Tag Archives: Admiralty Drifter

S.D/T. Jenny Irvin SN21

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4167
Official Number: 139889
Yard Number: 101
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.0 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 8.8 ft
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Boiler: A. Dodman & Co Ltd, King’s Lynn

History

1919: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.101) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as GULF STREAM (Ad.No.4167).
10.9.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
24.8.1919: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London.
3.10.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (Part IV) (LT601), engaged in commercial fishing.
8.1920: Sold to James Ballard R. L. Dawson, North Shields (Robert Bogle, manager).
25.8.1920: Registered at North Shields (SN42) (O.N.139889).
31.12.1920: Lowestoft registry closed.
22.1.1921: Sold to R. L. Dawson, North Shields (managing owner).
1921: Sold to John H. Sheldon, Plymouth (George Williams & John Pease, Plymouth, managers) for non fishing purposes.
20.9.1924: North Shields registry closed “Vessel no longer fishing”.
1924: Sold to Joseph D. Irvin & T. T. Irvin, North Shields (Joseph D. Irvin, managing owner).
19.12.1924: Registered at North Shields (SN21).
9.2.1925: Registered at North Shields as JENNY IRVIN (SN21).
1931: Sold to R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields (Sir John H. Irvin KCB, manager).
29.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.980) (Hire rate £32.16.0d/month). Fitted with LL sweep, based at Dundee.
1.12.1943: Transferred to Ministry of Aircraft Production (MoAP).
12.1943: Sold to Wellvale Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
17.4.1945: McCandless & Piggot Ltd, appointed manager for MoAP.
1946: Returned to owner.
1946: Sold to Government of Poland, Warsaw (Ministry of Industry & Commerce) (“Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow DalekomorskichSp.z.ogr.odp, Gdynia, managers) under the UNRRA scheme. North Shields registry closed. Registered at Gdynia as EUSTACHIUSZ (GDY112).
1947-1948: Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth, then laid up until sold.
1.6.1949: Sold to Arthur Walter Eastoe, Ronald Clifford Cook & Richard Henry Colby, Lowestoft and John Odde, East Molesey. Gdynia registry closed.
3.6.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as JENNY IRVIN (LT57).
1955: Sold to Belgium for breaking up.
3.3.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for Antwerp.
16.3.1955: Lowestoft registry closed.

Changelog

16/10/2010: Page published. 2 updates since then.
20/02/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Norman Wilson LT1158

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4126
Official Number: 140843
Yard Number: 567
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

8.3.1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.567) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as TIDAL WAVE (Ad.No.4126).
12.8.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
11.12.1919: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
1920: Sold to A. & J. Summers, Peterhead under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen) for £7000, reduced to £4875.
6.8.1920: Registered at Peterhead as SOPHIA S. SUMMERS (PD379) O.N.140843.
By 15.6.1921: Payments outstanding.
1921: Mortgage foreclosed. Repossessed by His Majesty, represented by the Commissioners representing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, London.
1921: Sold to Alexander B. Summers, Peterhead (managing owner).
1923: Sold to William C. Wilson, Whitley Bay & A. J. Gardner (later J. & P. Gardner), Cellardyke (John T. Graham, Anstruther, manager).
29.5.1923: Peterhead registry closed.
5.1923: Registered at Kirkcaldy as NORMAN WILSON (KY228).
1939: Sold to Mrs L. R. Gardner, Cellardyke.
9.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on the balloon barrage (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month). Based at Rosyth (Attendance drifter).
194?: Sold to William C. Wilson, North Shields.
1946: Sold to Supreme Fishcuring Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
9.1946: Returned to owner.
1946-1949: Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth.
1947: Sold to Neptune Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (P. Garnett, Epsom, manager).
1.1949: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven.
12.5.1955: Last landing at Milford.
1955: Fished herring season from Lowestoft.
1956: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
7.3.1956: Sailed Lowestoft for Bruges (Sk. Pye).
7.3.1956: Delivered.
1956: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Norman Wilson KY228

S.D/T. Norman Wilson KY228
Picture courtesy of The John Stevenson Collection

Changelog

15/10/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
07/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
27/06/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Bow Wave LT589 (Seasonal)

