Technical

Official Number: 160093
Yard Number: 490
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 359
Net Tonnage: 156
Length: 140.4 ft
Breadth: 24.0 ft
Draught: 13.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

10.12.1927: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.490) for Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull as St. ALEXANDRA.
9.1.1928: Registered at Hull (H373).
12.1.1928: Completed.
11.3.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£7000).
6.5.1939: Hull registry closed. Renamed HMS LARCH (P.No.T.96).
8.1939: Fitting out as a “Berberis” class minesweeping trawler at Sheerness Dockyard.
6.1940: Based Sheerness with M/S Group 2 (Sk.J. T. White RNR).
1.1941: Remains based Sheerness (Act Sk. A. H. V. Winfield RNR).
6.1941: Based Scapa Flow with M/S Group 18 (Act Sk. A. H. V. Winfield RNR).
1.1942: Remains based Scapa Flow (Act Sk. A. H. V. Winfield RNR).
5.1946: Sold to Westholme Fishing Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Reginald Llewellyn Hancock, Hakin, manager).
31.5.1946: Registered at Milford as WESTHILL (M138).
10.1947: Sold to J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven.
5.11.1947: Milford registry closed.
11.1947: Registered at Hull (H470). Fishing from Hull (Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull, managers).
15.9.1950: Bought by J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager) for £18714 from mortgagee, British Mutual Bank Ltd.
2.1951: Slipped for Special Survey (drilled) at Fleetwood.
1952: Used for WFA lay up scheme and fishing quota.
6.10.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thomas Young & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for breaking up.
10.10.1952: Delivered at Sunderland. Hull registry closed.

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S.T. Westhill H470
Picture © Grimsby Reference Library

Technical

Official Number: 115551
Yard Number: 354
Completed: 1901
Gross Tonnage: 178
Net Tonnage: 68
Length: 106.2 ft
Breadth: 21.2 ft
Draught: 11.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: 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.
4.1912: Sold to Joseph Main, Torry, Aberdeen (managing owner).
By1914: Sold to T. Davidson, Aberdeen & Others (T. Davidson, manager).
9.1916: Requisitioned for war service on boom defence duties.
1919: Returned to owner.
1933: Sold to William Brebner Jnr, Aberdeen & Others (T. Davidson, manager).
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).
1942: Sold to Alexander A. Davidson, Aberdeen.
24.1.1944: Returned to owner.
1945: Sold to A. J. Tilbrook Ltd, Milford Haven.
Pre1952: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, manager).
1953: Sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Loch Rannoch A475
Picture courtesy of John Stevenson

Technical

Official Number:181294
Yard Number: 684
Completed: 1942
Gross Tonnage: 517
Net Tonnage: 190
Length: 166.3 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Draught: 14.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

18.1.1941: Ordered by The Admiralty as a “Hills” class minesweeping trawler from Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley.
2.5.1941: Laid down (Yd.No.684).
6.9.1941: Launched as HMS DUNCTON.
11.2.1942: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr HA, 3×1-20mm HA ) (P.No.T220).
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 (H387).
18.5.1951: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, manager). Fishing from Hull.
3.1953: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F
15.4.1955: Transferred to Grimsby.
1955: Company re-styled Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood.
10.4.1956: Transferred to Hull (B. A. Parkes, Hull, manager).
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
Picture courtesy of Alan Hirst

Technical

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

History

26.10.1926: The board of Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd decided to build for more distant water trawlers to the same design as the four built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell (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 C. 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 grossing £921.
20.4.1937: Sailed Hull for Middlesbrough to be lengthened.
23.6.1937: Returned to Hull
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..
12.7.1937: Re-registered at Hull on lengthening and tonnage change.
11.1938: Boiler fitted with superheaters by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
21.8.1939: Admiralty telegram to withdraw all vessels from White Sea, Bear Island and Norway Coast.
26.8.1937: 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).
1.6.1940: At Sheerness fitting out as an Armed Boarding Vessel (Lt. J.B. Wright RNR).
25.12.1940: Arrived Kirkwall (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.
2.11.1944: Completed successful trials.
4.12.1944: Sailed Hull for fishing grounds (Sk. Albert Cornish) after refitting for 100 days.
9.10.1945: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Harold Wilfred Hall, 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 (Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull, managers). Fishing from Hull.
10.1948: Grimsby registry closed.
1.11.1948: Registered at Hull (H590).
23.9.1948: Registered at Hull as WESTHOPE (H590).
1956: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston upon Tyne for breaking up.
24.4.1956: Arrived River Tyne. Hull registry closed.

