S.T. Electra II H661

Technical

Official Number: 118840
Yard Number: 58
Completed: 1904
Gross Tonnage: 269
Net Tonnage: 102
Length: 130 ft
Breadth: 22.2 ft
Depth: 11.6
Engine: 70 NHP T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Speed: 10 knots

History

14.9.1904: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd.No.58) for Francis & Thomas Ross Ltd, Hull as ELECTRA (H661).
14.11.1904: Registered at Hull (H661).
11.1904: Completed (Thomas Ross, manager).
7.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA).
8.1915: Renamed ELECTRA II (Ad.No.1743).
4.12.1915: Registered at Hull as ELECTRA II (H661). Based Dover.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
12.12.1934: Sold to Henry Elliott, Fleetwood.
1935: Sold to H. Elliott & Sons Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Henry Elliott appointed manager).
29.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (2-Lewis Mgs (2×1)) (P.No.4.159) (Hire rate £67.5.0d/month). Based Liverpool.
21.12.1942: Sold to Aldred Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (H. Markham Cook, manager).
6.1943: Fitted out for boom gate duties.
2.1946: Returned and laid up in Alexandra Dock, Grimsby.
1946: Sold John R. Hepworth & Co (Hull) Ltd, Paull for stripping and breaking up.
6.11.1946: Left Grimsby in tow for Paull.

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S.T. Electra H661

S.T. Electra H661
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22/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.

S.T. Dorinda FD198

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 139216
Yard Number: 277
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 270
Net Tonnage: 105
Length: 128.8 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Engine: 540ihp T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow
Boiler: Dunsmuir & Jackson Ltd, Govan
Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee

History
23.11.1916: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.277) for The Active Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood as DORINDA.
9.2.1917: Registered at Fleetwood (FD198) (James A. Robertson, manager).
2.1917: Completed. Requisitioned from the builders for war service and fitted out for escort duties (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.3003).
18.10.1917: Re-registered at Fleetwood (FD198). Based Milford Haven.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
14.10.1932: Responded to request for assistance from JACINTA (FD235) which had struck submerged rock 8 miles off Rathlin Island, losing all blades on her propeller. Connected and commenced tow to Fleetwood.
15.10.1932: Delivered Fleetwood.
30.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.623) (P.No.FY.600) (Hire rate £78.15.0d/month).
1944: Sold to Malcolm Smith Ltd (64/64), Aberdeen (Malcolm Smith, manager).
10.1945: Restored and surveyed at Dumbarton. Fleetwood registry closed.
8.10.1945: Registered at Aberdeen (A602).
5.11.1945: Returned to owner.
17.4.1946: Registered at Aberdeen as LOCH LOMOND (A602) (MoT Minute R.G.No.1102/1945 dated 8.4.1946).
29.7.1946: Sold to Anglo Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
1.8.1946: Joseph Reginald Cobley appointed manager.
29.7.1946: Aberdeen registry closed.
1.8.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY310).
15.8.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
4.10.1946: Registered at Grimsby as Anglo (GY310) (MoT Minute R.G.No.1439/1946 dated 10.9.1946).
20.10.1949: Leslie Little appointed manager.
30.3.1950: Registered at Grimsby as DEERNESS (GY310) (MoT Minute R.G.No.1029/50 dated 24.3.1950).
6.8.1952: Charles Dobson appointed manager.
24.7.1955: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (A) to Elkington Estates Ltd, Grimsby.
9.1955: Sold to Belgium for breaking up.
15.9.1955: Grimsby registry closed “… vessel sold to foreigners (Belgian subjects) for breaking up.”

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S.T. Dorinda FD198

S.T. Dorinda FD198
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Changelog
22/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
22/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
27/04/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Dewsland FD64

Technical

Official Number: 127405
Yard Number: 421
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 236
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 120 ft
Breadth: 21.7 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Engine: 70bhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Son, Selby

