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s.v. Mary Ann FD61

Technical

Official Number: 44268
Completed: 1862
Net Tonnage: 22
Rig: Smack
Built: ??, Grimsby

History

1862: Completed by ??, Grimsby as MARY ANN. Registered at Grimsby on the Shipping Register.
1.1.1875: Owned by J. & S. Oates,Victoria Street, Grimsby.
1.1.1880: Owned by S. Oates, Victoria Street, Grimsby.
18??: Registered at Fleetwood (FD61).
1891: Owned by Alfred Frederick Gee, New Clee, Grimsby.
10.5.1893: Sold to ??.
1894: Fleetwood registry closed.

Changelog

23/02/2009: Page published.

s.v. Capella FD191

Technical

Official Number: Part IV Registered
Completed: 1904
Gross Tonnage: 20.35
Net Tonnage: 20.35
Length: 46 ft
Breadth: 13 ft
Depth: 6.1 ft
Rig: Cutter
Converted to auxiliary motor 16.4g 16.4n
Built: Armour Bros, Fleetwood

History

1904: Completed by Armour Bros, Fleetwood for ??, ?? as the yacht CAPELLA.
19.7.1915: Registered at Fleetwood (FD191).
20.5.1919: Fleetwood registry closed. ‘Ceased fishing’.
11.11.1943: Registered at Fleetwood (FD242). Owner George Dallas, “Eastwood” Golden Hill Lane, Leyland.
15.12.1944: Fleetwood registry closed ‘Boat no longer fishing’.
12.1.1945. Registered at Fleetwood (FD242). Owner John Callwood Kettlewell, 98 Larkfield Lane, Southport.
16.6.1947: Sold to Theodore John Beard, 113 Guildford Road, Southport.
22.4.1948: Fleetwood registry closed.
4.1948: Registered at Ramsey (RY33).
By 1953: Not recorded.

Undated: Converted to auxiliary motor 16.4g 16.4n

Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

s.v. James Campbell FD157

Technical

Official Number: 83534
Completed: 1880
Net Tonnage: 62
Length: 65.3 ft
Breadth: 19.2 ft
Depth: 9.85 ft
Rig: Dandy
Built: T. Campbell, Grimsby

history

Dandy – trawling (ex lining)

1880: Completed by T. Campbell, Grimsby for James H. M. Fryman, Oxford Street, Grimsby as JAMES CAMPBELL.
11.1880: Registered at Grimsby (GY792).
14.10.1889: Sold to Thomas Campbell, Abbey Villa, Grimsby (managing owner).
2.1897: Abandoned to Germans for salvage services.
4.11.1898: Registered at Fleetwood (FD157).
8.2.1899: Fleetwood registry closed. Sold to Denmark. Registered at Esbjerg as IDA.

Changelog

31/01/2009: Page published.

S.D/T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham for FMHT.

Technical

Official Number: 161629
Yard Number: 616
Pennant Number: FY.1504
Completed: 1929
Gross Tonnage: 131
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 94.3 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.7 ft
Engine: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

9.5.1929: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.616) for Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth as OCEAN LIFEBUOY.
6.1929: Completed (Neil Mackay, manager).
6.6.1929: Registered at Yarmouth (YH29).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
7.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on port duties (Hire rate £70.4.11d/month).
29.11.1939: Converted for minesweeping (P.No.FY.1504).
1942: Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Fleetwood management.
26.1.1946: Returned. Transferred to Bloomfield’s Ltd, Gt Yarmouth.
1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
21.10.1953: Landed 301.25 crans of herring at Yarmouth after transferring 16 nets to UTOPIA (BF531) which contained 62 crans.
1953: Runner up in Prunier Trophy. (Throughout her career one of Yarmouth’s most successful herring catchers).
31.12.1954: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven (William H. Kerr, manager).
8.3.1956: Registered at Yarmouth as DEELITE (YH29).
1958: Re-engined with 2 stroke 5-cyl 360bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester.
10.1971: Fishing off Irish Coast (Sk. Bill Phillips) suffered main engine failure. CONSTANT STAR (M133) fouled her propeller in attempting to connect. Subsequently towed to Milford by PICTON SEA LION (M22).
7.1973: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
23.7.1973: Sailed Milford for Briton Ferry in tow of WILLING BOYS (LT737).
10.9.1973: Breaking up completed. Yarmouth registry closed.

