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S.T. Majestic GY682 (2)

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 104184
Yard Number: 115
Completed: 1894
Gross Tonnage: 159
Net Tonnage: 69
Length: 102.5 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Engine: 320ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley

History

21.8.1894: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley (Yd.No.115) for Robert Walter Windeatt (32/64), William Somerville Letten & George Somerville Letten (32/64 jointly) all Grimsby as MAJESTIC.
12.9.1894: Registered at Grimsby (GY682).
19.9.1894: Completed.
20.9.1894: Robert Walter Windeatt shares (32/64) mortgaged to William Somerville Letten & George Somerville Letten (32/64 jointly) for the sum of £2100 with interest at 5% (A). 20.9.1894: William Somerville Letten appointed manager.
19.1.1898: Mortgage (A) discharged.
19.1.1898: William Somerville Letten & George Somerville Letten shares (32/64 jointly) sold to Robert Walter Windeatt (64/64), Grimsby.
19.1.1898: Robert Walter Windeatt appointed manager.
19.1.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to William Somerville Letten & George Somerville Letten,Grimsby for the sum of £2877 with interest at 5% (B).
22.2.1898: Sold to Atlantic Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
2.3.1898: Mortgage (B) discharged.
12.3.1898: Robert Walter Windeatt appointed manager.
2.4.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Lincoln & Lindsey Banking Company Ltd, Lincoln (C).
4.5.1898: Mortgage (C) discharged.
30.4.1898: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The York City & County Banking Co Ltd, York (D).
24.12.1993: Mortgage (D) discharged.
31.12.1903: Sold to The Grimsby Northern Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64) Grimsby.
6.1.1904: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The York City & County Banking Co Ltd, York (E).
9.1.1904: John William Hobbs appointed manager.
1.8.1905: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Humber Engineering Co Ltd, Grimsby (F).
29.1.1906: Mortgage (E) discharged.
30.1.1906: Mortgage (F) discharged.
30.1.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Lincoln & Lindsey Banking Co Ltd, Lincoln (G).
8.2.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Humber Engineering Co Ltd, Grimsby (H).
25.3.1908: Mortgage (H) discharged.
6.4.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Humber Engineering Co Ltd, Grimsby for the sum of £500 with interest at 5% (I).
7.4.1908: Mortgage (I) transferred to James Codling, Grimsby.
8.4.1908: Mortgage (I) transferred to The Lincoln & Lindsey Banking Co Ltd, Lincoln.
9.4.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Humber Engineering Co Ltd, Grimsby (J).
27.6.1908: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (G) to William Hudson (64/64), Grimsby. William Hudson designated managing owner.
29.6.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The Lincoln & Lindsey Banking Co Ltd, Lincoln (K). Fishing out of Fleetwood.
23.10.1911: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Alick Black, Grimsby (L).
15.4.1915: Sold to Reginald White (64/64), Grimsby.
17.4.1915: Mortgage (L) discharged.
17.4.1915: Alick Black appointed manager.
28.4.1915: Mortgage (K) discharged.
14.6.1916: Sold to George William White & William Willows (64/64 jointly), Grimsby.
15.6.1916: Alick Black appointed manager.
2.12.1916: Sold to Charles Dobson (64/64), Healing. Charles Dobson designated managing owner.
7.12.1916: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (M).
10.1.1917: Stranded in Robin Hood’s Bay, Yorkshire. Total loss.
5.3.1917: Grimsby registry closed “… total wreck”.
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S.T. Majestic GY682

S.T. Majestic GY682
Picture courtesy of The Steve Farrow Collection

Changelog
26/12/2008: Page published. 6 updates since then.
05/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
03/06/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Macaw M18

Technical

Official Number: 128745
Yard Number: 393
Completed: 1908
Gross Tonnage: 187.40
Net Tonnage: 69.01
Length: 110.8 ft
Breadth: 21 ft
Depth: 11.7 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Glasgow
Boiler: R. Stephenson & Co Ltd, Hebburn

History

7.12.1908: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.393) for Sydney Morgan Price (22/64), Milford; Cornelius Cecil Morley (21/64), Hakin; Edward Gerrish (21/64), Stoke Bishop & Frederick Robert Greenish (21/64), Haverfordwest as MACAW.
1.1909: Completed. Sidney M. Price designated managing owner.
27.1.1909: Registered at Milford (M18).
6.7.1909: Edward Gerrish shares (21/64) sold to David Waters (21/64), London.
11.1912: Transferred to Fleetwood. Messrs Morley & Price designated manager owners.
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.145).
11.8.1914: Sailed Fleetwood for Portsmouth.
1914: Based Portsmouth.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Milford Haven.
6.9.1919: Sold to The Swansea Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Swansea. Harry Eastoe Rees designated manager.
22.12.1921: Bosun, Joseph Shervin died from fractured skull sustained while weighing anchor in rough weather.
26.3.1932: In Ballycotton Bay sheltering from heavy SE gale (Sk. Jack Bean Jnr). Dragged anchor in thick fog off Capel Island and when cable parted went ashore on the Black Rocks between Ballycotton and Garryvoe, Co. Cork.
27.3.1932: Attended by Ballycotton lifeboat and salvage tug ROODE ZEE (573grt/1908). Refloating unsuccessful. Vessel undamaged apart from some bottom plates set-up and propeller blade chipped.
6.4.1932: Refloated. Anchored Ballycotton Bay, vessel tight.
7.4.1932: Took bunker coal from ROODE ZEE and sailed for Milford at slow speed.
8.4.1932: Arrived Milford.
28.8.1933: Sold to Harry E. Rees, Milford Haven (managing owner).
12.11.1933: Returning to Milford from fishing grounds run into by German steamer SAMLAND (771g/1896) on passage Liverpool for Hamburg and sustained damage to port bulwark rail and shear strake.
11.12.1935: Sold to William Gove, Aberdeen. William Gove designated managing owner.
11.12.1935: Milford registry closed.
13.12.1935: Registered at Aberdeen (A388).
15.1.1943: Sold to James Johnson (64/64), Scarborough.
25.2.1946: Sold to General Discount Trust Ltd (64/64), Scarborough. James Johnson designated manager.
8.12.1950: Sold to Richard Cameron Kelman & Andrew Gordon Shirreff, Aberdeen.
1951: Sold to BISCO and allocated to J. J. King & Co Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up.
1.1951: Delivered Tyne from Scarborough under own power.
13.6.1951: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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S.T. kingsway GY37

S.T. Macaw M18
Picture © George Scales – The George Westwood Collection

Changelog
26/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
07/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
20/05/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Loroone GY830

Technical

Official Number: 134764
Yard Number: 266
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 214
Net Tonnage: 88
Length: 117.2 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

11.1.1913: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.266) for The Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as LOROONE.
11.3.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY830).
3.1913: Completed (Alick (Alec) Black, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1588).
24.9.1915: Sold to Rushworth Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (John E. Rushworth, manager).
22.3.1918: Sold to The Yarborough Steam Fishing Co, Grimsby ((John E. Rushworth, manager). Based Dover.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
21.2.1919: Sold to The Thorganby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (William F. Goodwin, manager).
8.3.1926: Sold to T. C. & F. Moss Ltd, Grimsby (Thomas C. Moss, manager).
17.4.1926: Registered at Grimsby as CALVERTON (GY830).
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.775) (Hire rate £55.5.8d/month).
29.11.1940: Mined in Humber estuary; two crew missing presumed killed.
12.1940: Grimsby registry closed.

(MPK – John W.E. Markham, AB; Archie Bennett, wireman.)

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S.T. Loroone GY830

S.T. Loroone GY830
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
26/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
02/09/2002: Added an image.

S.D/T. Lord Keith LT181

Technical

Official Number: 149243
Yard Number: 292
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 116
Net Tonnage: 51
Length: 92.3 ft
Breadth: 20.1 ft
Depth: 9.4 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Burrell, Gt Yarmouth

