The Bosun's Watch

In Marr (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from the port.
First oil burning steamer for Marr

Technical

Official Number: 181275
Yard Number: 768
Completed: 1946
Gross Tonnage: 536
Net Tonnage: 192
Length: 166.9 ft
Breadth: 27.7 ft
Depth: 14.4 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Fitted for burning oil fuel F.P. above 150° F

History

2.7.1946: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.768) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as SOUTHELLA.
2.9.1946: Completed at a cost of £66,851 (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager).
9.1946: Registered at Hull (H303).
18.11965: Sold to Van Heygen Freres S.A., Ghent (£6,400) for breaking up.
25.1.1965: Arrived Ghent.

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In Marr (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from the port.
Information © Mike Thompson for FMHT

Technical

Official Number: 183389
Yard Number: 802
Completed: 1949
Gross Tonnage: 684
Net Tonnage: 246
Length: 181.7 ft
Breadth: 30.6 ft
Depth: 15.1 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F

History

20.11.1948: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.802) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as FARNELLA.
9.3.1949: Completed (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager) and registered at Hull (H41). First Skipper, William Rendell Drever.
12.1.1952: Sold to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (William George O’Dell, manager) for £145,000. Final cost of fitting out and fees, £147,209.4.6d.
2.1952: Escorted steam trawler YORKSHIRE ROSE (H16) 869 miles from Iceland to Hull; payment received £700.
8.2.1952: Registered at Hull as KINGSTON ANDALUSITE (H41).
27.10.1954: Shares in Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd taken over in equal amounts by Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hellyer Bros Ltd & Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd for a payment of £226,000 each.
25.5.1959: Donald Holmes Swift appointed manager.
5.4.1961: Lawrence Hall Swaine appointed manager.
10.12.1961: Amalgamated with Associated Fisheries.
29.6.1966: Sold to Hellyer Brothers Ltd, Hull (Hellyer/Associated Fisheries) (Laurence Hall Swaine, manager).
25.1.1968: Sailed for Icelandic grounds (Sk. Len Whur).
5.2.1968: Stranded whilst entering Isafjordur, Iceland.
6.2.1968: Refloated, repaired for passage to Hull for permanent repair.
12.2.1968: At Hull landed 534 kits grossed £2,738.
26.11.1968: Last trip. Sailed for Icelandic grounds (Sk. T. Lawrence).
17.12.1968: At Hull, landed 1265 kits grossed £6,047. Laid up.
14.2.1969: Sold to Van den Bossche & Co, Belgium for breaking up.
19.2.1969: Hull registry closed.
4.1969: Breaking up commenced at Boom.

Voyage totals

1953-1966:
1953: 326 days 27,238 kits £67,172.
1954: 325 days 29,609 kits £85,356.
1955: 329 days 36,076 kits £103,075.
1956: 328 days 35,568 kits £102,755.
1957: 325 days 23,095 kits £78,946.
1958: 334 days 24,873 kits £88,777.
1959: 336 days 26,821 kits £83,609.
1960: 337 days 25,712 kits £106,133.
1961: 328 days 21,630 kits £96,264.
1962: 347 days 25,275 kits £89,451.
1963: 334 days 21,040 kits £81,309.
1964: 329 days 21,570 kits £102,394.
1965: 319 days 22,612 kits £106,699.
1966: 303 days 22,494 kits £102,674.

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

Technical

Official Number: 180482
Yard Number: 1311
Completed: 1945
Gross Tonnage: 579
Net Tonnage: 216
Length: 177.6 ft
Breadth: 30.2 ft
Depth: 15.1 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

