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S.T. John Casewell PH181

Additional information courtesy of Gary Hicks (Plymouth Merchant Ships)

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3713
Official Number: 144276
Yard Number: 328
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 277.42
Net Tonnage: 120.79
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon
Built: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon

History

3.10.1917: Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon (Yd.No.328) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN CASEWELL (Ad.No.3713).
8.11.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-3.5” A/S Howitzer).
1919: Registered by The Admiralty in the Registry of British Ships at London (O.N.144276).
4.5.1920: Sold by auction at Milford to Herbert Ford (64/64), Birmingham for £8250.
7.1920: London registry closed.
15.7.1920: Registered at Plymouth (PH181).
7.1920: Converted to a fishing vessel.
23.7.1920: John Maxwell Jones, Plymouth appointed manager.
20.9.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
1921: Jules Nierinck, Fleetwood appointed manager.
22.10.1921: At 7.30 pm. entering Castletownbere, Co. Cork, stranded on Dog Rocks, eastern end of Bere Island. Crew left ship in own boats and landed Bere Island.
24.10.1921: Salvage lighter ADELAIDE (70grt/1876) despatched from Queenstown to assist.
25.10.1921: Surveyed. Rudder and stern frame broken, considerable bottom damage but little ingress of water.
26.10.1921: Salvage work progressing in fine weather.
27.10.1921: Ship stripped of all wood, entire bottom, keel and stern frame to renew, floors and engine bed plate fractured. Will require five 12” pumps and shallow draught vessel to go alongside. “Strongly recommend cutting loss as any south west wind will finish job off.”
2.1.1922: Report of Total loss.
24.3.1922: Plymouth registry closed.

(John Casewell, OS, age 21, b. Plymouth – VICTORY (SB837))

Changelog

13/06/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Teesmouth BL6

Technical

Official Number: 117731
Yard Number: 171
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 191
Net Tonnage: 54
Length: 115.0 ft
Breadth: 21.4 ft
Depth: 11.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Hebburn on Tyne
Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee

History

17.11.1906: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.171) for The Western Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Bristol as TEESMOUTH.
12.1906: Completed Sidney M. Price, Milford, manager). Registered at Bristol (BL6).
9.1912: Transferred to Fleetwood (Messrs Morley & Price, managers).
16.4.1913: Sold to C. J. Spahde, Archangel.
4.1913: Bristol registry closed.
5.1913: Registered at Archangel as YUGH.
1914: Requisitioned for war service in the Russian fleet as a minesweeper.
20.12.1915: Crushed by ice in Mudiuga area, White Sea.

Changelog

15/05/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Syringa M21

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Peter Bell

Technical

Official Number: 112469
Yard Number: 760
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 242.89
Net Tonnage: 76 (93n- amended by BoT – 1.1.1914)
Length: 125.4 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.0 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: 450ihp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: R. Stephenson & Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne

History

21.12.1904: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.760) for Southern Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Waterford, Co. Waterford as SYRINGA.
1.1905: Completed (Cornelius C. Morley, Milford Haven, manager).
18.1.1905: Registered at Milford (M36).
10.1905: At Bantry, Co. Cork, Sk. James Keen was fined £10 with net forfeited for illegal trawling on 23.9.1905 within the limits of Bantry Bay.
1.6.1911: When steaming due W off Oxwich Head, The Gower (Sk. C. Bradnum), crossed by steam trawler PETUNIA (M23) resulting in collision.
9.1912: Transferred to Fleetwood.
1.1913: Returned Milford for slipping and repair.
1913: Returned to Milford.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 93.15 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.127).
11.8.1914: Arrived Devonport for Special Trawler Reserve; when stored to sail for Lowestoft. Ad.No. cancelled.
1.1915: Arrived Devonport to fit out for Mediterranean as a minesweeper (1-13pdr) (Ad.No.269).
27.1.1915: Ordered to sail from Devonport to Mediterranean. Dardanelles Campaign.
20.12.1915: Dardanelles (Gallipoli) evacuation completed. Redeployed.
3.1917: Renamed SYRINGA II.
1919: Returned to owner and reverted to SYRINGA (M21).
1919: Sold to Robert James Williams, Oliver Johnstone & George Herbert Russell, Milford Haven. Robert James Williams designated managing owner.
9.2.1920: Sold to The Direct Fish Supplies Ltd (64/64), London.
10.2.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
1.1921: Transferred to Grimsby. G. W. P. Margarson appointed manager.
14.10.1921: Milford registry closed.
7.11.1921: Registered at Grimsby (GY1309).
11.11.1921: John McR. Knight, Milford Haven appointed manager.
23.3.1922: Company in voluntary liquidation.
10.8.1922: Placed in compulsory liquidation.
3.10.1922: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (A) to Charles Dobson (64/64), Grimsby.
9.10.1922: Charles Dobson designated managing owner.
1924: New boiler fitted.
23.7.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (B).
21.3.1938: Mortgage (B) discharged.
4.1938: Sold to Netherlands for breaking up.
9.4.1938: Grimsby registry closed “… on sale of vessel to Foreigners (Dutch subjects) for breaking up.”

