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S.T. Wrenthorpe FD80

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall and David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 122944
Yard Number: 264
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 73
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 21.7 ft
Depth: 9.0 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

2q1906: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.264) for Tettenhall Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as WRENTHORPE.
8.9.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD80), Louis Cohen, Norbreck appointed manager.
8.9.1906: Mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
9.1906: Completed.
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 91.19 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1534).
2.12.1916: James A. Robertson appointed manager.
10.10.1918: Mortgage (C) discharged.
18.10.1918: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood.
1919: Returned.
18.10.1919: James A. Robertson appointed manager.
7.11.1924: Alan Marr appointed manager.
4.1.1926: Joseph Arthur Marr appointed manager.
1927: Sold to John Baxter, Aberdeen (c/o The Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd) for £2500.
2.5.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
16.6.1928: Registered at Aberdeen (A351).
6.6.1933: Reported that 25 miles off Aberdeen picked up Bjarni Oysteinsen, a Norwegian fisherman on passage from Bergen in a 20ft boat.
1936: Sold for breaking up.
12.11.1936: Aberdeen registry closed “Broken up”.

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S.T. Wrenthorpe FD80

S.T. Wrenthorpe FD80
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
18/08/2018: Information updated.
15/11/2018: Image added.

S.T. William Bell LO201

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3590
Official Number: 143811
Yard Number: 385
Completed: 1918
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 290
Net Tonnage: 119
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

17.1.1918: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.385) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM BELL (Ad.No.3590).
10.5.1918: Commissioned.
15.5.1918: Completed (1-12pdr, Hydrophone and W/T).
8.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as WILLIAM BELL O.N.143811.
24.12.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO201).
1920: Sold to The Mills Steamship Co Ltd, London. Frederick B. O’Meara designated manager.
17.1.1920: C. Curzon, Milford Haven designated manager.
12.1930: Laid up at Milford.
1935: Insured value £5000.
25.7.1939: Insured value £5,000.
31.5.1940: At Hull last landing before requisitioning. West Coast, 14 days – 427kits £623 gross.
8.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed as an auxiliary patrol vessel. from 7.6.1940: Hire rate £87.0.0d/month.
5.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P. No.FY.1727).
15-25.6.1940: Operation Ariel *.
19.6.1940: Sailed Plymouth for France.
15.1.1942: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager) for £8,625.
23.2.1946: On return sold to BISCO and allocated to W. H. Arnott, Young & Co Ltd, Dalmuir for breaking up by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon.
11.3.1946: Sailed Fleetwood for Troon.
15.3.1946: Delivered Troon Harbour (draughts 2’0”/14’0”).
1.4.1946: Breaking commenced.
2.12.1946: Beached (draughts 2’0”/8’6”).
3.9.1947: Breaking completed.

*Operation Ariel – withdrawal of remaining troops of the British Expeditionary Force from France.

(William Bell, OS (volunteer), age 20, b. Whitehaven, Cumberland – VICTORY (SB750))

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
14/08/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Ugiebank PD85

Additional information courtesy of John McLaughlin

Technical

Official Number: 130204
Yard Number: 524
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 205
Net Tonnage: 79
Length: 117.3 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

20.1.1913: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.524) for The Peterhead Trawling Co Ltd, Aberdeen as UGIEBANK.
1.1913: Completed. James G. Adam, Aberdeen designated manager.
1.2.1913: Registered at Peterhead (PD85).
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler.
1919: Returned to owner.
1927: Sold to James. G. Adam, Aberdeen. James. G. Adam designated managing owner.
1928: Sold to Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields. Sir John Irvin KCB, Aberdeen designated manager.
10.3.1932: Mate William Octavius Ross died in the local infirmary at North Shields having been struck on the head several days previously whilst on a North Sea trip.
25.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service and designated for minesweeping but employed on auxiliary patrol duties (P.No.4.430)(Hire rate £52.19.2d/month).
8.2.1940: Returned to owner.
14.3.1941: Sold to Active Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys designated manager.
1941: Sold to J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd, London. William A. Bennett designated manager. Fishing out of Fleetwood. Defensively armed (1-Lewis, 1-machine, 1-Ross rifle).
2.3.1943: Entered Lough Swilly for examination and reported loss of deckhand William Green (19), 6 Devon Avenue, Fleetwood who fell overboard 9 miles NW of Tory Island. Sailed on completion.
28.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters – 164 kits – hake15, cod/codling-13, haddock-4, whiting-39, flats-2, ling/coley-79, roker-3, gurnard-8, dogs-1.
30.3.1944: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out as a smoke making (Esso) trawler and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
6.1944: Held in readyness at Aberdeen.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
28.10.1944: Returned.
11.1945: Sold to A. G. Hamer, Grimsby.
11.1946: Peterhead registry closed.
11.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY393). A. G. Hamer designated managing owner.
12.1948: Sold to Associated Trawlers (Gt. Yarmouth) Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth. Fishing from Gt. Yarmouth.
8.1951: Sold to John Cameron, Peterhead for breaking up.
8.1951: Grimsby registry closed.
1952: Breaking completed.

