S.T. King Charles LT157

Technical

Official Number: 110880
Yard Number: 1
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 159
Net Tonnage: 70
Length: 105.7 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston Ltd
Built: Schofield, Hagerup & Doughty Ltd, Grimsby

History

1899: Launched by Schofield, Hagerup & Doughty Ltd, Grimsby (Yd.No.1) for Monarch Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as KING ARTHUR.
3.5.1899: Registered at Grimsby (GY11).
5.1899: Completed (Frederick E. Hagerup, manager).
4.1906: Transferred to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager) on the formation of the company.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.3354). Based Aegean Sea.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
1.1925: Transferred to Lowestoft.
8.1.1925: Grimsby registry closed.
9.1.1915: Registered at Lowestoft (LT157).
29.6.1927: Owners re-styled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby (Sir John D. Marsden, Bart, manager).
6.10.1927: Registered at Lowestoft as KING CHARLES (LT157).
1941: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
1943: Sold to Partnership (Hull) Ltd, Hull (Kenneth Percival, manager).
1944: Sold to Ocean Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (J. W. Rose, manager).
1944: Sold to Partnership (Hull) Ltd, Hull (Kenneth Percival, manager).
1945: Sold to Mostyn & Willey Ltd, Watford (Hyman Mostyn, manager).
1946: Sold to Alan Percival, Blackpool.
1947: Sold to Partnership (Hull) Ltd, Hull (Kenneth Percival, manager).
1950: Sold for breaking up in Belgium. Lowestoft registry closed.

Changelog
31/03/2011: Page published. 3 updates since then.
19/03/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Strathrye A597

Technical

Official Number: 137185
Yard Number: 577
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 212
Net Tonnage: 91
Length: 115.7 ft
Breadth: 22.3 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1915: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.577) for Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as STRATHRYE.
18.1.1916: Registered at Aberdeen (A597) (John Brown, manager).
1.1916: Completed and requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.3253). Based Peterhead.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
1938: W. Rhind appointed manager.
1940: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
12.1.1941: Mined 10 miles north of the Great Orme in position 53.30N 03.59W. Crew of eleven took to boat before vessel foundered. No loss of life. Registration Certificate lost with vessel. Aberdeen registry closed.

Changelog

25/03/2011: Page published.

S.T. Star of the Sea A538

Technical

Official Number: 115567
Yard Number: 394
Completed: 1902
Gross Tonnage: 197
Net Tonnage: 64
Length: 113.0 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

24.5.1902: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.394) for The Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as STAR OF THE SEA.
6.1902: Completed (Thomas Walker, manager).
14.6.1902: Registered at Aberdeen (A538).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 76.12 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
9.5.1914: Sold to Andrew Walker, Aberdeen.
1916: Sold to The Croston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Ernest Taylor, Thornton, managers).
21.1.1917: Stopped by U-boat (U.45) 43 miles NWxW1/2N of Inishtrahull Island, Co. Donegal and sunk by gunfire. Crew abandoned in boat.
30.1.1917: Aberdeen registry closed “Sunk by submarine”.

Changelog

22/03/2011: Page published. 3 updates since then.

S.D/T. Beacon Star LT770 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham and Tim Poppy

Technical

Official Number: 132942
Yard Number: 509
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 99
Net Tonnage: 44
Length: 88.1 ft
Breadth: 18.65 ft
Depth: 9.25 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliott & Garrood Ltd, Beccles
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

8.11.1911: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.509) for The Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as BEACON STAR.
23.12.1911: Registered at Lowestoft (LT770).
6.1.1912: Completed (George Catchpole, Kessingland, manager).
9.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence drifter (fitted out as workshop). Based Scapa.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft.
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
17.2.1937: Sailed Lowestoft for Padstow (Sk.Harold Hambly) in company with CONSTANT STAR (LT1158) and ONE ACCORD (LT324).
18.2.1937: In rough weather off the Devon coast came upon a fleet of French trawlers and in passing them safely became detached. Last spoken to when off the Eddystone Light and agreed to call next morning.
19.2.1937: No response to call and with weather worsening, CONSTANT STAR and ONE ACCORD put into Newlyn. With no response to further calls and no sign of vessel inwards to Newlyn, reported missing. Offer of The Admiralty to carry out a search accepted by Mr Catchpole.
16.3.1937: Search by warship, seaplane and enquiries along the French Coast, negative. Lowestoft registry closed. “Missing from 19.2.1937”.
Early 4.1937: Ship’s boat found off Cherbourg. No survivors.

