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S.T. Kelvinway FD117

Technical

Official Number: 181185
Yard Number: 557
Completed: 1921
Gross Tonnage: 247
Net Tonnage: 96
Length: 128.5 ft
Breadth: 24.3 ft
Depth: 9.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg
Built: H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg

History

1921: Completed by H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg (Yd.No.557) for Schmidt, Cordes & Harms, Hamburg as HINRICH CORDES.
1924: Sold to Ludwig Janssen & Co, Geestemuende. Renamed FRIESLAND (PG365).
4.4.1940: Captured with two other trawlers by HMS HOSTILE (P.No.H55) in position 70.06.5N 17.01.5E off the Norwegian coast. Crew of thirteen plus one woman (clandestine passenger).
12.4.1940: Brought in to a NE Scottish port by a prize crew.
1940: Fitted out as a minesweeper and commissioned into RN (P.No.FY.1663).
1946: Sold to Kelvin Trawlers Ltd, Glasgow. Registered at Leith as KELVINWAY (LH191) (O.N.181185).
1946: Remeasured 277g 125n.
10.1947: Leith registry closed.
8.10.1947: Registered at Aberdeen (A454).
20.9.1948: Off Start Point, Sanday, Orkney struck by heavy seas, Skipper and mate dead and others injured. Put in to Kirkwall.
5.11.1951: Aberdeen registry closed.
11.1951: Registered at Fleetwood (FD117).
4.9.1952: Last trip. Laid up.
11.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
3.1.1953: Arrived Barrow. Fleetwood registry closed.

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.

S.T. Kelvincourt FD124

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3667
Official Number: 144667
Yard Number: 347
Completed: 1917
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet.
Gross Tonnage: 276
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley
Built: Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley

History

1917: Launched by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley (Yd.No.347) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as BENJAMIN COOKE (Ad.No.3667).
1.11.1917: Completed as a minesweeper(1-12pdr).
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
13.08.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
24.08.1920: Registered at London (Part I & IV) as BENJAMIN COOKE O.N.144667 (LO409).
04.1921: At HM Dockyard, Pembroke fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Milford.
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
2.1922: Sold to Société Anonyme Armement Ostendais, Ostend.
28.2.1922: London registry closed.
1922: Remeasured 213Bgt 75n.
2.1922: Renamed EMIEL VANDERVELDE (O149).
12.1938: Sold to Rhondda Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Consolidated Fisheries Ltd).
1938: Remeasured 276g 113n.
16.12.1938: Renamed NAMUR (GY549).
29.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed on anti-submarine duties (P.No.4.104) (Hire rate £83.10.0d/month).
12.1940: Fitted out as a boom defence vessel.
3.1942: Sold to Walbro Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Thomas Walker, manager).
23.11.1943: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T.
1944: Renamed PALISADE. Based at Fort William (D. MacBrayne Ltd, Glasgow, agents).
4.1946: Transferred to Ministry of Transport.
7.1946: Laid up pending disposal.
1947: Sold to A. A. Graham.
8.1947: Sold to Kelvin Trawlers Ltd, Glasgow and reclassed at Port Glasgow.
14.8.1947: Registered at Aberdeen as KELVINCOURT (A405).
1951: Transferred to Fleetwood.
5.11.1951: Aberdeen registry closed.
11.1951: Registered at Fleetwood (FD124).
5.11.1952: Last landing. Laid up.
12.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
2.1.1953: Arrived Barrow from Fleetwood under own power. Fleetwood registry closed.

Benjamin Cooke, Private, Marine, b. ? – VICTORY (ML88) injured at Trafalgar

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
15/03/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.D/T. Jane Wright PL97

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3879
Official Number: 146041
Yard Number: 444
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Built: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by Wm. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow

History

11.6.1918: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.444) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as DAWN (Ad.No.3879).
7.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (W/T).
13.11.1919: Transferred to Fishery Board for Scotland for disposal.
1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as EXPANSE O.N.146041.
1920: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, Lowestoft and fishing commercially.
1920: Reverted to DAWN.
3.1.1920: Registered at Lowestoft (LT732).
16.7.1921: Lowestoft registry closed “At request of Admiralty”.
01.1922: Sold to Thomas W. Dixon, Whitehaven & John Shippen, Peel, IoM (Thomas W. Dixon, managing owner).
01.1922: Registered at Whitehaven as JANE WRIGHT (WA10 or WA14).
7.9.1922: Whitehaven registry closed.
8.9.1922: Registered at Peel (PL7). Landing at Fleetwood.
1927: Sold to Victorian Fisheries Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Vic (Thomas McDowell, manager).
8.1927: Sailed Fleetwood for Melbourne.
1927: Sold to Charles Caminiti (C. Cam & Sons), Sydney, NSW.
15.11.1927: Peel registry closed.
11.1927: Registered at Sydney, NSW as CAMRO (??).
1933: Laid up at Sydney.
1934: Company reconstituted as C. Cam & Sons Ltd, Sydney, NSW.
22.3.1939: Scuttled in the ‘Disposal Area’ off Sydney, NSW after removal of non ferrous metals and other re-usable parts.

