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S.T. Neil Smith FD107

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3524
Official Number: 143878
Completed: 1917
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Yard Number: 703
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 107
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Southbank on Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Pennant (WWII) FY.529

History

19.3.1917: Laid down.
5.7.1917: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.703) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as Neil Smith (Ad.No.3524).
10.8.1917: Completed (1-12pdr and W/T).
25.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as NEIL SMITH O.N.143878.
01.1920: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London and engaged in commercial trawling.
02.1920: At HM Dockyard, Chatham fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at London.
13.02.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) as NEIL SMITH (LO328).
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.
01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of £100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
4.10.1922: Sold to Pater Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven. John Grieve, Pembroke Dock designated manager.
9.4.1934: Rescued crew of HIROSE (M47) which foundered at 8.30am. 50 miles off Valentia, Co Kerry in position 52.5N 12.18W, having lost her propeller. Landed survivors at Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry.
8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (P.No.FY.529) (Hire rate £80.4.2d/month).
25.9.1939: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
6.1941: Based Portland with M/S Group 49 (Ty/Sk. B. D. Barnet RNR).
3.1944: Fitted out for dan laying and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Attached to the 4th Minesweeping Flotilla as a dan layer. At Omaha Beach landing.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
6.1945: Returned after survey and restoration at Liverpool.
1945: Sold to The Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. London registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD107). Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd designated managers.
1948: On a trip to the west coast of Scotland (Sk. Thomas Goodman). In the early hours a fire was discovered in the coal bunker. Unable to extinguish and returned to Fleetwood with thick fog hampering the passage. After 15 hours arrived Fleetwood.
21.12.1948: Renamed WYRE CITIZEN (FD107).
1954: Sold to Wyre Trawlers Ltd on purchase of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd by Associated Fisheries Group. Leslie Wheildon designated manager).
1956: Sold to Hammond Lane Foundry Ltd, Dublin for breaking up.
4.5.1956: Arrived Dublin from Fleetwood under own power.

(Neil Smith, Surgeon’s 3rd Mate, b. ? – VICTORY (SB915))

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S.T. Wyre Citizen FD107

S.T. Wyre Citizen FD107
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16/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
15/12/2016: Information added.
27/07/2017: Removed disputed image and added another image.
01/09/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Dinamar FD73

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Official Number: 162058
Yard Number: 1071
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 356
Net Tonnage: 141
Length: 140 ft
Breadth: 25 ft
Depth: 13.4 ft
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

(In 1935 the Hull trawler LEONIDAS (162186) (H267) was lengthened by Smiths Dock Co. Ltd. The work involved creating an improved hull form with new bow and stern sections. The design was successful, not only providing increased fish room capacity, but also, as was expected, reducing coal consumption and giving a slightly higher free running speed.
Other owners stemmed vessels at Middlesbrough for similar work to be undertaken)

1.2.1930: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1071) for Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood as DINAMAR.
14.3.1930: Registered at Fleetwood (FD73).
18.3.1930: Completed (Joseph A. Marr, manager).
1.8.1930: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to William Deacons Bank Ltd, London.
1931: Top port landings-641 tons, highest single trip- 94 tons.
1932: Top port landings -711 tons.
1934: Highest single trip- 88 tons.
1936: Top port landings -941 tons.
10.1938: Mortgage (A) discharged.
10.1938: Sold to The Standard Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby. Albert Wright Butt appointed manager.
28.10.1938: Fleetwood registry closed.
1.11.1938: Registered at Grimsby (GY541).
30.1.1939: Registered at Grimsby as SILANION (GY541) (BoT Minute R.G.1540/38 dated 26.11.1938).
21.11.1939: Completed lengthening by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough to 155.7 feet (including fitting new bow and stern sections). Re measured 366g 178n.
27.2.1939: Grimsby registry closed. Vessel registered anew in consequence of material alteration in length.
1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No. Z.116) (Hire rate £202.12.11d/month).
8.12.1945: Reclassed at Grimsby and returned to owner.
1946: Transferred to Hull.
26.8.1948: Sold to White Trawlers Ltd, Hull (C. S. Taylor, MP & others)(Basil A. Parkes, manager).
8.1948: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Hull (H577).
1.12.1948: Registered at Hull as WHITE FLOWER (H577).
21.12.1949: Sold to C.S. Taylor, MP & others, London (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
1954: Laid up.
17.9.1954: Sold to Hull Merchants Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull and sold on to Belgian shipbreakers.
5.10.1954: Arrived Liège for breaking up. Hull registry closed.

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S.T. Dinamar FD73

S.T. Dinamar FD73
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S.T. Dinamar FD73

S.T. Dinamar FD73
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16/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.

