S.T. Don LT276

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 109084
Yard Number: 5
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 168
Net Tonnage: 65
Length: 105.6 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Irvine Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Irvine
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow

History

1898: Launched by Irvine Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Irvine (Yd.No.5) for James Leyman & Co Ltd, Hull as DON.
11.1898: Completed (James Leyman, manager).
24.11.1898: Registered at Hull (H433).
2.1912: Sold to Richard Watson Lewis, Aberdeen (managing owner).
22.2.1912: Hull registry closed.
22.2.1912: Registered at Aberdeen (A443).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 65.11net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom working vessel (2-3pdrs). Based Scapa.
1.11.1918: Sold to John Hall Richardson, North Shields (managing owner).
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at North Shields.
3.8.1922: Sold to Jack Richardson Ltd, North Shields.
5.8.1922: Sold to Jack Albert Billmeir, London (managing owner).
23.11.1922: Aberdeen registry closed.
24.11.1922: Registered at London (LO553).
1924: Sold to The Reculver Shipping Co Ltd, London (Jack Albert Billmeir, manager).
1924: Sold to Arthur B. Cullen & Daniel Thorpe, Lowestoft (Purchased at auction unseen for £95. The value of coal in her bunkers was higher than the purchase price).
18.2.1926: London registry closed.
19.2.1926: Sold to Henry Thrower (22/64), Lowestoft; Daniel Thorpe (21/64), Oulton Broad; William Edward Bewley (21/64), Lowestoft (William L. Mullender, manager).
19.2.1926: Registered at Lowestoft (LT276).
13.5.1927: Following death of William Edward Bewley 21 shares placed in names of executors, Arthur Gouldby & George Thomas Home, Lowestoft.
19.10.1927: 21 shares registered to Mrs Annie Bewley, Lowestoft.
29.5.1930: Sold to Daniel Thorpe (32/64), Oulton Broad & Mrs Annie Bewley (32/64), Lowestoft (W. L. Mullender, manager).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
1.31935: Sold to Frederick Owen Mullender (32/64) & Daniel Thorpe (32/64), Lowestoft.
18.1.1936: Following death of Daniel Thorpe, 32 shares transferred to William Henry Thorpe. Lowestoft.
1936: Sold for breaking up.
8.2.1937: Lowestoft registry closed “Broken up”.

Changelog

14/12/2010: Page published. 2 updates since then.
25/04/2020: Updated information.

S.D/T. Quiet Waters LT201 (Seasonal)

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 149250
Yard Number: 1102
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 117
Net Tonnage: 53
Length: 94.0 ft
Breadth: 20.0 ft
Depth: 9.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Elliott & Garrood Ltd, Beccles
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

20.12.1930: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1102) for Frederick Ernest Catchpole (managing owner), Lowestoft as QUIET WATERS.
19.1.1931: Completed.
21.3.1931: Registered at Lowestoft (LT201).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow, Milford and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
15.10.1939: At Lowestoft landed 215 crans of herring.
28.9.1932: At Grimsby damaged propeller.
28.9.1932: Connected to PEACEFUL STAR(LT90) disabled with fouled propeller and delivered her to Calais.
3.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service on contraband control/auxiliary patrol (P.No.FY1776) (Hire rate £69.3.6d/month).
3.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
9.2.1946: Returned to owner.
22.11.1947: At Lowestoft landed 140 crans fresh and 60 crans iced.
10.5.1948: Sold to The Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Frederick E. Catchpole, manager).
28.3.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as PEACEFUL STAR (LT201). Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
6.10.1952: At Lowestoft landed in excess 200 crans.
31.5.1955: Sold to Arthur H. Codd & Son, London.
1.6.1956: Sold to Anson Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Milford Haven (John N. Picton, manager).
13.11.1957: Returned to Milford to land the Skipper, George Knight of Lowestoft, with an injured foot.
25.11.1959: Sold to Alick King, Lowestoft (managing owner).
30.11.1959: Sold to Wood & Davidson Ltd, Aberdeen (John Wood, manager).
21.12.1959: Lowestoft registry closed.
28.12.1959: Registered at Aberdeen (A61).
1961: Converted to motor by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen, fitted with 3-cyl 4 stroke 300bhp oil engine by A.K. Diesels Ltd, Lowestoft (engine built under licence by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen in 1960).
1961: Alteration to tonnage and other particulars. Certificate of Survey at Aberdeen. Remeasured 121.48g 48.36n.
27.10.1970: Sold to George Wood (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen.
27.10.1970: Sold to Wood & Davidson Ltd, Aberdeen.
11.2.1973: Sold to James Stevenson, London.
1974: Sold to Robert Dick, London. To be fitted out in Portugal for prawn fishing off North African coast.
1978: Sank on moorings in Marsa Creek, Malta.
1979: Sunken hull sold to Cassar Enterprises, Marsa for £880.
1981: After being salved sold to Sartard Shipbreakers Ltd , Marsa for breaking up.
4.5.1982: Aberdeen registry closed “Registry cancelled on direction of Secretary of State dated 27.4.1982”.

