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S.T. Kirklinton FD293

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger and Andy Hall

Technical

Official Number: 137375
Yard Number: 606
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 227
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 117.4 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 13 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

7.12.1915: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.606) for John Reed and Thomas Moar Reed, Tynemouth as KIRKLINTON.
22.1.1916: Registered at North Shields (SN236). Thomas Moar Reed designated managing owner.
2.1916: Completed.
24.2.1916: Landed at North Shields (Sk.George Hays) after a ten day maiden trip, £500 gross, a reasonable return given the bad weather.
4.1916: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.3272). Based Humber.
27.12.1916: Sold to The “Wyre” Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Magnus Bodvar Johannessen Wedum designated manager.
27.12.1916: North Shields registry closed.
29.12.1916: Registered at Fleetwood (FD293).
1919: Returned to owner.
13.7.1920: At Fleetwood Police Courts, William Roberts (18), deck hand was charged with disobeying a lawful command whilst under articles. The trawler had arrived in port on the Sunday 4th and was due to sail on Tuesday 6th afternoon, but for a particular reason it was arranged that she should not leave port until the morning of Wednesday 7th. At that time, all members of the crew, with the exception of the accused, were on board, and in consequence of Roberts’ absence the vessel was delayed 11 hours. Defendant was fined £5 previously for a similar offence and was again fined £5, the chairman pointing out that the magistrates were quite conversant with the casual way in which the men broke their engagements, but if the owners broke their part of the engagement there would be a riot in Fleetwood.
5.10.1921: Registered at Fleetwood as EAMONT (FD293).
26.8.1926: At Rothesay Sheriff Court Sk. Richard J. Gornall was fined £70 or sixty-days imprisonment for obscuring the vessel’s name and number, also failing to stop when summoned to do so by a Fishery Cruiser in the Firth of Clyde.
10.6.1930: At Fleetwood Police Courts James H. Bryant, (24), of the steam trawler, was charged with being drunk and disorderly. On entering the Fleetwood Arms Hotel, he was refused a drink owing to being under the influence of alcohol, Bryant showed his displeasure by upsetting two tables in the smoke room, shattering about 5s. worth of glass tumblers, and when being ejected by the barman broke two panes of coloured glass in the vestibule, valued at £8. Bryant pleaded guilty, and was fined 40s. for being drunk and disorderly, 10s. for doing wilful damage ordered to pay for the damage, a total of £10 15s. He was given one month to pay.
31.3.1932: Stranded at Castle Bay, Barra, after suffering steering failure. Refloated after some five hours with the assistance of the steam trawler FOSS (FD243). Found to be making water and with all pumps working set course for home.
2.4.1932: Arrived Fleetwood. Landed and later placed on slip for survey and repair.
18.1.1934: Sold to Thomas Moar Reed, Tynemouth. Thomas M. Reed designated managing owner.
23.1.1934: Sailed Fleetwood for North Shields via fishing grounds.
2.1.1934: Arrived North Shields with 150 boxes.
24.11.1938: Arrived at Aberdeen seeking medical attention for fireman Alexander Walton, South Shields who damaged his shoulder when he was flung against the ship’s side while trimming coal on the fishing grounds some 170 miles off Aberdeen.
11.2.1941: In the North Sea in position 58 15N 3 26W, attacked by German aircraft, bombed and damaged. All ten crew rescued.
12.2.1941: Came ashore the next day between Latheronwheel and Lybster, Caithness and broke up.
2.1941: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Kirklinton FD293

S.T. Kirklinton FD293
Artwork courtesy of Steve Farrow

Changelog
01/05/2014: Added picture.
17/03/2015: Updated information.
28/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
04/05/2021: Updated information.

