Technical

Official Number: Unknown
Yard Number: 232
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 189
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 35,38m (116.1 ft)
Breadth: 7,70m (22.0 ft)
Depth: 3,50m (11.5 ft)
Built: G. Seebeck A.G., Geestmünde
Engine: T-3-cyl by G. Seebeck A.G., Geestmünde

History

1905: Launched by G. Seebeck A.G., Geestmünde (Yd.No.232) for Hochsee Fischdampfer GmbH, Hamburg as GUSTAV PLATZMANN.
1905: registered at Hamburg (HH23).
1908: Registered at Hamburg as SEENEIKE (HH23).
1908: Sold to Hochseefischerei A.G., Cuxhaven. Hamburg registry closed. Registered at Cuxhaven as SENATOR O’SWALD (HC6).
1914-1918: Requisitioned by the Imperial German Navy.
10.1918: Abandoned at Zeebruges during the German evacuation. Taken over by the Belgian State (Administration de la Marine), Brussels. Cuxhaven registry closed. Registered at Antwerp as YSER.
1920: Converted to a pilot boat and registered at Antwerp as LOODSBOOT 3.
1933: Sold to Gebroeders Taat, Katwijk, Holland. Renamed ANTWERP 3 and laid up at IJmuiden.
2.1942: Vessel made ready for fishing. Registered at Katwijk as KATWIJK II (KW134).
8.4.1942: At sea eleven crew, vessel taken over by a resistance group – eight men, and skipper forced to set course for England. On arrival directed to Fleetwood.
1940s: Fishing from Fleetwood (Bloomfields Ltd managing agents).
8.1945: Returned to Holland and fishing.
Late 1949: Laid up.
1951: Sold to Frans Rijsdrik, Hendrik Ido Ambacht for breaking up. Katwijk registry closed.

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S.T. Loodsboot 3
Picture courtesy of Maurice Voss

Technical

Official Number: 108585
Yard Number: 28
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 182 (As built 168)
net Tonnage: 68 (As built 93)
Length: 109.0 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 10.4 ft
Built: Cumming & Ellis, Inverkeithing
Engine: 300ihp T.3-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

23.3.1898: Launched by Cumming & Ellis, Inverkeithing (Yd.No.28) for Muirhead’s Trawlers Ltd, Edinburgh as MOUNT CENIS.
4.6.1898: Trials in Firth of Forth.
6.1898: Completed. James Muirhead appointed manager. Registered at Granton (GN52). O.N.108585 (4/1898).
25.1.1904: Company in liquidation.
14.3.1904: Disabled with machinery problem 25 miles E of May Island. Liverpool steam trawler JABOO (LL358) connected and delivered Granton.
3.5.1904: Sold Joseph Constant (Shipbrokers) Ltd, London and offered for re-sale.
1.1905: Sold to Newhaven Trawlers Ltd, Edinburgh (Edward Walker, Newhaven, manager).
25.1.1905: Registered at Granton as ALERT (GN52).
1909: Sold to Stoomtrawler-Visscherij Mij. “Holland I-IV”, IJmuiden (S. A. Bakker, manager). Granton registry closed. Registered at IJmuiden as OTOÑO (IJM155).
1910: Sold to N.V. Visscherij Mij. “Pesca”, IJmuiden (S. A. Bakker later P. Dijksen, manager).
1923: Sold to N.V. Nationale Stoomvisscherij, IJmuiden (I. S. Groen, manager). Registered at IJmuiden as ALBERT GROEN (IJM155).
1928: Sold to Stoomvisscherij Mij. “Die Scelvisch”, IJmuiden (G. de Rooy & L. S. J. Reijersberg, managers). Registered at IJmuiden as AVILA (IJM155).
1934: Sold to N.V. Nationale Stoomvisscherij, IJmuiden (Donald J. Groen, manager). Registered at IJmuiden as LEENTJE ELIZABETH (IJM155).
1938: Briefly registered at IJmuiden as PRINSES BEATRIX (IJM155). Reverted to LEENTJE ELIZABETH (IJM155) when name taken by PRINSES BEATRIX (IJM117).
1939: Sold to Stoomvisscherij Mij. “Hornrif”, IJmuiden (Donald J. Groen, manager). Registered at IJmuiden as HORNRIF (IJM155).
1940: Escaped to England and fishing from Fleetwood.
1945: Returned to Holland.
1954: Laid up.
5.3.1957: Sold for breaking up. IJmuiden registry closed.

