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S.T. Annie FD28

Technical

Official Number: 106973
Yard Number: 580
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 158
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 105.8 ft
Breadth: 20.9 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by H. S. Edwards & Sons, South Shields
Boiler: Jos. T. Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Built: Edwards Bros, North Shields

History

7.2.1898: Launched by Edwards Brothers, North Shields (Yd.No.580) for The Hartlepools Steam Fishing Co Ltd, West Hartlepool as ANNIE.
3.1898: Completed. Registered at West Hartlepool (HL53)(3/98). (Charles H. Ford designated manager.
1899: Sold Fiskeri-aktieselskabet Isafold (Isafold Fishing Co Ltd), Iceland. Renamed DALANES.
1900: Sold to Joseph Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
1901: Registered at Newcastle (NE1).
1901: Sold to James Herbert Marr, Hull James Herbert Marr designated managing owner. Fishing from Fleetwood.
5.7.1902: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
1904: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood. James H. Marr designated manager. Registered at Newcastle as ANNIE (NE1).
2.1905: Newcastle registry closed.
28.2.1905: Registered at Fleetwood (FD28).
14.8.1905: Mortgage (A) discharged.
14.8.1905: Fleetwood registry closed.
1905: Sold to Tejero, Marimos & Co, Corunna for £3,350. Renamed GERÓ.
1924: Not in Yard List under any name.
1936: Sold for breaking up.

Changelog
17/05/2012: Page published. 4 updates since then.
03/09/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Boscobel FD70

Technical

Official Number: 122940
Yard Number: 262
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 72
Length: 125.8
Breadth: 21.9 ft
Depth: 8.9 ft
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow

History

28.2.1906: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.262) for Tettenhall Steam Fishing Co of Fleetwood Ltd, Fleetwood as BOSCOBEL.
5.1906: Completed.
16.5.1906: Mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
18.5.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD70), Louis Cohen, Norbreck appointed manager).
11.8.1909: Mortgaged to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (B). James H. Marr appointed manager.
9.10.1913: Mortgage (A) discharged.
10.10.1913: Mortgage (B) discharged.
10.10.1913: Mortgaged to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (C).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 92.13net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
2.12.1916: James A. Robertson appointed manager.
12.5.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.1761). At Devonport fitted with 1-6pdr.
30.3.1915: Allocated Unit 121 – Section C “Trawler Sweepers” based Devonport (Sk. W. Rogerston RNR).
1.1916: Allocated Unit No.63 – Section C based Devonport (Sk. W. Rogerston RNR).
10.1916: Allocated Unit No.121 ‘Trawler Sweepers’ based Devonport (Sk. W. Rogertson RNR).
18.10.1918: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager). Based Alexandria.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
12.10.1924: James A. Robertson died.
10.1924: Alan Marr appointed manager.
6.2.1925: Joseph Arthur Marr appointed manager.
4.1928: Sold to Thomas Walker & John Falconer. Aberdeen.
13.4.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
24.4.1928: Registered at Aberdeen (A342).
17.7.1929: Sold to John Falconer, Aberdeen.
5.6.1934: Sold to Peter Alexander Johnstone & John William Johnstone, Aberdeen.
23.8.1934: Aberdeen fishing registry closed, “fitted out as a Cargo Vessel”.
8.1934: Converted to cargo vessel. Re-measured 11.6 ft depth of hold 232g 101n.
29.5.1937: Foundered near Lightship Wandelaar off Belgian coast on voyage Antwerp to London with a cargo of fencing wire. Wreck in position 51.21.50N 02.50.75E.

Changelog
16/05/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
09/09/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Amy FD39

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 122931
Yard Number: 79
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 223
Net Tonnage: 79
Length: 125.0 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

3.8.1905: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.79) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as the AMY.
9.9.1905: Registered at Fleetwood (FD39). James Herbert Marr designated manager.
9.1905: Completed.
22.3.1911: Returned to Fleetwood after a 28 day Iceland trip with damage to deck fittings and boat carried away.
11.4.1911: Mortgaged to James Herbert Marr for £2000 @ 5% interest (A).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 88.54net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
20.7.1914: Entering Wyre Dock, due to misunderstanding altered course and collided with steam trawler MERISIA (FD153) which sustained damage to shell plates.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Ad.No.334).
13.11.1914: At Lowestoft, parent ship HALCYON.
22.5.1915: Mortgage (A) discharged.
11.11.1915: James A. Robertson appointed manager.
11.4.1917: At Havre ‘sweeping in harbour under orders of Marine Francaise (Sk. Thomas Dales RNR). Mined (only survivor Sk. B. L. Coburn RNR, with severe burns).
19.5.1917: Fleetwood registry closed.

(Lost – Ty/Sk. Thomas Dales; James R. Bowles, 2nd Hand; George McK. Black & William T. Harris, Enginemen; Thomas Hare, James Hayes & Arthur J. Spink, deckhands; Condor Snell, deck boy; Jacob Stratford, trimmer.)

Note: 13.10.1917: Recommendation by Vice Admiral, Marine Francaise Le Havre that Coburn should receive the Military Medal.

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S.T. Amy FD39

S.T. Amy FD39
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
16/05/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
04/02/2016: Minor information update.
26/06/2017: Minor information update.
01/07/2019: Information updated.
30/09/2020: Added an image.