Full details of wartime service can be found on the RN Patrol Service site

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S.T. Westhope H590
Picture courtesy of Alan Hirst

Technical

Official number: 137026
Yard Number: 181
Completed: 1909
Gross Tonnage: 260
Net Tonnage: 105
Length: 125.3 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Draught: 11.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Gt. Central Co-op Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby
Built:

History

7.6.1909: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No181) for G. E. Forum, Esbjerg as KONG FREDERIK III.
27.7.1909: Completed. Registered at Fanö (F145).
4.1915: Sold to Frank Barrett, Grimsby.
4.1915: Fanö registry closed.
15.4.1915: Registered at Grimsby (GY482).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.2659). Renamed KING FREDERICK.
1919: Returned to owner and reverted to KING FREDERI III (GY482).
27.10.1919: Registered at Grimsby as KING FREDERIK III (GY482).
21.1.1920: Sold to Direct Fish Supplies Ltd, London (G. W. P. Margarson, manager).
23.3.1922: Company in voluntary liquidation.
10.8.1922: Placed in compulsory liquidation.
6.9.1922: Sold to Thomas W. Bascomb, Grimsby.
22.3.1928: Registered at Grimsby as MAGNOLIA (GY482).
22.10.1935: Fleet of Thomas W. Baskcomb sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
28.10.1935: Sold to Henry Franklin Ltd & J. Hendry, Grimsby.
31.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an aniti submarine trawler. Renamed GLACIER (P.No.4.257) (Hire rate £65.0.0d/month).
9.1941: Employed on balloon barrage.
1944: Sold to East Anglian Fish Selling Co Ltd & Harry Franklin Ltd, Grimsby.
28.6.1944: Returned to owner and reverted to MAGNOLIA(GY482).
19.8.1952: On a North Sea trip (Sk. Stanley Wing) in a heavy swell started to take in water when 45 NE of Spurn Light Vessel. 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*.
8.1952: Grimsby registry closed.

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

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S.T. Magnolia GY482
Picture courtesy of Steve Farrow

Technical

Official Number: 122718
Completed: 1905
Yard Number: 358
Gross Tonnage: 242
Net Tonnage: 121
Length: 126.2 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Draught: 11.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby

History

14.14.1905: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.358) for The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as BROMELIA.
13.2.1906: Registered at Grimsby (GY113).
1.1909: Converted for lining.
7.1909: Converted back for trawling.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr &Hydrophone) (Ad.No.3203).
11.1919: Returned to owner.
12.1919: Sold to Thomas W Baskcomb, Grimsby.
10.1935: Fleet of Thomas W Baskcomb sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
11.1935: Sold to United Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
22.6.1942: Foundered off West Coast of Iceland following an explosion (probably a mine) Witnessed by German U-boat. Thirteen crew lost.
19.10.1942: Grimsby registry closed.

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S.T. Bromelia GY113
Picture © Steve Farrow

Technical

Official Number: 99190
Yard Number: 50
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 146
Net Tonnage: 70
Length: 97.2 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Draught: 11.0 feet
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane, Hamilton, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley

History

22.8.1891: Launched by Cochrane, Hamilton, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Yd.No.50) for The North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as GARDENIA.
15.10.1891: Completed (George Doughty, manager).
15.10.1891: Registered at Grimsby (GY402).
12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.723).
11.1918: Returned to owner.
12.1919: Sold to Thomas W. Bascomb, Grimsby.
22.10.1935: Fleet of Thomas W. Bascomb sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
10.1935: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby (Sir John D. Marsden, Bart, manager). Transferred to Lowestoft.
27.11.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
29.11.1935: Registered at Lowestoft (LT117).
1939: Sold to C. Valkenburg, Antwerp for breaking up.
3.2.1939: Sailed Lowestoft for Antwerp.
9.2.1939: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Gardenia GY402
Picture courtesy of Steve Farrow (shipsnostalgia)