History

24.9.1907: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.421) for William Jenkins & Isaac J. Jenkins, Milford Haven and James Hier, Neyland as DEWSLAND.
19.11.1907: Completed.
28.11.1907: Registered at Milford (M220). William Jenkins designated managing owner.
11.12.1913: Manoeuvring in dock at Milford damaged stern, bulwarks and mizzen boom.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service Ad.No.2664). At Devonport fitted with 1-12pdr and mine-sweep. i.a.w. Area XIV Patrol Orders dated 30.3.1915: Allocated Unit 87 – Section D based Isles of Scilly (Sk. W. H. Bevan RNR).
2.6.1915 Off Isles of Scilly, picked up ten crew members of DELTA B (O171) sunk by U34 and landed them at St. Mary’s.
16.1.1916-22.1.1916: Refit at Falmouth. Relief KING FREDERICK (Ad.No.2659.
10.1916: Allocated Unit Nos. 85, 87, 147 – Sections C, D, E, F 1st Division based Isles of Scilly ( Sk. W. H. Bevan RNR).
1919: Returned to owner.
10.4.1919: Sold to Maurice Wilkins & George Moreland, Manchester (c/o Joseph A. Taylor, Fleetwood, manager).
1.1921: Transferred to Aberdeen (Sam Isaacs (Aberdeen) Ltd, managers) on charter to Bookless Brothers, Aberdeen/Sheffield to operate from Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, ‘salting’.
6.1921: Returned.
15.3.1923: Sold to Gerald Kelton, Dunsfold, Surrey (William F. Goodwin, Grimsby, manager).
11.1925: Sold to John Wm. A. Potts & Lars J. Larsen, Fleetwood (trading as Ples Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (William A. Stonebanks, manager)).
6.11.1925: Milford registry closed.
9.11.1925: Registered at Fleetwood (FD64).
12.2.1927: In dense fog stranded in Wyre channel.
1928: Trading as Dewsland Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (William A. Stonebanks, manager).
27.10.1933: Fishing off Tiree on hauling in gale force winds trawl became entangled with propeller. After twelve hours managed reach Oban, despite a burst steam pipe.
28.10.1933: Divers cleared propeller. Sailed Oban but shortly afterwards steam pipe fractured and returned to Oban for repair.
16.11.1933: Sold to Stanley Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Rochdale. James Brierley, Rochdale designated manager.
31.3.1937: Sold to G. Rollinson & Co Ltd, Manchester.
31.3.1937: Sold to Alexander Keay, Fleetwood.
6.11.1937: Frederick Jones (50), Stortford Place, Fleetwood died in hospital at Oban (buried Fleetwood Cemetery).
31.1.1941: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £6500.
28.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 320 kits – hake-190, ling/coley-98, roker-11, gurnard-3, dogs-18.
13.6.1944: Sold to Hull Merchants Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull for £12000.
5.7.1944: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.7.1944: Registered at Hull (H84).
30.11.1945: Insured value £16,500; for 1946 proposed same.
24.12.1945: Registered at Hull as DERNA (H84).
24.11.1947: Sold to East African Fisheries Ltd, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika Territory (Charles C. Johnston, London, agent).
29.6.1951: Sold to Harold G. Lewis, Mombasa, Kenya.
29.06.1951: Sold to Harold G. Lewis, Mombasa, Kenya.
22.8.1951: Sold to Lamer Line Ltd. Mombasa (Harold G. Lewis, manager). Used as cargo vessel between Mombasa and Tanga.
22.7.1954: Grounded on Niule Reef outside Tanga with cargo of petrol in cans.
27.8.1954: Salved and towed into Tanga for discharge.
30.8.1954: Towed to Mombasa.
14.9.1954: Sank at moorings at Mtongwe, Mombasa. No salvage attempted and abandoned.

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S.T. Dewsland FD64

S.T. Dewsland FD64
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S.T. Dewsland FD64 as Derna

S.T. Derna H84
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S.T. Derna H84

S.T. Derna H84
Picture courtesy of The Mike Thompson Collection

S.T. Derna H84

S.T. Derna H84
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

Changelog
22/01/2009: Page published. 3 revisions since then.
09/09/2014: Fourth picture added.
10/06/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
16/04/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Daystar H542

Additional material courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 164426
Yard Number: 1032
Completed: 1937
Gross Tonnage: 558
Net Tonnage: 222
Length: 173.6 ft
Breadth: 28.6 ft
Depth: 15 ft
Engine: 925ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

