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S. T. Kilda FD144

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 132403
Yard Number: 136
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 243
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 126.7 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Engine: 500ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole

History

16.2.1911: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.136) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as KILDA.
24.3.1911: Registered at Fleetwood (FD144).
3.1911: Completed (James Herbert Marr, manager).
13.4.1914: Sold to The Admiralty for £6750 and engaged in target towing.
28.7.1914: Fleetwood registry closed.
8.1914: Fitted out as a minesweeper (1-12pdr). Renamed HMS JANUS (Ad.No.167).
1.1920: Registered by The Admiralty in the Registry of British Ships at London as KILDA (7/1920).
4.5.1920: Sold by auction at Milford to Joseph Davison (16/64), William Upham Carlile Westoby (16/64) and Isaac Bunch (32/64), Grimsby for £5500.
11.6.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
21.6.1920: Registered at Grimsby (GY1138).
22.6.1920: Isaac Bunch appointed manager.
11.10.1920: Registered at Grimsby as TUBAL CAIN (GY1138).
3.4.1922: Isaac Bunch shares (16/64) sold to Thomas Toombs (16/64), Grimsby.
3.4.1922: Mortgage (A) discharged.
3.4.1922: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
26.4.1922: Isaac Bunch appointed manager.
15.8.1938: Mortgage (B) transferred to Ada Sarah Ann Davison (64/64), Grimsby.
17.10.1938: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (B) to Charles Hugh Emerson, Grimsby.
18.10.1938: Charles High Emerson appointed manager.
11.1938: Sold for breaking up in Germany.
8.11.1938: Grimsby registry closed “… on sale of vessel to foreigners (German subjects) for breaking up”.

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S. T. Kilda FD144

S. T. Kilda FD144
Picture courtesy of John Stevenson

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13/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S. T. George Adgell FD368

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4402
Official Number: 141953
Yard Number: 418
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 290
Net Tonnage: 127
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

18.6.1919: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.418) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as GEORGE ADGELL (Ad.No.4402).
31.1.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
2.1920: Sold to Henry Blackburn, Fleetwood.
5.2.1920: Registered at Fleetwood (Part I & Part IV) O.N.141953 (FD368).
17.2.1920: Sold to Blackburn Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood. Henry Blackburn designated manager.
28.5.1928: At Fleetwood landed a 5ft sturgeon caught on the West of Scotland grounds.
15.3.1930: Off Northern Ireland coast (Sk. Dilver Collinson), fireman, John Ronson of Fleetwood was swept overboard and drowned.
10.9.1935: Sold to Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys & Walter Holmes, Fleetwood.
5.12.1935: Sold to Parkholme Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes & Walter Holmes). Basil A. Parkes designated manager.
14.3.1939: Sold to The Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Basil A. Parkes designated manager.
11.6.1940: At Hull last landing before requisitioning. Iceland trip, 18 days – 1.071kits £2,410 gross.
12.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No.FY1926) (Hire rate £94.5.0d/month).
9.1941: Fitted out for minesweeping (P.No. FY.1926).
1.1942: Based Ipswich with M/S & Patrol Group 79.
14.2.1946: Sold to Joseph L. Yolland, John Yolland & Thomas S. Yolland, Milford Haven.
8.7.1946: Sold to Yolland Brothers Ltd, Milford Haven (John T. Leslie & T. Stuart Yolland). J. Yolland designated manager.
17.1.1946: Returned to owner after restoration and survey at Aberdeen.
10.7.1948: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £13,086.
30.6.1953: Last landing at Fleetwood.
1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
3.7.1953: Delivered Preston.
9.7.1953: Fleetwood registry closed. (CHR states “Closed 19.3.1955” suspect on repayment of a mortgage)

The Following information kindly provided by Patricia Bailey

ARTICLE FROM THE FLEETWOOD CHRONICLE, FYLDE NEWS

THE CRY IN THE NIGHT.

FLEETWOOD MAN’S DISAPPEARANCE

Mysterious Fall Overboard

A graphic account of the loss of a member of the crew of the Fleetwood steam trawler, George Adgell, belonging to Messrs Blackburn Trawlers, Ltd., was given when the vessel arrived at Fleetwood yesterday.

