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S.T. Strathdevon A539

Technical

Official Number: 137182
Yard Number: 575
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 212
Net Tonnage: 91
Length: 115.7 ft
Breadth: 22.3 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1915: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.575) for Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as STRATHDEVON.
11.1915: Completed. John Brown designated manager. Requisitioned for war service from the builder.
2.12.1915: Registered at Aberdeen (A539). Fitted out as a minesweeper (1-3pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer). Based Dover.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
1926: George Massie appointed manager.
1938: W. Rhind appointed manager.
25.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (P.No. FY1813) (Hire rate £58.6.0d/month) (Ad.No.1960).
12.1941: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
2.1942: Returned to owner.
17.12.1942: Sold to The Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, designated manager. Fishing out of Fleetwood.
5.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 637 kits – hake-520, cod/codling-3, ling/coley-106, roker-4, dogs-4.
2.2.1945: Last landing at Fleetwood.
3.2.1945: Sold to River Ness Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. George Craig designated manager.
8.9.1955: Sold to River Ness Fishing Co (1955) Ltd, Aberdeen. George Craig designated manager.
3.1958: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
19.3.1958: Delivered Bruges.
1.4.1958: Aberdeen registry closed.

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S.T. Strathdevon A539
Picture by Donald Smith courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

Changelog

06/06/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
05/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermark.
06/08/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Shielburn M15

Technical

Official Number: 129357
Yard Number: 465
Completed: 1911
Yard Number: 465
Gross Tonnage: 212
Net Tonnage: 81
Length: 117.3 ft
Breadth: 22.3 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1911: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd. No.465) for James Sangster Melville & Mrs Ann Ford or Melville, Aberdeen as ANN FORD MELVILLE.
31.3.1911: Registered at Aberdeen (A365).
4.1911: Completed (James S. Melville, manager).
4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.1347). Based Milford Haven.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
15.11.1920: Sold to Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Andrew Walker, manager).
22.2.1921: Registered at Aberdeen as STAR OF FREEDOM (A365).
1933: Sold to David Wood & J. Flett, Aberdeen (David Wood managing owner).
16.11.1933: Registered at Aberdeen as SHIELBURN (A365).
12.8.1940: Sold to D. Wood, Aberdeen (managing owner).
3.6.1942: Sold to Henderson’s Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Fleetwood, manager). Fishing out of Fleetwood.
29.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 300 kits – hake-13, cod/codling-88, haddock-17, whiting-66, flats-11, ling/coley-94, roker-5, gurnard-6.
29.3.1944: Requisitioned for war service (after landing at Fleetwood that day) as a smoke making trawler assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings (P.No.4.439) (Hire rate £56.0.0d/month).
11.6.1944: Left Thames for Mulberry A with Group A2. Employed smoke making with replenishment at Portland.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended. Employed as a fuel carrier (Esso).
31.10.1944: Returned to owners.
23.1.1945: Landed at Fleetwood.
7.2.1945: Sold to Westenborg Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Herman Westenborg, manager).
9.2.1945: First landing at Milford.
7.2.1945: Aberdeen registry closed.
12.2.1945: Registered at Milford (M15).
25.9.1945: Sold to Lewis Wilcox & Co Ltd, Milford Haven.
28.3.1951: J. C. Llewellin (Trawlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (John C. Llewellin, manager ). Pareja pair trawling with RIVER SPEY (M130).
1956: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
8.5.1956: Arrived at Castle Pill, Milford Haven.
18.5.1956: Milford registry closed.

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S.T. Shielburn M51
Picture © The John Stevenson Collection

Changelog
06/06/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
05/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermark.
03/08/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Neves LT246 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 162951
Yard Number: 298
Completed: 1931
Gross Tonnage: 122
Net Tonnage: 62
Length: 94.1 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.5 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co (1927) Ltd, Goole
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliott & Garrood Ltd, Beccles.

History

21.3.1931: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co (1927) Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.298) for Seven Ltd, Lowestoft as NEVES.
5.1931: Completed (Frederick W. Moxey, manager).
14.5.1931: Registered at Lowestoft (LT246).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow, Milford & Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
20.11.1931: In collision off Milford Docks with British motor schooner MAYALS (226g/1880) which foundered. Liability admitted by owners and limited to £8 per gross ton – £59.12.6d. by Court.
1937: Sold to Ritson J. Tripp, Kessingland (managing owner).
11.10.1939: Requisitioned for war service employed on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £72.2.7d/month).
24.10.1945: Returned to owner.
11.1945: Sold to County Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Frederick Spashett, manager). Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood.
4.7.1947: Connected to steam drifter/trawler THRIFTY (LT152) disabled with boiler trouble and delivered Lowestoft.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
1955: Converted by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft, fitted with 330bhp 4 stroke 6VEBM oil engine by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln.
1955: Re measured 127g 52n.
1955: Registered at Lowestoft as Fellowship (LT246). David F. Cartwright, MBE MC appointed manager.
1961: Sold to J. J. Colby, Lowestoft & others.
1965: Sold to Holkar Fishing Co, Lowestoft (Colby Fish Selling Co Ltd, managers).
1967: Sold to Colby Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft. Employed on offshore platform standby duties.
3.1974: Advertised for sale.
6.1974: Sold to Peter F. Horlock, Mistley. Subsequently sold to Greek principals.
1977: Sold to Red Sea interests.
By 1985: Fate unknown.