14.4.1937: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.1032) for Vinur Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as SCOTTISH.
5.1937: Completed (Edward J. Johnson, Cleethorpes, manager).
29.5.1937: Registered at Grimsby (GY397).
16.10.1939: Requisitioned for war service as an anti submarine trawler (1-4”) (P.No.FY.245).
1940: Based Scapa Flow with A/S Group 14 (Lt Cdr Jackson RNR).
12.1940: South Atlantic Command, Armed Boarding Vessel at Gibraltar (Cdr S. A. Brooks OBE Rtd).
14.9.1942: Sold to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (John William Lown, manager) for £40,000.
23.9.1942: Grimsby registry closed.
25.9.1942: Registered at Hull (H542) (fees £5.6.3d).
16.11.1942: Transferred to West Africa Command (Act. Cdr L. H. Phillips Rtd).
12.1943: Engaged and shot down Focke Wulf.
22.1.1945: Arrived Hull for refit and restoration by St.Andrew’s Engineering Co. Ltd. Hull.
16.5.1945: Ran trials.
17.5.1945 Returned to owner (William O’Dell manager ).
13.6.1945: Sailed Hull for Bear Island (Sk. W. Cornish).
6.7.1945: At Hull landed 2,876 kits grossed £9,653.
31.7.1945: Sailed for Bear Island (Sk. Albert Cornish).
20.8.1945: At Hull landed a record breaking catch, 4,156 kits and 20 ton of cod liver oil grossed £15,830 (Following this success Seven Seas Ltd the Hull cod liver oil refining company put a film crew onboard with Sk. Cornish and produced a documentary about the trawler’s round trip from Hull to Bear Island ( Featured in the Distant Grounds Video No.1 1993)).
7.12.1945: Registered at Hull as KINGSTON PEARL (H542).
30.11.1945: Insured value £50,000; for 1946 proposed £58,000.
16.2.1946: On a Norway Coast trip (Sk.J. W. Hornby). Dodging in heavy seas when struck by large waves and put almost on her beam end. All fittings swept from boat deck and engine room skylight badly damaged allowing water into engine room and accommodation; one fireman fatally injured. Righted herself and distress signal sent.
18.2.1946: Steam trawler KINGSTON ONYX (GY119) (Sk. John Davidson) responded and stood by.
20.2.1946: Salvage tug PARAT (191grt/1913) arrived on scene, connected and delivered Trondheim. Temporary repairs carried out.
3.3.1946: Arrived Hull.
6.1950: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
1953: Made one trip to Greenland fishery.
20.12.1957: Sold to Robins Trawlers Ltd, Hull (Robins family) (William John Robbins, manager) for £49,00.
16.1.1958: Registered at Hull as DAYSTAR (H542).
31.1.1958: Terence George Robbins appointed manager.
1961: Company taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
4.10.1963: Sailed Hull for Iceland, last trip before transfer (Sk. E. Fieldsend).
28.10.1963: At Hull landed 803 kits grossed £4,397.
13.11.1963: Transferred to Fleetwood.
13.11.1963: Last landing at Fleetwood, 800 boxes grossed £5,219.
1.1964: Sold to Lacmots Ltd, Glasson Dock for breaking up.
1.2.1964: Delivered Glasson Dock.
21.9.1964: Hull registry closed.

(Sk. John Davidson of the KINGSTON ONYX was presented with a silver cigarette case in appreciation of his efforts in standing by)

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S.T. Daystar H542

S.T. Daystar H542
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S.T. Daystar H542

S.T. Daystar H542
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S.T. Daystar H542

S.T. Daystar H542
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S.T. Daystar H542

S.T. Daystar H542
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Changelog
22/01/2209: Page published. 3 updates since then.
19/01/2017: Removed disputed image.
04/12/2017: Removed FMHT logo from image.
05/04/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Cordela FD120

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 162063
Yard Number: 1087
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 355
Net Tonnage: 139
Length: 140.4 ft
Breadth: 25 ft
Depth: 13.4 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

28.7.1930: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd,
Selby (Yd.No.1087) for Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as CORDELA.
9.9.1930: Registered at Fleetwood (FD120).
9.1930: Completed (Joseph Arthur Marr, manager).
1934: Transferred to Hull, crewed and operated by The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull on the company acquisition (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Fleetwood, manager).
25.7.1939: Insured value £15,000.
10.8.1939: Sailed Hull for Bear Island (Sk. E. Fawcett).
29/30.8.1949: At Hull landed 1,559 kits £962 gross.
1939: To requisitioning, at Hull landed from Iceland/Bear Island Sks. G. Booth, G. Barker, E. Fawcett), 218 days 13,311 kits £9,562 gross.
7.9.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£11,500) and fitted out as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (P.No.FY.713). Based Harwich with M/S Group 116.
27.2.1940: Fleetwood registry closed.
25.3.1946: Sold to Hellyer Bros Ltd, Hull (Peter A. Hellyer, manager).
18.4.1946: Registered at Hull as HAUSA (H262) (BoT Minute R.G.1149/1946), after restoration and survey at the port.
15.3.1948: Sold to Northern Fishing Co (Hull) Ltd, Hull (Peter A. Hellyer, manager).
14.10.1954: Sailed Hull for Iceland on last trip (Sk. W. S. Smith).
3.11.1954: At Hull landed 967 kits grossed £3,652. Laid up.
11.1954: Sold to Van Heyghen Freres, Ghent for breaking up.
20.11.1954: Arrived Ghent from Hull. Hull registry closed.

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S.T. Cordela FD120

S.T. Cordela FD120
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S.T. Hausa H262

S.T. Hausa H262
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog
22/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
01/09/2021: Updated history.