Leaving Fleetwood on March 14th for the Rockall, Atlantic fishing grounds, the trawler had proceeded as far as Innistrahull, off Northern Ireland, when at 4.15 the following morning, a cry of “Man overboard” was raised. In spite of a search, lasting till daylight, no trace of the missing man was found. The victim was John Ronson, aged 37, of 6 Avon Green, Fleetwood, who was a fireman on the vessel.

Interviewed by a “Fleetwood Chronicle” reported, Mr Richard Wright of Sagar Terrace, Fleetwood, deck hand, said that he was the last to see Ronson.

“Over the Side”

“The skipper, Mr Dilver Collinson, had just gone below to his bunk, and I was on watch” he said. “Suddenly I saw the legs and feet of a man disappearing over the side.

“The alarm was raised, and the skipper was on the bridge in a few seconds. The weather was calm at the time, and there was no swell on the sea.

“Although it was dark, we had all our deck lights on. We did not hear any cry from Ronson, and never saw him again. How he came to fall overboard is a mystery, and he must have been stunned by something.

“At the time he was very near the ash lift and was dumping ashes over the side. We cruised about for two hours without seeing anything of him.”

Ronson leaves a widow and six children, the eldest of whom is only 11 years of age.

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S. T. George Adgell FD368

S. T. George Adgell FD368
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S.T. George Adgell FD368

S.T. George Adgell FD368
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George Treece Birch

George Treece Birch
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02/11/2020: Updated information.
25/06/2022: Added an image.

S.T. Drusilla A133

Technical

Official Number: 135993
Yard Number: 570
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 250
Net Tonnage: 97
Length: 125 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.4 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough

History

24.12.1913: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.570) for Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby as DRUSILLA. 27.1.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY951).
1.1914: Completed at a cost of £8762-4s-6d. John D. Marsden designated manager.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-10pdr) (Ad.No.36). Based Lerwick.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
29.6.1927: Owners re-styled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd. Sir John D. Marsden, Bart designated manager.
28.9.1929: Grimsby registry closed “To transfer to Nova Scotia”.
7.7.1930: Grimsby registry re-opened (GY958).
9.1934: Sold to North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen for the sum of £8,864.
19.9.1934: Grimsby registry closed.
20.9.1934: Registered at Aberdeen (A133). John Alexander Harrow designated manager.
31.10.1939: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for the sum of £4750. Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
2.1940: Stranded at Applecross, Sound of Sleet. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.
14.10.1940: Sold to The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (J. Marr & Son Ltd). Leslie James Marr designated manager.
1943: Landing at Fleetwood from Faroe grounds.
3.5.1943: Typical landing. 1212 kits – cod/codling-430, haddock-722, whiting-24, ling/coley-35.
18.1.1945: Sold to Eton Fishing Co Ltd, Hull for the sum of £18,500. George Gillard designated manager.
20.1.1945: Aberdeen registry closed.
25.1.1945: Registered at Hull (H112).
14.7.1945: First trip out of Hull to North Sea grounds (Sk. Henry Lead); eleven crew all told.
27.7.1945: At Hull landed 864 kits £3,596 gross.
30.11.1945: Insured value £18,500; for 1946 proposed same.
22.2.1946: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds (Sk. Thomas Mason). Transferred to fish out of Grimsby.
15.3.1946: Sold to Vinur Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
19.3.1946: At Hull landed 1105 kits £3,653 gross.
22.3.1946: Hull registry closed.
26.3.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY223). Charles Alfred Osborne designated manager.
19.2.1951: Sold to Alfred Bannister (Trawlers) Ltd, Grimsby. Fred Bannister designated manager.
4.1959: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
29.4.1959: Grimsby registry closed.
30.4.1959: Delivered Bruges.

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S.T. Drusilla GY223

S.T. Drusilla GY223
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S.T. Drusilla A133

S.T. Drusilla A133
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S.T. Drusilla A133

S.T. Drusilla A133
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16/01/2005: Page published. 5 updates since then.
11/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
09/08/2019: Added an image and updated information.
02/05/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Carella FD319

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 163143
Yard Number: 1112
Completed: 1933
Gross Tonnage : 421
Net Tonnage: 162
Length: 152.1 ft
Breadth: 25.6 ft
Depth: 13.6 ft
Engine: 640ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby

History

Note: First trawler built with a cruiser stern

10.6.1933: Launched by Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1112) for Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as CAPE BATHURST.
21.7.1933: Registered at Hull (H496).
25.7.1933: Completed (Archibald Hudson, manager).
1934: Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd appointed managers (Archibald Hudson, manager).
9.1935: As a result of the Abyssinian crisis and failure of British diplomacy, the Government authorised The Admiralty to procure twenty modern trawlers for conversion to minor war vessels.
17.10.1935: Sailed Hull for Bear Island grounds (Sk. C. Grantham).
8.11.1935: At Hull landed last trip 1,893 kits grossed £1191.
23.11.1935: Following successful trials sold to The Admiralty (Ref.18008/35).
26.11.1935: Hull registry closed. Fitted out as a “Gem” class anti submarine trawler (1-4”).
1936: Renamed HMS RUBY (P.No. T.24).
9.8.1939: At Review of Reserve Fleet in Weymouth Bay by King George VI.
1940: Based Birkenhead with 2nd A/S Group (Ty Lieut. R. P. Chapman RNR).
6.1941: At Plymouth refitting (Senior Officer, Ty S/Lieut. N. L. Brown RNVR).
9.7.1942: Escorting convoy WP.183 (Ty Lieut. Nicolas Leadley Brown RNVR) attacked by E-boats in Lyme Bay. HMT MANOR (M238) (P.No.FY.333) (Skipper Benjamin Pile, RNR) torpedoed and sunk in position 50.19N 03.01W in 60m. Twenty-nine crew MPK, sole survivor, 2nd Hand Cyril Foale, picked up from the water and landed at Yarmouth, IoW.
1944: Assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Convoy escort duties in British waters.
4.6.1944: Sailed Milford Haven escorting convoy EBC2 to Solent.
7.6.1944: Sailed Solent as Force B (Escort Group 144).
8.6.1944: Arrived Western Task Force area.
06.1944: Escort across the Channel in support of landings.
03.07.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
18.9.1945: Escorting (Lieut. M. Bishop RNVR) damaged French submarine MINERVE, Liverpool-Cherbourg, in tow of former French tug ELAN II. In gale conditions in Lyme Bay decided to round Portland Bill and shelter in Portland. Tug lost tow in race and submarine went ashore on Chesil Beach. Returned to scene in very bad weather and sustained extensive minor damage.
1946: Laid up at Milford Haven on Disposal List (SORF, Pembroke Dock).
26.4.1946: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood for £12,650.
8.1946: Re-classed at Manchester. Registered at Fleetwood as CARELLA (FD216). Geoffrey Edwards Marr appointed manager.
13.12.1948: Sold to Henderson’s Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Hull for £61,000. Geoffrey Edwards Marr appointed manager. William Stevenson, St. Anne’s-on-the-Sea appointed manager.
5.1.1949: Fleetwood registry closed.
6.1.1949: Registered at Hull (H4).
19.1.1949: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Martins Bank Ltd, Liverpool (A).
2.8.1949: Last landing at Hull (Sk. J. Mallon). From White Sea 2194 kits, £5209 gross.
29.8.1949: First landing at Fleetwood. From White Sea 1713 kits, £2626 gross.
27.9.1949: One of five trawlers that went aground in the Wyre Channel in thick fog when outward for the fishing grounds. Refloated next tide and proceeded.
28.9.1949: Outward for White Sea grounds (Sk. R. T. Birch). In thick fog 3 miles from Mull of Galloway in collision with BTC steamer DUKE of ARGYLL(3799grt/1928) sustaining minor damage and proceeded.
19.10.1949: Landed 1441 kits, £4043 gross.
7.2.1950: Last landing at Fleetwood. Landed 1919 kits, £2844 gross. Returned to Hull.
19.10.1951: Mortgage (A) discharged.
19.10.1951: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
24.10.1951: Frank Marr, appointed manager.
1952: Homeward from Icelandic grounds ignored warnings not to proceed through The Minch and ran through the extremities of a trial (Operation Cauldron) of biological agents. Crew subsequently monitored covertly for any signs of illness. *
27.7.1953: Hull registry closed.
7.1953: Registered at Fleetwood (FD319).
4.1959: Alleged fishing inside Icelandic 4 mile limit. Gunboat THOR attempted to arrest the vessel but was thwarted by H.M.S. PALLISER, who protected CARELLA whist she continued fishing. After several hours CARELLA hauled nets and turned for home, still followed by THOR as far as the Faroe Islands. A spokesman for Dinas Steam Trawling Co., stated the the skipper of CARELLA had confirmed his position with H.M.S. PALLISER.
1.6.1959: Company taken over by J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager).
1.6.1959: Company taken over by J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull, manager).
7.11.1959: Sold to BISCO and allocated to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
18.11.1959: Sailed Fleetwood for Troon.
19.11.1959: Delivered Troon Harbour (draughts 3’9”/15’9”).
23.2.1960: Breaking commenced.
2.3.1960: Beached (draughts 7’0”/10’6”).
9.6.1960: Breaking completed. Fleetwood registry closed.
*-It was never quite clear why CARELLA chose to ignore the instruction to go outside rather than through the Minch or to what extent the vapours spread into the atmosphere from the test site.

