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S.T. Zonia LT118

Technical

Official Number: 109525
Yard Number: 11926
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 150
Net Tonnage: 39
Length: 100.6 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: 275ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Ross & Duncan, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan

History

29.3.1898: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.192) for Orient Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby as APOLLO.
11.5.1898: Registered at Grimsby (GY605).
11.5.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Arthur Henry Leslie Melville and Eustace Abel Smith, Lincoln (joint mortgagees)(A).
11.5.1898: Frank Barrett appointed manager.
5.1898: Completed.
28.4.1899: Mortgage (A) transferred to Jack Sycliffe, Grimsby and Christopher Barber, Sheffield (joint mortgagees).
29.6.1899: Mortgage (A) discharged.
30.6.1899: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Jack Sutcliffe, Grimsby and Christopher Bartber, Sheffield for the sum of £3000 with interest at 41/2% (B).
12.12.1902: John Williams appointed manager.
14.4.1903: Frank Barrett appointed manager.
29.2.1904: Mortgage (B) discharged.
3.1904: Sold to Akties Apollo, Sandefjord, Norway (H. Fredriksen, manager).
7.3.1904: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Strömstad, Sweden (SD??).
1914: New boiler fitted.
8.1914: Sold to Orient Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
1914: Tonnage altered to 58.05 net.
29.6.1914: Frank Barrett appointed manager.
31.8.1914: Registered at Grimsby as ZONIA (GY227) (BoT Minute M.17808/1914).
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minelayer and minesweeper (1-3pdr HA) (Ad.No.707). Based Granton.
8.10.1916-11.10.1916: With HM Trawlers ROSSKEEN (Ad.No.633) (GN14); WALTER S. BAILEY (Ad.No.707) (H546) and LARK II (Ad.No.408) (GY322) assisted in salvage of Hartlepool steamer JUPITER (2124grt/1901) damaged by explosive charges placed by crew of Uboat (UB27) on 7.10.1916.
1918: Based Portsmouth.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
6.1.1920: Sold to Direct Fish Supplies Ltd (64/64), London.
16.1.1920: George William Payne Margerison appointed manager.
27.1.1920: Vessel mortgaged(64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C),
6.7.1920: Grimsby registry closed.
6.7.1920: John Curtis, Douglas, IoM appointed manager. Registered at Douglas (DO88).
23.3.1922: Company in voluntary liquidation.
10.8.1922: Placed in compulsory liquidation.
9.1922: Sold to Thomas William Baskcomb (64/64), Grimsby.
9.1922: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
6.9.1922: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
10.1922: Douglas registry closed.
5.10.1922: Registered at Grimsby (GY139).
22.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (A) to Fred Parkes (64/64), Fleetwood & Blackpool.
29.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
21.11.1935: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
27.11.1935: Sir John Denton Marsden, Bart appointed manager.
27.11.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
10.1.1936: Transferred to Lowestoft and registered (LT118).
31.10.1941: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager) for £3850.
3.8.1945: Sold to Samuel Stewart & Co (London) Ltd (64/64), London.
1946: Sold to Cranley Shipping Co Ltd (64/64), London (Samuel Stewart & Co (London) Ltd, managers).
(1950)1951: Sold for breaking up.

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26/12/2008: Page published. 5 updates since then.

S.T. Lady Eleanor H691

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3825
Official Number: 144587
Yard Number: 842
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 324
Net Tonnage: 128
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

