s.v. Dotterel FD5

Additional information courtesy of Christine Simm

Technical

Official Number: 62951
Completed: 1885
Net Tonnage: 36
Length: 55 ft
Rig: Smack- trawling
Built: Robert Wright, Freckleton

History

28.1.1869: At 11.00 am, launched by Robert Wright, Freckleton for William (“Owd Billy”) Leadbetter and Thomas Leadbetter (his son), Fleetwood as Dotterel.
13.2.1869: Appropriated.
13.2.1869: Registered at Fleetwood (FD5).
1.1.1875: Owned by William Leadbetter, Fleetwood.
24.9.1879: Fishing off the Cumberland coast (Sk. William Leadbetter). At about 9.30am when some 9 miles off the Duddon Buoy, observed a body floating in the water. Hove to and launched boat, succeeded in recovering the body, identified as that of James Scott (33) washed off the smack SYREN (FD30) while trawling to the north of the Barrow Ironworks three weeks previously. The body was left in the boat and towed back to Fleetwood arriving at about 6.30pm.
25.9.1879: At the inquest held in the Crown Hotel, Fleetwood a verdict of “Accidentally drowned” was recorded. The jury expressed a strong opinion that the body, having been immersed in water for three weeks, should have been taken to the mortuary and not taken to the home of the deceased.
1881: Census at Fleetwood – William Leadbetter (37), b-North Meols, master fisherman; Robert Wilson (65), b-North Meols, mate; William Baxter (39), b-North Meols, fisherman; James Middleton, b-Stafford, fisherman; Richard Rimmer (14), b-Fleetwood, cook.
1885: Owned by Thomas Leadbetter (43/64) and Sk. William Leadbetter (21/64), Fleetwood.
7.10.1885: Sailed on the morning tide from Fleetwood for the fishing grounds (Sk. William Leadbetter). When about 3/4 mile beyond the Danger Patch Buoy and standing out on the starboard tack across the Lune, at about 11.50am, the cook, who was at the helm, observed a smack on the port tack bearing down on them. The cook left the tiller and rushed to call out the crew. When the mate arrived on deck the smack INDUSTRY was only a few yards away and shortly after struck the trawler on the port side by the fore rigging. One crew member scrambled aboard the INDUSTRY and the others took to the boat, the trawler foundering in about 28 – 30 fathoms in the centre of the Lune. Both smacks were being helmed by the cook, as was customary once they were clear of the Wyre Light and the crew were below eating.
1885: Fleetwood registry closed.

Note: Rule of the Road – When a vessel is on the starboard tack and approached by a vessel on the port tack, he stands on and the vessel on the port tack gives way.

Changelog

20/02/2011: Page published. 3 updates since then.
12/05/2022: Information updated.

s.v. Annie

Technical

Official Number: 73767
Net Tonnage: 14
Rig: Smack
Note: Unable to find any evidence that she ever was engaged in fishing at Fleetwood.

History

No date of build or builder.
1.1.1875: Not listed in MNL.
1882: Sold to Edward Johnson, Fleetwood.
7.2.1882: Appropriated.
7.2.1882: Registered at Fleetwood.
1884: Sold to John Turner, Barrow. Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Barrow. Mainly employed in the Fleetwood – Barrow trade carrying potatoes, fruit, vegetables with occasional stone cargoes on return.
1897: Barrow registry closed.

Changelog
17/02/2011: Page published, one update since then.

