S.T. Annie FD28

Technical

Official Number: 106973
Yard Number: 580
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 158
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 105.8 ft
Breadth: 20.9 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by H. S. Edwards & Sons, South Shields
Boiler: Jos. T. Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Built: Edwards Bros, North Shields

History

7.2.1898: Launched by Edwards Brothers, North Shields (Yd.No.580) for The Hartlepools Steam Fishing Co Ltd, West Hartlepool as ANNIE.
3.1898: Completed. Registered at West Hartlepool (HL53)(3/98). (Charles H. Ford designated manager.
1899: Sold Fiskeri-aktieselskabet Isafold (Isafold Fishing Co Ltd), Iceland. Renamed DALANES.
1900: Sold to Joseph Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
1901: Registered at Newcastle (NE1).
1901: Sold to James Herbert Marr, Hull James Herbert Marr designated managing owner. Fishing from Fleetwood.
5.7.1902: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
1904: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood. James H. Marr designated manager. Registered at Newcastle as ANNIE (NE1).
2.1905: Newcastle registry closed.
28.2.1905: Registered at Fleetwood (FD28).
14.8.1905: Mortgage (A) discharged.
14.8.1905: Fleetwood registry closed.
1905: Sold to Tejero, Marimos & Co, Corunna for £3,350. Renamed GERÓ.
1924: Not in Yard List under any name.
1936: Sold for breaking up.

Changelog
17/05/2012: Page published. 4 updates since then.
03/09/2021: Updated history.

S.T. City of Selby FD8

Technical

Official Number: 136889
Yard Number: 566
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 285
Net Tonnage: 110
Length: 128.8 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

12.5.1914: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.566) for Thomas F. Kelsall, Poulton-le-Fylde as CITY OF SELBY.
15.6.1914: Registered at Fleetwood (FD8).
6.1914: Completed.
10.6.1914: Sailed Middlesbrough for Fleetwood. ETA 15.6.1914.
1914: Sold to Fred Kelsall & Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Thomas F. Kelsall, Poulton-le-Fylde designated manager.
23.11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.193).
1917: Based Granton. Employed on escort duties.
26.4.1918: Transferred to Kirkwall.
13.2.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
1920: Sold to Selby Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood ( Henry Blackburn, manager).
193?: Managers became Kelsall & Blackburn Ltd, Fleetwood.
1935: Sold to Thomas Cardwell & Robert H. Bagshaw, Fleetwood (T. Cardwell, manager).
12.9.1935: Registered at Fleetwood as WESTLYN (FD8).
1939: Sold to Robert H. Bagshaw, Fleetwood.
Post 21.11.1939: Recovered two bodies* from WILLIAM HUMPHRIES (LO533) shelled and sunk by U.boat (U-33), 75 miles NW of Rathlin Island
17.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z154) (Hire rate £75.14.8d/month). Cost of conversion £30,262.
23.11.1943: Compulsorily acquired by the M.O.W.T.
1944: Based at Plymouth (W. Tamlyn Ltd, Plymouth, agents).
1946: Laid up at Plymouth. Estimated cost of re-conditioning £7,500.
16.4.1947: Advertised for sale by tender. Not to be resold within two years.
24.4.1947: Tenders closed.
2.5.1947: Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Owen W. Limbrick, manager).
1948: Sold to A. J. Tilbrook Ltd, Milford Haven.
2.1948: At P. K. Harris & Sons Ltd, Appledore completed rebuild and fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Appledore.
2.1948: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.2.1948: Registered at Milford as SEA HUNTER (M237).
31.12.1951: After fishing on the South of Ireland grounds (Sk. James MacLelland), returned to Milford on Boxing Day with damaged caused by severe weather.
1.1952: A. J. Tilbrook Ltd suspended operations; laid up.
1952: Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Owen W. Limbrick, manager).
7.1959: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
20.7.1959: Delivered Bruges.
23.7.1959: Milford registry closed.