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S.T. Ugiebank GY393

S.T. Ugiebank GY393
Pictured at Gt. Yarmouth

S.T. Ugiebank GY393

S.T. Ugiebank GY393
Pictured at Gt. Yarmouth

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
22/02/2018: Information updated. Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. Triton SA61

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 124721
Yard Number: 192
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 230
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 120 ft
Breadth: 21.9 ft
Depth: 11.4 ft
Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee, 1907
Owner: Thomas James Wales, Swansea

History

12.9.1907: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.192) for Thomas James Wales (64/64), Swansea (managing owner) as Triton.
11.10.1907: Completed.
11.10.1907: Registered at Swansea (SA61).
16.10.1907: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (A).
19.10.1908: Mortgage (A) discharged.
3.11.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Lloyds Bank Ltd, London (B).
13.4.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to William Deacons Bank Ltd, London (C).
6.5.1913: Mortgage (B) discharged.
20.12.1913: Mortgage (C) discharged.
20.12.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (D).
1913: Transferred to Fleetwood.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service.
22.5.1915: Commissioned.
24.5.1915: Arrived Falmouth. Fitted out as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.1761).
12.1918: Mortgage (D) discharged.
12.1918: Sold to William Sutherland (64/64), Aberdeen (managing owner).
12.1918: Swansea registry closed.
16.12.1918: Registered at Aberdeen (A94). Based Aegean Sea.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
28.5.1923: Sold to Loch Line Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen & Bonaccord Steam Trawling Co Ltd (Harry A. Holmes, manager).
25.10.1924: Sold to Thomas & S. Hall, Newhaven, Edinburgh (Alexander Flockhart, Leith, manager).
8.3.1926: Sold to Fred Birch Jeffs (32/64) & Walter Garratt (32/64), Grimsby. Walter Garratt appointed manager.
8.3.1926: Aberdeen registry closed.
10.3.1926: Registered at Grimsby (GY384).
26.3.1926: Walter Garratt designated managing owner.
18.8.1930: Walter Garratt shares (32/64) mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (E).
30.9.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs shares (32/64) mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (F).
15.12.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs designated managing owner.
11.8.1931: Sold by mortgagee under mortgages (E) & (F) to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby. (managing owner).
14.8.1931: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
11.8.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (G).
22.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (G) to Fred Parkes (64/64), Fleetwood & Blackpool.
24.10.1935: Sold to Charles Dobson (64/64), Grimsby.
29.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
29.10.1935: Charles Dobson appointed manager.
29.9.1937: Vessel mortgaged to Midland Bank Ltd, London (H).
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed as auxiliary patrol (Nore/Sheerness)(Hire rate £57.10.60d/month).
1.1940: Renamed WRANGLER. Designated for conversion to a minesweeper.
27.3.1940: Returned to owner and reverted to TRITON (GY384).
3.2.1941: Mortgage (H) discharged.
4.2.1941: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood for £6000.
13.2.1941: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys appointed manager.
26.9.1941: Sold to Henderson’s Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
27.9.1941: Leslie James Marr, Thornton-le-Fylde appointed manager.
14.8.1942: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out at London for fuel carrying duties (Esso) (P.No.Y7.42).
3.1944: Refitting at Milford and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
5.1944: At Plymouth allocated to Force O.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
1944: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull appointed manager.
6.1945: Returned.
5.11.1945: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
6.11.1945: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys appointed manager.
1946: Sold to BISCO and allocated to John Lee, Belfast for breaking up.
28.2.1946: Grimsby registry closed “Vessel sold for breaking up”.

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S.T. Triton SA61

S.T. Triton SA61
Triton’s funnel visible at the bottom of the picture

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
12/07/2015: Information and picture added.
19/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Thomas Altoft H132

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4300
Official Number: 144027
Yard Number: 416
Completed: 1920
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 ft.
Gross Tonnage: 290
Net Tonnage: 126
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 13.5 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull

History

2.6.1919: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.416) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS ALTOFT (Ad.No.4300).
1919: Sold to Iago Steam Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Edward W. D. Lawford, manager).
12.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
7.1.1920: Delivered.
9.1.1920: Registered at Hull (Part I & IV) as THOMAS ALTOFT O.N.144027 (H132).
12.3.1920: While off the Irish coast, with tug FLYING FOAM (217grt/1917), rendered assistance to French steamer La SALLE (2697grt/1919) disabled having lost rudder.
28.4.1921: Awarded £950 salvage money by the Admiralty Court (FLYING FOAM awarded £100).
28.11.1922: Sold to Albion Steam Fishing Co, Hull (George H. Brown, manager).
1937: W. Holroyd appointed manager.
7.2.1939: Sold to Mills Steam Ship Co Ltd, London (Brand & Curzon Ltd, Milford Haven, managers).
25.7.1939: Insured value £5,000.
30.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.552)(Hire rate £94.5.0d/month). Based Aberdeen with 41st M/S Group.
15.1.1942: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £8,625.
22.4.1946: Returned to owner.
6.11.1947: Sailed Fleetwood for West of Scotland grounds (Sk. Charles Walter); fourteen crew.
8.11.1947: After making two hauls off Barra Head left grounds at approx 11.00 a.m. because of SW gale and poor visibility, with the intention of fishing at Butt of Lewis ground. At approx 10.20 p.m. stranded on rocks off Eilean Glas, Harris.
9.11.1947: Steam trawler FLANDERS (FD165)(Sk. Thomas W. Kirby MBE*) responded to wireless calls and Sk. Kirby, with great seamanship, took his vessel in between the rocks to allow crewmen to jump from the forecastle head; this was repeated five times and by approx. 3.00 a.m. all fifteen men had been taken off.
1948: Declared a CTL.
25.8.1948: The BOT Formal Investigation (No.S.407) found that the stranding and subsequent loss was due to the failure of Sk. Walter to put navigation in charge of a certificated officer and to the ignorance of the deckhands left in charge. Sk. Walters ticket was suspended for nine months.
Note* In 1948, Skipper Kirby was awarded an inscribed silver bowl for his exceptional services in the rescue of the crew members).

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S.T. Thomas Altoft H132

S.T. Thomas Altoft H132
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Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
11/04/2021: Updated history and technical details.