History

14.6.1930: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co (1927) Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.292) for Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Co Ltd, Lowestoft as LORD KEITH.
9.9.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT181). Harold B. Jackson designated manager.
9.1930: Completed.
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
8.2.1938: Stranded at Benacre south of Lowestoft. Attended by Lowestoft lifeboat AGNES CROSS (Cox Albert Spurgeon). Lifeboat assisted in connecting with tug and refloated. Delivered Lowestoft.
4.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on contraband control (Hire rate £65.7.10d/month).
26.5.1940: At 6.57pm. ‘Operation Dynamo’ (Dunkirk evacuation) put into effect.
28.5.1940: With Senior Officer (Cdr J. S. M. Glendinning RNR retd) in steam tug JAVA (128grt/1905-500ihp) (Capt W. Jones) left Ramsgate for Dunkirk at 3.00pm in company with steam drifters LORD RODNEY (LT390), LORD COLLINGWOOD (LT183) and LORD St.VINCENT (LT79).
29.5.1940: Arrived Dunkirk at 4.30am. ferrying troops to ships. Ferried 323 men. 10.00am. alongside Dunkirk Pier embarking troops.
5.00pm. left Dunkirk beaches for Ramsgate.
30.5.1940: At 5.25am landed 315 troops at Ramsgate.
4.6.1940: ‘Operation Dynamo’ terminated.
9.1940: Fitted out for auxiliary patrol duties (P.No.FY.1884).
21.9.1943: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull when Basil Parkes bought most of Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Ltd better vessels. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
11.1945: Returned.
12.1945: Refitted at Fleetwood.
1946: Sold to J. C. Llewellin, Milford Haven.
1949: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven. W. H. Kerr designated manager.
1957: Converted to motor, fitted with 6-cyl 360bhp oil engine by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln.
20.8.1968: Developed engine trouble while fishing E of Blackwater Light Vessel, Co. Wexford but managed to reach Rosslare Bay. Motor trawler OCECANBREEZE (LT343) connected and commenced tow to Milford.
20.2.1969: Fishing 28 miles SE of Tusker Rock Light in strong NE wind and heavy seas, hauled a mine. Cut away net and mine released to seabed.
1971: Sold to Keithly Enterprises Ltd, Lowestoft.
9.1971: Arrived Lowestoft, fitted for offshore platform standby safety role under Putford Enterprises Ltd, Lowestoft & Paignton management.
6.9.1971: Sailed Lowestoft for offshore platform standby safety duties.
17.12.1073: Outward from Lowestoft reported on fire near Corton Buoy. Gorleston lifeboat and helicopter from RAF Coltishall launched but distress cancelled when fire extinguished. Returned Lowestoft.
1975: Sold to Greek owners.
9.3.1975: Sailed Lowestoft in company with motor trawlers OCEANBREEZE (LT343) and WILSON LINE (YH105) for Mediterranean. Fitted out for dry cargo.
8.1997: Deleted from LR “Continued existence in doubt”.

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S.D/T. Lord Keith LT181

S.D/T. Lord Keith LT181
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S.D/T. Lord Keith LT181

S.D/T. Lord Keith LT181
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

S.D/T. Lord Keith LT181

S.D/T. Lord Keith LT181
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S.D/T. Lord Keith LT181

M.D/T. Lord Keith LT181
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection

Changelog
26/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
25/01/2015: Images added.
01/07/2016: Picture added.
05/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
29/04/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Kincorth A263

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall

Technical

Official Number: 127165
Yard Number: 332
Completed: April 10 1909
Gross Tonnage: 148.09
Net Tonnage: 56.54
Length: 100.6 ft
Breadth: 20.4 ft
Depth: 10.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by J. Abernethy & Co, Aberdeen
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, 1909

History

10.4.1909: Launched as a great liner by J. Duthie, Sons & Co, Aberdeen, Aberdeen (Yd.No.332) for George Leiper, William Leiper & Joseph Leiper (joint owners 64/64), Aberdeen as KINCORTH.
15.5.1909: Registered at Aberdeen (A263).
5.1909: Completed. John Hannel Irvin designated manager.
17.2.1917: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out for special service and mine duties. Based Longhope.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen (George Leiper, Torry, Aberdeen).
15.1.1925: Sold to James Leiper, George Gray & Alexander Main, Aberdeen and Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields. Sir John Hannel Irvin KBE, Aberdeen designated manager.
21.4.1925: Sold to George Gray, Andrew Craig, Aberdeen and Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields. Sir John Hannel Irvin KBE, Aberdeen designated manager.
24.2.1930: Sold to Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd (64/64), North Shields. Sir John Hannel Irvin KBE, Aberdeen designated manager.
8.5.1935: Picked up disabled on fishing grounds with trawl warps round propeller by steam trawler GENERAL JOFFRE (SN123) and delivered North Shields.
31.3.1939: At Tynemouth Borough Police Court, George Johnson (52), Sydney Styles (30) and Andrew Wears (38), all of North Shields were charged with stealing 15 codling valued at 13s 6d, the property of Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd. All three pleaded not guilty but the case was proven and they were fined, Johnson 20s, Styles & Wears 30s.
1939: Directed to Fleetwood under wartime control. J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood local agents.
1940: Sold to James W. Tomlinson (64/64), North Shields. J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood local agents.
10.12.1941: Mined 7 miles ENE from Point Lynas, North Wales; Sk. W. C. Bowles and crew of ten lost*.
15.1.1942: Aberdeen registry closed.

*Lost – Sk. William Charles Bowles (49); Walter Charles Rix (51), Mate; Horace Frederick Palmer (42), Bosun; Arthur William Jeffries (60), Ch Eng; Harold Douglas (51), 2nd Eng; George William Blowers (39) and Albert Rowland Wynn Kay (18), Deckhands; John Condron (18) and Leonard Cross (18), Boys; George Douglas (18), Fireman; George Charles Snow (44), Cook.

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S.T. Kincorth A263

S.T. Kincorth A263
Picture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published.
25/05/14: Name added to crew list.
29/11/2017: Information updated and removed FMHT watermark from image.
13/04/2021: Updated history.