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S.T. Active FD157

Technical

Official Number: 99561
Yard Number: 83
Completed: 1892
Gross Tonnage: 149
Net Tonnage: 62
Length: 102.4 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Engine: 45nhp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Speed 10 knots

History

16.2.1892: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.83) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as ACTIVE.
8.3.1892: Registered at Hull (H191).
3.1892: Completed. (Henry A. L.Russell, manager).
9.1.1893: New certificate issued.
25.8.1893: Off north coast of Iceland in poor weather. At about 2.00 pm. steam trawler AGATE (H179), who was in company, ran over an uncharted rock stripping propeller of three blades. Disabled and agreed tow home. Connected and commenced tow to Hull.
1.9.1893: After a difficult passage delivered Hull on early morning tide.
26.2.1906: Re-registered at Hull (H191).
18.1.1909: Sold to Thomas R. Porter & Benjamin J. Ridge, Newlyn (Thomas R. Porter managing owner).
1912: Sold to James Herbert Marr, Fleetwood.
10.5.1912: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, managers).
18.11.1912: Hull registry closed.
19.11.1912: Registered at Fleetwood (FD157).
5.10.1916: Sold to Horace E. Stroud, Aberdeen.
22.3.1917: Fleetwood registry closed.
26.3.1917: Registered at Aberdeen (A776).
26.4.1917: Stopped by U-boat (UC50) 65 miles E by S of Longstone Light and scuttled.
21.5.1917: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel sunk by submarine.” Amended 22.5.1917 from 5.5.1917: Aberdeen registry closed “On transfer to Grimsby.”

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S.T. Active H191

S.T. Active H191
Picture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library

Changelog
14/05/2012: Page published. 5 revisions since then.
11/09/2014: Picture added.
09/06/2019: Information updated.

S.T. Bull Dog FD328

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson
aka BULLDOG & BULL-DOG

Technical

Official Number: 99562
Yard Number: 82
Completed: 1892
Gross Tonnage: 148.15
Net Tonnage: 57
Length: 100 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 10.6 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Engine: 270ihp C.2-cyl and boiler by Bailey & Leatham Ltd, Hull
Speed: 10 knots

History

3.3.1892: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.82) for The Humber Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as BULL DOG.
26.3.1892: Registered at Hull (H192).
26.3.1892: Richard Simpson designated manager.
26.3.1892: Trials.
29.3.1892: Completed as a beam trawler.
10.4.1893: Richard Henry Hobbs appointed manager.
1892/93: Fished beam trawl in South West waters landing into The Barbican, Sutton Harbour, Plymouth.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 61.80 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
28.7.1915: Sold to Walter Harold Beeley (64/64), Grimsby.
30.7.1915: Hull registry closed.
30.7.1915: Walter Harold Beeley designated managing owner.
4.8.1915: Registered at Grimsby (GY576).
16.8.1915: Walter Harold Beeley (4/64) shares sold to George Tilmouth (4/64), Grimsby.
30.8.1915: Walter Harold Beeley (4/64) shares sold to Percival Clark (4/64), Grimsby.
8.9.1915: Walter Harold Beeley (2/64) shares sold to Marion Elsie Mackrill (2/64), Grimsby.
5.1.1916: Percival Clark (4/64) shares sold to Walter Harold Beeley (58/64), Grimsby.
5.1.1917: Walter Harold Beeley (2/64) shares sold to Marion Elsie Mackrill (4/64), Grimsby.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
22.12.1917: Walter Harold Beeley (56/64) shares; George Tilmouth (4/64) shares and Marion Elsie Mackrill (4/64) shares sold to Noah Ashworth, Rowland Morris & Ernest Taylor (64/64 joint owners), Fleetwood.
9.1.1918: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
11.1.1918: Joseph Allen Taylor appointed manager.
1919: Released.
18.7.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
21.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD328).
6.1924: Mortgage (A) discharged.
18.6.1924: Sold for breaking up at Bowling.
27.6.1924: Fleetwood registry closed on advice from Manager.

