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S.D/T. Lord Suffolk LT44 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Milford Trawlers

Technical

Official Number: 149219
Yard Number: 577
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 115
Net Tonnage: 48
Length: 92.0 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 8.0 ft
Built: John Chambers & Co Ltd, Lowestoft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Wm. Burrell & Co, Gt. Yarmouth

History

1929: Launched by John Chambers & Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd.No.577) for Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Co Ltd, Lowestoft as LORD SUFFOLK.
6.1929: Completed (Harold B. Jackson, manager).
21.6.1929: Registered at Lowestoft (LT44).
6.12.1929: In North Sea, with steam drifter BOY ALAN (LT331), stood by disabled Spanish steamer until tugs arrived from Hull.
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow, Milford and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
9.8.1938: Off Milford Haven disabled, steam drifter LORD St. VINCENT (LT79) connected and delivered Milford.
18.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.1600) (Hire rate £61.13.4d/month). Renamed BANSHEE.
21.9.1943: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (B. A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager) when Basil Parkes bought most of Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Ltd better vessels.
25.1.1946: Returned to owner (Maj. A. W. Suddaby MBE, Gorleston, manager). Reverted to LORD SUFFOLK (LT44).
1946: Sold to J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven.
1947: Sold to Norrard Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Frederick W. Ingram, manager).
1959: Converted to motor and fitted with 4 stroke 5-cyl 335bhp oil engine by Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Ltd, Stockport.
1959: Re measured 120g.
21.4.1966: Off Tuscar Rock (S. Arthur James) took onboard three crew of leaking 50ft yacht, REINDEER on delivery voyage, South Coast – Glasgow. Connected and commenced tow for Rosslare, Co. Wexford but yacht foundered. Survivors landed at Rosslare.
1969: Laid up at Milford.
1970: Sold to Kilvey Trawling Co Ltd, Swansea. Fishing out of Milford.
30.3.1971: Fishing 25 miles off Wicklow Head (Sk. K. Jenkins), disabled with wire round propeller. Towed into Wicklow harbour, Co. Wicklow.
16.3.1972: Inward in Milford Haven in the early hours with very thick fog (Sk. Jack Clarke) ran into partially built Amoco jetty and became jammed on rising tide. Conservancy Board alerted and vessel freed by Wimpey tug SKOMER. Berthed at Milford with extensive damage to fore end, deck, guardrails, main and mizzen masts.
1976: Sold for breaking up.

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S.D/T. Lord Suffolk LT44

S.D/T. Lord Suffolk LT44
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S.D/T. Lord Suffolk LT44

S.D/T. Lord Suffolk LT44
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Changelog
25/10/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
31/01/2017: Image added.
06/11/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
03/05/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Golden Miller LT750

In Boston (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood

Technical

Official Number: 129983
Yard Number: 465
Completed: 1910
Gross Tonnage: 83
Net Tonnage: 35
Length: 83.3 ft
Breadth: 18.2 ft
Depth: 8.9 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

11.5.1910: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.465) for Samuel Thacker, Kessingland as SUPERNAL.
7.1910: Completed.
8.7.1910: Registered at Lowestoft (LT750). Samuel Thacker designated managing owner.
1915 Requisitioned for war service as an A/S net drifter (Ad.No.3244). Based Aegean Sea.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (S. Thacker, Kessingland).
13.1.1920: Sold to Samuel Urban Thacker (32/64) & William Israel Thacker 32/54), Kessingland.
22.3.1920: Sold to Samuel Thacker (64/64), Kessingland. Fishing on a permanent basis out of Scarborough with full Scarborough crew, exact dates not known.
29.2.1936: Sold to Alan William Utting (32/64), Lowestoft & Alfred William Muttit (32/64), Kessingland. John Utting designated manager.
31.3.1936: Registered at Lowestoft as GOLDEN MILLER (LT750).
29.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on contraband control (Hire rate £25.0.0d/month).
12.9.1945: Returned.
23.3.1952: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, North Ferriby designated manager. Continued to fish from Lowestoft.
30.11.1955: Transferred to Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood.
1.1956: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for breaking up at Charlestown, Fife (Contract No.93D).
12.1.1956: Sailed Lowestoft for River Forth.
28.1.1956: Delivered Charlestown.
2.1956: Breaking up commenced.
12.6.1957: Lowestoft registry closed.

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HMD Golden Miller

HMD Golden Miller
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Changelog

18/12/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
04/11/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
03/12/2020: Updated history.