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4142
Official Number:139989
Yard Number: 9
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Coatbridge
Boiler: Thos. Sudron & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees

History

1919: Launched by J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.9) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as BOW WAVE (Ad.No.4142).
5.2.1919: Forms for tender to purchase received by the Admiralty.
26.6.1919: Sold to Bertha Agusta Richards & Charles Aleyn Jordan, Lowestoft.
29.7.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
17.9.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (Part I & IV) as BOW WAVE O.N.139989 (LT589).
13.12.1919: Sold to Viking Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (James Pye, manager).
10.8.1924: Sold to James Pye & Robert J. Read, Lowestoft (joint owners).
19.2.1925: Sold to Seven Ltd, Lowestoft (James Pye, manager).
11.6.1925: In dense fog stranded on rocks E of Redcar Pier. Refloated on evening tide with damage propeller.
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
26.8.1930: At Bangor Magistrates Court, Sk. F. J. Pye, Fleetwood, was fined £10 for trawling within the three mile limit off the Welsh coast.
1940: Re-possessed by bank and laid up at Lowestoft.
5.1940: Hire negotiated with The Admiralty by Basil Parkes, Fleetwood.
18.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
22.5.1940: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
1.7.1940: Sold to North Shore Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
11.1940: Based Anstruther as a TRV.
8.2.1946: Returned to owner.
3.1.1949: Sold to Andrew Pyper Baird, Peterhead.
17.3.1949: Lowestoft registry closed.
11.4.1949: Registered at Peterhead as JEAN BAIRD (PD1).
1954: Sold for breaking up. Peterhead registry closed.

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S.D/T. Bow Wave LT589

S.D/T. Bow Wave LT589
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Jean Baird PD1

S.D/T. Jean Baird PD1
Picture from the Internet

Changelog

21/09/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
30/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
18/09/2019: Updated information and added an image.

S.D/T. Primordial FR200 (Seasonal)

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3592
Official Number: 146043
Yard Number:45
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Boiler: Gt. Central Co-op Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby
Built: Webster & Bickerton (of Goole) Ltd, Goole

History

1917: Launched by Webster & Bickerton (of Goole) Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.45) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as SEA FOG (Ad.No.3592).
18.12.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) at a cost of £2,400.
1919: Paid off. Armament removed.
15.11.1919: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London for disposal. Refurbished as a fishing vessel.
30.3.1920: Registered at Lowestoft (Part IV)(LT710).
16.7.1921: Lowestoft registry closed at request of The Admiralty.
1921: Sold to H. Croft Baker & Sons Ltd, Grimsby (Henry Croft Baker, manager).
12.9.1921: Registered at Grimsby (GY1300).
6.1922: Sold to The Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Henry Croft Baker & John L. Green, joint managers).
26.6.1922: Registered at Grimsby as SELIMUS (GY1300).
1923: Sold to L. M. Bourgain, Dieppe.
22.6.1923: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1923: Registered at Dieppe as St. PIERRE d’AlCANTARA (DI 2112).
1925: Sold to William Bruce, John McLeman, Burghead; John Campbell West, Lossiemouth & James Russell Hamilton, Elgin (William Bruce managing owner).
1925: Dieppe registry closed.
1925: Registered at Inverness as PRIMORDIAL (INS81).
1936: Sold to William Cardno, Fraserburgh (managing owner).
1936: Inverness registry closed.
1936: Registered at Fraserburgh (FR200).
1936-1939: Seasonal line fishing from Fleetwood (Alex Keay managing agent).
1939: Sold to Mrs Jessie Cardno & W. B. Ritchie Jnr, Fraserburgh.
28.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a harbour transport (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
194?: Sold to Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Thomas Walker, manager).
20.12.1945: Returned to owners.
1952: Sold to ?? for breaking up. Fraserburgh registry closed.