Lost: Sk. Harold Hambly (35), 4. Waveney Crescent, Lowestoft, married one child; Louis William Schillings (51), Mate, Park Road, Lowestoft, married three children (wife Violet H. M. (nee Poppy) b.1889); George Sabberton (38), Third Hand, 28 Steven Street, Lowestoft, married three children; Henry Wigg (49), Ch Eng, 2 Council Houses Frostenden, married five children; Harold Ernest Chaston (43), 2nd Eng, 16 Southwell Road Lowestoft, married no children; Henry Alexander (51) 9 Sussex Road, Lowestoft, married two children and L. Bray (19), 38 Winnipeg Road, Lowestoft, single, both Deckhands; William Flowers (20), Trimmer, 39 Rochester Road, South Lowestoft, single; Clifford Edward Read (27), Cook, 3 Elms Cottages, Kessingland, single.

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S.D/T. Beacon Star LT770

S.D/T. Beacon Star LT770
Picture courtesy of Ashley Gardiner

Changelog
18/03/2011: Page published. 5 updates since then.
20/02/2015: Picture added.
18/11/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
22/12/2018: Updated information.
23/12/2018: Updated information.

S.D/T. Lord Barham LT211 (Seasonal)

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 145818
Yard Number: 955
Completed: 1925
Gross Tonnage: 92
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 85.0 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

25.2.1925: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.955) for Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Co Ltd, Lowestoft as LORD BARHAM.
11.5.1925: Completed (Harold B. Jackson, manager).
12.5.1925: Registered at Lowestoft (LT211).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow, Milford and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
15.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.929) (Hire rate £40.9.7d/month). Based Gt. Yarmouth.
30.5.1940: Sailed Gt. Yarmouth with twelve other drifters for Ramsgate.
26.5.1940: At 6.57pm. ‘Operation Dynamo’ (Dunkirk evacuation) put into effect.
31.5.1940: Sailed Ramsgate for Dunkirk.
1.7.1940: Arrived Ramsgate with 186 troops.
2.7.1940: Arrived Ramsgate with 188 troops.
4.6.1940: ‘Operation Dynamo’ terminated.
1942: Based Aberdeen as LL drifter.
21.9.1943: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager) when Basil Parkes bought most of Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Co Ltd better vessels.
12.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
10.1945: Returned to owner (Maj. A. W. Suddaby MBE, Gorleston, manager).
1946: Sold under U.N.R.&R. Scheme and loaned to Poland (“Dalmor” Przedsiebiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich Sp.z.ogr.odp, Gdynia).
27.12.1946: Lowestoft registry closed.
1.1947: Registered at Gdynia as ARRADIUSZ (GDY110). Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth with local skippers.
30.5.1949: Sold to Arthur W. Eastoe, Ronald C. Cook & Richard H. Gouldby, Lowestoft and John Odde, East Molesey (Edward George Catchpole, manager). Gdynia registry closed.
5.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as LORD BARHAM (LT55).
23.8.1955: Sold to Arthur W. Eastoe & Ronald C. Cook, Lowestoft (Edward George Catchpole, manager).
1960: Sold to H. P. Heuvelmen NV, Krimpen aan den IJssel for breaking up.
13.6.1960: Lowestoft registry closed.
2.7.1960: Arrived Krimpen aan den IJssel.

Changelog
18/03/2011: Page published. 2 updates since then.
22/04/2021: Updated information.