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S.T. Portia GY828

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 105038
Yard Number: 138
Completed: 1895
Gross Tonnage: 178
Net Tonnage: 46
Length: 108.8 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11.3 ft
Engine: 330ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull

History

1895: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.138) for Charles Hodder (64/64), Hull as PORTIA.
9.5.1895: Registered at Hull (H280). Charles Hodder designated as managing owner
5.1895: Completed.
7.5.1897: Sold to Hellyer’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull. Charles Hellyer appointed manager.
1905: New boiler fitted (made 1897).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 67.78 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
29.12.1915: Sold to The South Western Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
1.1.1916: Hull registry closed.
3.1.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY828).
3.1.1916: (Alick Black appointed manager.
3.1917: At Fleetwood. Fitted with Hotchkiss 6pdr gun (No.3069); compliment increased by two gunners.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve. Renamed PORTIA III (GY828).
30.8.1917: Sold to Alick Black (64/64), Grimsby.
31.8.1917: Alick Black designated managing owner.
15.1.1918: By Deed Poll. Name of Alick Black changed to Alec Black.
2.9.1918: Sir Alec Black, Bart designated managing owner.
1919: Released and reverted to PORTIA (GY828).
1920: Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood.
31.1.1928: Sk. Joseph Edwards was fined £20 at Bangor for trawling within the three mile limit and not displaying signals that he was fishing. Also stated that the trawlers
name had been tampered with and read ‘ORITI’.
30.12.1929: Trawling off Great Ormes Head, hauled and found paddle wheel in trawl; sustained heavy damage to mainmast, rigging, etc when mast collapsed.
8.8.1930: At Douglas Magistrates Court, Sk. William Randles was fined £40 for trawling within the Isle of Man three mile limit.
1931: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Preston.
26.1.1932: Grimsby registry closed “Ship broken up”.

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S.T. Portia GY828

S.T. Portia GY828
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Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 7 updates since then.
14/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.

S.T. Goëland II FD109

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 137432
Yard Number: 509
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 244.97
Net Tonnage: 92.99
Length: 120.7 ft
Breadth: 22.6 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: 550ihp T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Boiler: David Rowan & Co, Glasgow
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

2.1915: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.509) for Harley & Miller Ltd, Liverpool as GOËLAND II.
3.1915: Completed.
22.3.1915: Registered at Liverpool (LL2). Robert Harley designated manager.
3.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1194). Based Dover.
29.10.1915: Arrested Danish steamer RHODESIA trying to cross Folkestone boom. Escorted to Downs.
23.3.1916: Attached to Unit.91 Dover Patrol, picked up one dead crew member of steamer SEA SERPENT (902g/??) mined off Folkestone Pier.
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 (FD109).
1924: William W. Brierley appointed manager.
12.1926: Sold to Charles Richard Baskcomb, Ernest James Baskcomb & Stafford Sidney Northcote, Grimsby (64/64 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 (64/64 joint owners).
3.5.1928: Sold to Baskcomb & Northcote Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
3.5.1928: Charles Richard Baskcomb appointed manager.
30.1.1929: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
23.5.1933: Mortgage (A) discharged.
23.5.1933: Sold to James Johnston (64/64), Newhaven, Edinburgh.
29.5.1933: Grimsby registry closed.
29.5.1933; James Johnston designated managing owner.
12.6.1933: Registered at Granton as NEW COMET (GN38) (BoT Minute M/R.G.No.1169/1933 dated 10.6.1933).
28.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (magnetic) (P.No.FY.760) (Hire rate £67.7.6d/month).
23.11.1940: Mined 11/2 miles E of Tyne Piers. Cullercoats lifeboat, WESTMORLAND, launched at 3.10 pm. and stood by for 20 minutes before taking off crew of twenty. Taken in tow by another minesweeper and beached. Repaired and returned to service.
7.1943: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
12.1943: Fitted out for store carrying and fuel carrying (Esso) (P.No.Y.7.2).
7.1944: At Normandy landings with Force G.
1944: Sold to William Johnston & James C. Johnston, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
11.1944: Fuel tank removed and employed on Operational towing.
10.1945: Sold to Anglo Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
10.1945: Granton registry closed.
24.10.1945: Registered at Grimsby (GY122).
24.10.19: Joseph Reynolds Cobley designated manager.
29.12.1945: Returned to owner.
15.8.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (B).
20.10.1949: Leslie Little designated manager.
10.1952: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (B) for breaking up.
1.12.1952: Grimsby registry closed.