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S.T. Bull Dog FD328

S.T. Bull Dog FD328
Bull Dog (inboard of Banks o’ Dee)

Changelog
14/05/2012: Page published. 6 updates since then.
19/09/2016: Information updated.
22/08/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Andradite H26 (2)

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson and Lifeboat Magazine

Technical

Official Number: 163179
Yard Number: 588
Completed: 1934
Gross Tonnage: 313
Net Tonnage: 139
Length: 131.0 ft
Breadth: 24.6 ft
Depth: 13.0 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Speed: 11.4 knots

History

18.8.1933: The Board of Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd decided to exercise their option with Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd to build two more middle water trawlers to the same design as the AVANTURINE (Yd.No.542) but with amendments in respect of hull dimensions. Contracts were signed with the shipyard and with Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd to make the engines and boilers. The price agreed was £13,610 for the first vessel and £13,560 for the second. The names chosen were ALEXANDRITE and ANDRADITE. Two further trawlers were subsequently ordered to this design, ARAGONITE (Yd.No.594) and ACHROITE (Yd.No.596).
Total cost for ANDRADITE, with amendments, certification, fees, fishing gear and other equipment £14,272.12.9d.

1.2.1934: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.588) for Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as ANDRADITE (named by Mrs Bridget Adams).
23.1.1934: Completed trials and accepted.
23.2.1934: Registered at Hull (H26).
16.3.1934: Sailed on first trip to Faroes (Sk. Stephenson).
31.3.1934: Landed 767 kits grossed £497 (15 days).
25.7.1939: Insured value £17,200.
12.8.1939: Sailed for Faroes (Sk. J. Neve).
28.8.1939: At Hull landed 732 kits £701 gross. Last landing prior to being requisitioned.
28.8.1939: Admiralty telegram advising ALEXANDRITE and ANDRADITE would be requisitioned at 10.30 am. Landed gear.
28.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service (Hire rate £187.16.0d/month).
1.9.1939: Sailed for Aberdeen with RN crew. Fitted out on examination service (1-12pdr) (P.No. FY.559).
1940: Fitted out as a minesweeper. Based Dover with M/S Group 46 (Ty/Sk. E. H. Brooks RNR).
1941-1942: Remained at Dover with M/S Group 46 (Ty Lieut. E. S. Brookes RNVR).
17.1.1946: Returned after refurbishment by Globe Engineering Co Ltd, Hull and survey.
19.1.1946: Sailed on trip to Faroes grounds (Sk. W. Swain Snr).
23.2.1949: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £30,250. Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Brough designated manager.
11.7.1949: Last landing at Hull prior to transfer to Fleetwood.
6.3.1957: Sailed Fleetwood for Faroes grounds (Sk. John Henry Blackshaw); fifteen crew.
7.3.1957: Stranded on rocks at Barra Head. At 3.30am. message received by Barra Lifeboat Station from Stornoway coastguard that the trawler was was ashore near Curachan Rock. Barra lifeboat, Lloyds, launched at 4.10am. in a slight sea, southerly breeze and tide on the flood. Lifeboat found the trawler some 5 miles NE of Curachan Rock, took off the crew and at 7.30am. landed them safely at Castlebay, Barra. Vessel sustained extensive bottom damage and declared a total loss.
3.5.1957: Hull registry closed “Ship ashore total loss”.

(Crew (all Fleetwood unless stated) – Sk. John Henry Blackshaw (54); Stanley Mason (29), Mate; Richard E. Edwards (24), Bosun; Fred Parkinson (56) Ch. Eng; S. Latkowski (30), 2nd Eng; James Morgan (54),Harold Moon (19), Charles F. Tomlinson (53), John W. Morley (18), Sidney Cole (58) and William Neal (57), deckhands; Charles Leo (51), Michael Kettrick (23), Wigan, firemen; J. Kerr-Morgan (23), Middlesbrough, apprentice fireman; Walter Whiteside (63), cook.)

