Tag Archives: Mersey Class

S.T. St. Lolan H139

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4251
Official Number: 144032
Yard Number: 894
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 324
Net Tonnage: 148
Length: 138.3 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

17.5.1919: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.894) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as EDWARD McGUIRE (Ad.No.4251).
30.11.1919: Completed. Sold to West Riding Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Thomas Hudson, manager).
3.12.1919: Delivered as a fishing vessel.
19.1.1920: Registered at Hull as CAPE St. VINCENT (H139).
10.1928: Sold to H. Croft Baker & Sons Ltd, Grimsby (Sydney C. Baker, Cleethorpes, manager).
31.10.1928: Registered at Hull as St. LOLAN (H139).
1.10.1931: Proceeding to sea after bunkering at Blyth, at about noon in collision in South Harbour with Workington steamer GALACUM (585grt/1915). Both vessel damaged.
6.1.1932: Homeward from Norwegian coast, stranded at Storfjorden, Norway.
7.1.1932: With salvage steamer in attendance refloated at 9.20pm. with slight damage. Proceeded to Grimsby.
11.4.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
1.4.1937: Last landing at Fleetwood, 209 boxes grossed £353.
25.5.1937: Sold to Red Funnel Trawlers Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW.
26.5.1937: Hull registry closed.
16.7.1937: Registered at Sydney as KOROWA .
14.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service (Royal Australian Navy) as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.79). (6.9.1945?)
2.1946: Returned to owner after restoration and survey at Sydney.
1955: Sold for breaking up at Sydney.
13.7.1955: Registry closed after breaking up of vessel complete.

(Edward McGuire (also recorded as McQuire), AB (volunteer), age 24, b. Richmond, Surrey – VICTORY (SB158))

Changelog
07/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Sleaford BN207

Additional information courtesy of Birgir Þórisson

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3551
Official Number: 147961
Yard Number: 811
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 316
Net Tonnage: 196
Length: 138.5 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl by Crossley Bros. Ltd, Manchester
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

7.6.1917: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.811) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as Charles Adair (Ad.No.3551).
02.10.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr HA, Hydrophone & W/T).
05.10.1918: Delivered.
7-9.1918: With HMTrawler ALEXANDER HILLS (Ad.No.3549) rendered assistance to Cardiff steamer BERTRAND (3613grt/1913). Salvage awarded.
1923: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Boston.
18.1.1924: Registered at Boston (Part I & IV) as SLEAFORD O.N.147961 (BN207). Fred Parkes designated as manager.
1925: Transferred to fish out of Grimsby.
6.1926: Company registered office transferred to Fleetwood.
11.1926: Chartered to Leonard Steam Trawlers Ltd, Montreal. D. J. Byrne designated manager. Fishing from North Sydney, NS.
3.1927: Returned. Fishing out of Fleetwood.
11.1927: Chartered to Maritime Fish Corporation Ltd, Montreal. Fishing out of Canso, NS.
3.1928: Returned. Charter continued until winter 1930/31.
1931: Sold to Société Boulonnaise d’Armement à la Pêch, Boulogne. Zunnequin, Bouclet et Cie designated managers. Registered at Boulogne as CRABE (B1463)
1934: Sold to Armement Lecrivain, Boulogne. Registered at Boulogne as SAINT PHILIPPE (B1463)
8.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys, designated manager.
13.8.1934: Registered at Fleetwood as NOREEN ROSE (FD37).
1935: Sold to Pêcheries de La Morinie, Boulogne. P. Ficheux designated manager.
19.7.1935: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.1935: Registered at Boulogne as St. BENOIT (B1711).
1939: Requisitioned for war services in Navy Francois (P.No.AD3).
21.5.1940: Foundered off Dunkirk after being bombed by German aircraft. Later salvaged and returned to service.
1949: Sold to “Veuve Lécrivain” (The widow Lécrivain) but still recorded in LR as owned by Pêcheries de La Morinie, Boulogne.
1952: Laid up pending survey.
1952: Sold to Italy.
1954: Broken up.

(Charles William Adair, Captain, Marine, age 31, b. Co. Antrim, Ireland – VICTORY (SBML1) killed in action 21 Oct 1805 at Trafalgar)

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S.T. Sleaford BN207

S.T. Sleaford BN207
Picture courtesy of Mark Stopper (Boston Trawlers)

S.T. Sleaford BN207

S.T. Sleaford BN207
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Changelog
05/01/2008: Page published. 5 updates since then.
16/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
16/02/2018: Information updated.
17/02/2018: Information updated.
31/03/2019: Added an image.

S.T. Salmonby BN206

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3742
Official Number: 147960
Yard Number: 233
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 317
Net Tonnage: 127
Length: 138.9 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow
Built: Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow

History

4.8.1918: Launched by Ferguson Bros (Port Glasgow) Ltd, Port Glasgow (Yd.No.233) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as ROBERT DRUMMOND (Ad.No.3742).
26.6.1918: Completed (1 – 12pdr and W/T).
1924: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Boston (Fred Parkes, Wyburton, Boston, manager). Registered at Boston as SALMONBY (BN206). Operating from Grimsby.
1925: Homeward, in fog stranded on the Ness of Duncansby. Refloated with the help of local fishermen and continued passage.
23.3.1926: Sailed Grimsby for West of Scotland grounds and to land at Fleetwood and transfer to that port (Sk. Joseph Rawcliffe), twelve crew. When S of New Sands Gas Buoy suffered boiler explosion, foundered, two crew* rescued from rigging by Spurn Head lifeboat.

