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S.T. Woolton GY575

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 162899
Yard Number: 986
Completed: 1935
Gross Tonnage: 427
Net Tonnage: 160
Length: 160.3 ft
Breadth: 26.7 ft
Depth: 12.5 ft
Engine: 800ihp T. 3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Boiler: Richardsons Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

7.3.1935: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.986) for Shire Trawlers Ltd, London as WARWICKSHIRE.
3.1935: Completed for Warwickshire Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (William. A. Bennett, manager).
28.3.1935: Registered at Grimsby (GY133).
9.1935: As a result of the Abyssinian crisis and failure of British diplomacy, the Government authorised The Admiralty to procure twenty modern trawlers for conversion to minor war vessels.
12.1935: Following successful trials sold to The Admiralty.
23.12.1935: Grimsby registry closed. Fitted out as a “Gem” class anti-submarine trawler. Renamed HMS TURQUOISE (P.No.T.45).
19.2.1942: Escorting convoy on East Coast (Lieut. C. M. Newns RNVR), drove off E-boat attack; eighteen enemy survivors picked up.
10.1946: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Reclassed at Fleetwood and registered at Hull as St. OSWALD (H335) (MoT Minute R.G.No.11524/1946).
5.1948: Sold to Grimsby Merchants Amalgamated Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. George Edward Peniston appointed manager
5.1948: Hull registry closed.
8.5.1948: Registered at Grimsby (GY575).
23.5.1948: While steaming 22 miles south west of Vardö, struck a mine which caused serious bow damage and killed three crew members. Norwegian minesweeper KNM Lomma P.No.M317) escorted to Vardö.
29.9.1948: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
5.5.1950: Registered at Grimsby as WOOLTON (GY575) (MoT Minute R.G.No.11027/50 dated 24.4.1950).
27.5.1952: Mortgage (A) discharged.
3.7.1952: John Wilcock Robinson, Fleetwood appointed manager.
20.6.1952: Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
30.6.1952: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Grimsby Merchants Amalgamated Trawling Co Ltd, Grimsby for the sum of £20,000 with interest at 5% (B).
4.8.1952: At Fleetwood. Landed 12,000 stone of cod and haddock from an eleven day Icelandic trip; grossed £5,004.
1.9.1953: Mortgage (B) discharged.
22.2.1954: Leslie Wheildon appointed manager.
21.8.1954: Company restyled Wyre Trawlers Ltd (Leslie Wheildon, manager) on purchase of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd by Associated Fisheries Group.
23.8.1954: Grimsby registry closed.
8.1954: Registered at Fleetwood (FD18).
10.1954: Registered at Fleetwood as WYRE WOOLTON (FD18).
15.4.1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Preston.
16.4.1957: Sailed Fleetwood for Preston.
17.4.1957: Delivered.
1957: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Warwickshire GY133

S.T. Warwickshire GY133
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. St Oswald H335

S.T. St Oswald H335
Picture by Jonathan courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

HMT Turquoise

HMT Turquoise
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

HMT Turquoise

HMT Turquoise
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

S.T. Wyre Woolton FD18

S.T. Wyre Woolton FD18
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
05/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. Winooka GY465

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 136247
Yard Number: 312
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 331
Net Tonnage: 138
Length: 137.4 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

19.11.1914: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.312) for S. T. White & Co Ltd, Hull as SEAWARD HO.
1915: Completed (Samuel T. White, manager).
1915: Registered at Hull (H312).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No. 1512).
24.3.1916: Attached to Unit.104, Dover Patrol, engaged German submarine, but missed with shot and failed to ram as submarine dived.
5.1918: Renamed ATTENTIVE III. Parent Ship at Dover.
1919: Returned to owner at Hull and reverted to SEAWARD HO (H312).
1920: Sold to Newington Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (John Work, manager).
26.2.1920: Registered at Hull as GUY THORNE (H312).
7.3.1927: Ran ashore near Mefjordboen, Vestfjorder, north west coast of Norway.
22.8.1927: Hull registry closed.
1928: Subsequently salved and returned to service.
6.1928: Sold to John Edward Rushworth (64/64), Grimsby.
26.6.1928: Registered at Grimsby (GY465).
26.6.1928: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
29.6.1928: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
2.10.1930: Mortgage (A) discharged.
2.10.1930: Sold to Dale Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby.
2.10.1930: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
2.10.1930 Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B)
3.3.1931: Arrived Reykjavik in tow of Icelandic steam tug MAGNI (111grt/1920) having been ashore at Skerjafjord; propeller damaged.
2.12.1932: Put in to Longhope with heavy weather damage and leaking deck. Proceeded Stromness for repair.
10.10.1933: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (B) to John E. Rushworth Ltd (64/64), Grimsby (John E. Rushworth, manager).
10.10.1933: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
11.10.1933: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
6.3.1934: Registered at Grimsby as WINOOKA (GY465) (BOT Minute M/RGNo.1021/1934 dated 9.2.1934)).
2.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (C) to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
5.10.1935: Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
2.12.1935: First landing at Fleetwood (check).
13.3.1936: Sailed Fleetwood for West of Scotland grounds.
15.3.1936: Lost off St. Kilda after being involved in a collision with ETHEL TAYLOR (FD363); three crew lost*. Survivors picked up by ETHEL TAYLOR and returned to Fleetwood.
2.7.1936: Grimsby registry closed “Sunk in collision 15.3.1936”.

