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S.T. Ottoman Empire FD180

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 98745
Yard Number: 70
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 145
Net Tonnage: 55
Length: 100.9 ft
Breadth: 20.9 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Engine: 45nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull

History

22.5.1891: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.70) for Edward Buckton Cargill (64/64), Hull (managing owner) as NORTH SEA.
12.6.1891: Registered at Hull (H147).
6.1891: Completed.
26.5.1897: Sold to The Cargill Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Hull (Edward B. Cargill, manager).
25.9.1899: Lengthened to 110.5 feet 162g 63n.
22.9.1899: Registered at Hull as OTTOMAN EMPIRE (H147).
2.1913: Sold to Clevedon Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Walter Morley, manager).
3.3.1913: Hull registry closed.
4.3.1913: Registered at Fleetwood (FD180).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 64.59 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
8.1917: Sold to William Grant, Arthur Grant, Hugh Bourne Grant & John Wilfred Grant, Grimsby (joint owners 64/64).
10.8.1917: Fleetwood registry closed.
13.8.1917: Arthur Grant appointed manager.
14.8.1917: Registered at Grimsby (GY1094).
23.10.1917: Registered at Grimsby as NAVENBY (GY1094) (BoT Minute M.37312/1917).
12.4.1918: Shares (12/64) sold to Henry Goosemen (12/64), Grimsby.
1919: Released.
8.1924: Sold for breaking up.
19.8.1924: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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S.T. Ottoman Empire H147

S.T. Ottoman Empire H147
Picture courtesy of the James Cullen Collection

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
15/09/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Ottilie GY144

Wartime visitor

Technical

Official Number: 136010
Yard Number: 294
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 225.96
Net Tonnage: 112.84
Length: 117.0 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 460ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

12.3.1914: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.294) for Alick Black (64/64), Grimsby as OTTILIE.
19.5.1914: Builder’s Certificate issued.
6.1914: Completed.
12.6.1914: Alick Black designated managing owner.
15.6.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY144). Fishing from Fleetwood.
18.6.1914: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Union of London & Smith’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
27.3.1915: Fishing about 60 miles SW of the Smalls (Sk. John Randell (Hoylake)). Stopped by U-boat (U.28) and informed that U.28 had sunk the Liverpool steamer ANGULLA (2114grt/1909) and survivors were in boats.
28.3.1915: Proceeded and succeeded in picking up master and 19 crew members; 6 crew and 2 passengers missing.
29.3.1915: Landed survivors at Fishguard.
29.4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1757).
3.1.1916: Mortgage (A) discharged.
6.1.1916: Sold to Alfred William Baxter (64/64), Grimsby.
7.1.1916: Alick Black appointed manager.
12.1.1916: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank of England Ltd, London (B).
14.1.1916: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Alick Black for the sum of £2,000 with interest at 5% (C).
1916: Based Le Havre.
5.4.1917: Mortgage (C) discharged.
15.1.1918: By Deed Poll. Name of Alick Black changed to Alec Black.
14.2.1918: Mortgage (B) discharged.
2.8.1918: Sir Alec Black, Bart appointed manager.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
6.4.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (D).
22.4.1919: Sold to Neal Green (64/64), Grimsby.
22.4.1919: Sir Alec Black, Bart appointed manager.
9.2.1920: Mortgage (D) discharged.
10.2.1920: Sold to Harold Bacon; Thomas Norman Bacon both Grimsby; Henry Ernest Sharman, Frinton-on=Sea (joint owners (64/64)).
10.2.1920: Vessel mortgaged(64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd (E).
16.2.1920: Harold Bacon designated managing owner.
25.3.1920: Mortgage (E) discharged.
26.3.1920: Sold to Trawlers (White Sea & Grimsby) Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
27.3.1920: Harold Bacon appointed manager.
14.3.1941: Charles George Mastin appointed manager.
15.1.1942: Company re-styled Trawlers Grimsby Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
28.1.1946: Harvey Wilfred Wilson appointed manager.
16.1.1946: Sold to Derwent Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
9.2.1946: John Carl Ross appointed manager.
31.1.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (F).
29.8.1952: Mortgage (F) discharged.
19.12.1955: Sold to Establissements Van Heyghen Freres S.A., Ghent for breaking up.
16.12.1955: Delivered Ghent.
21.12.1955: Grimsby registry closed “ … on sale of vessel to foreigners (Belgian Subjects)’.