S.D/T. Lydia Eva YH89 (Seasonal)

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 161639
Yard Number: 251
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 138
Net Tonnage: 64
Length: 95.0 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 9.8 ft
Built: King’s Lynn Slipway Co Ltd, King’s Lynn
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co (R.H. Hutchinson), Gt Yarmouth (Engine No.618)
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees

History

1930: Launched by King’s Lynn Slipway Co Ltd, King’s Lynn (Yd.No.251) for Henry James Eastick, Gorleston as LYDIA EVA. Towed to Gt. Yarmouth for machinery fit.
22.7.1930: Engine trials.
23.7.1930: Registered at Yarmouth (YH89).
26.7.1930: Mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, City of London (A).
8.1930: Completed (Built at King’s Lynn by Tyneside labour due to industrial action at Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents). (Fished more successfully as a trawler as herring drift nets damaged by bluff bow. Also used as a herring carrier).
11.10.1937: At Yarmouth landed 221 crans of herring.
12.1938: Last landing at Yarmouth.
21.10.1939: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (A) to South Caernarvonshire Yacht Co Ltd, Pwllhelli for £800. Converted and re-classified as a salvage vessel for Air Ministry contract associated with Pwllheli and other West coast Bombing & Gunnery Ranges.
18.1.1940: Mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, City of London (B).
1940: South Caernarvonshire Yacht Co Ltd t/a Western Marine Craft Ltd, Pwllheli.
10.12.1942: Requisitioned for war service with Ministry of Aircraft Production (Hire rate £50.0.0d/month).
27.5.1943: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T (Ministry of Aircraft Production). Further converted at Abersoch for cargo with strengthened main mast and derrick. John Deheer Ltd, Grimsby (Pwllheli) designated managers.
4.9.1943: Yarmouth registry closed except as far as relates to mortgage (B). “Registry no longer required”.
7.1943: Registered at London.
1943-1945: Based Abersoch, Pwllheli and Ilfracombe.
1945: Transferred to Maryport, attendant to Mawbray Bombing Range.
1947: Transferred to Weymouth.
1.4.1947: Sold to Air Ministry, London. Registered at London as WATCHMOOR.
1948-1952: Based Milford, Watchet, Appledore, London, Cardiff and Pembroke Dock.
1952: Transferred to Whitehaven.
21.12.1965: Proposed to transfer all MOD (Air) vessels to MOD (Navy).
1.4.1966: Transferred to Director of Marine Services (DMS), Bath. British registry closed. Based Pembroke Dock, crew on D606 articles.
27. 6.1966: In Cardigan Bay experienced engine problems. EMPIRE NETTA (290grt/1945) connected and delivered Holyhead.
1966: Rebuilt on Tyneside with new wheelhouse and new boiler by Stockton Chemical Engineers & Riley Boilers Ltd, Stockton on Tees (Boiler made 1961).
1967-1968: Various duties as required by DMS.
1968: Declared surplus to requirements. De-equipped and laid up at Pembroke Dock.
1969: Sold to Turner & Hickman Ltd, Glasgow.
1972: Sold to The Maritime Trust. Docked and overhauled in Penzance by Holman & Sons Ltd.
1.10.1972: Arrived Gt. Yarmouth.
1972: Registered at Yarmouth as LYDIA EVA.
1973: Rebuilt by George Overy Ltd, Lowestoft.
1973-1978: Following partial restoration at Lowestoft, static display at Gt. Yarmouth.
1978-1986: Static display at St. Kathrines Dock, London.
1986-1990: Exhibition closed. Laid up in West India Dock.
1989: Lydia Eva Charitable Trust formed.
1990: Sold to Trust for £1.00.
30.6.1990: Arrived Gt. Yarmouth in tow of HECTOR READ (65grt/1966).
2000: Slipped at Lowestoft but on survey found to need extensive shell plate renewals. Laid up in Lake Lothing.
12.2006: Application for Heritage Lottery Funding successful (£839,000).
1.3.2007-18.3.2008: Slipped by Small & Co (Marine & Engineering) Ltd, Lowestoft for survey and 60% shell plating and some frame renewals, deck relaid, electrical installation update, start of machinery overhaul.
9.2008: Towed to Gt. Yarmouth for Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival.
10.2008: Returned to Lowestoft.
10.2008-20.5.2009: At Small & Co (Marine & Engineering) Ltd, Lowestoft to complete boilerwork, museum and after cabin fit out.
3.2009: In steam, successful boiler trial.
20.5.2009: Returned to Gt. Yarmouth.
12.2009: Arrived Lowestoft from Gt. Yarmouth under tow.
12.2009-2010: Continued refurbishment by Small & Co (Marine & Engineering) Ltd, Lowestoft.
3.2010: Successful steaming trials in Lake Lothing.
15.5.2010: Steamed to Gt. Yarmouth. Open to visitors.
14.12.2010: Steamed to Lowestoft for further work by Small & Co Ltd. Laid over adjacent to Laundry Lane slip.
2018: Still in steam.

