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S.D/S. Ocean Trust YH160

Technical

Official Number: 137572
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 77
Net Tonnage: 37
Length: 90.8 ft
Breadth: 18.3 ft
Depth: 9.1 ft
Engine: C.2-cyl and boiler by Elliott & Garrood Ltd, Beccles
Built: John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft

History

Wooden drifter/seiner

1914: Launched by John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.) for Bloomfields Ltd, Gt Yarmouth (43/64) & R. H. King, Winterton (21/64) as OCEAN TRUST.
23.11.1914: Ran sea trials.
4.12.1914: Registered at Yarmouth (YH160).
12.1914: Completed at a cost of £2607 (James Bloomfield, manager).
1.1918: Requisitioned for war service and employed on miscellaneous duties. Based Buncrana.
2.9.1919: Returned to owner at Gt. Yarmouth (Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth).
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay appointed manager.
21.10.1926: Landed 240 crans at Yarmouth.
194?: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood management. Landing Fleetwood and Ullapool.
1943. Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth.
18.10.1951: Landed 207 crans at Yarmouth having lost 8 nets (Sk. Leonard Stone).
1954: Sold for breaking up.
11.9.1954: Yarmouth registry closed.

Changelog
24/04/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.

S.D/T. Ocean Rambler YH725 (Seasonal)

Wartime visitor

Technical

Official Number: 135078
Yard Number: 499
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 37
Length: 86.5 ft
Breadth: 18.7 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine and boiler: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

13.5.1914: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.499) for Bloomfields Ltd, Gt Yarmouth as OCEAN RAMBLER.
8.6.1914: Registered at Yarmouth (YH725). James Bloomfield designated manager.
6.1914: Completed at a cost of £4381.
9.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol drifter (Ad.No.246).
13.11.1914: At Lowestoft, parent ship HALCYON.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Gt. Yarmouth (Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth).
22.12.1922: Neil Mackay designated manager.
13.10.1924: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 160 crans of herring.
5.10.1925: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 180 crans.
28.10.1925: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 230 crans.
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow.
6.3.1931: Damaged in collision with FELLOWSHIP (LT65)) in Padstow Harbour.
1942: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood, management. Trawling from Fleetwood and Padstow.
11.6.1943: Typical wartime landing. 105 kits – hake-2, cod/codling-11, whiting-7, flats-26, roker-55, gurnard-2, dogs-1, sole & prime-1.
1945: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth.
5.8.1954: Sold to Alfred King, Gt. Yarmouth.
27.9.1954: Sold to George Edward Haylett, Caister on Sea.
11.10.1954: At Gt. Yarmouth landed 150 crans.
11.1955: Sold to Belgium shipbreakers for breaking up.
10.11.1955: Yarmouth registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Rambler YH725

S.T. Ocean Rambler YH725
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog
24/04/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
08/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
04/07/2021: Updated information.

S.D/T. Rose Hilda YH73 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham for FMHT

Technical

Official Number: 161631
Yard Number: 325
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 116
Net Tonnage: 50
Length: 92.3 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by F. W. Carver & Co , Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Built: Fellows & Co Ltd, Gt Yarmouth

History

1929: Laid down by Fellows & Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth (Yd.No.325) on spec. 1929: Sold to W. J. E. Green, Great Yarmouth. Launched as ROSE HILDA.
16.1.1930: Completed (William J. Epsom, manager).
26.2.1930: Registered at Yarmouth (YH73).
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Milford and Fleetwood (Sir Alec Black/Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
21.10.1937: At Yarmouth landed 200 crans of herring caught 45 miles from Newarp Light Vessel.
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examining service (Hire rate £65.7.10d/month).
4.9.1939: Stood down role to be determined.
2.10.1939: Converted to a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.740).
4.1943: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
4.1946: Returned to owner.
30.10.1947: At Yarmouth landed 228 crans.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
5.7.1954: Sold to Frederick E. Catchpole, Lowestoft (managing owner).
7.1954: Yarmouth registry closed.
22.7.1954: Registered at Lowestoft (LT90).
12.1954: Converted by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft fitted with a 6-cyl 2 stroke 440bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester.
12.1954: On completion of conversion to diesel propulsion registered at Lowestoft as DAWN WATERS (LT90).
13.12.1954: Registered at Lowestoft as a motor trawler (LT90).
8.10.1955: At Lowestoft landed 190 crans.
18.11.1960: Sold to Gilbert & Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Frederick E. Catchpole, manager).
12.1961: Transferred to Milford (William H. Kerr, appointed manager).
2.2.1962: Sold to Norrard Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Allan G. Packham, manager).
8.1966: Laid up at Milford.
11.1966: Re-activated.
5.5.1969: Towed motor trawler CATHERINE SHAUN (FD201) from Fleetwood to Castle Pill, Milford Haven for breaking up.
1974: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield and allocated to Castle Pill yard, Milford Haven for breaking up.
3.12.1974: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.T. Rose Hilda YH73

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73. Picture courtesy of The Harold Beswick Collection.

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73 outboard of Red Hackle

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73 outboard of Red Hackle. Picture courtesy of The Harold Beswick Collection.

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73

S.T. Rose Hilda YH73
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Rose Hilda YH73

S.D/T. Rose Hilda YH73
Picture from the Internet

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection (TPF)

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of The Greenday Collection

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90

S.D/T. Dawn Waters LT90
Picture courtesy of Robert Durrant

Changelog

04/03/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
03/06/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.

s.v. Proceed FD163

Technical

Official Number: 69827
Completed: 1875
Net Tonnage: 56
Rig: Dandy
Built: ??, Lowestoft
Owner: James Foster, 25 Clapham Road, Lowestoft

History

1875: Completed by ??, Lowestoft as PROCEED.
1875: Registered at Lowestoft (LT82).
1.1.1880: Owned by James Foster, 25 Commercial Road, Lowestoft.
9.1898: Lowestoft registry closed.
14.9.1898: Registered at Fleetwood (FD163).
9.4.1900: Fleetwood registry closed. Sold to be broken up.

Changelog
23/02/2009: Page published.
18/01/2015: Information updated.

Sailing Trawler Pansy FD344

Technical

Official Number: 95758
Completed: 1893
Gross Tonnage: 48
Net Tonnage: 24
Length: 64.0 ft
Breadth: 16.7 ft
Depth: 8.5 ft
Built: ??, Douglas

History

Ketch – trawling

1893: Completed by ??, Douglas as PANSY.
12.12.1893: Registered at Douglas, IoM.
1908: Owned by Jn. Stowell, Willesden Villas, Douglas, IoM.
1919: Sold to Daniel Flinn, 11 Kingswood Grove, Douglas, IoM.
8.1919: Sold to Capt Peter Houghton, Hesketh Lane, Tarleton, Nr Preston.
16.8.1919: Douglas registry closed.
21.8.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD344).
28.12.1920: Fleetwood registry closed. Converted into a derrick barge for dock use.

Changelog

23/02/2009: Page published.