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S.T. Tarantula FD170

Technical

Official Number: 99542
Yard Number: 41
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 155
Net Tonnage: 57
Length: 100.5 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Glasgow
Engine: C.2-cyl by Muir & Houston, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Glasgow

History

9.10.1891: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Glasgow (Yd.No.41) for The British Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as TARANTULA.
3.12.1891: Registered at Hull (H175).
12.1891: Completed (William L. Robins, manager).
4.1.1901: In Humber estuary in calm conditions in collision with steam trawler MADRAS (H134) which also collided with steam trawler MOLOPO (H484); MADRAS subsequently foundered without loss of life.
15.11.1912: Sold to James Alexander Robertson, Fleetwood.
18.11.1912: Hull registry closed.
19.11.1912: Registered at Fleetwood (FD170).
7.12.1912: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager).
2.1913: Sold to Charles James Smith, Scarborough.
26.2.1913: Fleetwood registry closed.
2.1913: Registered at Scarborough (SH184).
1913: Sold to The Dogger Bank Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Scarborough (Richard W. Crawford, manager).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 64 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
1915: Sold to Scarborough Fishing Co, Scarborough.
9.1916: On North Sea grounds (Sk. J. Heritage).
24.9.1916: At 8.30 pm. U-boat (U.57) captured FISHER PRINCE (SH207) 20 miles NE of Scarborough. Put one Lieutenant and eight German crew onboard and cruised in company with U.57. At 10.00 pm. captured OTTER (SH70) and HARRIER (SH36). At 10.15 pm. captured and crew took to boat. At 11.25 pm. captured MARGUERITE (SH214). At 11.55 pm. captured SUNSHINE (SH241).
25.9.1916: At 0.55 am. captured GAMECOCK (SH191). At 1.00 am. captured LOCH NESS (HL71). At 4.00 am. disabled engines of FISHER PRINCE and all German crew left. At 4.30 am. 20 miles NE of Scarborough sank NIL DESPERANDUM (SH186) with bombs. Submarine continued to tow the boats until 5.15 am. when crew were put aboard FISHER PRINCE. At 6.00 am. in position 20 miles NE of Scarborough proceeded to sink all trawlers that had been captured during the night. At about 7.00 am. 20 miles NE of Scarborough captured St. HILDA (HL??), 26 miles E by N of Whitby captured QUEBEC (SH208) and 23 miles NE of Whitby captured TRINIDAD (H336); sank all with gunfire after crews took to boats. At 9.50 am. captured Norwegian steamer TROMP and sent all crews aboard her from FISHER PRINCE. Sank FISHER PRINCE with gunfire.
1916: Scarborough registry closed.

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S.T. Tarantula H175

S.T. Tarantula H175
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22/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Tanager LO250

Additional information courtesy of Lynne Elvin and Hull Trawlers

Technical

Official Number: 129285
Yard Number: 134
Completed: 1910
Gross Tonnage: 192.31
Net Tonnage: 71.74
Length: 110.1 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: 300ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History
6.8.1910: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.134) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64/64), Hull as TANAGER.
9.1910: Completed.
6.9.1910: Registered at Hull (H134). George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London designated managers.
29.12.1912: In the North Sea off the Dogger Bank with the boxing fleet. With other trawlers responded following the foundering of steam trawler BRITANNIC (H447) after being run into amidships by steam trawler BUZZARD (H971). Picked up one survivor and transferred him to BUZZARD which suffered only minor damage to her fore end.
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.386).
1918: Based Aegean Sea.
12.3.1919: Waiting instructions whether required for Post-War Service (SS).
1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
7.6.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd, London (A). John Slater, London designated manager.
6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
28.9.1928: Robert Burton designated manager.
16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson designated manager.
10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
1.11.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (joint mortgagees). 3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical).
6.3.1936: At Extraordinary General Meeting at Hull, Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd placed in Creditors’ Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, London appointed liquidators).
16.12.1936: Sold by order of the mortgagees under mortgage (A) to Plymouth Mutual Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Plymouth.
21.12.1936: Arrived Plymouth in company with WARBLER (H 507).
22.12.1936: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Corfe Castle and Ernest Norton, London (joint mortgagees) for £400 with interest at 5% (B).
5.1.1937: John Chant, Plymstock designated manager.
18.11.1937: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to William John Waldron Modley, D. Lester and Richard Edward Stephen Morris, Plymouth (joint mortgagees)(C).
5.1938: Sold to Torbay Trawlers Ltd, Brixham. Arthur E. R. Dexter designated manager.
1940: Sold to R. H. Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
16.4.1940: Hull registry closed.
17.4.1940: Registered at London (LO250). Robert H. Hewett designated manager.
194?: Fishing on the Kish Bank, damaged by German aircraft and taking water; repaired at Fleetwood.
11.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 255 kits – hake-40, cod/codling-20, haddock-15, flats-20, ling/coley-40, dogs-120.
3.1945: Sold to R. G. Parsley, Milford Haven. R. G. Parsley designated managing owner.
23.3.1945: First landing at Milford.
10.1955: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
14.10.1955: Delivered Bruges. London registry closed.

