.3.1912: At Bodmin Petty Sessions, Sk. John William Eden of Milford fined £30 with costs for fishing within the 3 mile limit between Tintagel Head and Trevose Head, Cornwall.
26.1.1914: The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London in liquidation. Mortgage (F) discharged.
12.5.1914: Harry Morris appointed manager.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
12.1919: Released.
26.11.1919: The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Td in liquidation. Alfred John Downes appointed Official Liquidator.
2.12.1919: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
29.12.1919: Sold to Thomas W. Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby.
1.12.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (G).
22.10.1935: Sold under mortgage (G) to Fred Parkes (64/64), Fleetwood & Blackpool.
24.10.1935: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
29.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
30.10.1935: Sir John D. Marsden, Bart appointed manager.
30.10.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
4.11.1935: Registered at Lowestoft (LT96).
14.7.1945: George Hoer, Grimsby appointed manager.
24.11.1935: Transferred to fish out of Lowestoft.
14.7.1945: Sold to Wendover Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
7.1945: Lowestoft registry closed.
14.7.1945: Registered at Grimsby (GY64).
28.12.1945: Sold to Dorida Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Grimsby.
24.1.1946: Harold Grude, Grimsby appointed manager.
30.1.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (H).
1948: Sold under mortgage (H) to Seago & Co, Gt.Yarmouth for breaking up.
9.1.1950: Grimsby registry closed.

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S.T. Lynmouth GY348

S.T. Lynmouth GY348
Picture courtesy of The Bill Blow Collection

S.T. Yulan GY348

S.T. Yulan GY348
Picture from the Internet

Changelog

15/06/2010: Page published. 6 updates since then.
16/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
17/08/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Magnolia GY482 (2)

In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood.
Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 137026
Yard Number: 181
Completed: 1909
Gross Tonnage: 259.76
Net Tonnage: 103.37
Length: 125.3 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 495ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Gt. Central Co-op Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby

History

7.6.1909: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.181) for G. E. Forum (64/64) (Anglo Danish principals), Esbjerg as KONG FREDERIK III.
27.7.1909: Completed. Registered at Fanö (F145). George William Margarson, Grimsby appointed manager
24.11.1914: Arrived Fleetwood on evening tide, searched by Customs officials and detained to await instructions from The Admiralty.
4.1915: Sold to Frank Barrett (64/64), Grimsby (BoT Minute M4711/1915).
4.1915: Fanö registry closed.
14.4.1915: Frank Barrett designated managing owner.
15.4.1915: Registered at Grimsby (Part I & IV) as KONG FREDERIK III O.N.137026 (GY482).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.2659). At Devonport fitted with 1-12pdr). i.a.w. Area XIV Patrol Orders dated 30.3.1915: Allocated to Relieving Unit (to take the place of trawlers when refitting) based Isles of Scilly (Sk. J. W. Hewett RNR).
1915: Renamed KING FREDERICK.
1915: Alterations following BoT survey at Grimsby dated 4.12.1915 relate to engine.
10.1916: Allocated Unit No.61 – Section A & B 3rd Division based Penzance (Sk. J. Hewitt (sic) RNR).
13.2.1916-19.2.1916: Refit at Falmouth.
13.2.1918: Picked up from boat crew of HM Trawler SARDIUS II (Ad.No.3357) (GY1140) inwards to Falmouth Bay which struck Runnelstone Rock. Badly holed drifted into Pendower Cove and became a total wreck. Landed survivors at Penzance.
1.10.1918: At Penzance for General Patrol and Escort work (Chief Skipper RNR) (Recorded as KING FREDERICK III in Adm.131/70 p.125).
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
22.12.1919: Registered at Grimsby as KING FREDERICK III (GY482) (BoT Minute M.12433/19 dated 27.10.1919).
21.1.1920: Sold to Direct Fish Supplies Ltd (64/64), London.
21.1.1920: George William Payne Margarson, Grimsby designated manager.
27.1.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
23.3.1922: Company in voluntary liquidation.
10.8.1922: Placed in compulsory liquidation.
6.9.1922: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (A) to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby (managing owner).
6.9.1922: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
12.9.1922: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
22.3.1928: Registered at Grimsby as MAGNOLIA (GY482) (BoT Minute M/RG 1076/1928 dated 10.3.1928).
22.10.1935: Sold by order of the mortagee under mortgage (B) to Fred Parkes (64/64), Fleetwood & Blackpool.
28.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
28.10.1935: Sold to Harry Norman Franklin (64/64), Grimsby.
30.10.1935: Harry Norman Franklin designated managing owner.
7.11.1935: Harry N. Franklin sold shares (43/64) to Harry Franklin Ltd (43/64), Grimsby.
7.11.1935: Harry N. Franklin sold shares (21/64) to Sk. James Hendry (21/64), Grimsby.
7.11.1935: James Hendry shares (21/64) mortgaged to Harry Franklin Ltd, Grimsby (C).
9.11.1935: Harry Norman Franklin designated manager.
30.12.1935: Harry Franklin Ltd shares (43/64) mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (D).
31.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an A/S trawler. Renamed GLACIER (P.No.4.257) (Hire rate £65.0.0d/month).
9.1941: Employed on balloon barrage.
1.1.1944: Mortgage (C) discharged.
1.1.1944: Sk. James Hendry sold shares (21/64) to East Anglian Fish Selling Co Ltd (21/64), Grimsby.
11.1.1944: Harry Norman Franklin designated manager.
28.6.1944: Returned to owner and reverted to MAGNOLIA (GY482).
13.4.1946: Mortgage (D) discharged.
19.8.1952: On a North Sea trip (Sk. Stanley Wing) in a heavy swell 45 miles NE of Spurn Light Vessel started to take in water. Steam trawler ROSE OF ENGLAND (GY 236) (Sk. Alf Walker), which had just landed left Grimsby with remaining crew (five) and a pump. Found casualty down by stern, transferred pump and connected, but in turning for the Humber seas swept over the stern and pump washed overboard.
20.8.1952: After nineteen hours under tow, started to settle and quickly foundered. Crew jumped in sea to be picked up by Rose of England, but three men lost*.
24.9.1952: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel foundered on 26th August 1952”.