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S.D/T. Lydia Eva YH89

S.D/T. Lydia Eva YH89

S.D/T. Lydia Eva YH89

S.D/T. Lydia Eva YH89
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Watchmoor

Watchmoor
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

S.D/T. Lydia Eva YH89

S.D/T. Lydia Eva YH89
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

S.D/T. Lydia Eva YH89

S.D/T. Lydia Eva YH89
Picture courtesy of The Maureen Tatlow Collection

Changelog
13/02/2011: Page published. 5 updates since then.
17/12/2015: Picture added.
09/11/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
15/05/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Beru GY611

Wartime visitor
Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number:132096
Yard Number: 478
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 195
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 115.3 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Engine: 425ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby

History

2.2.1911: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.478) for Henry Croft Baker (32/64) & Arthur Grant (32/64) Cleethorpes as BERU.
22.2.1911: Completed. (Builders’ Certificate signed).
25.2.1911: Delivered.
25.2.1911: Registered at Grimsby (GY611).
25.2.1911: Arthur Grant designated managing owner.
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.30). Based Aegean Sea.
29.2.1916: Henry Croft Baker (32/64 shares sold to Alick Black (16/64) and John Cash Store (32/64), both Grimsby.
13.2.1917: Alick Black (16/64) and John Cash Store (16/64) shares sold to Arthur Grant (64/64), Cleethorpes.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby (Arthur Grant, managing owner).
7.4.1931: Sold to Arthur Grant & Son Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
8.4.1931: Arthur Grant appointed manager.
26.7.1932: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
11.1939 Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £48.15.0d/month).
10.2.1940: Returned to owner.
27.9.1940: Mortgage (A) discharged.
30.9.1940: Sold to John Sherrif Ellis (64/64), Scarborough.
30.9.1940: John Sherrif Ellis designated managing owner.
10.2.1941: Sold to Scarborough Pure Ice & Cold Storage Co Ltd (64/64), Scarborough.
22.2.1941: James Johnson appointed manager.
24.9.1941: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclay Bank Ltd, London (B).
6.4.1943: Mortgage (B) discharged.
28.4.1943: At Fleetwood, typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 92 kits – hake-16, cod/codling-33, whiting-15, flats5, ling/coley-14, roker-7, gurnard-3.
3.5.1943: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
16.4.1945: Mortgage (C) discharged.
18.4.1945: Sold to James Johnson (32/64) & John William Johnson (32/64), Scarborough.
20.4.1945: John William Johnson appointed manager.
21.8.1950: Sold to Scarborough Pure Ice & Cold Storage Co Ltd (64/64), Scarborough.
25.8.1950: John William Johnson appointed manager.
4.1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to James A . White, St Davids, Fife for breaking up.
17.11.1952: Delivered (Sk. Jack Mann plus five crew) to Granton from Scarborough (paid £35.0.0d for delivery). Transferred to St Davids for breaking.
25.8.1953: Letter from BISCO stating “… vessel has been completely demolished”.
4.9.1953: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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S.T. Beru GY611

S.T. Beru GY611
Picture courtesy of The Jeffrey Pullen Collection

S.T. Beru GY611

S.T. Beru GY611
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

S.T. Beru GY611

S.T. Beru GY611
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S.T. Beru GY611

S.T. Beru GY611
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Changelog
02/02/2011: Page published. 4 updates since then.
13/02/2015: Picture added.
24/06/2019: Updated information and added an image.