29.5.1918: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.842) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS JAGO (Ad.No.3825).
25.7.1918: Completed as an escort (1-4” and W/T).
31.7.1918: Delivered.
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
8.1920: At HM Dockyard, Devonport fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Plymouth.
13.8.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
24.8.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) O.N.144587 (LO450).
1.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
9.1922: Sold to Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull.
4.10.1922: London registry closed.
18.10.1922: Registered at Hull as St. VALERY (H691). Harold Hall, Hessle designated manager.
1.11.1935: Sold to Trident Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. George A. Ledger designated manager.
9.12.1935: Registered at Hull as CLEE NESS (H691).
30.12.1938: Sold to Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull. Edward Cargill designated manager.
25.4.1939: Registered at Hull as LADY ELEANOR (H691).
8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £97.4.0d/month).
12.10.1939: Returned. to owner. Insured value £6,200.
28.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed on anti-submarine duties.
11.1940: Fitted out for boom defence duties (P.No.Z.226). Cost of conversion £26,193. Based Greenock.
13.8.1942: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood. Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
23.11.1943: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T.
10.2.1944: Hull registry closed.
1946: Estimated cost of re-conditioning £8,750.
31.1.1947: Sold to James N. Connell, Coatbridge for breaking up at Glasgow.
9.1947: Breaking up completed.

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24/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
26/03/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Joseph Button M272

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3584
Official Number: 143829
Yard Number: 379
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 by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

17.12.1917: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.379) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOSEPH BUTTON (Ad.No.3584).
24.4.1918: Completed (1-12pdr, Hydrophone and W/T).
14.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as JOSEPH BUTTON O.N. 143829.
30.12.1919: Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO241).
1920: Sold to The Skomer Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Cardiff (Lewis Bull).
16.11.1923: Sold to Brand & Curzon Ltd, Milford Haven (Edward Brand & Charles Curzon, joint managers).
11.12.1928: Sailed Milford for the fishing grounds (Sk. A. J. Beckett). In collision in the Haven with schooner MATILDA of Wexford (100grt/1870), which subsequently foundered with the loss of four crew members.
2.1.1938: On grounds off SW Ireland (Sk. Robert Limbrick) picked up crew of steam trawler VICTOR (M97) (Sk. John H. Ryan) which had foundered off Galway coast.
3.1.1938: Landed survivors at Valentia, Co.Kerry.
5.1938: Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Owen W. Limbrick, manager).
20.5.1938: London registry closed.
23.5.1938: Registered at Milford (M272).
4.1939: Transferred to Fleetwood.
31.7.1939: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager) for £3750.
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service (Hire rate £87.0.0d/month).
11.1939: Fitted out at Liverpool as a minesweeper (P.No.NR).
21.10.1940: In a group of four minesweeping off Suffolk coast in a minefield laid by German aircraft (Sk. A. J. Cowie RNR).
22.10.1940: Foundered after striking a mine off Aldeburgh, Suffolk whilst searching for survivors from one of the group, HMTrawler WAVEFLOWER (P.No.FY.703) mined the previous day. Five crew MPK*.
27.12.1941: Milford registry closed “Lost by enemy action”.

MPK* – Frederick C. Stebbings, Engineman; William Barker, Stoker PO; Ronald Garnham & Edward A. Pearson, Stokers; Bertie Hosking, OS.

(Joseph Button, Landsman (prest), age 23, b. Chelmsford, Essex – VICTORY (SB556))

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HMT Joseph Button LO241

HMT Joseph Button LO241
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24/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
04/03/2021: Updated history and technical details.
17/02/2024: Added an image.

S.T. John Callaghan FD396

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3707
Official Number: 144329
Yard Number: 277
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 205
Net Tonnage: 82
Length: 115.3 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl by Ross & Duncan, Glasgow
Built: Murdoch & Murray Ltd, Port Glasgow