(*Saved: Harry Leadbetter, Mate, Fleetwood and Robert Butcher, deckhand, Grimsby) (Body of fireman C. Lewis, Boston washed up at Donna Nook.)

Changelog

27/12/2008: Page published. 4 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.

Changelog

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

S.T. Hayburn Wyke FD99

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3559
Official Number: 144289
Yard Number: 819
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 324
Net Tonnage: 134
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 Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

28.8.1917: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.819)(“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as ROBERT BARTON. (Ad.No.3559).
10.11.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, W/T).
14.11.1917: Delivered.
19.12.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as ROBERT BARTON O.N.144289.
1919: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London and engaged in commercial trawling.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
23.12.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO494). Laid up.
10.1921: At HM Dockyard, Pembroke completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Milford. 10.1922: Sold to West Dock Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (E. W. Robins, manager).
5.10.1922: London registry closed.
18.10.1922: Registered at Hull as HAYBURN WYKE (H717).
1926: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
10.1926: At Londonderry landed 61 year old Richard Swan taken ill on the fishing grounds. Swan subsequently died in hospital.
04.1930: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Marr Jnr, manager).
2.5.1930: Sailed Hull for Norwegian grounds (Sk. James M. Pegler); Fleetwood crew eleven all told. Found fishing was not too good and set a course for Rockall some 1,000 miles away via the Orkney Islands.
18.5.1930: At Fleetwood, after a 3,000 mile 16 day trip landed from Norwegian, Rockall and Butt of Lewis grounds, 300 boxes. When free running vessel averaged 101/2 knots.
25.4.1930: Hull registry closed.
26.4.1930: Registered at Fleetwood (FD99).
8.6.1930: In Wyre Channel, one of 23 trawlers inbound, when a few hundred yards from lock pit found channel blocked by trawlers NELLIE BRADDOCK (FD175) and ERNA (FD158) aground on Tiger’s Tail. Swept by tide and also took the ground. Refloated on next tide and entered Wyre Dock.
1.8.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to William Deacons Bank Ltd, London.
3.1938: On the St. Kilda grounds (Sk. J. W. Greens) along with other Fleetwood trawlers. Dodging in heavy weather with Bosun on watch when a loud bang was heard from aft and vessel did not answer to the helm; engine stopped. Skipper on bridge and crew sent aft discovered chains and rods intact and assumed rudder damaged or parted. Called DINAMAR (FD73) nearby and asked him to standby until weather dropped away. Later with some improvement in weather steamed slowly towards Hirta, St. Kilda, escorted by DINAMAR. Once in the lee of the island it was discovered that the rudder was smashed. After discussion it was decided to rig a jury rudder using a trawl door and still in gale force conditions the boat was launched with four men including the skipper to suspend and secure the door. After 36 hours, with the door over the stern on chains and shackled to the remains of the rudder stock, the trawl warps were connected and a successful trial undertaken heaving and veering the winch. On completion left St. Kilda for the 300 mile trip to Fleetwood with two men on the winch, initially constantly exposed to seas sweeping over the trawl deck.
29.3.1939: Arrived safely in Fleetwood, the feat being described as “superb seamanship”.
10.1939: Sold to Oddsson & Co Ltd, Hull.
14.5.1940: At Hull last landing before requisitioning. West Coast (fished round), – 380kits £505 gross.
23.5.1940: Fleetwood registry closed.
27.5.1940: Registered at Hull (H334).
27.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel.
28.5.1940: Hire rate £94.10.0d/month.
1.1941: Based Ipswich with M/S & Patrol Group 79.
8.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No. FY139). Based Swansea
2.1.1945: At anchor off Ostend (Sk. Lieut Francis Wilson RNR). Torpedoed by German ‘Seehund’ midget submarine and foundered rapidly. Crew of twenty-two* missing presumed killed.
23.3.1945: Hull registry closed. Wreck lies in position 51.15.27N 02.48.44E.

*Crew – Skipper Lieut Francis Wilson RNR;
Ty/Skipper Edward R. Smith RNR;
Harry S. Sharman, Ch Engineman;
David Marriott & Andrew Reekie, enginemen;
John G. Gardner, Leading seaman;
Arthur Brewster,
George W. Carrington,
Robert A. McMillan,
Thomas Murphy,
Harold R. Waite,
Raymond White,
Ronald J. White & John Wright, seamen;
Walter A. Rogers, telegraphist;
James P. Howell, signalman;
Jack Hooper, ordinary signalman;
Benjamin P. Charlton,
Daniel Ferrie & William J. Spears, stokers;
Thomas Sweeney, cook;
Frederick Bass, steward.

(Robert Cutts Barton, Midshipman, age 20, b. Pembroke – VICTORY (SB673))
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S.T. Hayburn Wyke FD99

S.T. Hayburn Wyke FD99
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S.T. Hayburn Wyke FD99

S.T. Hayburn Wyke FD99
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Changelog
22/12/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
19/05/2016: Picture added.
21/05/2016: Information updated.
06/06/2016: Information updated.
03/09/2016: Information updated.
21/09/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
26/12/2020: Updated history.