(* James Gorden and William Wright)

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S.T. City Of Selby FD8

S.T. City Of Selby FD8
Picture courtesy of ABP

S.T. City Of Selby FD8

S.T. City Of Selby FD8
Picture courtesy of ABP

HMT Westlyn

HMT Westlyn
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence

HMT Westlyn

HMT Westlyn
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence

S.T. Westlyn FD8

S.T. Westlyn FD8
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

Changelog
17/05/2012: Page published. 7 updates since then.
15/07/2015: Information updated.
12/03/2017: FMHT watermarked images replaced.
30/12/2017: Added an image.
14/12/2019: Information updated.
07/04/2020: Added images.

S.T. Craik FD134

Technical

Official Number: 136902
Yard Number: 608
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 219
Net Tonnage: 85
Length: 117.0 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

16.3.1915: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.608) for The “Wyre” Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood as CRAIK.
17.4.1915: Registered at Fleetwood (FD134).
4.1915: Completed (Magnus B. J. Wedum, managers). Requisitioned from the builders for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1471).
1919: Returned to owner.
26.11.1932: Homeward from fishing grounds in heavy seas and poor visibility, stranded 4 miles N of Feolin Ferry, Jura; crew of eleven rescued by Craighouse Life Saving Apparatus Company.
8.12.1932: Refloated by salvage steamer and anchored Port Askaig. Repaired and returned to service.
4.1935: Sold to Richard Cameron Kelman & Andrew Robertson, Aberdeen.
29.4.1935: Fleetwood registry closed.
1.5.1935: Registered at Aberdeen (A300).
1935: Sold to Andrew Robertson & Richard Cameron Kelman, Aberdeen (Andrew Robertson managing owner).
26.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service for examination service (Hire rate £60.4.6d/month). Based Aberdeen.
11.1944: Returned.
28.2.1945: Sold to Richard Cameron Kelman, Aberdeen (A. Hay, manager).
2.3.1946: Sold to Devanha Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (William Wood, manager).
8.1948: Registered at Aberdeen as GILMAR (A300) (MoT Minute RG No. 1775/47 dated 26.8.1948).
29.6.1957: Went to assistance of CARENCY (A129) (Sk. David Wood) which in thick fog had stranded at Greenigoe one mile north of Wick. Connected and moved the vessel about 20 ft. Wick lifeboat (Cox. Neil Stewart), which had been standing by for fourteen hours, took off crew of thirteen and two hours later vessel slipped off rocks, rolled over and sank.
19.4.1960: Registered at Aberdeen as GILMAR II (A300) to free name for newbuilding (MoT Minute RSS 8/1/01844 dated 18.3.1960).
1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to James A. White & Co Ltd, St. Davids, Fife for breaking up.
7.12.1960: Delivered St. Davids from Aberdeen under own power.
21.6.1960: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.
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S.T. Craik FD134

S.T. Craik FD134
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

S.T. Craik FD134

S.T. Craik FD134
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

S.T. Craik FD134

S.T. Craik FD134
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

Changelog
17/05/2012: Page published. 7 updates since then.
13/04/2013: Picture added.
28/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
25/01/2020: Updated information.

S.T. City of London FD201

Technical

Official Number: 11429
Yard number: 289
Completed: 1901
Gross Tonnage: 195
Net Tonnage: 60
Length: 115 ft
Breadth: 21 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Engine: 55NHP T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Speed 10 knots