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S/D.T. Primordial FR200

S/D.T. Primordial FR200
Picture from the Internet

Changelog

20/09/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
29/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.D/T. Marshal Pak LT200

Wartime visitor
Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham and Ian Wilson

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3919
Official Number: 148141
Yard Number: 58
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 32
Length: 85.8 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (Engine No.129)
Boiler: William Simons & Co Ltd, Renfrew
Built: J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1918: Launched by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.58) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as LULL (Ad.No.3919).
5.4.1918: Ran trials.
6.4.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-6pdr).
9.4.1918: Delivered and commissioned.
1921: De-commissioned. Laid up at Portsmouth. Armament removed.
17.6.1922: Sold to Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland for £2,000.
27.6.1922: Arrived Belfast for conversion to a tender at a cost of £1,000. (Not registered under Merchant Shipping Act as regarded as Government ship).
7.7.1922 : Commissioned as a tender (John Kelly Ltd, managers) to hulk ARGENTA (3343/1919) moored in Belfast Lough as a holding unit for Republican internees.
8.1922: ARGENTA moved to Larne Lough. Tender duties four times daily to Larne Harbour.
24.2.1924: Transferred to Ministry of Finance, Northern Ireland on ending of role of ARGENTA.
5.1924: Sold to Wallace Orchard & A. Tempest, Belfast (Wallace Orchard managing owner) for £750 with special conditions of sale to promote Sea Fishery industry in Northern Ireland and employ local men.
7.1924: At Belfast. Refurbished, Special Survey and re classed as a Fishing Vessel at a cost of £696.
28.6.1924: Carried out fishing trials.
7.8.1924: Registered at Belfast (B38).
1924-1925: Hired by Caister/Yarmouth persons for autumn herring seasons (Sk. Honks Brown, Caister).
1926: Owners sought release from commitment due to losses of £1,500. Repossessed by Northern Ireland Government.
1926: Sold to Kilkeel owners for £2,850.
6.1926: Sold to John Murray, Buckie & Others (John Murray, managing owner). Belfast registry closed. Registered at Buckie as EUNELMA (BCK438).
1931: Sold to Alexander Morgan, Peterhead (managing owner). Buckie registry closed.
Registered at Peterhead (PD102).
1932: Registered at Peterhead as MYRTLE LEAF (PD102).
1.1934: Hired by Fishery Board for Scotland as an auxiliary fishery cruiser to detect illegal inshore trawling.
3.1937: Sold to Arthur Vere Harvey, London.
3.1937: Peterhead registry closed.
8.3.1937: Registered at Lowestoft (LT200).
26.7.1937: Sold to Suffolk Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Arthur William Harvey, manager).
26.7.1937: Registered at Lowestoft as MARSHAL PAK (LT200).
1941-1945: Fishing from Fleetwood.
21.1.1941: Off Irish coast developed leak, contained and returned to Fleetwood.
22.11.1941: Damaged gallows when gear came fast.
2.1.1942: At Fleetwood damaged gallows after striking projecting bar at berth.
29.1.1942: Damaged gallows when gear came fast.
21.12.1942: Damaged propeller shaft when gear fouled propeller.
10.2.1943: Damaged bollards when gear came fast.
23.7.1943: Typical landing. 132 kit – hake-41, cod/codling-24, whiting-28, flats-8, ling/coley-4, roker-12, gurnard-1, dogs-8.
5.3.1944: In Morecambe Bay broke foremast.
21.3.1945: When hauling winch shaft fractured.
14.4.1946: Damaged propeller shaft.
22.6.1948: Damaged following collision with steam drifter PÊCHEUR (LT228).
2.1949: Landing at Milford (William Henry Kerr, manager).
4.8.1950: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (William Henry Kerr, manager).
7.1952: Last landing at Milford.
12.1955: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd, Charlestown, Fife for breaking up (Contract No.94D).
3.1.1956: Sailed Lowestoft for Firth of Forth.
5.1.1956: Delivered Charlestown.
1.1956: Breaking up commenced.
12.6.1957: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Lull B38

S.D/T. Lull B38
Picture courtesy The Ian Wilson Collection

S.D/T. Marshal Pak LT200

S.D/T. Marshal Pak LT200
From The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection courtesy of The George Scales Collection

Changelog
19/09/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
24/09/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
08/06/2021: Updated history.