S.D/T. Etesian BS26

Technical

Official Number: 135346
Yard No: 298
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 94
Net Tonnage: 33
Length: 86.3 ft
Breadth: 19.8 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Built: Fellows & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt Yarmouth
Boiler: Thomas Sudron & Co Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Wooden built Drifter/Trawler

History

1918: Launched by Fellows & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Yd.No.298) (wooden “Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as ETESIAN (Ad.No.3885).
31.10.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-6pdr).
19.11.1920: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London for disposal.
1920: Sold to Charles I. Chinery, Bangor, North Wales.
5.11.1920: Registered at Beaumaris (BS26). John Robinson, Grimsby designated manager.
1921: Line fishing from Fleetwood. Alex Keay managing agent.
1923: Sold to W. Flett, W. Slater & James Flett, Lossiemouth. Beaumaris registry closed. Registered at Inverness (INS575). James Flett designated managing owner.
12.1928: Sold to John & James Stephen, Carnbulg and Robert O. Stephen, Fraserburgh.
1929: Inverness registry closed. Registered at Fraserburgh as M. H. Stephen (FR17).
1939: Requisitioned for war as a minesweeping drifter (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
5.1941: Employed as an examination vessel.
12.1943: Employed on port duties.
194?: Sold to James Stephen, Carnbulg.
4.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
1945: Returned to owner.
1945: Sold to J. M. Lovie, Fraserburgh.
1948: Sold to Alexander MacIver, Bayble, Christina Bruce & others, Stornoway.
4q 1948: Registered at Stornoway (SY789).
4.1949: Sold to J. & S. Cameron, Peterhead for breaking up.
1950: Breaking up completed. Stornoway registry closed.

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19/07/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Clyro M245

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3528
Official Number: 143849
Yard Number: 707
Completed: 1917
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 ft
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 107
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Boiler: Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn

History

9.5.1917: Laid down.
20.7.1917: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.707) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS TWINEY (Ad.No.3528).
7.9.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr and W/T).
19.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as THOMAS TWINEY O.N.143849.
1919: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries and engaged in commercial trawling.
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
19.2.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO332).
3.1920: At HM Dockyard, Pembroke completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Milford.
13.8.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
12.1921: Sold to David Pettit, Hakin.
1.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed.
2.1.1922: London registry closed.
4.1.1922: Registered at Milford (M245). David Pettit designated managing owner.
6.1.1922: Registered at Milford as CLYRO (M245).
8.1.1922: Landed at Milford.
1922: Transferred to D. Pettit Ltd, Milford Haven. David Pettit designated manager.
30.9.1932: Connected to steam trawler CAPSTONE (M423) disabled with damaged propeller. Delivered Milford.
7.11.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
8.1935: Dock strike at Fleetwood involving coaling labour.
11.8.1935: Sailed Fleetwood for Vandyke (Inishtrahull) grounds via Ayr to coal (Sk. A. Stean); thirteen crew all told.
13.8.1935: Sailed Ayr for fishing grounds.
14.8.1935: Stranded on Powder House Rock, Culzean Bay. Badly holed and making water, eight crew members abandoned to local fishing boat and Girvan lifeboat stood by from 00.30 am to 3.25 pm. Skipper and four crew members manned pumps but had to abandon when water level reached boiler room plates. Total Loss.
21.10.1935: Milford registry closed “Abandoned as a total loss”.

(Thomas Twiney, Quartermaster (prest), age 29, b. Carmarthen, Wales – VICTORY (SB646))

Note: Wreck subsequently thought to have been used as a target for a gunnery range and destroyed.

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13/05/2012: Page published. 6 updates since then.
26/01/2017: Information updated.
23/12/2019: Information updated.