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S.T. Andradite H26

S.T. Andradite H26
Picture courtesy of The Mike Thompson Collection

HMT Andradite

HMT Andradite
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection (TPF)

Changelog
14/05/2012: Page published. 4 updates since then.
01/08/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/10/2018: Updated information.
18/10/2018: Added picture.
03/07/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Alexandrite H7

Technical

Official Number: 163175
Yard Number: 585
Completed: 1933
Gross Tonnage: 313
Net Tonnage: 139
Length: 131 ft
Breadth: 24.6 ft
Depth: 13 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 89nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Speed : 11.3 knots

History

18.8.1933: The Board of Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd decided to exercise their option with Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd to build two more middle water trawlers to the same design as the AVANTURINE (Yd.No.542) but with amendments in respect of hull dimensions. Contracts were signed with the shipyard and with Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd to make the engines and boilers. The price agreed was £13,610 for the first vessel and £13,560 for the second. The names chosen were ALEXANDRITE and ANDRADITE. Two further trawlers were subsequently ordered to this design, ARAGONITE (Yd.No.594) and ACHROITE (Yd.No.596).
Total cost for ALEXANDRITE, with amendments, fishing gear and other equipment £14,242.12.9d.

21.12.1933: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd No.585) for Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as ALEXANDRITE (named by Miss Billaney, daughter of skipper).
20.1.1934: Registered at Hull (H7).
23.1.1934: Completed trials and accepted.
25.1.1934: Sailed from Hull on first trip (Sk. William Billaney).
6.2.1934: Landed 755 kits grossed £966.
25.7.1939: Insured value £17,200.
10.8.1939: Last landing prior to being requisitioned.
28.8.1939: Admiralty telegram advising ALEXANDRITE and ANDRADITE would be requisitioned at 10.30 am.
28.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service (Hire rate £187.16.0d/month).
1.9.1939: Sailed for Aberdeen with RN crew. Fitted out on examination service (1-12pdr) (P.No. FY.560).
1940: Fitted out as a minesweeper. Based Grimsby with M/S Group 46 (Ty/Sk. G. D. Barker RNR).
1941: Based at Dover with M/S Group 46 (Ty/Sk. G. D. Barker RNR).
1942: Remained at Dover.
2.6.1945: Arrived at Hull for restoration by Saint Andrew’s Engineering Co Ltd.
1.11.1945: Returned to owner and reclassed at Hull.
30.11.1945: Insured value £30,000; for 1946 proposed £34,000.
17.12.1946: New boiler ordered from Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull at a cost of £5.700.
6.1948: New boiler fitted.
23.2.1949: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager) for £30,250.
4.12.1951: Sold to North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (John Alexander Harrow, manager) for £29,000.
1952: Fishing from Fleetwood ( J. Marr & Son Ltd, managers).
11.1955: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
6.1955: Transferred to fish from Aberdeen.
1963: Sold to Motherwell Machinery & Scrap Co Ltd, Motherwell for breaking up at Grangemouth (yard formerly owned by G. & W. Brunton).
2.11.1963: Delivered Grangemouth.
20.11.1963: Hull registry closed.

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S.T. Alexandrite H7

S.T. Alexandrite H7
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S.T. Alexandrite H7

S.T. Alexandrite H7
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

S.T. Alexandrite H7

S.T. Alexandrite H7
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
14/05/2012: Page published. 6 revisions since then.
11/07/2014: Picture added.
19/06/2017: Picture added.
18/06/2019: Information updated.