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S.T. Hornrif IJM155
Picture courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Official Number: Unknown
Yard Number: 311
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 195
Net Tonnage: 63 (As built: 71)
Length: 35,87m (117.7 ft)
Breadth: 6,83m (22.4 ft)
Depth: 2,89m (9.5 ft)
Engine: T.3-cyl by G. Seebeck Akt. Ges.,
Built: G. Seebeck Akt. Ges., Wesermünde, GermanyBremerhaven, Germany

1911: Launched by G. Seebeck Akt. Ges., Wesermünde, Germany (Yd.No.311) for Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei Akt. Ges., Cuxhaven as BÜRGERMEISTER BURCHARD.
1911: Completed. Registered at Cuxhaven (HC-29).
1928: Sold to Hochseefischerei Rhein-Ruhr, Emden. Cuxhaven registry closed. Registered at Emden as LAHN (AE-122).
1929: Sold to N.V. Stoomvisscherij Mij. “Hilda”, IJmuiden. Emden registry closed. Registered at IJmuiden as DONALD (IJM117).
1934: Registered at IJmuiden as EENDRACHT (IJM117).
1938: Registered at IJmuiden as PRINSES BEATRIX (IJM117).
1940: Escaped to England.
1940s: Fishing from Fleetwood (Bloomfield’s Ltd, managing agents), Home waters/Icelandic grounds.
1945: Sold to Stoomvisscherij Mij. “Mercurius”, IJmuiden (I. S. Groen, manager).
1954: Laid up.
5.3.1957: Sold for breaking up. IJmuiden registry closed.

Official Number: Unknown
Yard Number: 205
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 208
Net Tonnage: 76
Length: 120.9 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Hull

1900: Launched by Bonn & Mees, Rotterdam (Yd.No.205) for Stoomvisscherij Mij. “Mercurius”, IJmuiden as EVELINE.
4.1900: Completed (I. S. Groen, manager). Registered at IJmuiden (IJM15).
1922: New boiler fitted.
10.1928: Sold to Visscherij Mij. “Cornelis Bart”, IJmuiden (C. Stam, manager). Registered at IJmuiden as CORNELIS (IJM15).
1934: P. Koopman & E. van der Plas appointed managers.
1940: Escaped to England.
1940s: Fishing from Fleetwood (Bloomfield’s Ltd, managing agents).
20.7.1945: Arrived back in IJmuiden.
1951: Sold to shipbreakers.
17.8.1951: Sailed IJmuiden for shipbreakers. IJmuiden registry closed.

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S.T. Cornelis IJM15
Picture courtesy of Jan Harteveld

S.T. Cornelis IJM15
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S.T. Cornelis IJM15
Picture courtesy of Jan Harteveld

S.T. Cornelis IJM15
Picture courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Technical

Official Number: 116120
Yard Number: 282
Completed: 1903
Gross Tonnage: 180 (As built: 180)
Net Tonnage: 70 (As built: 63)
Length: 109.1 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 10.6 ft
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow

History

2.12.1902: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.282) for The Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as ELITE.
1.1903: Completed (W. R. Nowell, manager).
7.1.1903: Registered at Hull (H714) (O.N.116120).
9.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.150). Based Liverpool.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner.
2.1919: Sold to Charles Dobson, Grimsby (managing owner).
7.2.1919: Hull registry closed.
10.2.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY100).
6.1920: Sold to Dobson Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Charles Dobson, manager).
9.1928: Sold to N.V. Scheepsexploitatie Mij. “De Stroomlijn”, IJmuiden (J. van der Made & J. Koning managers).
13.9.1928: Grimsby Registry closed.
9.1928: Registered at IJmuiden as SPAARNESTROOM (IJM87).
1931: J. Brachthuizen appointed manager. Laid up?
7.7.1931: Sold to N.V. Vissch. Mij. “Sylt”, IJmuiden (L. Blok & A. van der Sluis, managers).
1932: Registered at IJmuiden as NEPTUNUS (IJM87).
1940: Escaped to England.
1940s: Fishing from Fleetwood (Bloomfield’s Ltd, managing agents).
1945: Sold to Royal Netherlands Government, The Hague.
5.1951: Sold to shipbreakers and broken up. IJmuiden registry closed.

Technical

Official Number: 115572
Yard Number: 271
Completed: 1902
Gross Tonnage: 187 (as built 195)
Net tonnage: 54 (as built: 58)
Length: 110.7 ft
Breadth: 21.7 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan
Engine: 390ihp T.3-cyl by McKie & Baxter Ltd, Glasgow

History

19.6.1902: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.271) for The Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as Strathnaver.
8.1902: Completed (John Brown, manager).
9.9.1902: Registered at Aberdeen (A549) (O.N.115572).
8.1912: Sold toZeevisscherij Mij. “Viribus Unitis”, IJmuiden.
27.8.1912: Aberdeen registry closed. Registered at IJmuiden as HENRIËTTE ELISE (IJM147).
1923: Sold to Stoomvisscherij Mij. “Oceaan”, IJmuiden (L. Allard, manager). Registered at IJmuiden as KIJKDUIN (IJM147).
1928: Sold to N.V. Visscherij Maats. “Oostzee”, Ijmuiden (G. Prins & Jac. Frater Smid, managers). Registered at IJmuiden as OOSTZEE (IJM147).
1940: Escaped to England.
1940s: Fishing from Fleetwood (Bloomfield’s Ltd, managing agents).
5.11.1950: Sold to shipbreakers. IJmuiden registry closed.
1951: Breaking up completed.