Changelog
15/05/2009: Page published. 7 revisions since then.
02/03/2015: Pictures added.
14/09/2015: Information updated.
11/06/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
11/06/2018: Removed incorrect images.

S.T. Rosa M16

Technical

Official Number: 112468
Yard Number: 759
Completed: 1904
Gross Tonnage: 242
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 12.0 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields

History

9.11.1904: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd. No. 759) for Southern Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Waterford, Co. Waterford as ROSA.
12.1904: Completed (Cornelius C. Morley, Milford Haven, manager).
20.12.1904: Registered at Milford (M16).
19.10.1906: In Milford Docks manoeuvring (Sk. Robert S. Longthorpe), engine failed to go astern and struck Brixham smack VIOLET (122053) (BM228) damaging her.
11.1912: Transferred to Fleetwood (Messrs Morley & Price, managers).
6.1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.973).
29.1.1915: Commissioned. Based Milford Haven.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Milford Haven.
1919: Sold to John McR. Knight & Morgan W. Howell. Milford Haven (Morgan W. Howell managing owner)
19.8.1919: Entering Milford Docks crossed by steam trawler BIANCA (H845) who sustained damage to her port quarter. Subsequently adjudged that BIANCA was at fault.
1.1920: Sold to The Direct Fish Supplies Ltd, London (John Mc. Knight, Milford Haven, manager).
10.1921: Transferred to Grimsby.
14.10.1921: Milford registry closed.
17.11.1921: Registered at Grimsby (GY1310).
23.3.1922: Company in voluntary liquidation.
10.8.1922: Placed in compulsory liquidation.
10.1922: Sold to Charles Dobson, Grimsby (managing owner).
1924: New boiler fitted.
4.1938: Sold to Netherlands for breaking up.
9.4.1938: Grimsby registry closed.

Changelog

02/05/2009: Page published. 2 updates since then.

S.T. North Cape FR239

Additional information courtesy of Douglas Paterson

Trawler/liner/herring carrier

Technical

Official Number: 94537
Yard Number: 253
Completed: 1889
Gross Tonnage: 121
Net Tonnage: 14
Length: 95.2 ft
Breadth: 19.6 ft
Depth: 10.1 feet
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: C.2-cyl and boiler by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

8.10.1889: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.253) for William Pyper, Aberdeen as NORTH CAPE.
17.10.1889: Registered at Aberdeen (A372).
11.1889: Completed (William Pyper, manager).
1889: Sold to Cie de Pesca, Lisbon (Machado & Co, managers).
9.11.1889: Aberdeen registry closed.
1890: Re-measured 138g 33n 97.0 x 20.2 x 10.4 feet.
1890: Registered at Lisbon as MACHADO (B458).
1907: Sold to A. J. Tulloch, Aberdeen.
7.1907: Lisbon registry closed.
8.7.1907: Registered at Aberdeen as NORTH CAPE (A147).
12.7.1907: Sold to Peter Bruce Snr, St. Combs (managing owner).
15.7.1907: Aberdeen registry closed.
1907: Re-measured 122g 44n 95.2 x 19.6 x 10.1 feet.
7.1907: Registered at Fraserburgh (FR239).
1912: William Noble, Fraserburgh, managing owner.
1914: Sold to R. Milne & James M. Davidson, Glasgow (James M. Davidson managing owner). Employed as a herring carrier.
1917: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1917: Sold to Alick Black, Grimsby ( managing owner).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
15.1.1918: By Deed Poll. Name of Alick Black changed to Alec Black.
2.2.1918: Alec Black became Sir Alec Black, Bart.
1918: Sold to The South Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
1.6.1918: Fraserburgh registry closed.
3.6.1918: Registered at Grimsby (GY1145).
1919: Released.
13.1.1919: Sold to Charles McC. Woods, Larne Harbour, Co.Antrim (managing owner).
16.1.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
1.1919: Registered at Belfast (B3). Employed as a herring carrier.
1922: Sold to John Murray, Saltcoats, Ayr (managing owner). Employed as a herring carrier.
1923: Sold to William J. Garscadden, Glasgow (managing owner).
2.1925: Sold for breaking up. Belfast registry closed.

Changelog
30/04/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
28/06/2021: Updated history.