S.D/T. Quiet Waters LT201 (Seasonal)

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 149250
Yard Number: 1102
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 117
Net Tonnage: 53
Length: 94.0 ft
Breadth: 20.0 ft
Depth: 9.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Elliott & Garrood Ltd, Beccles
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

20.12.1930: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1102) for Frederick Ernest Catchpole (managing owner), Lowestoft as QUIET WATERS.
19.1.1931: Completed.
21.3.1931: Registered at Lowestoft (LT201).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow, Milford and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
15.10.1939: At Lowestoft landed 215 crans of herring.
28.9.1932: At Grimsby damaged propeller.
28.9.1932: Connected to PEACEFUL STAR(LT90) disabled with fouled propeller and delivered her to Calais.
3.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service on contraband control/auxiliary patrol (P.No.FY1776) (Hire rate £69.3.6d/month).
3.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
9.2.1946: Returned to owner.
22.11.1947: At Lowestoft landed 140 crans fresh and 60 crans iced.
10.5.1948: Sold to The Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Frederick E. Catchpole, manager).
28.3.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as PEACEFUL STAR (LT201). Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
6.10.1952: At Lowestoft landed in excess 200 crans.
31.5.1955: Sold to Arthur H. Codd & Son, London.
1.6.1956: Sold to Anson Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Milford Haven (John N. Picton, manager).
13.11.1957: Returned to Milford to land the Skipper, George Knight of Lowestoft, with an injured foot.
25.11.1959: Sold to Alick King, Lowestoft (managing owner).
30.11.1959: Sold to Wood & Davidson Ltd, Aberdeen (John Wood, manager).
21.12.1959: Lowestoft registry closed.
28.12.1959: Registered at Aberdeen (A61).
1961: Converted to motor by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen, fitted with 3-cyl 4 stroke 300bhp oil engine by A.K. Diesels Ltd, Lowestoft (engine built under licence by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen in 1960).
1961: Alteration to tonnage and other particulars. Certificate of Survey at Aberdeen. Remeasured 121.48g 48.36n.
27.10.1970: Sold to George Wood (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen.
27.10.1970: Sold to Wood & Davidson Ltd, Aberdeen.
11.2.1973: Sold to James Stevenson, London.
1974: Sold to Robert Dick, London. To be fitted out in Portugal for prawn fishing off North African coast.
1978: Sank on moorings in Marsa Creek, Malta.
1979: Sunken hull sold to Cassar Enterprises, Marsa for £880.
1981: After being salved sold to Sartard Shipbreakers Ltd , Marsa for breaking up.
4.5.1982: Aberdeen registry closed “Registry cancelled on direction of Secretary of State dated 27.4.1982”.

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S.D/T. Quiet Waters LT201

S.D/T. Quiet Waters LT201
© Ford Jenkins-Robert Durrant Collection

S.D/T. Peaceful Star LT201

S.D/T. Peaceful Star LT201
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo collection

S.D/T. Peaceful Star LT201

S.D/T. Peaceful Star LT201
Picture courtesy of John Stevenson

M.D/T. Peaceful Star A61

M.D/T. Peaceful Star A61
Picture courtesy of Greenday (Ships Nostalgia)

Changelog
13/12/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
13/06/2016: Information updated, picture added.
03/11/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.D/T. Glow LT668

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3980
Official Number: 146042
Yard Number: 557
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.7 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1918: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.557) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as GLOW.
21.11.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (Ad.No.3980).
13.11.1919: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London.
5.2.1920: Registered at Lowestoft (Part IV) as Glow (LT668) and engaged in commercial fishing.
2.9.1920: Assisted into Lowestoft Boulogne steam trawler LILLOIS (B??) disabled after boiler explosion at sea in which two men were killed and two injured.
6.7.1921: Lowestoft registry closed at request of The Admiralty.
30.7.1921: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as GLOW (No.399 of 1921) O.N.146042.
8.1921: Sold to William Robbens & Sons Ltd, Lowestoft (William Robbens, manager).
8.1921: London registry closed.
26.8.1921: Lowestoft registry re-opened (LT668).
1.12.1925: In moderate weather off Southwold connected to steam drifter CLACH Na CUDEN (YH361) disabled with machinery problem and delivered Lowestoft.
7.3.1934: Sold to George Hitchim Catchpole, Lowestoft.
2.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.964) (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month). Fitted with LL sweep, based at Dundee.
6.1940: At Jarrow (Sk. C. Chamberlain RNR).
5.1943: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
25.11.1943: Sold to North Shore Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
16.11.1945: Returned to owner.
1946: Sold to Norway.
7.10.1946: Lowestoft registry closed.
12.10.1946: Sailed Lowestoft for Norway.