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HMT Ruby

HMT Ruby
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HMT Ruby

HMT Ruby
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S.T. Carella H4

S.T. Carella H4
Picture courtesy of The Mike Thompson Collection

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16/01/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
29/10/2019: Information updated.
18/01/2025: Information updated.

S.T. Andradite (1) FD191

Technical

Official Number: 148431
Yard Number: 464
Completed: 1925
Gross Tonnage: 352
Net Tonnage: 150
Length: 140.3 ft
Breadth: 24 ft
Depth: 12.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley

History

1924: The Board of Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd decided to build two more distant water trawlers to the same design as their two previous vessels ANDALUSITE and ALALITE. Contracts were signed with Cook, Welton & Gemmell to build the ships at £7,700 each and Charles D. Holmes to make the engines and boilers at £6,125 each. Total cost £13,825 each. The names chosen for these vessels were ANDRADITE and AXINITE.

26.1.1925: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.464) for Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as ANDRADITE.
24.3.1925: Registered at Hull (H176).
30.3.1925: Completed trials and accepted. John William Lown designated manager.
2.4.1925: Sailed Hull on maiden trip to Icelandic grounds.
22.4.1925: At Hull landed 860 kits grossed £1,398.
6.9.1933: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager) for £7,600.
7.9.1933: Hull registry closed.
9.9.1933: Registered at Fleetwood (FD191).
14.12.1933: Registered at Fleetwood as ORILLA (FD191).
23.11.1935: Transferred to Hull. The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Leslie James Marr designated manager.
31.12.1937: Last trip out of Hull. Sailed Iceland (Sk. C. Pratt).
17.1.1938: At Hull after 17 days landed 302 kits £366 gross .
3.1939: Sold to P/F Vaga Trolarafelag, Sörvagur, Faroe Islands (D. Niclasen, manager) for £5,000.
3.1939: Remeasured 298g 115n.
9.3.1939: Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Sandevaag as VESTURVARDI (VA214).
1943-1944: Landing frequently at Fleetwood.
1952: Sold to Government of Poland (“Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich Sp.z.ogr.opd., Gdynia, managers). Registered at Gdynia as MALY WOZ (GDY179).
1964: Sold for breaking up in Poland.

(Note. Building instalment costings:
Shipbuilder
31.7.1924: Frames – £2000
5.9.1924: Plating – £2000
18.9.1924: Launch – £2000
17.11.1924 : Final – £1500
15.1.1925: Extras – £62.18.9d Total – £7,562.18.9d
Engine and boiler maker
5.9.1924: £1412.10s
2.10.1924: £1412.10s
28.10.1924: £1412.10s
7.11.1924: Final – £1912.10s
15.1.1925: Extras – £30.1.0d Total – £6,180.1.0d

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S.T. Vesturvardi VA214

S.T. Vesturvardi VA214
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S.T. Andradite FD191

S.T. Vesturvardi VA214
Picture courtesy of The Jonleif Collection (TPF)

Changelog
14/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
02/07/2019: Updated information.