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S.T. Castor GY963

Additional information courtesy of of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 138983
Yard Number: 670
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 209
Net Tonnage: 91
Length: 115.8 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees

History

22.1.1916: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.670) for John Denton Marsden (64/64), Grimsby as CASTOR.
18.8.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY963).
1.9.1916: Completed.
6.9.1916: Sold to The Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
7.9.1916: John Richardson Mackrill designated manager.
9.1916: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.2960).
9.1916: Fitted with WT, Hotchkiss 12pdr gun and mine-sweep. Fitted as Half Leader. Allocated to Unit No.150 “Trawler Sweepers” based Devonport (Lieut. W. Leitch RNR).
10.1916: Remains with Unit No.150 “Trawler Sweepers” now based Falmouth to replace Unit No.87 transferred to Havre. (Lieut. W. Leitch RNR).
3.1917: Renamed CASTOR II. Based Falmouth.
1.10.1918: At Penzance for General Patrol and Escort work (Lieut. RNR).
7.10.1918: At 10.45pm in collision and sank HM Drifter OCEAN FOAM (Ad.No.1954) (YH970) in Penzance Bay. All crew saved.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby and reverted to CASTOR (GY963).
19.12.1919: Alfred Bannister appointed manager.
5.8.1921: Sold to Lindsey Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
15.8.1921: Edwin Bacon Snr appointed manager.
15.4.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Edwin Bacon Snr, Grimsby.
29.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service designated for minesweeping conversion.
2.12.1939: Returned to owner.
21.5.1940: Mortgage (A) discharged.
22.10.1943: Sold to Bay Fisheries Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
27.10.1943: Basil Arthur Parkes appointed manager.
02.05.1946: Grimsby registry closed.
04.05.1946: Sold to Government of Poland, Warsaw under the UNRRA scheme; operated by Przedsiebiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich i Uslug Rybackich “Dalmor”, Gdynia. Registered at Gdynia as KASTOR (GDY100).
18.05.1946: Arrived at Gdynia and employed in the Baltic Sea training fishermen.
27.07.1949: Taken out of service and temporarily used to supply steam to the training hulk BENIOWSKI (1912grt/1905). Later broken up and Gdynia registry closed.

ANNEX A

9.1916: Fitted with WT and Hotchkiss 12pdr gun and fitted out for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.2960). Allocated to Unit 150 “Trawler Sweepers” based Devonport (Lieut. W. Leitch RNR).

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S.T. Kastor GDY100
Picture courtesy of The Roger Griffiths Collection

S.T. Castor GY963
Picture courtesy of The Bill Blow Collection

S.T. Castor GY963
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

05/03/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
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09/11/2016: Picture added.
07/11/2019: Information updated.

S.D/T. Rose Hilda YH73 (Seasonal)

Technical

Official Number: 161631
Yard Number: 325
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 116
Net Tonnage: 50
Length: 92.3 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by F. W. Carver & Co , Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Built: Fellows & Co Ltd, Gt Yarmouth

History

1929: Laid down by Fellows & Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth (Yd.No.325) on spec. 1929: Sold to W. J. E. Green, Great Yarmouth. Launched as ROSE HILDA.
16.1.1930: Completed (William J. Epsom, manager).
26.2.1930: Registered at Yarmouth (YH73).
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Milford and Fleetwood (Sir Alec Black/Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
21.10.1937: At Yarmouth landed 200 crans of herring caught 45 miles from Newarp Light Vessel.
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examining service (Hire rate £65.7.10d/month).
4.9.1939: Stood down role to be determined.
2.10.1939: Converted to a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.740).
4.1943: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
4.1946: Returned to owner.
30.10.1947: At Yarmouth landed 228 crans.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
5.7.1954: Sold to Frederick E. Catchpole, Lowestoft (managing owner).
7.1954: Yarmouth registry closed.
22.7.1954: Registered at Lowestoft (LT90).
12.1954: Converted by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft fitted with a 6-cyl 2 stroke 440bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester.
12.1954: On completion of conversion to diesel propulsion registered at Lowestoft as DAWN WATERS (LT90).
13.12.1954: Registered at Lowestoft as a motor trawler (LT90).
8.10.1955: At Lowestoft landed 190 crans.
18.11.1960: Sold to Gilbert & Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Frederick E. Catchpole, manager).
12.1961: Transferred to Milford (William H. Kerr, appointed manager).
2.2.1962: Sold to Norrard Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Allan G. Packham, manager).
8.1966: Laid up at Milford.
11.1966: Re-activated.
5.5.1969: Towed motor trawler CATHERINE SHAUN (FD201) from Fleetwood to Castle Pill, Milford Haven for breaking up.
1974: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield and allocated to Castle Pill yard, Milford Haven for breaking up.
3.12.1974: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Rose Hilda YH73. Picture courtesy of The Harold Beswick Collection.

