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S.T. Kathleen FD195

Technical

Official Number: 109672
Yard Number: 469
Completed: 1900
Gross Tonnage: 198
Net Tonnage: 71
Length: 110.4 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

22.1.1900: Launched by Miss C. Taylor at Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.469) for Fleetwood Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Shareholders: J. Heap, Blackpool; H. Heap, Blackpool; H. Kelly, Grimsby; G. E. J. Moody, Grimsby; G. Selijoth, Fleetwood, W. C. Frith, Fleetwood and T. Lockwood, Poulton-le-Fylde) as KATHLEEN.
6.3.1900: Registered at Fleetwood (FD195).
14.3.1900: George E. J. Moody, Grimsby designated manager.
25.7.1903: Fishing from Milford (G. H. D. Birt, agent).
5.9.1904: Returned to Fleetwood.
2.11.1912: Arrived Grimsby under tow after a perilous experience in the Hebrides.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 77.93 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
22.6.1914: Arrived Fleetwood and reported that Bosun and deckhand had been injured when a petrol tank exploded in the forecastle.
11.3.1915: Sold to George Forbes, Innes Philip Taylor, David Taylor & William Still, Aberdeen.
18.3.1915: George F. I. P. Taylor designated manager.
25.3.1915: Mortgaged to The North of Scotland & Town & County Bank Ltd, Aberdeen (A).
3.6.1915: Run down by the armed merchant cruiser HMS ALCANTARA (15831g/1913) 80 miles SE by S from Wester Horne, Iceland. Subsequently foundered.
12.6.1915: Crew landed at Aberdeen *.
28.7.1915: Fleetwood registry closed.

Note: Collision is not recorded in log of HMS ALCANTARA for 3.6.1915, but is recorded in “Account of Crew” and Registry closure of KATHLEEN.

*Crew – Sk. Francis O. Sharkey; Goerge Anderson, Mate; James Swanson, 2nd Fisherman; William Shareman, Ch Eng; Richard Jenkins, 2nd Eng; James Midgly, Stewart Scott, James Watt & Charles Anderson, deckhands; George Inch, fireman; George Townsend, cook)

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
12/03/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Gertie FD189

Technical

Official Number: 108539
Yard Number: 426
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 181
Net Tonnage: 47
Length: 105.0 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 11.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

22.11.1897: Launched by Miss Minnie Cole at Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.426) for Fleetwood Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Shareholders: J. Heap, Blackpool; H. Heap, Blackpool; H. Kelly, Grimsby; G. E. J. Moody, Grimsby; G. Selijoth, Fleetwood, W. C. Frith, Fleetwood and T. Lockwood, Poulton-le-Fylde) as GERTIE.
15.4.1898: Registered at Fleetwood (FD189).
15.4.1898: Henry Kelly, Grimsby designated manager.
4.1898: Completed.
13.5.1898: George Edward James Moody, Grimsby designated manager.
5.1905: Sold to J. F. Castaing, La Rochelle.
27.5.1905: Fleetwood registry closed ‘Sold to Spaniards??’.
1905: Re-measured 106.8 x 21.3 x 11.6 feet 153g 42n.
1905: Renamed ESPERANZA.
Pre 1925: Sold to G. Tougard, Dieppe. Registered at Dieppe as SATANICLE.
1931: Sold to L. G. Lesueur, Dieppe. Registered at Dieppe as ROLANDE.
1951: Sold for breaking up.

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
07/11/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Gladys (1) FD61

Technical

Official Number: 122936
Yard Number: 514
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 97
Length: 130.0 ft
Breadth: 22.2 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

26.2.1906: Launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.514) for Fleetwood Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as GLADYS.
19.3.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD61). George E. J. Moody, Grimsby desgnated manager.
3.1906: Completed.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 105.66net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
21.1.1917: Stopped by U-boat (U.45) while fishing 40 miles NW by W of Inishtrahull and sunk by gunfire; crew saved.
26.1.1917: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Gladys FD61

S.T. Gladys FD61
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
15/05/2107: Added image.

S.T. Lizzie (1) FD190

Technical

Official Number: 108540
Yard Number: 427
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 180.11
Net Tonnage: 47.48
Length: 112 ft
Breadth: 21 ft
Depth: 11.3 ft
Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

21.11.1897: Launched by Miss Beatrice Mason at Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.427) for The Fleetwood Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood (Shareholders: J. Heap, Blackpool; H. Heap, Blackpool; H. Kelly, Grimsby; G. E. J. Moody, Grimsby; G. Selijoth, Fleetwood, W. C. Frith, Fleetwood and T. Lockwood, Poulton-le-Fylde) as LIZZIE.
6.5.1898: Registered at Fleetwood (FD190).
6.5.1898: Henry Kelly, Grimsby designated manager.
5.1898: Completed.
13.5.1898: George E. J. Moody, Grimsby, designated manager.
19??: Lengthened re-measured 112.0 x 20.7 x 11.1 feet 180g 70n.
11.1906: Sold to Soc. Immobiliére du Moulleau et des Pêcheries de la Océan, Bordeaux (M. Camproger, manager).
26.11.1906: Fleetwood registry closed.
1906: Renamed ALCYON.
19??: Sold to ??, Italy. Renamed GAELIQUE.
Pre 1930: Sold to Cav. Dott. Carlo Magliano, Imperia, Italy. Registered at Imperia as SAN GIOVANNI.
1932: Sold to Dott. Lanciotto Saltamerenda, Genoa, Italy. Registered at Genoa as LANCIOTTO PIERO.
1946: Sold for breaking up

Changelog
20/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
10/04/2021: Updated history and technical details.