Admiralty Number: 3683
Yard Number: 363
Official Number:145134
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 276
Net Tonnage: 108
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Draught: 12.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Fawcett, Preston & Co Ltd, Liverpool
Built: Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley

History

1918: Launched by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley (Yd.No.363) (“Castle” Class) for The Admiralty as SAMUEL DRAKE.
26.11.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr & W/T).
18.1.1921: Registered by The Admiralty at London as a fishing vessel (LO495). Laid up at Brightlingsea.
18.1.1924: Inspected at Brightlingsea by Capt. William John Lown & Lawrence Spring (directors – Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd). Purchased at asking price £5500 (Others inspected and purchased at £5500 each – ARTHUR LESSIMORE, ANDREW SACK, JAMES PEAKE & JOHN DORMOND ).
8.2.1924: Arrived Hull from Brightlingsea for fit out.
9.2.1924: Registered to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Walter Scott, manager).
9.2.1924: London registry closed.
2.1934: Estimated cost including fitting out and classification £8900.
21.2.1924: Registered at Hull (H5).
28.2.1924: Sailed Hull on first trip.
5.3.1924: Registered at Hull as RHODOLITE (H5).
13.3.1924: Landed 541 kits grossing £765.
24.3.1925: William John Lown appointed manager.
18.2.1935: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager) for £3800.
4.11.1935: Registered at Hull as SOUTHCOATES (H5).
14.11.1939: Sold to The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (J. Marr & Son Ltd) (Leslie James Marr, manager).
2.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No.4.140) (Hire rate £82.16.0d/month).
1940: Based North Shields.
1942: Based Leith.
1.11.1945: Returned to owner.
21.1.1946: Sold to to John R. Hepworth & Co Ltd, Paull for breaking up.
31.5.1946: Hull registry closed.

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S.T. Southcoates H5
Picture courtesy of Alan Hirst

S.T. Rhodolite H5
Picture courtesy of The Mike Thompson Collection

Official Number: 129357
Completed: 1911
Yard Number: 465
Gross Tonnage: 212
Net Tonnage: 81
Length: 117.3 ft
Breadth: 22.3 ft
Draught: 12.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1911: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd. No.465) for Mrs A. Melville, Aberdeen (J. S. Melville, manager) as ANN FORD MELVILLE.
31.3.1911: Registered at Aberdeen (A365).
4.1911: Completed (J. S. Melville, manager).
4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.1347). Based Milford Haven.
1919: Returned to owner.
1921: Sold to Walker Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
22.2.1921: Registered at Aberdeen as STAR OF FREEDOM (A365).
1933: Sold to D. Wood & J. Flett, Aberdeen.
16.11.1933: Registered at Aberdeen as SHIELBURN (A365).
12.8.1940: Sold to D. Wood, Aberdeen.
1941: Sold to Henderson’s Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood, managers). Fishing from Fleetwood.
29.3.1944: Requisitioned for war service (after landing at Fleetwood that day) as a smoke making trawler assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings (P.No.4.439) (Hire rate £56.0.0d/month).
11.6.1944: Left Thames for Mulberry A with Group A2. Employed smoke making with replenishment at Portland.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended. Employed as a fuel carrier (Esso).
31.10.1944: Returned to owners.
23.1.1945: Landed at Fleetwood.
2.1945: Sold to Westenborg Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (H. Westenborg, manager).
9.2.1945: First landing at Milford.
2.1945: Aberdeen registry closed.
12.2.1945: Registered at Milford (M15). ).
25.9.1945: Sold to Lewis Wilcox & Co Ltd, Milford Haven.
28.3.1951: J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (John C. Llewellin, manager ). Pareja pair trawling with RIVER SPEY (M130).
1956: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Castle Pill, Milford Haven.
18.5.1956: Milford registry closed.

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S.T. Shielburn M51
Picture © The John Stevenson Collection

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S.T. Neves LT246
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.T. Neves LT246
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection