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S.T. Braconburn A768

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4418
Official Number: 144676
Yard Number: 645
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 203
Net Tonnage: 78
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

9.10.1918: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.645) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as RICHARD BRISCOLL (Ad.No.4418).
8.11.1918: Completed as a minesweeper/training ship.
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
07.1920: At HM Dockyard, Sheerness fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at London.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
24.08.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) as RICHARD BRISCOLL O.N.144676 (LO440).
9.1921: Sold to The Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
8.11.1921: Registered at Aberdeen (A768).
J. S. Doeg designated manager.
9.11.1921: London registry closed.
21.12.1921: Registered at Aberdeen as BRACONBURN (A768) (BoT Minute No.36609 dated 17.12.1921).
14.4.1941: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
26.4.1943: Typical wartime landing. 383 kits – cod/codling-18, haddock-330, ling/coley-25, dogs-10. F6.
1944: Sold to The Admiralty for use as a blockship.
30.7.1944: On passage to Scapa Flow foundered after collision with American steamer Le BARON RUSSELL BRIGGS (7176grt/1944) off Bell Rock in position 56.35N 02.10W; six crew lost. 26.9.1944: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel sank in collision in North Sea …”.

(Lost – Sk. J. A. Clixby, F. S. Barwick, A. Christy, J. W. Oldham, T. E. Taylor, J. A. Todd)

Changelog
20/05/2012: Page published. 6 updates since then.
03/09/2016: Information updated.
22/09/2016: Information updated.

S.T. Cyrano GY80

Technical

Official Number: 122699
Yard Number: 347
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 214
Net Tonnage: 77
Length: 117.0 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

19.6.1905: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.347) for Alick Black (64/64), Grimsby (managing owner) as Cyrano.
4.8.1905: Registered at Grimsby (GY80).
20.8.1905: Completed. Fishing from Fleetwood.
30.11.1910: Off Lune Buoy at 7.0am. run down by steamer SHAMROCK and badly damaged on starboard quarter; three men injured. Steam trawler MARGARET (FD92) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
4.1914: Sold to The Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Henry C. Baker, manager).
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.1528).
6.1915: Fitted with Hotchkiss 12pdr and mine-sweep.
10.1916: Allocated Unit No.150 ‘Trawler Sweepers‘ based Falmouth to replace Unit No.87 transferred to Havre.
1.10.1918: At Penzance for General Patrol and Escort work.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
13.8.1919: On a North Sea trip from Grimsby. Missing since this date.
4.10.1919: Grimsby registry closed “Missing”.

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S.T. Cyrano GY80

S.T. Cyrano GY80
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Changelog
19/05/2012: Page published. 7 updates since then.
17/02/2020: Updated information.
22/02/2020: Image added.

S.T. Craigmore HL83

Technical

Official Number: 139828
Yard Number: 585
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 210
Net Tonnage: 91
Length: 115.7 ft
Breadth: 22.3 ft
Depth: 11.9 ft
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

13.6.1916: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.585) for Robert H. Davison, Hartlepool as CRAIGMORE.
6.1916: Registered at Hartlepool (HL83). Robert H. Davison designated managing owner.
6.1916: Completed. Requisitioned from the builders and fitted out as a minesweeper (Ad.No.3294). Based Lowestoft.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hartlepool.
1923: Sold to Parkmore Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hartlepool. Robert H. Davison designated manager.
1925: Sold to Sam Robford & Co Ltd, London. Keith R. Hoare, Aberdeen designated manager.
1926: Transferred to Fleetwood.
11.1927: Sold to Robert William Sutherland, Aberdeen.
12.1927: Hartlepool registry closed.
24.12.1927: Registered at Aberdeen (A304). Robert William Sutherland designated managing owner.
6.2.1929: Sold to The Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. Thomas Walker designated manager.
2.4.1929: Registered at Aberdeen as STAR OF PEACE (A304) (BoT Minute dated 26.2.1929).
15.9.1941: Sold to H. L. Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven.
15.9.1941: Aberdeen registry closed.
19.9.1941: Registered at Milford (M133). Henry J. Horwood designated manager.
23.7.1945: Sold to United Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (M. Laboa & Henry J. Horwood) for £15,000.
14.10.1948: Sailed Milford for Smalls ground (Sk. George Mair); eleven crew.
15.10.1948: When some 40 miles off St. Ann’s Head, just after 4.00 am. started to take in water. Contacted steam trawler ISER (FD79) (Sk. E. Bracher), which closed and crew taken onboard, but Sk. Mair stayed behind; at 7.00 a.m. connected and commenced tow. At 9.30 am. Sk. Mair left the ship and shortly afterwards she foundered.
12.05 p.m. Crew landed at Milford.
30.11.1948: Milford registry closed. (Underwriters paid out £10,890).

