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S.T. Vera H960

Technical

Official Number: 124791
Yard Number: 150
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 333
Net Tonnage: 149
Length: 140 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.4 ft
Engine: 87nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

27.7.1907: Launched by Cook Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.150) for Humber Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as VERA.
27.9.1907: Completed (Richard H. Hobbs, manager).
8.10.1907: Registered at Hull (H960).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1569). Based Larne.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
1920: Sold to Fresh Fish Supplies Ltd, Hull (Thomas Nightingale, manager).
1923: Sold to Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, Cleveleys, manager).
5.3.1925: Stranding at Myrdalssandur, south coast of Iceland; crew saved. Vessel declared a Total loss.
1.5.1925: Hull registry closed “Total loss”.

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Rosa Maris FD43

Additional information courtesy of Christine Simm & Andy Hall

Technical

Official Number: 144070
Yard Number: 436
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 246
Net Tonnage: 92
Length: 117.4 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 12.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

24.5.1920: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.436) for Charles H. George, Caister on Sea, Gt Yarmouth as ROSA MARIS.
11.1920: Completed.
1.1921: Sold to Wilberforce Steamship Fishing Co Ltd, Scarborough. William F. Smith, Filey designated manager.
10.2.1921: Registered at Hull (H248).
1925: Sold to Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Edward Towne, Blackpool designated manager.
2.6.1925: Registered at Fleetwood (FD43).
6.6.1925: Hull registry closed.
26.9.1927: Typical landing from West of Scotland grounds – 250 boxes.
4.11.1927: At Rothesay Sherif Court, Sk. William Harrison Mather was fined £150 for trawling in the Firth of Clyde on 28th August, with name and number concealed and refusing to stop when challenged by a Fishery cruiser.
6.1.1929: Sailed Fleetwood for West of Scotland grounds (Sk.William Harrison); twelve crew all told.
16.1.1929: Last haul off Loch Boisdale, Outer Hebrides before sailing for home. In a heavy gale at about 10.00 pm having hauled and stowed the trawl proceeded to pick up the dhan. Approaching the dahn lurched suddenly to port having struck the Red Rocks, off Hartamul, to the east of the Sound of Eriskay and came fast. Attempts made to back off using engine but probably made matters worse, opened up and shortly after took a heavy list to port. Skipper ordered lifeboat to be launched but due to list and weather took over an hour to get boat in the water.
17.1.1929: All crew took to the boat and pulled over to some lights in the distance which proved to be the Aberdeen drifter IMMACULATE (not identified) which, having taken all on board, hauled her nets and proceeded to Loch Boisdale village where survivors landed and accommodated. Vessel in a dangerous position. Steam trawler LUNEDA (FD) sailed Fleetwood with surveyor onboard and a Glasgow tug standing by, but cannot approach due to weather. The Aberdeen salvage tug IRONAXE (296g/1916) also on her way to the scene but nothing can be done until there is an abatement in the weather.
From 19.1.1929: Surveyed and found extensive damage to shell plating and frames, port side and open to sea. Abandoned as total loss.
13.2.1929: Fleetwood registry closed “Total loss”

Note from Don MacPhee
I took a party of divers out to the Red Rocks off Hartamul (east of Eriskay) in 1983. We found the first part of the name ROSA in brass lettering along with the usual debris. Now know that it was off the ROSA MARIS, wrecked 1929. There is also the remains of an unidentified wooden hulled steam powered vessel hard against the south east base of Hartamul, local scalloper VIRGO regularly bagged up the coal from her.

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S.T. Rosa Maris FD43

S.T. Rosa Maris FD43

S.T. Rosa Maris FD43

S.T. Rosa Maris FD43

Changelog
04/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
18/02/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Phoebe FD121

Technical

Official Number: 124692
Yard Numbe: ?
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 278.44
Net Tonnage: 99.37
Length: 130.0 ft
Breadth: 22.6 ft
Depth: 12.17 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne

History

13.7.1907: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.) for Louis Cohen (64/64), Norbreck as PHOEBE.
3.9.1907: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
10.9.1907: Completed and registered at Fleetwood (FD121).
10.9.1907: Louis Cohen designated managing owner.
20.6.1912: Mortgage (A) discharged.
21.6.1912: Sold to Phoebe Hoyle (64/64), Halifax.
22.6.1912: Sold to George E. J. Moody (64/64), Grimsby.
24.6.1912: George Edward James Moody designated managing owner.
24.6.1912: Sold to The Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
26.6.1912: James Alexander Robertson designated managing owner.
12.7.1912: James Alexander Robertson designated manager.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 108.58 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
1916: At Fleetwood. Fitted with Hotchkiss 6pdr gun (No.1234); complement increased by two gunners.
3.1917: At Fleetwood. Gun replaced with Hotchkiss 12pdr gun (No.6684).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve. Renamed PHOEBE III (FD121).
1919: Released and reverted to PHOEBE (FD121).
9.1919: Sold to Bachao, Neunes & Machado Ltd, Lisbon (BoT approval dated 26.9.1919).
17.10.1919: Fleetwood registry closed.
10.1919: Registered at Lisbon as CINTRA.
1930: Sold to Corporacâo de Pilotos do Rio e Barra de Lisboa, Lisbon. Registered at Lisbon as PAIVE CURADO.
1939: Sold to Sociedade de Pesca à Vapor “O Exportador” Ltda, Lisbon. Registered at Lisbon as EXPORTADOR SEGUNDO.
1.11.1954: Reported position between Cap Jurby and Cap Blanc.
5.11.1954: Failed to arrive at Lisbon: overdue from this date, twenty-three crew missing presumed lost.

