S.T. City of Edinburgh II FD185

Technical

Official Number: 124699
Yard Number: 191
Completed: 1908
Gross Tonnage:300
Net Tonnage: 108
Length: 130.0 ft
Breadth: 23.1 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Boiler: A. Stephenson & Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne
Built: Dundee Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee

History

15.12.1907: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.191) for Thomas Frederick Kelsall (64/64), Fleetwood as CITY OF EDINBURGH II.
1.1908: Completed.
30.1.1908: Registered at Fleetwood (FD185).
30.1.1908: Thomas Frederick Kelsall designated managing owner.
24.2.1908: Thomas F. Kelsall shares (6/64) sold to Capt. Lars J. Larsen Fleetwood and mortgaged to William Deacons Bank Ltd, London (A).
13.2.1908: Nine Bills of Sale. Thomas F Kelsall shares (42/64) sold to Horace Bourne, Poulton-le-Fylde (14/64); John Johnson, Manchester (8/64); Walter Smith, Parkgate, Rotherham (4/64); Walter Smith, Parkgate, Rotherham (4/64); Mabel Beeching Kelsall, Southport (4/64); Sarah Jane Bowdin, Blackgang, IoW (4/64); Robert Bolton, Wigan (2/64); Richard Harold Fisher, Shevington, Nr Wigan (2/64); Henrietta Fisher, Shevington, Nr Wigan (2/64) and Charles Arthur Cawood, Fleetwood (2/64). Thomas F. Kelsall designated managing owner.
Pre 1914: Sold to Fred Kelsall & Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood. Thomas F. Kelsall designated manager.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 114.60 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
10.1.1915: Commissioned at Fleetwood.
20.3.1915: Arrived Devonport. Fitted for auxiliary patrol duties.
26.3.1915: Mounting fitted, gun not available. Fitted with mine-sweep.
30.3.1915: Allocated Unit No.85 – Section D based Isles of Scilly (Sk. J. Gant RNR).
2.1.1916-8.1.1916: Refit at Devonport. Relief HM Trawler CARBINEER (Ad.No.1164).
10.1916: Allocated Unit Nos. 85, 87, 147 – Sections C, D, E, F 1st Division based Isles of Scilly (Sk. H.G. Millman RNR). Fitted with 1-3pdr.
8.9.1918: Sold to Ernest Taylor & Noah Ashworth (64/64 joint owners), Fleetwood. Joseph A. Taylor designated manager.
1.10.1918: At Isles of Scilly for General Patrol and Escort work
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
1921: Sold to Ramon de Carranza, Cadiz.
26.7.1921: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.1921: Registered at San Sebastian as PACO (SS-2-608).
Pre 1927: Sold to Pescaderias Coruñesas S.A., Madrid (Luis Lamigueiro, manager).
1931: Sold to Ramon de Carranza, Cadiz.
1948: Sold to Hijos de V. Larrañaga, Cadiz. Registered at Cadiz as LARRAIZ.
1948: Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
4.1.1952: Stranded on Cap Blanc, Western Sahara in approximate position 21.45N 17.00W. Became a total loss.

S.T. City of Edinburgh II FD185

S.T. City of Edinburgh II FD185
Picture (As LARRAIZ) Courtesy of Jan Harteveld

Changelog
16/05/2012: Page published. 6 updates since then.
11/12/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Braemar FD215

Technical

Official Number: 112928
Yard Number: 219
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 197.08
Net Tonnage: 57.38
Length: 115.0 ft
Breadth: 21.7 ft
Depth: 11.8 ft
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: Muir & Houston, Glasgow

History

6.1900: Completed by J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.219) for The Caledonian Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Aberdeen as BRAEMAR.
6.7.1900: Registered at Aberdeen (A236). Walter G. Jameson designated managers.
30.6.1908: Sold to John Millington Jackson, St. Anne’s-on-the-Sea & Walter Henry Dickenson, Fleetwood (64/64 joint owners). Walter H. Dickenson designated managing owner)
3.7.1908: Registered at Fleetwood (FD215).
9.7.1908: Aberdeen registry closed.
10.3.1909: Sold to John Millington Jackson (64/64), St. Anne’s-on-the-Sea.
17.3.1909: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
18.3.1909: Thomas F. Kelsall designated manager.
16.1.1912: Off the Donegal coast, fisherman W. Scott *, Fleetwood, jumped overboard to rescue a fellow crew member who had been washed overboard.
31.5.1912: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to William Deacons Bank Ltd, London (B).
3.6.1912: Mortgage (A) discharged.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 78.30 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.NI). Based Cromarty.
13.10.1916: Sold to Thomas F. Kelsall, Fleetwood (64/64).
13.10.1916: Thomas F. Kelsall designated managing owner.
26.3.1917: Mortgage (B) discharged.
1919: Returned to owner.
19.12.1919: Sold to John Robson (64/64), Graigallion, Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire.
14.4.1920: Fleetwood registry closed.
4.1920: Registered at Stranraer (SR2). George H. Smith & Hew Kennedy, Stranraer designated managers.
6.1922: Sold to Andrew Lewis (64/64), Aberdeen.
6.1922: Stranraer registry closed.
14.6.1922: Registered at Aberdeen (A902). Andrew Lewis designated managing owner.
4.3.1926: Sold Regent Fishing Co (Aberdeen) Ltd (64/64), Aberdeen Thomas Walker designated manager.
24.3.1926: Registered at Aberdeen as DANELLA (A902) (BoT Minute M/RG1088/1926 dated16.3.1926).
26.10.1936: Stranded at Deerness, Orkney.
1937: Salved but sold for breaking up.
19.3.1937: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up.”