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S.D/T. Quiet Waters LT201

S.D/T. Quiet Waters LT201
© Ford Jenkins-Robert Durrant Collection

S.D/T. Peaceful Star LT201

S.D/T. Peaceful Star LT201
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo collection

S.D/T. Peaceful Star LT201

S.D/T. Peaceful Star LT201
Picture courtesy of John Stevenson

M.D/T. Peaceful Star A61

M.D/T. Peaceful Star A61
Picture courtesy of Greenday (Ships Nostalgia)

Changelog
13/12/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
13/06/2016: Information updated, picture added.
03/11/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.D/T. Glow LT668

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3980
Official Number: 146042
Yard Number: 557
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.7 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1918: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.557) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as GLOW.
21.11.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (Ad.No.3980).
13.11.1919: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London.
5.2.1920: Registered at Lowestoft (Part IV) as Glow (LT668) and engaged in commercial fishing.
2.9.1920: Assisted into Lowestoft Boulogne steam trawler LILLOIS (B??) disabled after boiler explosion at sea in which two men were killed and two injured.
6.7.1921: Lowestoft registry closed at request of The Admiralty.
30.7.1921: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as GLOW (No.399 of 1921) O.N.146042.
8.1921: Sold to William Robbens & Sons Ltd, Lowestoft (William Robbens, manager).
8.1921: London registry closed.
26.8.1921: Lowestoft registry re-opened (LT668).
1.12.1925: In moderate weather off Southwold connected to steam drifter CLACH Na CUDEN (YH361) disabled with machinery problem and delivered Lowestoft.
7.3.1934: Sold to George Hitchim Catchpole, Lowestoft.
2.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.964) (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month). Fitted with LL sweep, based at Dundee.
6.1940: At Jarrow (Sk. C. Chamberlain RNR).
5.1943: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
25.11.1943: Sold to North Shore Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
16.11.1945: Returned to owner.
1946: Sold to Norway.
7.10.1946: Lowestoft registry closed.
12.10.1946: Sailed Lowestoft for Norway.

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HMD Glow

HMD Glow
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence

S.D/T. Glow LT668

S.D/T. Glow LT668
Picture courtesy of The John Baxter Collection

Changelog
13/12/2010: Page published. 3 revisions since then.
12/09/2014: Picture added.
02/11/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
20/11/2020: Updated history.

I.V. Wild Cherry FD429

Technical

Completed: 1904
Length : 33.0 ft
Beam : 10ft 6in
Draught : 3 ft 9in
Weight : 9.90 tons
Built: Lathom at Crossens, Southport

History

1/1904 Completed by Lathom at Crossens, Southport as WILD CHERRY for John Jones, Dee View Road, Connahs Quay.
1906 Registered at Chester (CH7).
1910 Sold to Ramsey IOM and re-registered as RY24.
30/12/1918 Sold to Arthur Walker, Oaklea, Whitehaven (Fished by Thomas Tubman).
1921 Fitted with an engine.
21/02/1922 Sold to Herbert Wilson Walker, Lingmell, Seascale.
28/11/1923 Sold to Charles Schofield, 72 Adelaide St, Fleetwood and registered as FD429.
3/12/1924 Suffered engine damage.
23/10/1926 Re-engined.
5/01/1940 Sold to William Schofield, Crown Hotel Fleetwood.
13/08/1940 Sold to Robert Anderson Blackledge, Hatfield Avenue, Fleetwood.
25/04/1945 Sold to Vernon Cowpe, 81 Bold St Fleetwood (Fished by Fred Price)
13/11/1946 Sold to Herbert Rawcliffe, 39 Poulton Rd Fleetwood.
19/5/1954 Sold to Ernest Wilson, 43 Poulton Rd Fleetwood.
14/6/1955 Sold to Willie Wilkinson, Lytham St Annes.
1958 Laid up at Allansons Boatyard Freckleton.
19/5/1959 Sold to John Coulton, Long Lane, Banks for £90 and re-registered at Preston PN34.
1959-60 Rebuilt (redecked, new wheelhouse, new upper stem, rewired) at Crossens Sluice by owner. Fowler diesel 1:1 gearbox fitted.
On completion moored at Southport and Hesketh Bank and fished with Peter Rimmer, Marshside.
9/7/1962 Sold to FW Coward, Fernyhalgh Lane, Fulwood, Preston for £500.
9/7/1969 Sold to Arthur Mervyn Filton, Burnley (Fished in 1971 by FW Groden, Fleetwood).
1/11/1973 Sold to Tom Gorew and fishing registry closed.
27/7/81 Returned to fishing under ownership of Michael Stephens of Rochdale.
27/7/1986 sold to K Lyne, Ashton under Lyne.
17/11/1988 Fishing registration removed under Merchant Shipping Act 1988.
1994 Rebuilt at Liverpool Marina by Jim Weir.
?? Sold to Fiddlers Ferry
12/1998 Parted moorings off Rock Ferry and struck Rock Ferry Pier losing lower stem, breaking keel and capsizing.
1/1999 Aground upside down alongside Tranmere Oil Terminal, eventually destroyed by wind and tide. Iron keel recovered.

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I.V. Wild Cherry FD429

I.V. Wild Cherry FD429