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S.T. Ottilie GY144

S.T. Ottilie GY144
Picture courtesy of The Stephen Myerscough Collection

S.T. Ottilie GY144

S.T. Ottilie GY144
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

S.T. Ottilie GY144

S.T. Ottilie GY144
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Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
10/01/2014: Information updated.
06/09/2014: Information updated.
12/04/2017: Added image and removed FMHT watermark.
04/02/2024: Added an image.

S.T. Ospray II (1) FD219

Technical

Official Number: 127565
Yard Number: 123
Completed: 1908
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 106
Length: 130.1 ft
Breadth: 23.1 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole

History

7.1908: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.123) for The Cygnet Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood as OSPRAY II.
8.1908: Completed.
2.9.1908: Registered at Fleetwood (FD219). Richard Watson Mason appointed manager.
2.9.1908: Mortgaged to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
5.3.1909: Mortgaged (A) discharged.
11.3.1909: Sold to John George Hammond (64/64), London.
8.4.1909: John George Hammond appointed manager
4.1909: Sold to The Admiralty.
15.4.1909: Fleetwood registry closed. Fitted out as a minesweeper for training fishery reserve crews. Renamed HMS SEAFLOWER (Ad.No.1) and based Chatham/Sheerness.
1.1920: Renamed SEA ROVER .
4.5.1920: Withdrawn from auction at Milford.
5.1920: Sold to Edward D. W. Lawford, Milford Haven.
12. 8.1920: Sold to Colin I. Mason, Cardiff (managing owner).
13. 21.8.1920: Registered at London(LO395).
14. 24.10.1922: Picked up crew of NILE (M186) which had foundered some 10 miles off Crookhaven, Co. Cork.
15. 25.10.1922: Landed survivors at Milford.
16. 3.1924: Sold to Schultz & Merz, Wesermünde.
17. 1.4.1924: London registry closed.
18. 4.1924: Registered at Wesermünde-G as HEINRICH BEERMANN.
19. 18.11.1932: Stranded at Mortingebazen, Nr Floroe, Norway.
20. 20.11.1932: Refloated by salvage steamers TRAUST (222grt/1921) and ACHILLES (217grt/1893); slight damage.
21. 1935: Sold to Allerich Luerssen, Bremerhaven.
22. 1936: Sold to Hanseatische Hochseefischerei A.G., Bremerhaven. Registered at Bremerhaven as SCHÜTTING.
23. 1937: Sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Ospray II FD219

S.T. Ospray II FD219
Picture courtesy of Fred Baker

HMS seaflower

HMS Seaflower

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
21/05/2016: Information updated.

S.T. Ospray II (2) FD129

Additional information courtesy of Chris Petherbridge Hull Trawler Website

Technical

Official Number: 132404
Yard Number: 464
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 285
Net Tonnage: 114
Length: 130 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 13.2 ft
Engine: 85hp T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Boiler: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

14.2.1911: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.464) for The Cygnet Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Richard W. Mason, manager) as OSPRAY II.
3.1911: Completed.
30.3.1911: Registered at Fleetwood (FD129). Richard Watson Mason appointed manager).
3.3.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1354). Fitted as Sub-divisional Leader. Based Milford.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood (Thomas Cardwell, manager).
15.4.1933: Fishing in 230 fathoms NW of Tory Island, Co. Donegal, hauled a mine causing damage to nets and gear.
17.4.1933: Landed mine at Fleetwood.
2.11.1933: Arrived Fleetwood from fishing grounds with stern post fractured and bent and rudder bent, reported having drifted whilst at anchor in Vatersay Bay and struck rocks.
5.4.1935: Sailed Fleetwood for West of Scotland grounds (Sk. Robert Kelly); eleven crew.
6.4.1935: About to shoot on grounds south of Gigha, at about 7.55am in collision with steam trawler CALDEW (FD347)(Sk.Edward Harris) suffering damage aft of wheelhouse on starboard side and shell plating holed in way of bunker. Attempted to make for shore to beach but ingress of water in stoke hold and engine room too great and pumps could not cope. Abandoned in lifeboat and lay to until vessel sank at about 8.35am Picked up by CALDEW and returned to Fleetwood. Vessel sank in approx position 55.33N 05.52W, 2 miles off Bellochantuy Bay, Kintyre.
17.4.1935: Fleetwood registry closed “Total loss 4.35. Sunk in collision”.
7.12.1935: BOT Formal Investigation (S.375) found Sk. Robert Kelly and Sk. Edward Harris both in default and suspended their tickets for twelve months.

