Technical
Official Number: 113614
Yard Number: 292
Completed: 1901
Gross Tonnage: 231
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 121.7 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Engine: 65NHP T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Speed: 10.5 knots
History
20.7.1901: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.292) for Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co, Hull (George T. Armitage, manager) as QUEEN ALEXANDRA.
24.8.1901: Registered at Hull (H530).
8.1901: Completed.
1914: Transferred to Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (George T. Armitage, manager).
16.10.1916: Sank the SUNBEAM in collision SE of NW Boulders Buoy, Morecambe Bay.
3.1917: At Fleetwood. Fitted with Hotchkiss 6pdr gun (No.1234)(ex PHOEBE); compliment increased by two gunners.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
7.1.1920: Sold to Thomas H. Smith, Fleetwood.
15.1.1920: Hull registry closed.
16.1.1920: Registered at Fleetwood (FD364).
1923: Sold to The Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (J. W. Armitage, manager).
1927: Sold to Mason Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (T. W. Mason, manager).
1927: Thomas Cardwell became manager.
14.9.1940: Requisitioned for war service and designated for minesweeping duties.
16.9.1940: Returned to owner (Robert H. Bagshaw, manager).
28.4.1951: In moderate weather, stranded 2 miles S of Carraig Mhor Light, Sound of Islay; Islay lifeboat stood by. Refloated.
8.1952: Fishing off Isle of Man had net carried away by RN submarine. No damage to trawler or submarine.
5.8.1952: Last landing.
8.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
11.9.1952: Delivered Barrow from Fleetwood under own power.
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S.T. Queen Alexandra FD364
Picture courtesy of Mike Thompson
S.T. Queen Alexandra FD364
Picture © John Clarkson
Technical
Official Number: 109094
Yard Number: 220
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 213
Net Tonnage: 85
Length: 117.6 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley, 1898
History
3.11.1898: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley (Yd.No.220) for Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (George T. Armitage, manager) as SYLVIA.
21.12.1898: Completed.
23.12.1898: Registered at Hull (H439).
1914: Transferred to Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (G. T. Armitage, manager).
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel. Based Cromarty.
1.1918: Sold to J. Mordaunt, Grimsby.
26.1.1918: Hull registry closed.
30.1.1918: Registered at Grimsby (GY1112).
8.1918: Returned to owner.
10.1918: Sold to H. Rackhind, Grimsby.
9.1919: Sold to Faroe Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Henry Burns, manager).
11.1921: Sold to Forward Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (A. Bannister, manager).
7.4.1941: Foundered off Faroe Islands in approx position 61.27N 05.48W. after being bombed and damaged by German air attack. Ten crew rescued, one man lost.
22.7.1941: Grimsby registry closed.
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S.T. Sylvia H439
Picture courtesy of the Mike Thompson Collection
Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham
Technical
Official Number: 99586
Yard Number: 95
Completed: 1892
Gross Tonnage: 151
Net Tonnage: 63
Length: 104 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Engine: 50NHP T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
History
22.10.1892: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.95) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as STORM COCK.
14.11.1892: Registered at Hull (H207).
11.1892: Completed.
6.2.1902: Sold to G. R. Nicholson, Liverpool (J. Harley, manager).
10.2.1902: Hull registry closed.
2.1902: Registered at Liverpool (LL303).
6.1911: Sold to The Sunrise Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Magnus B. Wedum, manager).
6.1911: Liverpool registry closed.
29.6.1911: Registered at Fleetwood (FD148).
10.1915: Sold to Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (G. T. Armitage, manager).
21.10.1915: Fleetwood registry closed.
23.10.1915: Registered at Hull (H405).
1916: Main deck, engine casing and funnel renewed.
1916: New boiler fitted.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
4.1919: Sold to Ernest William Hall, Lowestoft.
2.4.1919: Hull registry closed.
5.4.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (LT393).
7.9.1920: Advertised for sale at Baltic Exchange, London, ‘vessel lying at Lowestoft’.
17.9.1920: Sold to Charles Huish, Plymouth.
18.1.1933: Following death of Charles Huish, transferred to Mrs Josephine Huish, Plymouth (Arthur R. Chapman/Sanders Stevens & Co Ltd, managers).