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S.D/T. Neves LT246
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S.T. Neves LT246
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

M.T/D. Fellowship LT246
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

Changelog

04/06/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
21/01/2019: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
24/06/2021: Updated information.

S.D/T. Ocean Hunter YH298 (Seasonal)

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4148
Yard Number: 499
Official Number: 139888
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
Boiler: Danks, Edwind & Co (Oldbury) Ltd, Oldbury,Birmingham
Built: John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft

History

1919: Launched by John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.499) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as CURRENT (Ad.No.4148).
3.12.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
29.9.1920: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London and placed on sales list.
8.1920: Sold to Henry C. Thompson, North Shields (Robert Boyle, manager).
30.8.1920: Registered at North Shields (SN43).
26.5.1922: North Shields registry closed “Ceased fishing”.
1922: Sold to A. Grant & John T. Graham, Cellardyke (John T. Graham managing owner). Registered at Kirkcaldy as COPIOUS (KY175).
1925: Sold to W. C. Wilson, North Shields & Others (John T. Graham, Cellardyke, manager).
27.8.1931: Answered distress call from Port Seaton steam trawler CHOICE (A764) holed while hauling some 19 miles off Peterhead and making water. Took off crew and connected but after two hours towing Choice started to settle and foundered. Survivors landed at Anstruther.
8.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service on miscellaneous Naval duties (P.No.FY.337) (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
1945: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
8.1945: Returned to owner.
1947: Sold to The Adam Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
2.1948: Sold to Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Cecil Frank Mayo, manager).
2.2.1948: Registered at Yarmouth (YH296).
25.3.1948: Registered at Yarmouth as OCEAN HUNTER (YH296). Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood and Padstow.
31.12.1952: Sold to Edward Albert Beamish, Lowestoft.
31.1.1953: Registered at Lowestoft (LT322).
10.2.1953: Yarmouth registry closed.
24.10.1953: At Lowestoft landed 145 crans of herring.
1.1955: Sold for breaking up.
18.1.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for breakers.
26.5.1955: Lowestoft registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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S.T. Ocean Hunter YH298
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Ocean Hunter YH298
Picture courtesy of The Robert Durrant Collection

Changelog

01/06/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
01/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
22/06/2019: Updated information and added an image.

S.D/T. Ocean Unity YH293 (Seasonal)

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4136
Official Number: 131873
Yard Number: 64
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 37
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.25 ft
Built: Ouse Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Hook, Nr Goole
Engine: T.3-cyl by Robertson & Orchar Ltd, Dundee
Boiler: Clayton, Son & Co Ltd, Leeds

History

5.4.1919: Launched by The Ouse Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Hook, Nr Goole (Yd.No.64) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as ICEFIELD (Ad.No.4136).
2.2.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
2.9.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
1920: Sold to A. Watson, Pittenweem & Others. Registered at Kirkcaldy as JESSIE WATSON (KY52).
1923: Sold to John T. Graham, John T. Graham Jnr, J. B. Graham & W. Birrell, Cellardyke (John T. Graham, Jnr managing owner). Registered at Kirkcaldy as ANSTER BELLE (KY52).
1930: Registered at Kirkcaldy as Campanula (KY52).
1935: Sold to A. Gardner, Anstruther & J. B. Graham, Hartlepool. Registered at Kirkcaldy as MEMORIA (KY52).
1936: Sold to James Bruce, Buckpool & A. Reid, Portgordan (James Bruce managing owner). Kirkcaldy registry closed. Registered at Buckie as UNITY (BCK109).
28.3.1940: Requisitioned for war service on Examining Service. Renamed FENELLA (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
11.2.1946: Returned to owner. Reverted to UNITY (BCK109).
1946: Sold to Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Frank Mayo, manager).
1.1948: Buckie registry closed.
19.1.1948: Registered at Yarmouth (YH293).
23.3.1948: Registered at Yarmouth as OCEAN UNITY (YH293). Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood & Padstow.
14.11.1948: At Yarmouth landed 200 crans of herring.
1955: Sold to Belgium for breaking up.
29.12.1955: Yarmouth registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Unity YH293
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S.T. Ocean Unity YH293
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S.D/T. Ocean Unity YH293
Picture courtesy of Peter Green

Changelog

01/06/2010: Page published. 6 updates since then.
01/08/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

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Category Archives: Steamers (Picture)

S.T. Strathdevon A539

S.T. Shielburn M15

S.D/T. Neves LT246 (Seasonal)

S.D/T. Ocean Hunter YH298 (Seasonal)

S.D/T. Ocean Unity YH293 (Seasonal)