Changelog

24/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
17/02/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Jaboo II FD114

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Admiralty Number: 1592
Official Number: 137453
Yard Number: 567
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 236
Net Tonnage: 102
Length: 120.7 ft
Breadth: 22.6 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Engine: 500ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1915: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.567) for Harley & Miller, Liverpool as JABOO II .
5.1915: Completed (Robert Harley, manager).
26.5.1915: Registered at Liverpool (LL3). Requisitioned from the builders for war service and fitted out as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1592). Based Dover.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
1919: Sold to The Port St. Mary Fishing & Curing Co Ltd, London (Joseph A. Taylor, Fleetwood, manager).
29.3.1919: Liverpool registry closed.
31.3.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD114).
1924: William W. Brierley appointed manager.
12.1926: Sold to Charles Richard Baskcomb, Ernest James Baskcomb & Stafford Sidney Northcote, Grimsby (joint owners).
10.12.1926: Fleetwood registry closed.
13.12.1926: Registered at Grimsby (GY406).
13.12.1936: Charles Richard Baskcomb appointed manager.
2.9.1927: Ernest James Baskcomb died.
27.1.1928: Probate granted transferred to Charles Richard Baskcomb & Stafford Sidney Northcote, Grimsby (joint owners).
3.5.1928: Sold to Baskcomb & Northcote Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
3.5.1928: Charles Richard Baskcomb appointed manager.
5.2.1929: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
24.11.1934: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (A) to James Johnston (64/64), Newhaven, Edinburgh.
3.12.1934: Grimsby registry closed.
3.12.1934: James Johnston appointed manager.
12.1934: Registered at Granton as NEW CHOICE (GN12).
30.7.1936: Stranded on Torness Point, Hoy in fog. Refloated with assistance of Longhope fishermen.
18.9.1939: Damaged by German air attack 115 miles E by N of May Island (Sk. J. Hall).
17.12.1939: Attacked by German aircraft 120 miles ENE of May Island. Skipper and crew took to boat but returned after attack.
1944: Sold to William Johnston & James C. Johnston, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
1951: Sold to T. A. Burns & Co Ltd, Bolton.
1951: Sold to Atlantic Fishing Products Ltd, Achiell Sound, Co. Mayo. Granton registry closed. Registered at Dublin (D233).
6.1953: Sold for breaking up.

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
09/02/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Ionic GY256

Technical

Official Number: 96224
Yard Number: 339
Completed: 1890
Gross Tonnage: 159
Net Tonnage: 64
Length: 101 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

3.6.1890: Launched by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.339) for The Grimsby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as IONIC.
6.1890: Completed. George E. J. Moody designated manager.
1.7.1890: Registered at Grimsby (GY256). Fishing from Fleetwood. William Moody Kelly managing agent.
1896: Sk. John Wright convicted on charges of fishing in the Minches with beam trawl.
18.6.1899: Arrested by HMS VIGILANT whilst trawling 21/2 miles inside the prohibited area off the Wigtownshire coast. Forty boxes of fish onboard.
5.7.1899: At Stranraer Sheriff Court Sk. Richard Wright was fined £50 or 30 days imprisonment.
1913: New boiler fitted.
3.1917: At Fleetwood. Fitted with Hotchkiss 6pdr gun (No.3621); complement increased by two gunners.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
1921: Fishing from Fleetwood.
4.1.1921: Sk. J. Ronson fined £15 at Bangor for trawling within the three mile limit and having immature fish onboard.
1926: Sir George E. J. Moody designated manager.
7.3.1928: Off the Humber in collision with Hull steam trawler HORNBILL (H244) which connected and commenced tow to the Humber. Vessel started to settle and foundered 4 miles NE of Spurn Lightship. All crew safe.
30.3.1928: Grimsby registry closed.

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published.
03/06/2014: Information updated.
31/03/2021: Updated history.