Note * – 13.2.1912: W.Scott awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze medal for his action on 16.1.1912.

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S.T. Braemar FD215

S.T. Braemar FD215
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S.T. Braemar FD215

S.T. Braemar FD215
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Changelog
16/04/2012: Page published. 4 updates since then.
28/04/2017: Image added.
25/03/2018: Image added.
01/10/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Boscobel FD70

Technical

Official Number: 122940
Yard Number: 262
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 72
Length: 125.8
Breadth: 21.9 ft
Depth: 8.9 ft
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow

History

28.2.1906: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.262) for Tettenhall Steam Fishing Co of Fleetwood Ltd, Fleetwood as BOSCOBEL.
5.1906: Completed.
16.5.1906: Mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
18.5.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD70), Louis Cohen, Norbreck appointed manager).
11.8.1909: Mortgaged to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (B). James H. Marr appointed manager.
9.10.1913: Mortgage (A) discharged.
10.10.1913: Mortgage (B) discharged.
10.10.1913: Mortgaged to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (C).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 92.13net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
2.12.1916: James A. Robertson appointed manager.
12.5.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.1761). At Devonport fitted with 1-6pdr.
30.3.1915: Allocated Unit 121 – Section C “Trawler Sweepers” based Devonport (Sk. W. Rogerston RNR).
1.1916: Allocated Unit No.63 – Section C based Devonport (Sk. W. Rogerston RNR).
10.1916: Allocated Unit No.121 ‘Trawler Sweepers’ based Devonport (Sk. W. Rogertson RNR).
18.10.1918: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager). Based Alexandria.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
12.10.1924: James A. Robertson died.
10.1924: Alan Marr appointed manager.
6.2.1925: Joseph Arthur Marr appointed manager.
4.1928: Sold to Thomas Walker & John Falconer. Aberdeen.
13.4.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
24.4.1928: Registered at Aberdeen (A342).
17.7.1929: Sold to John Falconer, Aberdeen.
5.6.1934: Sold to Peter Alexander Johnstone & John William Johnstone, Aberdeen.
23.8.1934: Aberdeen fishing registry closed, “fitted out as a Cargo Vessel”.
8.1934: Converted to cargo vessel. Re-measured 11.6 ft depth of hold 232g 101n.
29.5.1937: Foundered near Lightship Wandelaar off Belgian coast on voyage Antwerp to London with a cargo of fencing wire. Wreck in position 51.21.50N 02.50.75E.

Changelog
16/05/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
09/09/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Amy FD39

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 122931
Yard Number: 79
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 223
Net Tonnage: 79
Length: 125.0 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

3.8.1905: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.79) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as the AMY.
9.9.1905: Registered at Fleetwood (FD39). James Herbert Marr designated manager.
9.1905: Completed.
22.3.1911: Returned to Fleetwood after a 28 day Iceland trip with damage to deck fittings and boat carried away.
11.4.1911: Mortgaged to James Herbert Marr for £2000 @ 5% interest (A).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 88.54net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
20.7.1914: Entering Wyre Dock, due to misunderstanding altered course and collided with steam trawler MERISIA (FD153) which sustained damage to shell plates.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Ad.No.334).
13.11.1914: At Lowestoft, parent ship HALCYON.
22.5.1915: Mortgage (A) discharged.
11.11.1915: James A. Robertson appointed manager.
11.4.1917: At Havre ‘sweeping in harbour under orders of Marine Francaise (Sk. Thomas Dales RNR). Mined (only survivor Sk. B. L. Coburn RNR, with severe burns).
19.5.1917: Fleetwood registry closed.