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S.T. Craigmore HL83

S.T. Craigmore HL83
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Changelog
19/05/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
06/05/2016: Picture added.
05/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
24/01/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Crown – GY108

Technical

Official Number: 122714
Yard Number: 512
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 266
Net Tonnage: 105
Length: 130 ft
Breadth: 22.2 ft
Depth: 11.8 ft
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Hull
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Hull

History

14.12.1905: Launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Hull (Yd.No.512) for Crown Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as CROWN.
1.1906: Completed.
30.1.1906: Registered at Grimsby (GY108).
30.1.1906: George Edward James Moody, appointed manager.
1906: Engaged in fishery research off North Africa.
1906: Transferred to Fleetwood.
6.11.1906: Sailed Fleetwood at 2.00pm. for West of Scotland grounds (Sk. John Dier); ten hands all told. At 3.30pm. when some 50 yds south of the Lune buoy set a course NW to pass between Maughold Head and the Bahama light vessel; patent log streamed. The weather was fine and clear, the sea smooth with a light ENE breeze, the ship making 9 to 91/2 knots. At 4.30pm. the skipper went below leaving the second hand in charge of the watch, but did not give any orders except course to steer. At 6.00pm. the second hand was relieved at the wheel by deckhand Duffy, on leaving the wheelhouse the second hand spoke to the skipper and asked if he was going to get his tea. The skipper told him to go and get his own tea and to call him afterwards; this statement was born out by Duffy. At 6.15pm. the third hand took the wheel with deckhand Carroll as look-out. At some time Carroll left the wheelhouse to use the toilet leaving the third hand alone. At about 8.15pm. the vessel struck and remained fast, the skipper came on deck and stopped and reversed the engine at full speed, but all efforts to move her failed. The Ch Eng. reported the engine room and the vessel herself was fast filling and in a short time the deck aft was under water. The boat was turned out and all hands abandoned to the shore where they landed safely.
7.11.1906: The position of the stranding was about one mile SW of Maughold Head, Isle of Man and about 100 yards from the shore. A few days later wreck was attended by Liverpool and Glasgow Salvage Association’s steam derrick barge LADY KATE (135grt/1881) and attempts were made to get the vessel off but she settled and was submerged at high water. Later declared a Constructive Total Loss (CTL).
29.11.1906: At the formal investigation held at Liverpool (S.231) the Court found that the stranding of and damage to the s.s. “CROWN” were caused by the default of the master and second hand, and by the neglect of the third hand. The Court severely censures the master, John Dier, for not giving proper and sufficient instructions for the navigation of the vessel before leaving the deck, and suspends the certificate of the second hand, William Lindhurst, for three months for not carrying out such orders of the master as were given, and considers Charles Wood, the third hand, neither a fit or proper person to hold such a position, as he knew the vessel was going at full speed on a dark night and that there was no one keeping a look-out.
2.1.1907: Grimsby registry closed “Wrecked”.

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S.T. Crown GY108

S.T. Crown GY108
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Changelog
19/05/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
24/01/2016: Picture added and information added.
09/02/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Dhoon (1) FD244

Technical

Official Number: 139213
Yard Number: 636
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 108
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

19.4.1916: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.636) for The “Wyre” Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood as DHOON.
24.5.1916: Registered at Fleetwood (FD244).
5.1916: Completed (Magnus B. J. Wedum, manager).
9.1916: Requisitioned for war service from the builders and fitted out as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.2959).
24.11.1916: Mined near Newarp Light Vessel.
19.12.1916: Fleetwood registry closed.

(Lost – Ty/Sk. Allan McB. Ramsay; Edward Casey, 2nd Hand; George Sharkey & William Stonebanks, Enginemen; Hugh McAngus, seaman; James F. B. Main, Malcolm McLeod, Isaac S. Stone & George M. Tait, deckhands; Donald Finlayson & Arthur G. Gardner, trimmers; John G. Lawrie, signalman)