* Lost. John Francis (38), Bosun; George Macdonald (53), cook & Robert Hall (43), fireman, all of Fleetwood.

Note: “Lieut. A. J. Coles RNR, City of Dundee (FD4) (Ad.No.678) and Lieut. A. Bean RNR, Seaward Ho rendered good Service on Folkestone Gate, when traffic Route had to be diverted at a moment’s notice”.

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HMT Attentive III

HMT Attentive III
Picture courtesy of The Harry Day Collection

S.T. Guy Thorne H312

S.T. Guy Thorne H312
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. Guy Thorne H312

S.T. Guy Thorne H312
Picture from the George Coull collection courtesy of Scarborough Maritime Heritage Trust

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 9 updates since then.
21/01/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
16/08/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Wigmore GY469

Technical

Official Number: 146910
Yard Number: 498
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 345
Net Tonnage: 149
Length: 140.4 ft
Breadth: 24 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

5.7.1928: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Y.No.498) for Letten Bros Ltd, Grimsby as EMBASSY.
21.9.1928: Registered at Grimsby (GY469).
26.9.1928: Completed.
26.12.1929: Picked up crew of Norwegian motor vessel JUNIOR which had foundered in the North Sea 40 miles off Rattray Head (24.12.1929).
27.12.1929: Landed survivors at Peterhead.
1932: Sold to E. Cyril Grant, Grimsby.
8.1933: Registered at Grimsby as WIGMORE (GY469).
10.1935: Sold to The Clan Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (E. Cyril Grant, manager).
10.11.1939: Assisted LADY STANLEY (FD125) ashore at Swilke Point, Stroma. After refloating took in tow and after checks proceeded in company for Grimsby.
18.11.1939: In convoy for the Icelandic grounds (Sk Walter Bore) in company with SARPEDON (GY984) Convoy Officer, Lieut Reginald H. W. Jackson RNVR, ANDANES (GY923), SARONTA (GY1082), CONISBORO (GY244) and MURMANSK (GY26). 25 miles N by W of Rattray Head in approximate position 58°01.2N/01°57.5W attacked by U-boat (U.22) and sunk by torpedo; all sixteen crew lost*.
6.3.1940: Grimsby registry closed.
(* Lost: Sk. W. Bore, Grimsby; W.H. Lodge, Mate Cleethorpes; J. Foley, Third Hand, Cleethorpes; F. Moore, Ch Eng, Grimsby; A. Harwood, 2nd Eng, Grimsby; C.V.H. Bromfield, H. Clayton, H. Dumbleton, J. Fisher, W. Goodwin, J. Ottley, Deckhands, all Grimsby; G. Germaney and E.H. Newson, Trimmers, both Grimsby; R.W. Jackson, Wireless Operator, Grimsby; E.D. Winn, Cook, Grimsby).