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S.T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29

S.T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29
Picture courtesy The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29

S.T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29
Picture courtesy The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29

S.D/T. Ocean Lifebuoy YH29
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M.D/T. Deelite YH29

M.D/T. Deelite YH29
Picture courtesy of The Ashley Gardner Collection

Changelog
26/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
10/03/2015: Picture added.
23/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from images.

S.T. Northern Foam LO153

Technical

Official Number: 165341
Yard Number: 550
Completed: 1936
Gross Tonnage: 655
Net Tonnage: 255
Length: 188.1 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 15.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl & LP turbine with DR gearing & hydraulic coupling by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde
Built: Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Weser, Bremen

History

1936: Ordered by Leverhulme Ltd, London to absorb frozen credits in Germany.
1936: Launched by Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG Weser, Bremen.
9.1936: Completed by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde (Yd.No.550) for MacLine Ltd, London (Leverhulme Ltd) as NORTHERN FOAM.
14.9.1936: Registered at London (LO153). Operating out of Fleetwood Edward D. W. Lawford designated manager.
8.10.1936: First landing at Fleetwood, 1137 boxes grossed £550.
20.9.1937: Last landing at Fleetwood, 890 boxes grossed £845.
9.10.1937: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London. H. Markham Cook, Grimsby designated manager.
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (P.No.4.76) (Hire rate £425.15.0d/month).
1942: Fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler.
5.1943: Escorting convoy ONS-5, North Atlantic, as a rescue trawler in Group EG.B7. Convoy attacked by U.boats, picked up over two hundred survivors.
9.1943: Escorting convoy ON-202, North Atlantic, as a rescue trawler. In fog, sighted U.boat (U952) on surface, attempted to ram but crash dived; depth charged. Submarine identified NORTHERN FOAM and knew that he could escape on the surface with his superior speed. On surfacing exchanged shots but quickly drew away. Rescued survivors from three torpedoed mechantmen, FORT JEMSEG (7134grt/1942), SKJELBRED,(5096grt/1937), and OREGON EXPRESS (3642grt/1933).
1944: Assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Convoy escort duties in British waters and across the Channel in support of landings.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
1945: Employed as ocean escort vessel.
11.1945: Remeasured 620g 255n.
30.11.1945: Returned after survey and restoration at Birkenhead. Laid up at Birkenhead.
1946: To Grimsby.
7.1947: London registry closed.
7.1947: Registered at Grimsby (GY490).
6.1950: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F.
6.1950: Remeasured 620g 238n.
1953: Made two trips to Greenland fishery.
Pre 1959: John Bennett designated manager.
27.1.1960: Connected to SLETNES (GY526), disabled 60 miles from Aberdeen with engine trouble.
29.1.1960: Delivered Aberdeen.
Pre 1963: John A. Butt designated manager.
10.1963: Sold to Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston-on-Tyne for breaking up.
17.10.1963: Arrived Tyne from Grimsby in tow of ERIMUS CROSS (192grt/1960).

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S.T. Northern Foam LO153

S.T. Northern Foam LO153
Picture © John Clarkson

S.T. Northern Foam LO153

S.T. Northern Foam LO153
Picture from The Internet

S.T. Northern Foam LO153

S.T. Northern Foam LO153
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

S.T. Northern Foam LO153

S.T. Northern Foam LO153
Picture courtesy of Davie Tait (TPF)

S.T. Northern Foam LO153

S.T. Northern Foam LO153
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

S.T. Northern Foam LO153

S.T. Northern Foam LO153
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
26/01/2009: Page published. 3 revisions since then.
22/07/2014: Picture 3 added.
17/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks and added an image.
11/12/2018: Updated information.