1937: Sold to The Netherlands for breaking up.
16.8.1937: Lowestoft registry closed.
Technical
Official Number: 136234
Yard Number: 314
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 274
Net Tonnage: 109
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 22.7 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: 80NHP T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
History
17.12.1914: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.314) for Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (George T. Armitage, manager) as PRINCESS MARIE-JOSÉ.
12.2.1915: Completed.
22.2.1915: Registered at Hull (H242). Transferred to Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (George T. Armitage, manager).
22.5.1915: Requisitioned for war service.
24.5.1915: Arrived Falmouth. Fitted out as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1770). Fitted as Leader.
20.7.1915: Operating between Orkney and Shetland as a decoy trawler (Lt Cantlie RN) towing/and in company with HM S/M C.27 (Lt Cdr Dobson). To the east of Fair Isle, shelled by U-boat (U.23) which C-27 stalked and subsequently sank in position 58°55N/00°14W; twenty four dead, ten survivors.
23.11.1917: At Aberdeen fitted with hydrophones.
1919: Returned to owner.
2.1920: Sold to The Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James W. Armitage, manager).
19.2.1924: Hull registry closed.
19.2.1924: Registered at Fleetwood (FD12).
27.10.1920: President of the Prize Court awarded £170 to officers and men to share with HM S/M C.27 in respect of action in sinking U-boat (U.23).
Pre 1930: E. T. Munby designated managers.
7.1934: Sold to John C. Robertson (44/64) & David Wood (20/64), Aberdeen.
28.7.1934: Fleetwood registry closed.
30.7.1934: Registered at Aberdeen (A114).
27.8.1934: Renamed FEUGHSIDE (A114).
6.10.1939: Sold to Loch Fishing Co of Hull Ltd, Hull.
2.11.1939: Aberdeen registry closed.
6.11.1939: Registered at Hull (H220).
29.11.1939: Renamed LOCH HOPE (H220).
6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No.4.97) (Hire rate £85.10.0d/month).
10.8.1945: Sold to A. & M. Smith, Hull.
12.1945: Returned to owner.
11.6.1947: Foundered off east coast of Iceland when a mine caught in the trawl exploded. One man died and seventeen survivors (including eight injured) picked up by URKA (FD289) and landed at Seydisfjord. Three injured to poorly to be moved, remaining five flown to hospital in Reykjavik.
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S.T. Princess Marie Jose FD12
Picture courtesy of Fred Baker
Technical
Official Number: 121084
Yard Number: 83
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 289
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 133.3 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Engine: 70 nhp T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Speed: 10.5 knots
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
History
31.8.1905: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd.No.83) for Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (George T. Armitage, manager) as PRINCESS LOUISE (H837).
19.10.1905: Registered at Hull (H837).
10.1905: Completed.
24.12.1913: Stranded, subsequently salved.
6.3.1914: Hull registry closed.
30.9.1914: Repaired and re-registered at Hull (H140).
3.11.1914: Returned to service and transferrred to Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (George T. Armitage, manager).
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.1176).
14.5.1915: Renamed PRINCESS LOUISE II (H140).
1919: Returned.
1920: Sold to Thomas H. Smith, Fleetwood.
15.1.1920: Hull registry closed.
16.1.1920: Registered at Fleetwood (FD365).
2.6.1921: Sold to James W. Armitage, Fleetwood & Others (managing owner).
1.9.1922: Sold to The Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (J. W. Armitage, manager).
1926: Sold to Cie Belge de Pecheries Maritimes, Ostend.
5.8.1926: Fleetwood registry closed.
3.1926: Renamed PASTOOR PYPE (O176).
1929: Sold to Dewsland Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (W. A. Stonebanks & Son, managers).
11.1929: Ostend registry closed.
18.11.1929: Registered at Fleetwood (FD58).
28.11.1929: Renamed DANELAND (FD58).
1935: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
8.2.1935: Mortgaged to William Deacons Bank Ltd, London.
Pre 8.1938: Laid up at Fleetwood.
6.4.1941: Sunk by German aircraft 30 miles N by 1/2 W of Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim; twelve crew rescued.
6.6.1941: Fleetwood registry closed.
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