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HMD Glow

HMD Glow
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S.D/T. Glow LT668

S.D/T. Glow LT668
Picture courtesy of The John Baxter Collection

Changelog
13/12/2010: Page published. 3 revisions since then.
12/09/2014: Picture added.
02/11/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
20/11/2020: Updated history.

S.D/T. Comrades LT403 (Seasonal)

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 149213
Yard Number: 1025
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 114
Net Tonnage: 51
Length: 92.0 ft
Breadth: 19.6 ft
Depth: 9.5 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Burrell & Co, Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

5.7.1928: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1025) for Gilbert & Co Ltd, Lowestoft as COMRADES.
8.8.1928: Completed (Arthur George Gilbert, manager).
24.9.1928: Registered at Lowestoft (LT403).
29.9.1928: Trials at Lowestoft. First Skipper H. J. Bryant.
1929 – 1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
15.3.1929: Off Trevose Head lost propeller.
1930: Company in liquidation.
18.3.1930: Sold by liquidator to reconstituted Gilbert & Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Arthur George Gilbert, manager).
13.12.1933: Struck bank at entrance to Lowestoft harbour causing bottom damage.
28.3.1935: Seasonal trawling out of Fleetwood lost propeller.
18.4.1937: Seasonal trawling out of Fleetwood lost propeller.
3.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service on contraband control (1-3pdr) (Hire rate £58.0.0d/month).
1.1941: Based at Weymouth as armed patrol drifter (Ty/Sk. D. T. Buck PNR).
1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval and port duties.
19.9.1946: Returned to owner.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
1955: Re measured after conversion – 118g 49n.
26.7.1955: Completed trials after conversion to motor.
30.7.1955: Converted to motor by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft, fitted with 300bhp 3-cyl A.K.Diesel Ltd, Lowestoft installed by W. H. Podd Ltd, Lowestoft.
30.7.1955: Sailed Lowestoft.
18.8.1955: Re registered at Lowestoft as a motor drifter/trawler (LT403).
7.10.1955: Mortgaged to The White Fish Authority, London (A).
9.5.1961: Mortgage (A) discharged.
4.1964: Company and assets bought by Basil A. Parkes, Hull.
16.4.1964: Frederick Ernest Catchpole appointed manager.
22.3.1967: Sold to Richard Curnow, Helston (32/64) & Capt Silas Victor Oates, Penzance (32/64) (Silas Victor Oates, manager). Used as a platform to carry out unauthorised dives on wreck of Liberian steam tanker Torrey Canyon (61263grt/1959) (Stranded 18.3.1967 on Pollard’s Rock, Seven Stones, dispersed wreck in 30 metres at 50.2,50N 6.7,73W).
18.9.1967: Silas Victor Oates 32 shares sold to Lewis Ernest Adams, Oakhampton (32/64).
8.12.1967: Lewis Ernest Adams 32 shares mortgaged to Smith & Godwin Ltd, London to secure the sum of £10,000 with interest (B).
31.12.1967: Richard Curnow 32 shares mortgaged to Gilbert & Co Ltd, Hull to secure the sum of £1,350 with interest (C).
8.1968: Arrested at Poole following writ issued on behalf of Gilbert & Co Ltd, Hull for non payment of monies outstanding.
15.1.1969: Mortgage (B) transferred to Allcredits Ltd, London.
1970: Broken up at Poole.
1.8.1976: Lowestoft registry closed. (Not removed from Lloyd’s Register until 1992-1993 edition. “Vessel’s continued existence in doubt”.

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S.D/T. Comrades LT403

S.D/T. Comrades LT403
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S.D/T. Comrades LT403

S.D/T. Comrades LT403
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S.D/T. Comrades LT403

S.D/T. Comrades LT403
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S.D/T. Comrades LT403

S.D/T. Comrades LT403
Picture courtesy of The Wilbert Tulloch Collection

M.D/T. Comrades LT403

M.D/T. Comrades LT403
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Changelog
10/12/2010: Page published. 12 updates since then.
21/06/2016: Information updated.
01/11/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
03/08/2019: Updated information and added an image.