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S.T. Idena (1) FD288

Technical

Official Number: 139217
Yard Number: 278
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 270
Net Tonnage: 105
Length: 128.8 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee

History

23.11.1916: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.278) for Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as IDENA.
27.2.1917: Registered at Fleetwood (FD288).
2.1917: Completed (James A. Robertson, manager).
3.1917: Requisitioned from the builders and fitted out as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.3332).
18.10.1917: Re-registered at Fleetwood (FD288).
5.2.1918: Abandoned damaged and sunk by gunfire off Tromso.
14.2.1918: Fleetwood registry closed.

Changelog
23/12/2018: Page published. 3 updates since then.

S.T. Hornet FD168

Additional information courtesy of Göran Olsson

Technical

Official Number: 98708
Yard Number: 14
Completed: 1890
Gross Tonnage: 149
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 100.5 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Muir & Houston, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow

History

14.10.1890: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow (Yd.No.14) for British Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as HORNET.
1890: Completed (William L. Robins, manager).
1.12.1890: Registered at Hull (H113).
6.11.1912: Sold to James Alexander Robertson, Fleetwood.
15.11.1912: Hull registry closed.
16.11.1912: Registered at Fleetwood (FD168).
7.12.1912: Sold to The Active 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.
1914: Re-measured 155g.
26.1.1914: Sold to Fiskeri A.B. Sälen, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager) for £1350.
26.6.1914: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.1914: Registered at Gothenburg as EVALD (GG588).
30.9.1920: Sold to Rederi A.B. Karin, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager).
1925: Sold to A.B. Mercari, Gothenburg (A. Th. Assmundsson, manager).
21.10.1925: Trawling westward off the Danish coast between the Skaw and Hirtshals, making three knots. At 5.17am in collision head on with the Finnish Mariehamn registered barque PLUS (1256grt/1885) sustaining severe damage to shell plating port side forward, started to take in water and when engine room flooded started to settle. Crew of ten abandoned in ship’s boat and ship foundered; picked up by PLUS.
27.10.1925: Survivors landed at Helsingør, Denmark. Gothenburg registry closed.

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S.T. Hornet H113

S.T. Hornet H113
Picture courtesy of The Billy Worrall Collection

S.T. Hornet FD168

S.T. Hornet FD168
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
22/13/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
19/02/2018: Added an image.
19/10/2023: Added an image.

S.D/T Honora Evelyn FD165

Additional Information courtesy of Ian Wilson

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3870
Official Number: 162066
Yard Number: 54
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 100
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 87.7 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co, Gt. Yarmouth
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Lowestoft

History

1918: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.54) (wooden “Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as SILHOUETTE (Ad.No.3870).
3.8.1918: Completed (1 – 6pdr).
3.1931: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
8.7.1931: Renamed HONORA EVELYN (FD165).
1937: Sold to J. Bier & Son (Iron & Steel) Ltd, London for use on salvage work.
23.9.1937: Attending the wreck of the Fleetwood steam trawler DINAS (FD63) which stranded on 4.12.1936 at Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal and became a total loss. Reported stranded on rocks inside Dunfanaghy Bar, attempts to refloat failed and now submerged.
27.9.1937: Completely submerged and considered a complete wreck.
30.10.1937: Fleetwood registry closed “Total loss”.

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HMD Silhouette

HMD Silhouette
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
22/08/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
04/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Honjo FD356

Technical

Official Number: 139620
Yard Number: 535
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 274
Net Tonnage: 90
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 22.7 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

8.1917: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.535) for Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff as HONJO.
9.1917: Completed (Morley H. Neale, Joshua S. Neale & Wilfred Neale, joint managers). Registered at Cardiff (CF48).
1.1918: Requisitioned for war service and appointed as a minesweeper but returned.
9.1919: Sold to John T. Barratt, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
11.1919: Cardiff registry closed.
21.11.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD356).
19.4.1921: Sold to Swan Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
14.4.1923: Sold to Société. Anonyme des Pêcheries Ostendaises, Ostend (Aspeslagh & Deceuninck, managers) (BoT approved sale).
5.5.1923: Fleetwood registry closed.
5.1923: Registered at Ostend as NEPTUNE (O126).
Pre 1927: Delete managers.
25.3.1928: Outward for fishing grounds, after passing Ness Head, Caithness in thick fog, at 1.26 am. struck rocks at Freswick. Refloated but taking water, crew of sixteen abandoned in boat as started to settle. Boat was carried by ebb tide around Duncansby Head and landing was made in Gills Bay. Vessel foundered in Freswick Bay. Ostend registry closed.

Changelog
22/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.

S.T. Holdene FD161

Technical

Official Number: 139203
Yard Number: 619
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 74
Net Tonnage: 107
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields

History

14.9.1915: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.619) for The Lune Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as HOLDENE.
29.9.1915: Registered at Fleetwood (FD161).
9.1915: Completed (Henry Melling, manager). Requisitioned from the builders for war service and fitted out as an anti aircraft vessel (1-13pdr HA & 1-3pdr HA) (Ad.No.437).
2.2.1917: Mined off Orford Ness. Seven crew lost*.
19.2.1917: Fleetwood registry closed.

(Lost* – William Clues & Frank Haigh, enginemen; John Holland, seaman; James Markwell, deckhand; Alfred W. Lawrence, trimmer; William J. Wright, cook; John L. Brown, boy cook.)

Changelog
22/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.