S.T. Kirkella (1) H155

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 164937
Yard Number: 1159
Completed: 1936
Gross Tonnage: 438
Net Tonnage: 172
Length: 157.3 ft
Breadth: 26.1 ft
Depth: 14.1 ft
Engine: 750ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

21.5.1936: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1159) for J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood at a cost of £15950 as KIRKELLA .
3.7.1936: Registered at Hull (H319).
4.7.1936: Completed (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys, manager). Crewed and operated by The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
8.7.1936: Sailed Hull on first trip to Iceland (Sk. S. Greaves).
29.7.1936: At Hull landed 1,114 kits grossed £1,102.
1937: Insured value £23,000.
18.7.1939: Sailed Hull for White Sea (Sk. G. Barker).
25.7.1939: Insured value £23,000.
8.8.1939: At Hull landed 1,184 kits grossed £1,204.
1939: To sale to The Admiralty, as Hull landed from White Sea/Norway Coast/Iceland/Bear Island (Sks. S. Greaves, G. Barker), 194 days, 13,107 kits £9,477 gross.
14.8.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£25,168). Fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler (1-4”, AA weapons, ASDIC,DC) (P.No.FY.174).
19.1.1940: Hull registry closed.
20.10.1945: A Control Committee was formed to manage Hull and Grimsby trawlers which had been bought by the Admiralty in pre war and were being offered for sale back to their original owners. The owners who bought back these vessels and wanted to take part in the scheme agreed to register the trawlers under the Hull Ice Co. Ltd and profits were shared. Management of the trawlers was given to the companies which had bought them.
17.12.1945: On completion of refit at Ellesmere Port and classification as a Steam Trawler, sold to Hull Ice Co Ltd, Hull (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager).
17.12.1945: Registered at Hull (H155).
16.11.1946: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager) (£1).
17.12.1947 (regd 6.1.1948): Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood for £67500.
22.12.1948: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood for the sum of £73,500.
8.1.1949: Hull registry closed.
11.1.1949: Registered at Grimsby (GY592). Harvey Wilfred Wilson appointed manager.
28.2.1949: Registered at Grimsby as MOORSOM (GY592) (MoT Minute R.G.No.1002/1949 dated 28 1.1949).
1951: Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood in voluntary liquidation. R. P. Clark appointed liquidator.
29.3.1951: Sold to Ravendale Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Grimsby for the sum of £50,000 (T. Ross Ltd to advance £16,000; Ross Group Ltd to advance £4,000 and Bank to advance £30,000).
29.3.1951: Harvey Wilfred Wilson appointed managers.
14.4.1951: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
23.2.1952: Mortgage (A) discharged.
7.3.1952: Sold to The Great Western Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Aberdeen.
19.3.1952: Basil Arthur Parkes, North Ferriby appointed manager.
29.3.1952: Registered at Grimsby as St. BENEDICT (GY592) (MoT Minute R.G.No.1078/52 dated 19.3.1952).
18.9.1952: Off the west coast of Norway in heavy seas, lost fires due to water ingress. Salvage steamer DRAUGEN (207grt/1898) connected and commenced tow to Unde, east of Aalesund.
19.9.1952: Delivered Unde.
1.12.1954: Sailed Hull for White Sea last trip before sale (Sk. H. Davis).
27.12.1954: At Hull landed 1,347 kits grossed £5,215.
4.1.1955: Sold to The Cevic Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
6.1.1955: Richard Neave appointed manager.
18.9.1956: Grimsby registry closed.
9.1956: Registered at Fleetwood (FD7).
1957: Registered at Fleetwood as RENEVA (FD7).
1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
7.7.1960: Sailed Fleetwood for Preston.
8.7.1960: Delivered Preston.
11.2.1962: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Kirkella H155

S.T. Kirkella H155
Picture courtesy of The Mike Thompson Collection

S.T. Kirkella H155

S.T. Kirkella H155
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. Kirkella H319

S.T. Kirkella H319
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. Kirkella FY174

S.T. Kirkella FY174
Picture courtesy of The Osta Collection

S.T. Reneva FD7

S.T. Reneva
Picture from the Internet

S.T. Reneva FD71

S.T. Reneva FD71
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

S.T. Reneva FD7

S.T. Reneva FD7
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection (TPF)