S.T. Adam FD65

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4247
Official Number: 139360
Yard Number: 890
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 324
Net Tonnage: 148
Length: 138.3 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

14.6.1919: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.890) (“Mersey” Class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS MALONEY (Ad.No.4247).
23.9.1919: Completed.
10.1919: Sold to Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull.
10.1919: Electrical installation by Humber Electrical Co Ltd. Hull (£405 plus cost of drilling).
11.1919: Completed as a fishing trawler (Harold Hall, manager). Total cost with electric lights – £18,500 (payment made 23.10.1919).
15.11.1919: Registered at Hull as St NEOTS (H112).
18.11.1927: Sold to Henry Croft Baker, Grimsby.
26.5.1928: Sold to H. Croft Baker & Sons Ltd, Grimsby (H. Croft Baker, manager).
26.4.1930: Sold to The Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sydney Croft Baker, manager).
1.5.1930: In dense fog 20 miles SE of Girdleness in collision with Aberdeen trawler BEN LAWERS (A311) which foundered in three minutes. All nine crew taken aboard and landed at Aberdeen.
2.12.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
9.11.1932: Skipper fined 3,000 kroner (£166) with confiscation dues of 5,000 kroner and forfeiture of gear and catch for fishing in Norwegian territorial waters.
19.4.1934: Mortgage (A) discharged.
6.4.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
27.4.1934: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (B).
7.2.1936: Mortgage (B) discharged.
14.1.1937: Whilst fishing at Rockall, Arthur Londesborough (20) was lost overboard and drowned.
6.1937: Sold to Towarzystwo Dalekomorskich Polowow “Pomorze” Sp.z.o.o., Gdynia.
29.7.1937: Hull registry closed “Sold Polish for trading”.
1937: Registered at Gdynia as ADAM (GDY94).
9.1939: Sold to Adam Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager). Gdynia registry closed.
3.11.1939: Registered at Fleetwood (FD65).
16.11.1939: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood for the sum of £512 with interest (C).
19.11.1939: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to John Odde, East Molesey for the sum of £6,000 with interest (D).
12.1939: On a trip to the Faroe Island grounds, bombed and machine gunned by German seaplanes. No damage; crew of twelve from Hull.
12.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1618) (Hire rate £101.5.0d/month). Based Dover with M/S Group 61.
16.4.1943: Mortgage (C) discharged.
31.5.1943: Mortgage (D) discharged.
31.5.1943: Sold to Mrs Wincenty Bartosiak, Gdynia, Poland.
1.6.1943: Fleetwood registry closed. Renamed PODLAISE.
4.- 6.1944: Minesweeping in Dover Straits (A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Delphin-Abbott, awarded DSC for skill and daring in successful minesweeping operations).
14.7.1944: Returned to owner after restoration at Fleetwood. Registered at Gdynia (GDY154).
4.8.1944: First landing at Fleetwood (Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, managers).
3.1946: Repairs at Ghent. Then fishing from IJmuiden with Dutch crews until end of year.
12.1946: Returned to Poland.
5.1948: Sold to “Lawica” Rybolowstwo Dalekomorskiie i Zegluga Sp.z.o.o., Gdynia (“Lawica” Deep-Sea Fishing & Shipping Ltd)(Kazimierza Orthweina, Wincenty Bartosiak & others). Re-registered at Gdynia (GDY124).
16.12.1949: By Order of the Ministry of Navigation the holding company and assets to be placed under control of the Polish People’s Republic. Zbigniew Kollesinskiego appointed manager.
1950: Company and assets transferred to “Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich Sp.z.ogr.odp, Gdynia (Polish Government).
1951: Sold to “Lawica” Rybolowstwo Dalekom S.A., Gdynia.
7.1951: Re classed and registered at Gdynia (GDY213).
4.1962: Sold for breaking up at Gdansk.

(Thomas Maloney, Landsman (volunteer), age 25, b. Connaught, Ireland – VICTORY (SB139))

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S.T. Podlasie GDY154

S.T. Podlasie GDY154
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Changelog
14/05/2012: Page published. 4 updates since then.
11/08/2017: Picture added.
09/06/2019: Information updated.