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S.T. Wigmore GY469

S.T. Wigmore GY469
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Wigmore GY469

Wigmore GY469
Picture courtesy of Steve Farrow

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
28/04/2014: Information updated.
19/10/2018: Added an image and removed FMHT watermark.

s.v. William and John FD162

Technical

Official Number: 45350
Completed: 1866
Gross Tonnage: 35
Net Tonnage: 20
Length: 54.1 ft
Breadth: 16.1 ft
Depth: 8.5 ft
Rig: Jigger Smack – trawling
Built by:John Gibson, Fleetwood

History

1866: Completed by John Gibson, Fleetwood (Yd. No. 8) for Jeffrey Wright, Fleetwood as WILLIAM and JOHN. Registered at Fleetwood (FD162).
1.1.1870: Owned by William Sumner, Fleetwood.
1881: Census at Fleetwood – George Bird (27), b-Hoylake, master; David Herbert (28), b-Colchester,AB; Robert Green (41), b-Poulton-le-Fylde, AB; Philip Kay (29), b-Peel, AB; James Bird (15), b-Hoylake, cook.
21.10.1890: Sold to Richard Ashcroft, 9 Adelaide St, Fleetwood (managing owner).
26.9.1919: Sold to Jane Meadows, 1 Elm Street, Fleewood.
16.2.1921: Sold to John Henry Collis, 35 Carr Road, Fleetwood.
28.10.1928: Fleetwood registry closed. No longer fishing.

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William & John

William & John

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published.
01/03/2015: Minor information update.
02/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Whitby – FD147

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Milford Trawlers

Technical

Official Number: 108499
Yard Number: 22
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 163.73
Net Tonnage: 51.07
Length: 104.2 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Irvine Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Irvine
Engine: 250ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow

History

12.1.1898: Launched by Irvine Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Irvine (Yd.No.2) for Frederick Emil Hagerup and George Doughty MP, Grimsby (64/64 joint owners) as WHITBY.
2.1898: Completed.
7.3.1898: Registered at Grimsby (GY524).
7.3.1898: Frederick Emil Hagerup designated managing owner.
7.3.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Co Ltd, Lincoln (A).
16.3.1898: Mortgage (A) transferred to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London.
24.6.1898: Sold to Hagerup, Doughty & Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
24.6.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee & Trust Society Ltd, London (B).
27.6.1898: Frederick Emil Hagerup appointed manager.
1.3.1906: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd (64/64), Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager) on the formation of the company.
2.3.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London (C).
9.3.1906: John Denton Marsden appointed manager.
25.11.1907: Mortgagee re-styled to The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London.
1910: The Law Guarantee Trust & Accident Society Ltd, London in liquidation following takeover by Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation Ltd, London which in turn was taken over by Commercial Union Assurance Co Ltd, London.
11.8.1913: Mortgages (A) & (B) discharged.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 63.64 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
12.1915: New boiler fitted.
20.1.1916: Mortgage (C) discharged.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
13.10.1917: Fitted with 1-6pdr & W/T.
1919: Released.
7.10.1920: Transferred to Lowestoft.
27.1.1922: Stranded on Gunton Denes, North Beach. Crew taken off by Lowestoft Lifesaving Team. Lowestoft lifeboat JOHN and MARY MEIKLAM of GLADSWOOD (Cox. John T. S. Swan) launched and stood by. Subsequently refloated.
25.4.1922: Sold to Thomas Wright Mason & Thomas Cardwell, Fleetwood (64/64 joint owners).
10.5.1922: Sailed Lowestoft for Fleetwood. 12.5.1922: Thomas Wright Mason designated managing owner.
16.5.1922: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Liverpool & Manchester Banking Co Ltd, Manchester (D).
20.10.1926: Grimsby registry closed.
21.10.1926: Registered at Fleetwood (FD147).
23.10.1926: Sold to Mason Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood. Thomas Wright Mason appointed manager.
1927: Thomas Cardwell appointed manager.
1928: Sold to Frank L. Youds, Milford Haven. Frank L. Youds designated managing owner.
26.1.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.2.1928: Registered at Milford (M141).
17.7.1929: Sold to Pettit & Youds, Milford Haven. Frank L. Youds appointed manager.
14.8.1939: Sold to John C. Llewellin, Hakin; Joseph L. Yolland, Milford; John Yolland Jnr, Fleetwood & Thomas S. Yolland, Swansea. John C. Llewellin appointed manager.
4.4.1941: Outward from Milford for fishing grounds (Sk. W. Aldous) sunk by German aircraft 3 miles SSE of Blackwater Light Vessel; nine crew rescued by steam drifter JACKLYN (LT327) (Sk. Noel Bray) which also came under attack.
23.4.1941: Milford registry closed “Vessel lost by enemy action 4th April 1941”.

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S.T. Whitby GY524

S.T. Whitby GY524
Picture courtesy of Tony Cowling

S.T. Whitby FD147

S.T. Whitby FD147
Picture courtesy of Bill Blow

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
21/12/2015: Picture added.
23/03/2016: Significant information update.