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S.T. Tanager LO250

S.T. Tanager LO250
Picture courtesy of Trawlerphotos

S.T. Tanager LO250

S.T. Tanager LO250
Picture courtesy of Robert Durrant

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 revisions since then.
18/09/2014: Modified credits.
03/02/2015: Added picture.
16/07/2017: Updated information and removed FMHT watermark.
19/04/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Tamora H853

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4220
Official Number: 144557
Yard Number: 205
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 125.3 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Built: C. Rennoldson & Co Ltd, South Shields

History

30.8.1919: Launched by C. Rennoldson & Co Ltd, South Shields (Yd.No.205) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM LOFT (Ad.No.4220).
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
13.05.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel ex fishing gear and fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at South Shields.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
24.08.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) as WILLIAM LOFT O.N.144557 (LO456). Laid up on River Tyne.
01.1921: Not to proceed to Chatham as originally ordered but remain laid up.
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed. Continued in lay up.
11.1923: Sold to Hull Northern Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. W. R. Nowell designated manager.
15.11.1923: London registry closed.
17.11.1923: Registered at Hull (H853).
20.12.1923: Registered at Hull as TAMORA (H853).
Pre 1930: Managers became Hellyer Bros Ltd, Hull.
1930: Sold to Henderson’s Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. George Altoft, designated manager.
1933: John Henderson designated manager.
25.7.1939: Insured value £5,300.
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.643)(Hire rate £89.7.6d/month).
9.1.1940: Off Gt Yarmouth, took in tow Trinity House vessel RECULVER (683grt/1934 damaged by German air attack while returning from relief of Cockle Light Ship. Passed tow to Trinity House vessel PATRICIA (1116grt/1938) for delivery to Yarmouth.
3.9.1941: Sold to The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull for £8200. Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Fleetwood designated manager.
1/2.1946: Restored and surveyed at North Shields.
3.1946: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
10.6.1947: Sold to Dublin Trawling, Ice & Cold Storage Co Ltd, Dublin for £18500. Hull registry closed. Registered at Dublin (D303). Michael J. McCabe designated manager.
Late 1952: Laid up in Fleetwood (J. Marr & Son Ltd, agent).
1953: Offered for sale.
Early 1954: Sold for breaking up. Dublin registry closed.
(William Loft, OS (prest), age 24, b. Worcester, Worcestershire – VICTORY (SB265))

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HMT Tamora

HMT Tamora
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Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
11/02/2017: Information updated.
02/05/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Sylvia H439

Technical

Official Number: 109094
Yard Number: 220
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 213
Net Tonnage: 85
Length: 117.6 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley, 1898
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull

History

3.11.1898: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley (Yd.No.220) for Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as SYLVIA.
21.12.1898: Completed (George T. Armitage, manager).
23.12.1898: Registered at Hull (H439).
1914: Transferred to Fleetwood (James W. Armitage, Fleetwood, manager).
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler. Based Cromarty.
1.1918: Sold to Joseph R. E. Mordaunt, Grimsby.
26.1.1918: Hull registry closed.
30.1.1918: Registered at Grimsby (GY1112).
8.1918: Returned to owner.
10.1918: Sold to Henry Rachkind, Cleethorpes (managing owner).
9.1919: Sold to The Faroe Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Henry Burns, manager).
11.1921: Sold to Forward Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
1936: John Bannister appointed manager.
7.4.1941: Foundered off Faroe Islands in approx position 61.27N 05.48W. after being bombed and damaged by German air attack. Ten crew rescued, one man lost*.
22.7.1941: Grimsby registry closed “Sunk by enemy action 7/4/41”.

*Lost: W.A. Templeman, Grimsby

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S.T. Sylvia H439

S.T. Sylvia H439
Picture courtesy of the Mike Thompson Collection

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
21/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
07/08/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124

Technical

Official Number: 128932
Yard Number: 479
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 256
Net Tonnage: 100
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

1912: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.479) for The Castle Steam Trawlers Ltd, Swansea as SWANSEA CASTLE.
11.6.1912: Completed (Crawford Heron, manager).
11.6.1912: Registered at Swansea (SA108).
8.11.1913: Mortgaged to De Eerste Nederlandsche Scheepsverband Maatschappij, Dordrecht.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
18.6.1917: Fitted with 6pdr gun and commissioned.
19.6.1917: Arrived Milford.
20.6.1917: Gun trials satisfactory.
1919: Released.
22.10.1918: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager).
1.4.1919: Mortgage discharged.
27.11.1923: Mortgaged to London Joint City & Merchants Bank Ltd, London.
9.1927: Owners re-styled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (Sir John D. Marsden Bart, manager).
14.7.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1817)(Hire rate £64.0.0d/month).
15.5.1942: Mortgage discharged.
10.6.1942: Sold to Heward Trawlers Ltd, London & Fleetwood (R. S. Hewett & H. F. Hayward)(Robert S. Hewett, manager).
10.6.1942: Swansea registry closed.
12.6.1942: Registered at London (LO124).
25.2.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Liverpool.
2.1946: Registered at London as RODEN (LO124).
194?: (Wed) In gale force winds and poor visibility stranded on reef off Islay. (Tues week) Metal Industries (Salvage) Ltd steamer SALVEDA (782grt/1943) connected at 09.00a.m. (Wed week) Refloated at 07.00a.m. Returned to Fleetwood for repair with runner crew of seven.
2.1955: Sold for breaking up.

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HMT Swansea Castle

HMT Swansea Castle
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S.T. Swansea Castle LO124

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124
Picture courtesy of Angela Barnsby

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124
Parade float picture courtesy of Angela Barnsby

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
18/08/2015: Pictures added.
24/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.