History

7.10.1917: Launched by Murdoch & Murray Ltd, Port Glasgow (Yd.No.277) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN CALLAGHAN (Ad.No.3707).
21.12.1917: Completed (1-12pdr).
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
14.1.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as JOHN CALLAGHAN O.N.144329).
27.3.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO343).
4.1920: At HM Dockyard, Pembroke fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Milford.
13.8.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
1921: Sold to Joseph A. Marr, Fleetwood.
26.11.1921: London registry closed.
29.11.1921: Registered at Fleetwood (FD396).
5.6.1922: Sk. William James Wood fined £40 at Campbeltown for engaging in otter trawling within the prohibited limit in the Firth of Clyde.
1922: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
4.1928: Sold to Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Thomas Walker, manager).
2.5.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
15.5.1928: Registered at Aberdeen (A353).
8.6.1928: Renamed STAR OF LIBERTY (A353) (BoT Minute No.RG1204/1928 dated 15.5.1928).
5.9.1940: Requisitioned for war service on examination service (Hire rate £59.15.0d/month).
1.1946: Returned to owner.
30.12.1946: Sold to John William Johnstone, Aberdeen.
11.1947: Registered at Aberdeen as STRATHDEE (A353) (MoT Minute No. RG1512/1947 dated 27.11.1947).
13.12.1958: Sold to Peter & J. Johnstone Ltd, Aberdeen.
1960: Sold to BISCO (£2300) and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for breaking up at Charlestown, Fife (Contract No.70E).
9.5.1960: Delivered Charlestown from Aberdeen under own power.
15.11.1960: Breaking up commenced.
21.3.1961: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

(John Callaghan, OS (prest), age 21, b. Bengal, India – VICTORY (SB308))

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24/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
23/02/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Golden Hope FD205

Additional information courtesy of Birgir Þórisson

Technical

Official Number: 98728
Yard Number: 43
Completed: 1891
Gross Tonnage: 157.69
Net Tonnage: 60.38
Length: 104 ft
Breadth: 21 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Built: Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

14.2.1891: Launched by Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Yd.No.43) for William R. Leyman (64/64), Hull as GOLDEN HOPE.
19.3.1891: Registered at Hull (H131). William R. Leyman designated managing owner.
14.3.1891: Completed.
14.1.1901: Sold to Charles Henry Double (64/64), Hull. Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Hall, Leyman & Co Ltd, Hull for £2,000 @ 5% interest (A).
17.2.1903: Hull registry closed.
18.2.1903: Registered at Fleetwood (FD205). Charles H. Double designated managing owner.
16.11.1906: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (A) to George William Stennett & Fred Forge, Fleetwood (joint owners 64/64).
20.11.1906: George W. Stennett designated managing owner.
20.11.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to George William Ellis, Grimsby for £1,200 @ 5% interest (B).
4.5.1908: Mortgage (B) discharged.
5.1908: Sold Gustav Emil Forum, Esbjerg, Denmark.
7.5.1908: Fleetwood registry closed.
5.1908: Registered at Esbjerg as OLGA (E154). Fishing out of Fleetwood.
29.4.1908: Out of Fleetwood in SW fresh breeze. Trawling WSW at about 5 knots with lights burning, a steamer was seen a little to port running NNE. Rudder was ported and whistle sounded once but slow to turn hampered by the trawl. The steamer which proved to be the Glasgow registered CLAN MACAULEY (2834grt/1899) also took evasive action but struck the trawler a glancing blow twisting the stem. The steamer hove to and offered assistance but as the damage was above the water line this was declined and both vessels proceeded. There was no explanation for the incident.
1910: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
22.2.1910: Registered at Fleetwood as TORS (FD114). James Alexander Robertson designated manager.
1910: Sold to Charles Hall (64/64), Cleadon, Co. Durham.
29.4.1911: Fleetwood registry closed.
1911: Registered at Hartlepool (HL59). Charles Hall Jnr designated manager.
7.1915: Sold to H. Woods (64/64), Grimsby.
7.1915: Hartlepool registry closed.
17.7.1915: Registered at Grimsby (GY555). H. Woods designated managing owner.
30.7.1915: Mined 43 miles east of Spurn Point. Eight crew lost.
9.8.1915: Grimsby registry closed “Sunk by a mine”.

*Crew lost: C. Dix, J. Jaskin, W. Elliott, T. Mountain, D. Hubbard, H. Dyson, C. Faley, J. Harboard.

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
02/12/2020: Updated history.