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 8 updates since then.
12/04/2015: Picture added.
09/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
23/03/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Kingston FD144

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall and Christine Simm

Technical

Official Number: 108442
Yard Number: 131
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 161
Net Tonnage: 63
Length: 104.2 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan

History

30.1.1897: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.131) for Hagerup, Doughty & Co Ltd, Grimsby as KINGSTON.
1.1897: Completed (Fred. E. Hagerup, manager).
1.2.1897: Registered at Grimsby (GY206).
4.1906: Transferred to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager) on the formation of the company.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.2575). Based Egypt.
2.1919: Restored and surveyed at Liverpool.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
2.10.1920: Transferred to Lowestoft.
4.1922: Sold to Thomas W. Mason & Thomas Cardwell, Fleetwood (Thomas W. Mason managing owner).
29.4.1922: Sailed Lowestoft for Fleetwood.
20.10.1926: Grimsby registry closed.
21.10.1926: Registered at Fleetwood (FD144).
23.10.1926: Sold to Mason Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Thomas W. Mason, manager).
1927: Thomas Cardwell appointed manager.
23/11/1928: Sailed Fleetwood (Sk. Ernest Salthouse) for the fishing grounds and immediately encountered weather so severe that it took 28 hours to reach the shelter of Ramsey Bay. Decks swept, fittings and lifeboat damaged and vessel flooded and needing pumping. During a lull in the weather, Sk. Salthouse decided to return to Fleetwood but immediately ran into increasingly violent weather, so bad that it took 6 hours to reach the port. Ernest Salthouse stated “During the 38 years I have followed the sea, I have never encountered such a continuous gale as that weekend. We encounterd heavy seas and one huge wave wrenched the lifeboat from its lashings, smashing the bottom. The decks were leaking and it was deemed advisable to return to Fleetwood.
7.1930: Fishing out of Fleetwood in Irish Sea (Sk. Edward Cook, Lowestoft).
9.7.1930: With ONE ACCORD (LT324) (Sk. Francis George Camble) arrested by HMS SPEY some 91/2 miles W-S-W of Ailsa Craig, after a chase and a boarding, suspected of trawling in the Firth of Clyde. Taken to Campbeltown where nets and gear was landed.
10.7.1930: At a special sitting of Campbeltown Sheriff Court, Edward Cook was charged with illegal trawling; covering or concealing the name of the ship and her PLN; failing to show correct signals when fishing and failing to stop instantly when ordered by signal from HMS SPEY to do so. Cook pleaded not guilty and was ordered to find bail of £200.
16.7.1930: At Campbeltown Sheriff Court, Cook pleaded guilty to the first charge but not guilty to the rest. Penalties imposed were; for illegal trawling £100 and forfeiture of nets and gear; for failing to display fishing signals, £30; for concealment of name and PLN, £10; for failure to stop, £30. Fines were paid.
11.11.1930: At Bangor Magistrates Court, Sk. Andrew Armitage was fined £10 for illegal trawling off the Welsh coast.
1934: Sold for breaking up.
27.10.1934: Fleetwood registry closed, breaking up completed.

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S.T. Kingston FD144

S.T. Kingston FD144
Picture courtesy of Fred Baker

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
27/07/2016: Information added.
20/03/2021: Information updated.
31/01/2024: Updated history.