*Lost – Sk. Stanley Wing; Ch.Eng Albert Forster and deckhand Roland Willis

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S.T. Magnolia GY482

S.T. Magnolia GY482
Picture courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

Changelog
14/06/2010: Page published. 3 revisions since then.
13/12/2014: Information updated.
13/10/2017: Removed FMHT watermark.
25/05/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Jonquil GY391

In Parkes (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood
Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 99187
Yard Number: 44
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 143.08
Net Tonnage: 61.01
Length: 96.5 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Engine: C.2-cyl (285ihp) by A. & W. Robertson & Co, Victoria Docks, London.
Boiler: (105lbs) by Lindsay Burnet & Co, Govan
Built: A. W. Robertson & Co, Canning Town, London

History

1.1891: Launched by A. W. Robertson & Co, Canning Town, London (Yd.No.44) for The International Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as LYNBROOK.
8.1891: Completed.
23.9.1891: Thomas Baskcomb, Cleethorpes designated manager.
23.9.1891: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George Doughty, Grimsby for the sum of £2,000 with interest at 6% (A).
28.9.1891: Registered at Grimsby (GY391).
15.10.1892: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Marine Securities Corporation Ltd, London (B).
17.10.1892: Mortgage (A) discharged.
23.12.1895: Mortgage (B) discharged.
31.12.1895: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, Lincoln (C).
8.1.1896: Mortgaged to The York City & County Banking Company Ltd, York (D).
5.6.1898: George Doughty, appointed manager.
30.6.1898: Sold to The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
30.6.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London for sum on account at 4% interest (E).
5.7.1898: Mortgages (C) & (D) discharged.
1902: Re-engined with T.3-cyl (300ihp) by G. T. Grey, South Shields.
1902: Re-boilered with boiler (185lbs) made 1900 by Schofield, Hagerup & Doughty Ltd, Grimsby.
27.11.1902: Tonnage altered to 49.24 net following alterations and survey dated 26.11.1902.
27.11.1902: Registered at Grimsby as JONQUIL (GY391) (R.S.S. Minute 21909).
15.11.1907: Mortgagee re-styled Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London.
31.12.1908: Mortgage (E) discharged.
31.12.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London (F).
26.1.1914: Mortgage (F) discharged – The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London in liquidation.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 54.17 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
12.5.1914: Henry Morris designated manager.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
12.1919: Released.
26.11.1919: The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby in liquidation. Arthur John Downs, Grimsby appointed Official Liquidator.
29.11.1919: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb, Grimsby.
1.12.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (G).
2.12.1919: Thomas William Baskcomb designated manager.
22.10.1935: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (G) to Fred Parkes, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
24.10.1935: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. Sir John D. Marsden, Bart designated manager.
30.10.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
4.11.1935: Registered at Lowestoft (LT94).
17.11.1935: Vessel transferred to Lowestoft.
1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Grays, Essex.
11.5.1953: Sailed Lowestoft for London River.
11.9.1953: Lowestoft registry closed “Vessel broken up.”

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S.T. Jonquil GY391

S.T. Jonquil GY391
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

S.T. Jonquil GY391

S.T. Jonquil GY391
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
14/06/2010: Page published.
06/07/2014: Picture added.
16/10/2017: Removed FMHT watermark and updated information.
03/03/2021: Updated history and technical details.