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
29/11/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Gallinule LL116

Technical

Official Number: 124108
Yard Number: 364
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 238
Net Tonnage: 90
Length: 120.5 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.6 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: 57hp T.3.cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland

History

20.11.1907: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.364) for Harley & Miller Ltd, Liverpool as GALLINULE.
12.1907: Completed.
7.1.1908: Registered at Liverpool (LL116). Robert Harley appointed manager.
1.1915: Requisitioned for war services as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.908). Based Ardrossan.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Liverpool.
1923: Charles Miller appointed manager.
1935: Richard H. Jones appointed manager.
5.1939: Sold to Yolland & Llewellin Trawling Co, Milford Haven (C. J. C Llewellin, manager).
22.5.1939: First landing at Milford.
1.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service and designated for minesweeping duties (Hire rate £59.10.0d/month).
16.1.1940: Returned to owner.
3.1.1941: Last landing at Milford.
1941: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
14.3.1942: In a snowstorm stranded on Skerryvore; three crew lost. Wreck ended up in Machrihanish Bay in position 55.25N 06.45W. Liverpool registry closed.

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
19/10/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Gadwall FD427

Technical

Official Number: 144812
Yard Number: 312
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 261
Net Tonnage: 135
Length: 130.1 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 11.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by J. Frerichs A.G., Einswarden or A.G. Görlitzer Maschinen Bau Anstalt, Görlitz
Built: J. Frerichs A.G., Einswarden

History

10.1916: Launched by J. Frerichs A.G., Einswarden (Yd.No.312) for Kaiserliche Marine (Reichsmarine) as GOLDBUTT.
12.1916: Completed.
6.1.1917: Geleitflotille (Escort Flotilla).
1919: M/S Flotilla Baltic.
1920: Sold out for conversion to fishing.
1920: Fitted out for fishing by Teckleborg Shipyard, Geestemünde. Measured 261g 98n.
7.1920: Sold to France.
31.7.1920: Sailed Bremerhaven for Dunkerque.
1922: Sold to James Westerby, Aberdeen (managing owner) as per Aberdeen register James Westerby, Torphine, Joseph Moon, Aberdeen & Arthur South, Grimsby (James Westerby managing owner).
1922: Remeasured 281g 135n.
1923: Remeasured 261g 98n
6.5.1922: Registered at Aberdeen as GADWALL (A712). O.N.144812.
1923: Transferred to Fleetwood, Alexander Keay, managing agent.
17.4.1923: Aberdeen registry closed.
24.4.1923: Registered at Fleetwood (FD427).
5.7.1923: BoT approval for sale to “Sirius” Handelsges G.m.b.H, Bremerhaven.
28.7.1923: Fleetwood registry closed.
9.8.1923: Registered at Bremerhaven as GOLDBUTT (BX171).
14.8.1923: Registered at Bremerhaven as Dr OTTO SPRENGER (BX171).
18.1.1929: Sold to “Niedersachsen” Hochseefischerei A.G., Bremerhaven.
22.3.1929: Sold to Hanseatische Hochseefischerei A.G., Bremerhaven.
10.7.1929: Registered at Bremerhaven as KARLSBURG (??).
7.1939: Sold for breaking up – or 19.9.1939: Reported sold for breaking up.

Changelog
21/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
18/10/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Father O’Flynn D205

Technical

Official Number: 123123
Yard Number: 369
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 223
Net Tonnage: 88
Length: 120 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built:t Cochrane & Sons, Selby

History

11.4.1906: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.369) for Dublin Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Dublin as FATHER O’FLYNN.
5.1906: Completed (Arthur Richardson, manager). Registered at Dublin (D205).
1913: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1922: Company restructured as Dublin Trawling, Ice & Cold Storage Co Ltd, Dublin (Arthur Richardson, manager).
1927: P. Fannon appointed manager.
1950: Sold to Hammond Lane Foundry Ltd, Dublin for breaking up.
28.11.1950: Breaking up commenced. Dublin registry closed.