S.T. Akranes FD33

Technical

Official Number: 114418
Yard Number: 608
Completed: 1899
Gross tonnage: 184.03 (as built 178g)
Net Tonnage: 66.93 (as built 66n)
Length: 114.6 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 10.8 ft
Engine: 350ihp T.3-cyl by G. T. Grey, South Shields
Boiler: Jos. T. Eltringham, South Shields
Built: Edwards Brothers, North Shields

History

24.2.1899: Launched by Edwards Brothers, North Shields (Yd.No.608) for Fiskeri-og Handels-aktieselskabet “Isafold” (Isafold Fishing Co Ltd), Reykjavik, Iceland as AKRANES.
4.1899: Completed.
1900-1901: Reported fishing in Moray Firth with SPURIOUS PLN (RV1).
1901: Company in voluntary liquidation.
12.1901: Sold to Joseph Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne for £4,000.
12.1901: Remeasured 184.03g.
27.12.1901: Registered at Newcastle (Part I & IV) as AKRANES O.N.114418 (NE9).
1901: Sold to James Herbert Marr (64/64), Hull. James Herbert Marr designated managing owner.
29.5.1902: Transferred to the newly formed company J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood. James H. Marr designated manager.
5.7.1902: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
2.1905: Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood.
2.1905: Newcastle registry closed.
28.2.1905: Registered at Fleetwood (FD33).
5.5.1906: Mortgage (A) discharged.
11.3.1912: At Bodmin Petty Sessions, Sk. John Henry Bentley fined £20 with costs for fishing within the 3 mile limit between Tintagel Head and Trevose Head, Cornwall.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 73.40 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler (Ad.No.NI). Based Scapa.
10.11.1916: Sold to Margaret Fawns (64/64) (daughter of Archibald Glen Brown), Granton.
11.11.1916: James A. Robertson designated manager.
14.11.1916: John Thomson, Leith designated manager.
22.11.1916: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Archibald Glen Brown, Granton (B).
22.3.1917: Mortgage (B) discharged.
23.3.1917: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George Milne, Glasgow (C).
2.10.1917: Mortgage (C) discharged.
2.10.1917: Sold to Archibald Glen Brown, Granton.
10.1918: Sold to Ernest Davy Baxter (64/64), Grimsby.
17.10.1918: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (D).
21.10.1918: Fleetwood registry closed.
24.10.1918: Registered at Grimsby (GY1219).
24.10.1918: Ernest Davy Baxter designated manager.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner after restoration at Goole.
15.2.1923: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (D) to Ernest James Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby.
16.2.1923: Ernest James Baskcomb shares (2 x 21/64) sold to Charles Richard Baskcomb (21/64) and Stafford Sydney Northcote (21/64), both Grimsby.
16.2.1923: Ernest James Baskcomb designated manager.
2.9.1927: Ernest James Baskcomb died.
28.1.1928: Probate granted to Edith Eleanor Baskcomb (22/64), Grimsby.
3.5.1928: Charles Richard Baskcombe designated manager.
1.5.1928: Edith Eleanor Baskcomb shares (2 x 11/64) sold to Charles Richard Baskcomb (32/64) and Stafford Sydney Northcote (32/64), both Grimsby.
3.5.1928: Sold to Baskcomb & Northcote Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
8.1929: Sold to Nicolaas Maarleveld, IJmuiden.
29.8.1929: Grimsby registry closed.
8.1929: Registered at IJmuiden as ANNA JOSINA (IJM128).
1934: Sold to Zeevisscherij Maatschappij-Anna Josina, IJmuiden.
31.5.1936: Sold for breaking up. IJmuiden registry closed.

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S.T. Akranes FD33

S.T. Akranes FD33
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

S.T. Akranes FD33

S.T. Akranes FD33
Picture courtesy of The John Warman Collection

Changelog
16/05/2012: Page published. 8 updates since then.
06/03/2015: Picture added.
08/05/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
12/06/2019: Minor information update.
19/08/2021: Updated technical details.
21/08/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Borella H240

Technical

Official Number: 180481
Yard Number: 762
Completed: 1946
Gross Tonnage: 524
Net Tonnage: 186
Length: 165.3 ft
Breadth: 27.7 ft
Depth: 14.4 ft
Engine: 800 IHP T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Speed: 12.2 knots
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

19.1.1946: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.762) for The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as BORELLA (H240).
26.3.1946: Completed (J. Marr & Son Ltd, managers). Contract price £72500.
29.3.1946: Sailed Hull for Iceland (Sk. Leo Romyn DSC).
17.4.1946: At Hull landed 2,267 kits grossed £6,445.
18.10.1946: Sailed Hull for Iceland last trip before sale (Sk. L. Romayne).
7.11.1946: At Hull landed 1,843 kits grossed £4,475.
23.12.1948: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.(Frank Marr, manager).
10.5.1951: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager).
31.3.1953: Sailed Hull for Iceland last trip before sale (Sk. S. Outlaw).
18.4.1953: At Hull landed 1,174 kits grossed £2,377 (Hull fishing industry slump). Laid up.
2.7.1953: Sold to National Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Cape Town for £70000 (Sanctioned by MOT letter No. GSP 1/1/01001 dated 4.5.1953).
2.7.1953: Hull registry closed.
9.7.1953: Registered at Cape Town (CTA62).
20.7.1953: Sailed Hull for Cape Town.
20.8.1953: Arrived Cape Town.
Pre 1966: Company sold to Irvin & Johnson Ltd, Cape Town, who became managers.
1971: Stripped of all usable parts and non-ferrous metals.
1.3.1971: Scuttled at ‘Irvin Johnson’ artificial reef in False Bay by South African Navy.

Note: First South African trawler fitted with radar. The National Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Cape Town had close links with J Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood following visits by Leslie James Marr and Geoffrey Alan Marr who spent seven months working for them at Cape Town.

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S.T. Borella H240

S.T. Borella H240
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S.T. Borella H240

S.T. Borella H240
Picture courtesy of The Ship Society of SA

S.T. Borella CTA62

S.T. Borella CTA62

Changelog
16/05/2012: Page published. 9 revisions since then.
15/08/2014: Picture 1 added.