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
12/07/2921: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Moth FD167

Additional information courtesy of Göran Ollson

Technical

Official Number: 98736
Yard Number: 24
Completed 1891
Gross Tonnage: 149
Net Tonnage: 48
Length: 100.5 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: C.2-cyl by Muir & Houston, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan

History

22.4.1891: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.24) for The British Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as MOTH.
5.1891: Completed (William L. Robins, manager).
21.5.1891: Registered at Hull (H139).
2.11.1912: Sold to James Alexander Robertson, Fleetwood (managing owner).
15.11.1912: Hull registry closed.
16.11.1912: Registered at Fleetwood (FD167).
7.12.1912: The Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 55.16 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
6.1914: Sold to Fiskeri A.B. Sälen, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager).
1.7.1914: Fleetwood registry closed
7.1914: Registered at Gothenburg as GILBERT (GG584).
28.8.1918: At about 1910 left fishing grounds off Hirtshals, Denmark for the Swedish west coast in company with Gullholmen steam trawler GUERNSEY (LL936).
29.8.1918: In the early morning in bad weather with SE wind and drizzle, when approaching Mastrandsfjord with the intention of sailing the inshore route from Marstrandsfjorden to Gothenburg, between 0200 and 0300 they met an outbound steamer. GILBERT went ahead of the steamer and GUERNSEY behind and just after the steamer passed the crew of GUERNSEY heard a loud explosion from the direction of the GILBERT. There is no doubt that the GILBERT had been mined, but in view of the weather and the possibility of further mines the crew of the GUERNSEY refused to go near the area where the GILBERT was lost with her crew of ten. Gothenburg registry closed.

Changelog
29/12/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.

S.T. Merrydale (1) FD77

Technical

Official Number: 122942
Yard Number: 263
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 72
Length: 125.2 ft
Breadth: 21.7 ft
Depth: 11.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow

History

10.5.1906: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.263) for Tettenhall Steam Fishing Co of Fleetwood Ltd, Fleetwood as MERRYDALE.
18.7.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD77), Louis Cohen, Norbreck designated manager.
31.7.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
31.7.1906: Completed.
11.8.1909: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood B). James H. Marr designated manager.
9.10.1913: Mortgage (A) discharged.
10.10.1913: Mortgage (B) discharged.
10.10.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to J. Marr & Con Ltd, Fleetwood (C).
1914: New boiler fitted.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 91.11net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
7.5.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.1759). Commissioned at Fleetwood.
8.5.1915: Arrived Devonport. Fitted with Hotchkiss 3pdr, carrying cruiser mine and mine-sweep. i.a.w. Area XIV Patrol Orders dated 30.3.1915. Allocated to Unit No.92 – Section D based Isles of Scilly (Sk.W. Bell RNR) .
9.1.1916-15.1.1916: Refit at Falmouth Relief KING FREDERICK (Ad.No.2659.
10.1916: Allocated to Unit No.62 – Section H, 3rd Division based Falmouth (Sk. W. Bell RNR) *.
1.10.1918: 1.10.1918: At Falmouth with ‘Trawler Sweepers’.
2.11.1916: James A. Robertson designated manager.
1.10.1918: Mortgaged (C) discharged.
18.10.1918: Sold to The Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. James A. Robertson designated manager.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
18.6.1919: Sold to Victory Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood. Walter Morley designated manager)
1928: Sold to North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. John A. Harrow designated manager.
4.4.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
10.4.1928: Registered at Aberdeen (A334).
1937: Sold to Metal Industries Ltd (£800) for breaking up at Rosyth, Fife (Contract No.15E).
5.1937: Delivered Rosyth from Aberdeen under own power.
2.6.1937: Breaking up commenced.
22.6.1937: Aberdeen registry closed “Broken up”.

*: Sk. William Bell RNR of Preston was awarded the DSC along with others “… in recognition of their services in minesweeping operations between the 1st April and 31st December, 1917”.

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Sk. William Bell D.S.C.

Sk. William Bell D.S.C.
Picture courtesy of The Val & Harry Silburn Collection

Letter from Admiralty

Letter from Admiralty
Picture courtesy of The Val & Harry Silburn Collection

William Bell's DSC

William Bell’s DSC
Picture courtesy of The Val & Harry Silburn Collection

Changelog
27/12/2008: Page published. 5 updates since then.
14/06/2021: Updated history.