Note:OSPRAY II carried a crew of ten and was heading for the fishing grounds off the west coast of Scotland, by way of the Sound of Jura on the 6th of April 1935. A second vessel, CALDEW, was fishing off the west coast of Kintyre when an unexplained collision occurred. CALDEW hit OSPRAY II amidships and tore a massive hole in her side.
The damage was so great that coal from her bunkers poured out into the sea.

CALDEW took the damaged vessel in tow in an attempt to beach her at the nearest point but that was ten miles away. OSPRAY’s skipper lowered his boat as a precaution and this was just as well because, as the tow got under way, it was clear that the vessel was settling deeper in the water all the time. The crew manned the pumps until they were waist deep in water but their efforts were in vain. With the fires out and the ship sinking under their feet they were forced to scramble into the lifeboat and abandon their vessel.
Less than an hour after the collision OSPRAY II slipped under in 20 fathoms of water approximately 2 miles off the Bellochantuy shore.

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S.T. Ospray II FD219

S.T. Ospray II FD129
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S.T. Ospray II FD219

S.T. Ospray II FD129
Picture courtesy of David Slinger

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
12/11/2015: Information updated.
20/08/2017: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.

S.T. Olympia GY1080

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 139955
Yard Number: 354
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 261
Net Tonnage: 102
Length: 120.2 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Engine: 470ihp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

22.5.1917: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.354) for The Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as OLYMPIA (originally to have been named BISACCIA).
25.7.1917: Walter William Butt appointed manager.
26.7.1917: Registered at Grimsby (GY1080).
7.1917: Completed (Walter W. Butt, manager).
9.1917: Requisitioned for war service as an anti-submarine trawler (1-12pdr, 1-3.5” A/S Howitzer & Hydrophone) (Ad.No.3064). Based Taranto.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
1.2.1924: About 50 miles E of Tyne met Norwegian steamer CONDOR (?) with disabled wooden aux. schooner Joyce French (785grt/1905) of London, Lillesand for Tyne, pitprops, in tow. Transferred tow and proceeding Tyne.
4.2.1924: Delivered Tyne.
26.8.1926: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
8.4.1938: Albert Wright Butt appointed manager.
12.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1586) (Hire rate £76.2.6d/month).
1.12.1941: Mortgage (A) discharged.
14.1.1942: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
22.1.1942: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
2.1944: Returned to fishing from Fleetwood.
24.2.1944: First landing at Fleetwood.
18.9.1944: Last landing at Fleetwood.
9.1944: Reverted to war role.
30.10.1945: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
12.1.1946: Sold to William Wilcox (64/64), Milford Haven.
15.1.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
23.1.1946: William Wilcox designated managing owner.
9.5.1946: Sold to Channel Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven.
20.5.1946: Mortgage (B) discharged.
21.5.1946: William Wilcox appointed manager.
22.5.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
21.2.1949: Sold to Taylor Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
3.3.1949: Charles Taylor Ltd appointed manager.
22.2.1949: Mortgage (C) discharged.
4.1962: Sold to N.V. Machinehandel & amp; Scheepssloperij ‘De Koophandel’, Nieuw-Lekkerland, The Netherlands for breaking up.
30.4.1962: Sailed Grimsby for Rotterdam.
7.5.1962: Grimsby registry closed “… on sale to foreigners (Dutch subjects)”.

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S.T. Olympia GY1080

S.T. Olympia GY1080
Picture by Steve Pulfrey courtesy of Mark Stopper

S.T. Olympia GY1080

S.T. Olympia GY1080
Builders Certificate

S.T. Olympia GY1080

S.T. Olympia GY1080
Scrapping Certificate

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 10 updates since then.
08/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.