(Lost – Ty/Sk. Thomas Dales; James R. Bowles, 2nd Hand; George McK. Black & William T. Harris, Enginemen; Thomas Hare, James Hayes & Arthur J. Spink, deckhands; Condor Snell, deck boy; Jacob Stratford, trimmer.)

Note: 13.10.1917: Recommendation by Vice Admiral, Marine Francaise Le Havre that Coburn should receive the Military Medal.

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S.T. Amy FD39

S.T. Amy FD39
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Changelog
16/05/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
04/02/2016: Minor information update.
26/06/2017: Minor information update.
01/07/2019: Information updated.
30/09/2020: Added an image.

S.T. Akranes FD33

Technical

Official Number: 114418
Yard Number: 608
Completed: 1899
Gross tonnage: 184.03 (as built 178g)
Net Tonnage: 66.93 (as built 66n)
Length: 114.6 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 10.8 ft
Engine: 350ihp T.3-cyl by G. T. Grey, South Shields
Boiler: Jos. T. Eltringham, South Shields
Built: Edwards Brothers, North Shields

History

24.2.1899: Launched by Edwards Brothers, North Shields (Yd.No.608) for Fiskeri-og Handels-aktieselskabet “Isafold” (Isafold Fishing Co Ltd), Reykjavik, Iceland as AKRANES.
4.1899: Completed.
1900-1901: Reported fishing in Moray Firth with SPURIOUS PLN (RV1).
1901: Company in voluntary liquidation.
12.1901: Sold to Joseph Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne for £4,000.
12.1901: Remeasured 184.03g.
27.12.1901: Registered at Newcastle (Part I & IV) as AKRANES O.N.114418 (NE9).
1901: Sold to James Herbert Marr (64/64), Hull. James Herbert Marr designated managing owner.
29.5.1902: Transferred to the newly formed company J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood. James H. Marr designated manager.
5.7.1902: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
2.1905: Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood.
2.1905: Newcastle registry closed.
28.2.1905: Registered at Fleetwood (FD33).
5.5.1906: Mortgage (A) discharged.
11.3.1912: At Bodmin Petty Sessions, Sk. John Henry Bentley fined £20 with costs for fishing within the 3 mile limit between Tintagel Head and Trevose Head, Cornwall.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 73.40 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler (Ad.No.NI). Based Scapa.
10.11.1916: Sold to Margaret Fawns (64/64) (daughter of Archibald Glen Brown), Granton.
11.11.1916: James A. Robertson designated manager.
14.11.1916: John Thomson, Leith designated manager.
22.11.1916: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Archibald Glen Brown, Granton (B).
22.3.1917: Mortgage (B) discharged.
23.3.1917: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George Milne, Glasgow (C).
2.10.1917: Mortgage (C) discharged.
2.10.1917: Sold to Archibald Glen Brown, Granton.
10.1918: Sold to Ernest Davy Baxter (64/64), Grimsby.
17.10.1918: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (D).
21.10.1918: Fleetwood registry closed.
24.10.1918: Registered at Grimsby (GY1219).
24.10.1918: Ernest Davy Baxter designated manager.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner after restoration at Goole.
15.2.1923: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (D) to Ernest James Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby.
16.2.1923: Ernest James Baskcomb shares (2 x 21/64) sold to Charles Richard Baskcomb (21/64) and Stafford Sydney Northcote (21/64), both Grimsby.
16.2.1923: Ernest James Baskcomb designated manager.
2.9.1927: Ernest James Baskcomb died.
28.1.1928: Probate granted to Edith Eleanor Baskcomb (22/64), Grimsby.
3.5.1928: Charles Richard Baskcombe designated manager.
1.5.1928: Edith Eleanor Baskcomb shares (2 x 11/64) sold to Charles Richard Baskcomb (32/64) and Stafford Sydney Northcote (32/64), both Grimsby.
3.5.1928: Sold to Baskcomb & Northcote Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
8.1929: Sold to Nicolaas Maarleveld, IJmuiden.
29.8.1929: Grimsby registry closed.
8.1929: Registered at IJmuiden as ANNA JOSINA (IJM128).
1934: Sold to Zeevisscherij Maatschappij-Anna Josina, IJmuiden.
31.5.1936: Sold for breaking up. IJmuiden registry closed.

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S.T. Akranes FD33

S.T. Akranes FD33
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S.T. Akranes FD33

S.T. Akranes FD33
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Changelog
16/05/2012: Page published. 8 updates since then.
06/03/2015: Picture added.
08/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
12/06/2019: Minor information update.
19/08/2021: Updated technical details.
21/08/2021: Updated history.