S.T. Kernevel M62

Technical

Official Number: 145005
Yard Number: 413
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 172
Net Tonnage: 65
Length: 112.3 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1906: Completed by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.413) for Soc. Anon des Chalutiers de l’Quest, St. Nazaire as KER-NEVEL. Registered at Lorient (L754).
Post 1917: Sold to ??, Dieppe. Registered at Dieppe.
1925: Sold to George F. Liston, Leith (managing owner).
25.5.1925: Registered at Granton (GN35) as KERNEVEL.
1930: Sold to Wear Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Sunderland (John Hall, manager).
1930: Granton registry closed. Registered at Sunderland (SD36).
1931: New boiler fitted.
1935: Sold to Sunderland Ice Co Ltd, Sunderland (Charles Hall. manager).
12.1939: Sold to John C. Llewellin, Joseph L. Yolland, John Yolland Jnr, Havorfordwest & Thomas S. Yolland, Swansea (John C. Llewellin, manager).
2.1940: Sunderland registry closed.
1.3.1940: Registered at Milford (M62).
12.8.1940: Fishing the Small’s ground (Sk. J. Cheyney) in company with RIVER YTHAN (M51) (Sk. W. Davies) and JASMINE (M90) (Sk. Walter Perry) damaged by German aircraft attack 6 miles NW of Smalls Lighthouse. Injured *.
1941: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
2.1943: Sold to Peter Alexander Johnstone, Aberdeen.
12.2.1943: Milford registry closed.
15.2.1943: Registered at Aberdeen (A560).
10.4.1944: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out for smoke making.
1944: Assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
8.5.1944: Part of Group B1. Sailed Bracklesham Bay for Mulberry A.
9.5.1944: Arrived Mulberry A.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
7.11.1944: Returned to owner.
6.11.1952: Sold to Scarborough Pure Ice & Cold Storage Co Ltd, Scarborough (James Johnson, manager).
15.11.1955: Laid up at Scarborough.
3.1956: Sold to BISCO and allocated to J. J. King & Co Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up. Delivered (Sk. Will. Pashby) River Tyne from Scarborough under own power (paid Skipper £35.0.0d for delivery).
4.5.1956: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

* Injured – Sk. Walter Perry and Bosun Fred McKay – JASMINE. Ch. Eng. George Turrell – KERNEVEL

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S.T. Kernevel M62

S.T. Kernevel A560
Picture from The George Scales Collection courtesy Mick Bayes


Changelog

24/12/2008: Page published. 8 updates since then.
02/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
17/03/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Ipswich LT128

Technical

Official Number: 106692
Yard Number: 129
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 162
Net Tonnage: 63
Length: 104.2 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow

History

2.12.1896: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow (Yd.No.129) for Hagerup, Doughty & Co Ltd, Grimsby as IPSWICH.
4.1.1897: Registered at Grimsby (GY178). Fred E. Hagerup designated manager.
1.1897: Completed.
4.1906: Transferred to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby on the formation of the company. John D. Marsden designated manager.
6.1913: New boiler fitted.
12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.429). Based Tyne.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
4.10.1920: Transferred to Lowestoft.
8.1.1925: Grimsby registry closed.
9.1.1925: Registered at Lowestoft (LT128).
9.1927: Owners restyled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby. (Sir John D Marsden, Bart designated manager.
12.3.1932; Off Sunk Light Vessel collided with steamer PHRYGIA (4137grt/1928) sustaining damage to stem and shell plating.
14.3.1932: Arrived Lowestoft.
11.3.1940: Off Aldeburgh picked up nine crew of steam trawler HALIFAX (LT144) which had foundered following damage when mine exploded having hit trawl door when hauling.
12.3.1940: Landed survivors at Lowestoft.
1940: Directed to Fleetwood under wartime control.
1941: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
24.5.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 179 kits – cod/codling-22, haddock-34, whiting-58, place-12, flats-11, ling/coley-37, roker-5.
3.1944: Sold to Ocean Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
3.1944: Lowestoft registry closed. 3.1944: Registered at Hull (H56). J. W. Rose designated manager.
1944: Sold to K. Percival (Trawlers) Ltd, Hull. Kenneth Percival designated manager.
1946: Sold to Cranbrook Shipping Co Ltd, London.
5.1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Grays, Essex.
1953: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Ipswich GY178

S.T. Ipswich GY178
Picture by Jonathan courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
01/02/2021: Updated history.