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S.T. Oostzee IJM147
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S.T. Oostzee IJM147
Picture courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Technical

Official Number: 95807
Yard Number: 42
Completed: 1889
Gross Tonnage: 141
Net Tonnage: 68
Length: 103.7 ft
Breadth: 20.3 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

1889: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.42) for Robert Hellyer & James Chant, Hull as GRAPHIC.
10.10.1889: Completed (Charles Hellyer managing owner).
10.10.1889: Registered at Hull (H78).
3.1890: Sold to Parceria de Pescarais Norte, Oporto.
19.3.1890: Hull registry closed.
1890: Remeasured under Portugese rules 45n.
3.1890: Registered at Oporto as CHIRE.
11.1909: Sold to William Collie & Samuel Caie, Aberdeen.
6.12.1909: Registered at Aberdeen as VIOLET CAIE (A302).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 52.28 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
10.10.1915: Sold to Richard Gore, Tarleton, Preston, Edward Walmsley, Croston, Joseph Blackburn, Croston & Ernest Taylor, Thornton-le-Fylde (Ernest Taylor, Thornton-le-Fylde, manager).
16.9.1916: Sold to The Croston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Ernest Taylor, Thornton-le-Fylde, manager).
5.1917: Sold to George F. Sleight (64/64), Grimsby (managing owner).
11.5.1917: Aberdeen registry closed.
21.5.1917: Registered at Grimsby (GY1051).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
19.3.1921: Sir George Frederick Sleight Bart died.
8.1922: New boiler fitted.
18.10.1922: Probate granted to Raymond Lawrence Humphrey, Healing as sole surviving executor.
3.12.1925: Ownership registered to Raymond Lawrence Humphrey (64/64), Healing (managing owner).
12.1925: Sold to Moreau & Cayrouse, Dieppe.
4.12.1925: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Dieppe as JACQUELINE-LOUISE (D??).
1.1926: Remeasured under French rules 148g 41n.
1937: Sold to shipbreakers and broken up. Dieppe registry closed.

I WENT DOWN GRIMSBY DOCKS ONE DAY
AND SIGNED ON THE GOOD SHIP VIOLET CAIE
WENT AWAY WHEN THE BELLS WERE RINGING
AND THE BOYS ON THE DECK THEY STOOD THERE SINGING

CHORUS

WE LIKE GOING TO SEA, WE LIKE GOING TO SEA
THE SEAS ALRIGHT ON A WINDY NIGHT
BECAUSE WE LIKE GOING TO SEA.

Technical

Official Number: 114172
Yard Number: 343
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 179 (as built 185g)
Net Tonnage: 54 (as built 56n)
Length: 108.1 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.4 ft
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1900: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.343) for The Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as STRATHTAY.
1.1901: Completed (James Brown, manager).
25.1.1901: Registered at Aberdeen (A333) (O.N.114172).
6.1912: Sold to Visscherij. Mij. “Vigor I, I en II”, Ijmuiden (W. J. Kermer, managers).
2.7.1912: Aberdeen registry closed.
7.1912: Registered at IJmuiden as BEATRICE (IJM118).
1916: Sold to Visscherij. Mij. “Oceaan”, IJmuiden (L. Allard, manager).
1932: Sold to Visscherij-onderneming De Vem, IJmuiden (J. F. Clerq, manager).
1933: F. Thiel appointed manager.
1939: Sold to N.V. Visscherij-onderneming v/h J. C. Pronk, IJmuiden (part of De Vem).
16.2.1942: Sailed IJmuiden on a North Sea trip.
18.2.1942: Three agents of the Dutch resistance, Ab Homburg, Jo Buiser and Jan de Haas, all with death penalties imposed by German authorities, revealed themselves. Armed with revolvers locked up the skipper and the Dutch guard who was armed. The skipper did not want to go to England but finally agreed.
1942-1945: Fishing from Fleetwood (Bloomfield’s Ltd, managing agents).
1950: Sold to shipbreakers and broken up. Ostend registry closed.

Note: About the 3 Dutch resistance men after their escape to England.
Ab Homburg joined 322 Dutch Squadron RAF and died near Borne on 1.4.1945 when he was shot down with his Spitfire.
Jo Buiser & Jan de Haas were trained by the SOE (Special Operations Executive) as special agents.
22.6.1942 Jo Buiser was dropped by parachute near Holten ( Holland) and became a victim of the “England spiel” (Major spy disaster of WW2, when 59 SOE agents were captured – 54 eventually being killed – in German occupied occupied Holland. Between March 1942 and June 1943, German counter intelligence had control over SOE’s Dutch operations, sending messages making London believe that their agents were active. The German’s code name for the operation was “England spiel” (The English game).
18-19.4.1942 Jan de Haas was landed on the Dutch coast by a vessel and was arrested after 10 days, again a victim of the “England spiel”.

