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S.T. Zena Dare FD149

Technical

Official Number: 128902
Yard Number: 208
Completed: 1909
Gross Tonnage: 242
Net Tonnage: 92
Length: 125.2 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge

History

8.4.1909: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.208) for Arthur Abbey, Swansea (managing owner) as ZENA DARE.
5.1909: Completed. Registered at Swansea (SA4).
7.1911: Swansea registry closed.
26.7.1911: Registered at Fleetwood (FD149) (Arthur Abbey, Fleetwood, managing owner).
14.9.1912: Fleetwood registry closed.
9.1912: Registered at Swansea (SA112). Continued to fish from Fleetwood.
12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.540). Based Portsmouth.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Swansea.
1919: Sold to Horace E. Stroud & Cannon, Aberdeen (Horace E. Stroud managing owner).
8.1919: Swansea registry closed.
23.8.1919: Registered at Aberdeen (A229).
1924: Sold to Wilhelm Söhle, Wesermünde-G.
16.1.1924: Aberdeen registry closed.
1924: Registered at Wesermünde-G as HERMANN SÖHLE.
1927: Registered at Wesermünde-G as NEPTUN.
1931: Sold to Hermann Söhle, Wesermünde-G.
1932: Sold to Erwin Spitzer, Danzig. Registered Prague.
1933: Sold to Wilhelm Söhle, Wesermünde-G. Registered at Wesermünde-G as HERMANN SÖHLE. Registered at Wesermünde-G.
1934: Sold to Hermann Söhle Hochseefischerei, Wesermünde-G.
3.1937: Wrecked.

S.T. William Beaumont GY854

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3644
Official Number: 143911
Yard Number: 634
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 203
Net Tonnage 82
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

9.7.1918: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.634) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM BEAUMONT. (Ad.No.3644).
17.8.1918: Completed (1 – 12pdr HA).
1.1920: Sold at auction at Milford to Crown Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir George E. J. Moody, manager).
24.1.1920: Registered at Grimsby (GY854).
1925: Transferred to Fleetwood.
4.1928: Sold to Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Thomas Walker, manager).
20.4.1928: Grimsby registry closed.
29.5.1928: Registered at Aberdeen as STAR OF SCOTLAND (A347).
10.12.1939: Damaged by German air attack 10 miles SE of Fetlar, Shetland.
1946: Sold to George Robb & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (George Robb, manager). Registered at Aberdeen as VIKING STAR (A347).
Post 1958: Sold to Bruces Stores (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen.
1960: Sold to Netherlands for breaking up.
3.1960: Arrived Rotterdam in tow of tug LOIRE.
(William Beaumont, AB (volunteer), age 22, b. Carlisle, Cumberland – VICTORY (SB419))

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08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.

S.T. Wigmore GY469

Technical

Official Number: 146910
Yard Number: 498
Completed: 1928
Gross Tonnage: 345
Net Tonnage: 149
Length: 140.4 ft
Breadth: 24 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

5.7.1928: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Y.No.498) for Letten Bros Ltd, Grimsby as EMBASSY.
21.9.1928: Registered at Grimsby (GY469).
26.9.1928: Completed.
26.12.1929: Picked up crew of Norwegian motor vessel JUNIOR which had foundered in the North Sea 40 miles off Rattray Head (24.12.1929).
27.12.1929: Landed survivors at Peterhead.
1932: Sold to E. Cyril Grant, Grimsby.
8.1933: Registered at Grimsby as WIGMORE (GY469).
10.1935: Sold to The Clan Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (E. Cyril Grant, manager).
10.11.1939: Assisted LADY STANLEY (FD125) ashore at Swilke Point, Stroma. After refloating took in tow and after checks proceeded in company for Grimsby.
18.11.1939: In convoy for the Icelandic grounds (Sk Walter Bore) in company with SARPEDON (GY984) Convoy Officer, Lieut Reginald H. W. Jackson RNVR, ANDANES (GY923), SARONTA (GY1082), CONISBORO (GY244) and MURMANSK (GY26). 25 miles N by W of Rattray Head in approximate position 58°01.2N/01°57.5W attacked by U-boat (U.22) and sunk by torpedo; all sixteen crew lost*.
6.3.1940: Grimsby registry closed.
(* Lost: Sk. W. Bore, Grimsby; W.H. Lodge, Mate Cleethorpes; J. Foley, Third Hand, Cleethorpes; F. Moore, Ch Eng, Grimsby; A. Harwood, 2nd Eng, Grimsby; C.V.H. Bromfield, H. Clayton, H. Dumbleton, J. Fisher, W. Goodwin, J. Ottley, Deckhands, all Grimsby; G. Germaney and E.H. Newson, Trimmers, both Grimsby; R.W. Jackson, Wireless Operator, Grimsby; E.D. Winn, Cook, Grimsby).