S.T. Coronet GY241

Additional information courtesy of Birgir Þórisson and David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 125053
Yard Number: 339
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 288
Net Tonnage: 144
Length: 130.9 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smiths Dock Co Ltd, North Shields

History

27.2.1907: Launched by Smiths Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.339) for Crown Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as CORONET.
6.4.1907: Registered at Grimsby (GY241).
4.1907: Completed. George Edward James Moody designated manager. Fishing from Fleetwood (still 1913).
14.1.1911: When berthing ran into Jubilee Quay wall causing considerable damage to stem and shell plating forward.
4.2.1912: Arrived Fleetwood with damage to stern and shell plating after stranding on rocks off Mull of Galloway.
6.1914: Sold to L. & E. Leporc, Fécamp.
29.6.1914: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1914: Registered at Fécamp as EDMOND-RENÉ (F.247).
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service with Marine Francaise as a minesweeper. Based Port Vendres with 4th Patrol Squadron. Later based Morocco.
8.1.1918: Attacked a submarine.
2.1919: Returned to owner.
1930: Sold to Emmanuel Libert, Boulogne-sur-Mer. Registered at Boulogne (B.1433). Charpin, Delpierre & Cie, designated managers.
1933: Sold to Louis Evrard-Pourre, Boulogne-sur-Mer.
1940: Requisitioned for war service in the Marine Francaise.
1942: Mined.

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S.T. Edmond-René F247

S.T. Edmond-René F247
Picture courtesy of The Birgir Þórisson Collection

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13/05/2012: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/02/2016: Minor information update.
04/02/2020: Information updated.
05/01/2020: Image added.
06/01/2020: Corrected information.

S.T. Conquest GY292

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger Bill Blow and Douglas Paterson.

Technical

Official Number: 125066
Yard Number: 172
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 244
Net Tonnage: 118
Length: 120.5 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Engine: 450ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee

History

13.4.1907: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.172) for The Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as CONQUEST.
7.1907: Completed.
1.8.1907: Registered at Grimsby (GY292).
2.8.1907: Alick Black appointed manager.
20.8.1907: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Co Ltd, Stamford (A).
1908: Fishing out of Fleetwood (Sk. P. Petersen).
14.1.1911: When off Barra Head, James Farron (20), Addison Road, Fleetwood washed overboard and drowned. Body recovered and brought back to Fleetwood.
21.8.1912: Mortgage (A) transferred to Barclay & Co Ltd, London.
10.11.1914: Mortgage (A) discharged.
13.11.1914: Shares (51/64) sold to John Edward Rushworth (51/64), Grimsby.
13.11.1914: Shares (13/64) sold to Joseph Davison (13/64), Grimsby.
13.11.1914: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Arthur Jeffs, Grimsby for sum of £2500 with interest at 51/2% (B).
13.11.1914: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
16.11.1914: John E. Rushworth (51/64) shares mortgaged to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (C).
4.1.1915: Mortgage (B) discharged.
4.1.1915: Sold to Rushworth Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
6.1.1915: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
5.1.1915: Mortgage (C) discharged.
5.1.1915: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclay & Co Ltd, London (D).
15.2.1915: Registered at Grimsby as HORTENSIA (GY292) (BoT Minute M/R.G.4198/1915).
24.8.1915: Mortgage (D) discharged.
24.8.1915: Sold to The Premier Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
24.8.1915: William Ellis appointed manager).
6.9.1915: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (E).
8.1916: Requisitioned for war service as a boom gate vessel (Ad.No.NI).
3.9.1918: Sold to James Coombes, Grimsby (managing owner).
17.9.1918: Mortgaged (E) discharged.
18.9.1918: James Coombes appointed manager.
23.9.1918: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial and Union Bank of England Ltd, London (F).
10.1918: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
15.2.1924: Bank re-styled as National Provincial Bank Ltd, London.
7.9.1925: Mortgage (F) discharged.
18.9.1925: Sold to Great Central Co-operative Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
22.9.1925: George L. Alward appointed manager.
2.11.1925: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Jasper George Smith, Kingsland, London for the sum of £3000 with interest at 51/2% (G).
21.6.1928: Mortgage (G) discharged.
26.6.1928: Sold to Walter Garratt & Fred Birch Jeffs (64/64 joint owners), Grimsby.
10.7.1928: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Sir Erik Ohlson, Bart, Hull for sum of £3000 with interest at 5% (H).
10.7.1928: Walter Garrett appointed manager.
15.12.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs appointed manager.
20.7.1931: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (H) to Ohlson & Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
23.7.1931: Arthur Cyril Jagger appointed manager.
19.9.1932: Sold to Charles Dobson, Grimsby.
20.9.1932: Charles Dobson appointed manager.
29.9.1937: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (I).
4.7.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1795) (Hire rate £61.0.0d/month).
8.3.1945: Mortgage (I) discharged.
26.3.1945: Sold to Wembley Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby.
27.3.1945: Arthur Gladstone Hamer appointed manager.
4.4.1945: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (J).
11.1945: Returned to owner.
18.5.1948: Mortgage (J) discharged.
14.5.1948: Sold to Grateful Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Aberdeen.
21.5.1948: Grimsby registry closed.
21.5.1948: James Mowatt appointed manager.
5.6.1948: Registered at Aberdeen (A613).
28.7.1948: Sold to Hortensia Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
9.4.1953: Sold to Andrew W. King, Aberdeen (managing owner).
1956: Sold to Belgian shipbreakers and broken up.
7.4.1955: Aberdeen registry closed.