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73 outboard of Red Hackle. Picture courtesy of The Harold Beswick Collection.

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Rose Hilda YH73
Picture from the Internet

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection (TPF)

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of Robert Durrant

Changelog

04/03/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
03/06/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. North Ness H11

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3523
Official Number: 143863
Yard Number: 702
Completed 1917
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 107
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

19.3.1917: Laid down by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.702) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty.
5.7.1917: Launched as ANDREW SACK (Ad.No.3523).
3.8.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr and W/T).
28.01.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) as ANDREW SACK O.N.143863 (LO257).
By 18.06.1920: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London and engaged in commercial trawling.
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
3.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
11.1920: At HM Dockyard, Chatham fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at London.
04.1921: Paid off at The Nore. Laid up at Brightlingsea.
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed.
1924: Sold to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Walter Scott, manager) after inspection at Brightlingsea by Capt. William John Lown & Lawrence Spring (directors). Purchased at asking price £5500 (Others inspected and purchased at £5500 each – ARTHUR LESSIMORE, JAMES PEAKE, JOHN DORMUND & SAMUEL DRAKE).
9.2.1924: London registry closed.
12.2.1924: Registered at Hull (H11).
13.2.1924: Arrived Hull from Brightlingsea.
6.3.1924: Registered at Hull as ALEXANDRITE (H11). Estimated total cost including fit out and classification £8900.
8.3.1924: Sailed on first trip.
24.3.1924: Landed (no details).
24.3.1925: William John Lown appointed manager.
26.11.1932: At anchor off Victoria Dock, Hull. Propeller fouled by anchor chain from LADY BERYL (H283), both drifted and grounded on hulkings. Refloated next tide, slipped, repaired and returned to service.
22.7.1933: Sold to Trident Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (George Arthur Ledger, manager).
4.9.1933: Registered at Hull as NORTH NESS (H11).
25.7.1939: Insured value £5,300.
Pre 4.1940: Employed on Fishery Protection (Nore/Humber/Hull) (1-12pdr).
11.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No.4.100).
12.6.1940: Hire rate £80.4.2d/month.
1.1942: At Hartlepool in C&M pending reallocation.
25.10.1944: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager) for £10550.
8.1945: Paid off.
7.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Londonderry.
22.6.1949: Sold to Harold Barber Ingram, Fleetwood for £13000.
1955: Sold for breaking up.
21.5.1955: Hull registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

(Andrew Sack, Yeoman of the Sheets (Midshipman), age 35, b. Geneva, Switzerland – VICTORY
(SB651) killed in action 21 Oct 1805 at Trafalgar)

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S.T. North Ness H11
Picture courtesy of Peter Brady

S.T. Alexandrite & Lady Beryl
Picture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library

S.T. Alexandrite H11
Picture courtesy The Mike Thompson Collection

S.T. North Ness H11
Picture courtesy The Mike Thompson Collection

Changelog
03/03/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
13/09/2016: Information updated.

S.T. Bonthorpe FD104

Technical

Official Number: 148219
Yard Number: 54
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 272.86
Net Tonnage: 105.80 (94)
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario

History

1.1917: Ordered.
1918: Completed by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario (Yd.No.54 or 55) (Canadian “Castle” – “T.R.” class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR10.
16.5.1918: Completed and commissioned in the Royal Canadian Navy (1-12pdr).
8.1919: Paid off and laid up.
1920: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain Donald John Munro CMG RN as agent) to bring drifters with trawlers as escorts to UK for lay-up in Muirtown Basin, Caledonian Canal, Inverness prior to sale and possible refit for classification as steam trawlers (The Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd letter dated 12 April 1920). Brought over at The Admiralty’s expense.
1.1926: Still laid up.
2.1926: Rejected offer for all remaining trawlers at £2,000 each (B. Allenby, Aberdeen letter dated 10 Feb 1926).
26.6.1926: Sold “as is” to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby. Basil Arthur Parkes, Blackpool designated manager.
19.7.1926: Registered at Fleetwood as BONTHORPE (FD104).
9.1927: Engaged in an experimental trip to Canadian waters (Capt Leslie William Caxton). Chartered by Maritime Fish Corporation Ltd, Montreal. Based Canso, NS.
5.1928: Returned to Fleetwood for refit.
6-9.1928: Engaged in experimental trip to West African coast below the Canary Islands (Capt Caxton).
5.1929: Sold to Western Australia Trawling Co Ltd, Perth, Western Australia.
30.5.1929: Sailed Fleetwood for Fremantle, WA (Capt Caxton).
26.8.1929: Arrived Geraldton, WA for bunkers after eventful voyage. Based at Albany, WA using the Town Jetty with Capt Caxton as master. Employed trawling new fishing grounds in the Great Australian Bight. Also fished east of Albany as far as Esperance and made some very good landings.
17.10.1930: Registry noted “Sold out of District”.
1933: Company in liquidation. Laid up at Fremantle with salted boiler.
26.8.1933: Sold to Albany Tug Company, Albany, WA (Alexander Armstrong & Capt Clemence Douglas) for £200. Converted to a tug.
1939: Partnership dissolved, company wound up. Became property of Alex Armstrong, Albany, WA.
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service (RAN) as an anti submarine trawler.
10.12.1939: Commissioned in RAN (P.No.FY85).
1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper.
30.6.1944: Purchased by RAN.
17.2.1945: Paid off and laid up.
1948: Sold to Mark Dakas, Broome, WA.
1949: Sold to Mrs Mary Dakas, Broome, WA.
5.1949: Fleetwood registry closed.
23.5.1949: Registered at Fremantle.
1950: Fitted out to a barge tug.
3.10.1950: At Fremantle in 75mph gale, moored in pens, bows driven 15ft into wooden jetty when jetty struck by motor vessel CORAMBA (3551grt/1948) which had broken away from River Buoys. Minor damage.
3.4.1951: Sold to Marine Contractors Pty Ltd, Cairns, Queensland.
17.7.1951: Surveyed after fitting out as a barge tug.
17.9.1951: Fremantle registry closed.
17.9.1951: Alterations to particulars following survey at Albany dated 17.7.1951. 94.06 net.
8.10.1951: Registered at Cairns.
1954: Arrested as firm went into liquidation.
18.8.1954: Sold to Marine Contracting & Towing Co Ltd, Cairns, Queensland.
1955: Laid up at Cairns. Sank at berth and buried under the infill for new sugar terminal at Senrab Point.
4.6.1959: Cairns registry closed.

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S.T. Bonthorpe FD104
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

S.T. Bonthorpe FD104
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HMAS Bonthorpe
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HMAS Bonthorpe
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5 March 1930 – Capt Leslie William Caxton, Dominic Serventy, and Mate Arthur Shuttleworth
Picture courtesy of The State Library of W.A.

November 1929
Picture courtesy of the State Library of W.A.

November 1929 – Arthur Shuttleworth released cod end.
Picture courtesy of the State Library of W.A.

S.T. Bonthorpe FD104
Clipping courtesy of Geoff Davidson

Changelog
26/04/2014: Information updated.
30/08/2015: Corrected caption.
02/08/2016: Images added.
03/08/2016: Information updated.
19/01/2017: Added newspaper clippings.
18/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.
08/09/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Shackleton FD409

Technical

Official Number: 133443
Yard Number: 559
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 288
Net Tonnage: 115
Length: 133.5 ft
Breadth: 23.0 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Built: Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby
Engine: 76HP T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

11.3.1913: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.559) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull, as SHACKLETON.
14.6.1913: Registered at Hull (H1003).
19.6.1913: Completed. John McCann & Edward Cartwright appointed managers.
14.6.1913: Registered at Hull (H1003).
19.6.1913: Completed. John McCann & Edward Cartwright appointed managers.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minelayer (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.3219) (P.No.N.0A/N.93).
1920: Returned.
17.5.1922: Sold to The Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, Cleveleys, manager), manager).
12.7.1922: Hull registry closed.
13.7.1922: Registered at Fleetwood (FD409).
12.10.1924: James A. Robertson died.
12.10.1924: Edward Towne appointed manager.
1.3.1930: Homeward from grounds off St. Kilda (Sk.W. Wilson), in thick fog and swell lost her position when south of Islay and shaping for North Channel. Grounded and stranded amongst rocks and in rough seas on Grannan Bo, north coast of Rathlin Island. Portrush lifeboat launched and Fleetwood trawlers CUIRASS (GY436) and PHRONTIS (FD142) and steamer CARA (1856grt/1929) responded to her distress radio message. Vessels could not approach and Rathlin Lifesaving team over eleven hours in very difficult conditions, rescued all fourteen crew. Crew picked up by CUIRASS and returned to Fleetwood.
11.3.1930: Fleetwood registry closed “Total loss”. Wreck lies in 4-12m in position 55.18.45N 06.14.30W..

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S.T. Shackleton H1003
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S.T. Shackleton FD409
Picture courtesy of David Slinger

S.T. Shackleton FD409 as a minelayer

S.T. Shackleton FD409
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

Changelog
07/02/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
23/04/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
08/12/2002: Added an image.

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Category Archives: Steamers (Picture)

S.T. Castor GY963

S.D/T. Rose Hilda YH73 (Seasonal)

S.T. North Ness H11

S.T. Bonthorpe FD104

S.T. Shackleton FD409