6.12.1945: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1311) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as NORTHELLA.
26.3.1946: Registered at Hull (H244).
4.1946: Completed (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager) at a cost of £65,125
9.4.1946: Sailed Hull on first trip to Bear sland (Sk. William Drever).
1.5.1946: At Hull landed 3,319 kits grossed £10,702.
18.6.1946: At Hull landed a record catch 4,380 kits grossed £14,134 (Sk. William Drever, J. Leighton, Mate).
25.6.1948: Sold to East Riding Trawlers Ltd, Hull (Charleson-Smith Trawlers Ltd) (Charles Percy Hudson, managers) for £117,500.
30.8.1948: Registered at Hull as STELLA CANOPUS (H244).
22.1.1949: Unslipped after survey and moved to coaling berth. Whilst on the slipway a discharge valve was removed for refurbishment to be replaced afloat on the Sunday. During the course of time a ledge had built up at the coaling berth, but at normal dock levels this did not foul the berth. On the Sunday the number of vessels entering the dock required the lock gates to remain open and the dock level began to fall. As a result the bilge keel settled on the ledge and the vessel began to heel over with water ingress through the missing valve. The fish dock tugs BERNIE (54grt/1944 and KIERO (54grt/1943) witnessed the mishap and with a water boat, came alongside to prop the trawler up to prevent total submersion. At the same time dock workers went on board and attached wires to the quayside in an effort to keep the vessel up. Pumps were placed on board and gradually the trawler was righted. The missing valve was replaced and she was taken back onto the slipway for repairs and return to sea.
1.1950: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
5.12.1950: Sold to Trawlers Grimsby Ltd, Grimsby (Harold Wilfred Wilson, manager).
10.4.1953: Sold to Derwent Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby (Harold Wilfred Wilson, manager).
9.2.1955: John Carl Ross appointed manager.
8.3.1956: Charles Percy Hudson appointed manager.
20.2.1959: Company re-styled Ross Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby.
28.3.1963: Sold to Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd, Hull (Charles Percy Hudson, manager) (Ross Group, Grimsby).
18.11.1954: Sold to Alsey Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Charles Percy Hudson, manager).
1.1.1965: Company re-styled Hudson Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Charles Percy Hudson, manager).
11.1965: All vessels within the Ross Group renamed with Ross prefix.
24.11.1965: Registered at Hull as ROSS CANOPUS (H244).
30.3.1966: Sold to Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd, Hull (Charles Percy Hudson, manager).
7.1967: Sold to Scrappingco S.r.l, Antwerp for breaking up.
19.7.1967: Sailed Hull for Antwerp under tow.
21.7.1967: Hull registry closed.
22.7.1967: Delivered.

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

Technical

Official Number: 181333
Yard Number: 1334
Completed: 1948
Gross Tonnage: 555
Net Tonnage: 205
Length: 171.0 ft
Breadth: 29.2 ft
Depth: 14.7 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150 ° F

History

1948: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1334) for Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood as BOSTON HURRICANE.
1.6.1948: Completed (B. A. Parkes, manager).
6.1948: Registered at Hull (H568).
13.4.1949: Sold to East Riding Trawlers Ltd, Hull.
25.5.1949: Registered at Hull as STELLA POLARIS (H568).
13.2.1951: Sold to Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd, Hull.
9.3.1951: Registered at Hull as CAPE CROZIER (H568).
1965: Sold to to Arie Rijsdijk Boss & Zonen, Hendrik-Ido-Ambracht for breaking up.
3.6.1965: Arrived Hendrik-Ido-Ambracht.
6.1965: Hull registry closed.

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

Technical

Official Number: 181294
Yard Number: 778
Completed: 1946
Gross Tonnage: 559
Net Tonnage: 202
Length: 170.8 ft
Breadth: 29.2 ft
Depth: 14.2 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine:T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F

History

Laid down as CORAL QUEEN but name changed under a management agreement with Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
13.11.1946: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.778) for West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co Ltd, West Hartlepool as St. CRISPIN.
21.3.1947: Completed. Incorporated in fleet of Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (B. A. Parkes, manager).
3.1947: Registered at Hull (H399).
5.7.1951: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager) for £108,412.
17.5.1951: Registered at Hull as JUNELLA (H399).
11.1962: Registered at Hull as FARNELLA (H399) to free name for newbuilding (JUNELLA (H347)).
1965: Sold to P. & W. Maclellan Ltd, Bo’ness for breaking up.
9.12.1965: Arrived Bo’ness.
12.1965: Hull registry closed.

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