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S.T. Wigmore GY469

S.T. Wigmore GY469
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Wigmore GY469

Wigmore GY469
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Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
28/04/2014: Information updated.
19/10/2018: Added an image and removed FMHT watermark.

S.T. Weasel M136

Additional material courtesy of Maurice Voss

Technical

Official Number: 108425
Yard Number: 189
Completed: 1897
Gross Tonnage: 164
Net Tonnage: 37
Length: 105.8 ft
Breadth: 20.7 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Engine: C.2-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co, Aberdeen
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co, Aberdeen

History

3.6.1897: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.189) for Thomas Lee Manchester, Pwllheli, Carnarvon (managing owner) as WEASEL.
7.1897: Completed.
17.7.1897: Registered at Milford (M136).
1899: Fishing from Fleetwood.
27.12.1899: Fishing 9 miles S of Bahama Light (Sk. A. H. Bailey), came fast and carried away forward stbd gallows.
25.1.1903: Off Donaghadee, Co. Down (Sk. William Kaye), in very heavy weather, Richard A. Miller (26) Second hand, washed overboard and drowned. Damaged wheelhouse, lost compass and boat.
4.9.1904: Off Skellig Light (Sk. William Kaye), due to error of judgement by fourth hand, in collision with steam trawler CAMROSE (M158).
8.8.1905: When some 15 miles NE of Point Lynas Light (Sk. William Kaye), suffered damage to boiler due insufficient water in boiler.
24.4.1908: Leaving Fleetwood for the fishing grounds (Sk. James R. Sangham), steering chain jambed. In going alongside in collision with tug FYLDE (256grt/1904) which came astern damaging one shell plate on the port bow.
9.1908: Sold to Société des Pêcheries de l’Océan, Arcachon (Charles Olivari, manager).
30.9.1908: Milford rgistry closed. Registered at Arcachon as EIDER.
By 1915: Owned by Société Immobilière du Moulleau et des Pêcheries de l’Océan, Arcachon.
1915: Requisitioned by Marine Francaise as a minesweeper (Escadrille de dragage du front de Mer). Based Lorient.
1919: Returned to owner.
1932: Sold to Morvan, Bizien & Cie, Lorient (J. Lelu, manager). Registered at Lorient.
1937: Sold for breaking up.

Changelog

08/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.

S.T. Warstar GY73

Technical

Official Number: 136005
Yard Number: 289
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 112
Length: 117 ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

12.2.1914: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.289) for Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as WARSTAR.
14.5.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY73).
5.1914: Completed (Alick (Alec) Black, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1633).
2.11.1915: Sold to Henry Croft Baker, Grimsby (managing agent).
7.10.1918: Sold to Harry Wood, Grimsby (managing owner).
10.10.1918: Re-registered at Grimsby (GY73).
1919: Returned.
26.1.1920: Sold to Smithfield Trawlers Ltd, London (W. Goldstein, Cricklewood, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
12.1920: Sold to Lewis Trawling Co, Grimsby (Joseph Lewis, manager).
8.1922: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager). Transferred to Fleetwood.
1928: Transferred to Grimsby.
16.9.1938: Sold to Mathew J. McCabe & W. M. M. Curtis, Dublin (A. Williams, manager).
17.9.1938: Grimsby registry closed.
9.1938: Registered at Dublin (D121).
1939: Sold to W. M. M. Curtis, Dublin.
5.1940: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
5.1940: Dublin registry closed.
22.5.1940: Registered at Grimsby (GY294).
5.1940: Requisitioned for war service for auxiliary patrol duties.
1940: Sold to The Admiralty.
23.9.1940: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1942: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.292).
5.1944: Fitted out as a fuel carrier (“Esso”).
10.1944: At Milford, port duties.
9.1945: Towing at Milford, “To return to fishing”.
10.1945: Paid off C&M at Plymouth.
5.1946: Sold to William Wood & John Wood, Aberdeen.
5.1946: Registered at Aberdeen (A130).
10.1959: Sold to BISCO (£2050) and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for breaking up at Charlestown, Fife (Contract No.72E).
2.11.1959: Arrived Charlestown from Aberdeen towing GUNTON (A12) also sold for breaking up.
7.11.1959: Delivered.
21.3.1960: Breaking up commenced.

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S.T. Warstar A130

S.T. Warstar A130
Picture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library

Changelog
08/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.