History

17.6.1901: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.289) for Richard Kelsall (16/64), Liverpool; John Johnson (12/64), Manchester; Gertrude Marion Kelsall (8/64), Prestwich; Mabel Beeching Kelsall (8/64), Prestwich; William Preston (4/64), Fleetwood; Isaac Miller (4/64), Knott End; Horace Bourne (4/64), Adlington, Chorley; Thomas Frederick Kelsall (4/64), Fleetwood and John Johnson Jnr (4/64), Manchester as CITY OF LONDON.
8.7.1901: Registered at Fleetwood (FD201), Thomas F. Kelsall designated managing owner.
7.1901: Completed.
15.7.1903: J. Johnson (6/64) shares sold to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London.
15.7.1903: J. Johnson (6/64) shares sold to John Johnson Jnr (10/64).
24.9.1904: G. M. Kelsall (8/64) shares mortgaged to Alfred Ernest Woodhouse (8/64), Manchester for £200 @ 71/2% interest.
18.9.1912: Reported that while alongside at Dunmore East, Co. Waterford for repairs, Thomas Minns (25), deckhand, of Cop Lane, Fleetwood was drowned.
Pre1914: Sold to Fred Kelsall & Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Thomas F. Kelsall designated manager.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 75.85 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
27.10.1914: Picked up 30 crew members of MANCHESTER COMMERCE (5363grt/1899) which foundered after striking a mine 20 miles NE of Tory Island; master and thirteen men lost. Put in to Carnlough Bay, Co Antrim to report incident.
28.10.1914: Landed survivors at Fleetwood.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler (Ad.No.NI). Based Scapa.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
09.1919: In collision in dock channel with SOAR (FD155) and both vessel took the ground. Refloated on next tide.
21.11.1919: Sold to John Robson, Graigallion, Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire (George H. Smith & Hew C. Kennedy, Stranraer, managers).
14.4.1920: Fleetwood registry closed.
4.1920: Registered at Stranraer (SR1).
1920: Change of address, John Robson, Stranraer (Hew C. Kennedy, manager).
6.1923: Sold to Andrew Lewis & Andrew Walker, Aberdeen (Andrew Lewis managing owner).
6.1925: Stranraer registry closed.
16.6.1925: Registered at Aberdeen (A113).
11.3.1926: Sold to Regent Fishing Co (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen (Thomas Walker, manager).
20.3.1926: Registered at Aberdeen as DANURIE (A113) (BoT Minute M/RG1093/26 dated 15.3.1926).
1937: Sold for breaking up.
20.4.1937: Aberdeen registry closed “Broken up”.

Changelog
16/05/2012: Page published. 6 updates since then.
12/12/2019: Information updated.

S.T. City of Liverpool FD197

Technical

Official Number: 109674
Yard Number: 630
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 179
Net Tonnage: 66
Length: 115.5 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland

History

31.3.1900: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.630) for Thomas Frederick Kelsall, Fleetwood (12/64); Thomas Kelsall, Prestwich (24/64); Richard Kelsall, Liverpool (16/64) and John Johnson, Manchester (12/64) as CITY OF LIVERPOOL.
1.5.1900: Registered at Fleetwood (FD197).
4.5.1900: Thomas F. Kelsall appointed managing owner.
5.1900: Completed.
7.1.1903: Twenty four shares (T. Kelsall) sold to Sarah Kelsall, Southport.
15.7.1903: Twelve shares (J. Johnson) sold, six shares to William Johnson, Manchester and six shares to John Johnson Jnr, Manchester. 11.8.1910: Eight shares (R. Kelsall) sold to Annie Kelsall Dixon, Waterloo, Liverpool.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 69.48 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
Pre 1914: Sold to Fred Kelsall & Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Thomas F. Kelsall, manager).
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler (Ad.No.NI). Based Cromarty.
8.1918: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
12.11.1918: Sold to Noah Ashworth & Ernest Tomlinson, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
7.1920: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield (Joseph Ward,Sheffield, manager).
30.7.1920: Fleetwood fishing vessel registry closed. “Coasting vessel”. Fitted out at Barrow for yard duties at Morecambe and Barrow shipbreaking yard, loadline survey, hatchways and tow hook fitted.
22.10.1920: Tonnage altered following survey at Barrow 185.69g 71.99n.
28.10.1920: Registered at Lancaster.
1937: Broken up at Morecambe.

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S.T. City Of Liverpool FD197

S.T. City Of Liverpool FD197
Picture, after conversion for yard duties at Barrow, courtesy of The Andy Hall Collection

Changelog
16/05/2012: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/04/2020: Image added.
26/08/2021: Updated history.