Both men were sent to Mauthausen concentration camp and there they ,together 21 other agents, were killed on 6.9.1944.

Technical

Official Number: 123730
Yard Number: 798
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 213 (As built 215g)
Net Tonnage: 68 (As built 87n)
Length: 117.3 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

1906: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.798) for G. H. D. Birt, Milford Haven as INDIA.
10.1906: Completed.
17.10.1906: Registered at London (LO248) (O.N.123730).
26.1.1910: Returned to Milford (Sk. William Jones), having been knocked on her beam ends and swept clean by very heavy seas when fishing 250 miles to the west of St. Ann’s Head. Mate had been washed overboard but recovered. Put into Berehaven, Co. Cork to attend to injured and pump out.
9.6.1911: Last landing at Milford.
7.1911: Sold to N.V. Algemeene Viss. Maats., IJmuiden ( J. F. Clerq & E. H. Heijmans, managers).
7.1911; London registry closed.
7.1911: Registered at IJmuiden as CHRISTINE (IJM2).
1920: Transferred to Vereenigde Exploitatie Mij. (VEM)*, Ijmuiden. (A. J. Veltkamp & S. Koster, managers).
1931: J. F. Clerq & S. Koster appointed managers.
1932: J. F. Clerq appointed manager.
1933: Company re-styled N.V. Visscherij-onderneming “De VEM”, IJmuiden (F. Thiel, manager).
9.5.1940: Escaped from Holland to England.
1940s: Fishing from Fleetwood (Bloomfield’s Ltd, managing agents).
1945: Returned to Holland and resumed fishing from IJmuiden.
1950: Sold to shipbreakers and broken up. IJmuiden registry closed.
6.1951: Breaking up completed.

Note * – Vereenigde Exploitatie Mij ( VEM) was founded from 3 companies: Algemeene Visscherij Mij (20 vessels) Exploitatie and Administratie Maatschappij ”Shamrock I”.( 12 vessels) Vereenigde Steenkolenhandel, Afdeling Reederij. ( 21 vessels) ( Afdeling Reederij = Section Shipping Company)

Technical

Official Number: 118765
Yard Number: 292
Completed: 1903
Gross Tonnage: 174 (As built 183)
Net Tonnage: 68 (As built 65)
Length: 109.1 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 10.6 ft
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow

History

13.8.1903: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.292) for The Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as ESSEX.
8.1903: Completed (William R. Nowell, manager).
8.9.1903: Registered at Hull (H762) (O.N.118765).
3.1917: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.3329).
4.1917: Renamed ESSEX III. Based Holyhead.
1919: Sold to Charles Dobson, Grimsby (managing owner).
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner and reverted to ESSEX (H762).
17.3.10919: Hull registry closed.
20.3.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY130).
5.1920: Sold to Dobson Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Charles Dobson, manager).
1.1929: Sold to Exploitatie Mij. “De Stroomlijn”, IJmuiden (J. E. Koning & J. Van der Made, managers).
8.1.1929: Grimsby registry closed.
1.1929: Registered at IJmuiden as AMSTELSTROOM (IJM91).
1931: J. Brachthuizen appointed manager.
1932: Sold to N.V. Visscherij Mij. “Cornelia”, IJmuiden (H. J. van der Laan & J. H. Kerkhoven, managers).
1933: Sold to N.V. Visscherij Mij. “Twee Gezusters”, IJmuiden (P. Parlevliet, manager).
1935: L. Parlevliet Dzn & L. Parlevliet Nzn appointed managers.
1940: Escaped to England.
1940-1945: Fishing from Fleetwood (Bloomfield’s Ltd, managing agents).
1945: Sold to L. Parlevliet Dz, IJmuiden (managing owner).
1945: IJmuiden registry closed. Registered at Katwijk as DIRK (KW157).
28.11.1946: Stranded on beach near Petten 20 miles north of IJmuiden.
3.1947: Refloated.
12.1947: Sold to Amels & van der Berg, Harlingen. Katwijk registry closed. Registered at Harlingen as FRIESLAND (HA5).
7.1948: Sold to Zeevisscherij Mij. “Limburgia”, IJmuiden. Harlingen registry closed. Registered at IJmuiden as HOLLANDIA (IJM78).
10.9.1948: Stranded near Westkapelle, Walcheren, subsequently refloated and returned to service.
1951: Sold to shipbreakers and broken up. IJmuiden registry closed.