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S.T. Hortensia GY292

S.T. Hortensia GY292
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

HMT Hortensia

HMT Hortensia
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence

Changelog
13/05/2012: Page published. 7 updates since then.
04/02/2016: Minor information update.
31/12/2019: Information updated.

S.T. Andanes GY923

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Douglas Paterson

Technical

Official Number: 138972
Yard Number: 654
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 320
Net Tonnage: 163
Length: 137.0 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.9 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

9.11.1915: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.654) for Welbeck Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as WIMPOLE.
1.6.1916: Edward Cyril Grant appointed manager.
30.6.1916: Completed.
1.7.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY923).
8.1916: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1 – 12pdr) (Ad.No.2956). Based Devonport. Later employed on escort duties.
9.1.1917: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George Somerville Letten, Grimsby for the sum of £5,00 with interest at 5% (A).
17.5.1918: Mortgage (A) discharged.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
6.2.1919: Sold to Rushworth Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
7.2.1919: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
30.6.1919: Sold to Shaftesbury Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
30.6.1919: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
30.6.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
25.3.1926: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (B) to John Edward Rushworth (64/64), Grimsby.
25.3.1926: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
26.3.1926: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
15.8.1931: Mortgage (C) discharged.
17.8.1931: Sold to J. E. Rushworth Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
17.8.1931: John Edward Rushworth appointed manager.
17.8.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (D).
31.8.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to John Edward Rushworth, Grimsby (E).
12.3.1935: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (D) to Kopanes Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
12.3.1935: Joseph George Little appointed manager.
15.3.1935: Registered at Grimsby as ANDANES (GY923) (BoT Minute R.G.No.1119/1935 dated 14.3.1935).
14.3.1936: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (F).
18.11.1939: In convoy for the Icelandic grounds with SARPEDON (GY984) as Convoy Officer’s ship (Convoy Officer Lieut Reginald H. W. Jackson RNVR) in company with SARONTA (GY1082), CONISBORO (GY244), WIGMORE (GY469)(Sk. Walter Bore) and MURMANSK (GY26). At about 11.15pm when 25 miles N by W of Rattray Head in approximate position 58°01.2N/01°57.5W attacked by U-boat (U.22) and WIGMORE sunk by torpedo; all sixteen crew lost.
28.3.1940: Mortgage (F) discharged.
11.4.1940: Sold to Drangey Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
12.4.1940: Joseph George Little appointed manager.
28.5.1940: Requisitioned for war services as an anti submarine trawler (P.No.4.151) (Hire rate £90.13.4d/month).
11.1940: Fitted out for boom defence duties. Based Portland.
22.1.1942: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £8000.
3.2.1942: Geoffrey Edwards Marr appointed manager.
23.11.1943: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T.
27.1.1944: Grimsby registry closed.
1944: Based Portsmouth (Fraser & White Ltd, Portsmouth, agents).
1945: Laid up pending sale.
4.1946: Transferred to Ministry of Transport.
24.1.1947: Sold to Marine Metals Ltd, London for breaking up.

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S.T. Andenes GY923

S.T. Andenes GY923
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

Changelog
13/05/2012: Page published. 8 updates since then.
02/07/2019: Information updated.