S.T. Brabant FD239

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3717
Official Number: 144640
Yard Number: 333
Completed: 1918
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 279
Net Tonnage: 106n
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon
Boiler: James Nielson & Son Ltd, Glasgow

History

25.4.1918: Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ayr (Yd.No.333) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as EMMANUEL CAMELAIRE (Ad.No.3717).
20.5.1918: Commissioned.
25.5.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr and W/T).
1.10.1918: At Penzance F.C.T. Escort (Lieut. RNR).
24.1.1921: Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO497). Official No.144640.
1922: Sold to Cie Belge Maritime du Congo, Antwerp and used as a tug. Registered at Antwerp as PRESIDENT FRANCQUI.
4.10.1923: London fishing registry closed.
1923: Registered at Matadi, Belgian Congo.
1936: Sold to Soc. Anon Pêcheries du Nord, Fécamp. Re-classed as a trawler. Registered at Fécamp.
11.1938: Sold to Rhondda Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby (Consolidated Fisheries Ltd).
10.11.1938: Registered at Grimsby as BRABANT (GY544).
10.11.1938: Sir John Denton Marsden, Bart appointed manager.
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.586) (Hire rate £84.0.0d/month).
10.2.1940: Steam trawler THERESA BOYLE (GN4) (Sk. Oliver Bell) damaged by German air attack when fishing 115 miles ExN of Aberdeen. Took to boat and vessel foundered.
12.2.1940: At 4.30 p.m. RAF aircraft overflew boat, rocket fired. Aircraft communicated with HMTrawlers BRABANT and ALMANDINE (H415) (P.No.FY.645), ‘sweeping 10 miles away. After 50 hours in open boat survivors picked up by ALMANDINE and landed at ?? at 6.00 p.m. all crew suffering from exposure.
24.8.1941: Shot down a twin engined German bomber (Lieut. J. H. A. Winfield RNR).
15.1.1944: Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
20.1.1944: Hulbert Murray Bird appointed manager.
12.1945: Returned to owner.
26.9.1946: Grimsby registry closed.
9.1946: Registered at Fleetwood (FD239).
6.1956: Company taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood. (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
4.3.1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Milford Haven.
29.4.1957: Arrived Milford Haven.

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S.T. Brabant FD239

S.T. Brabant FD239
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S.T. Brabant FD239

S.T. Brabant FD239
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HMT Emmanuel Camelaire

HMT Emmanuel Camelaire
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S.T. Brabant FD239

S.T. Brabant FD239
Picture courtesy of The John Stevenson Collection

S. T. Brabant FD239

S. T. Brabant FD239
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Changelog
16/01/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
24/04/2017: Removed FMHT watermark and disputed image.
20/09/2019: Updated information.
07/08/2020: Added images.
10/04/2022: Added an image.

S.T. Daily Express FD286

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4404
Official Number: 144518
Yard Number: 420
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 290
Net Tonnage: 109
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Engine: 480ihp T3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

18.7.1919: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.420) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS ALEXANDER (Ad.No.4404).
1.1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
23.4.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) as THOMAS ALEXANDER O.N.144518 (LO351).
4.6.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Hull; ex fishing gear.
13.8.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
1921: Sold to Rémy & Huret, Boulogne.
9.8.1921: London registry closed.
8.1921: Registered at Boulogne as ETOILE POLAIRE II (B??)
1930: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
2.1930: Boulogne registry closed.
21.2.1930: Registered at Fleetwood as DAILY EXPRESS (FD68). Fred Parkes, Blackpool designated as managing owner.
13.11.1933: Sold to Hellyer Brothers Ltd, Hull.
24.11.1933: Fleetwood registry closed.
25.11.1933: Registered at Hull (H523).
22.12.1933: Registered at Hull as TURCOMAN (H523). Frank O. Hellyer & Owen S. Hellyer designated joint managers.
21.9.1936: Sold to R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.
30.9.1936: Hull registry closed.
1.10.1936: Registered at Aberdeen (A416). Sir John H. Irvin KBE designated manager.
23.10.1936: Registered at Aberdeen as BEN DEARG (A416).
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.690) (Hire rate £91.0.0d/month).
6.3.1942: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £8900 or £8625.
5.1946: Re-classed at Port Glasgow.
6.6.1946: Returned to owner.
29.10.1948: Aberdeen registry closed.
10.1948: Registered at Fleetwood (FD286). Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys designated manager.
194?: In gale force conditions with poor visibility, stranded on rocks off Green Island, Sound of Mull. Attended by mail boat LOCHINVAR (216grt/1908) but crew remained on board and nine hours later refloated under own power.
1.7.1949: Sold to Anglo-Australian Fisheries (Pty) Ltd and Anglo-Australian Trawlers (Pty) Ltd, Perth, WA for £15000. Ian L. C. McNicol designated manager. 16.7.1949: Sailed Fleetwood for Fremantle, WA (Sk. James Dewhurst (39)/Capt E. Beeham); fourteen crew all volunteers to settle in Australia and sailed under Western Australian Government immigration scheme; families to follow.
16.9.1949: Arrived Fremantle, WA. To fish out of Albany.
1.1951: Had fire in coal bunker while alongside.
1958: Sold to Royal Australian Navy and sunk after use as a target.
(Thomas Alexander, OS, age 36, b. Roscommon, Co. Roscommon – ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB279))

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HMT Ben Dearg

HMT Ben Dearg
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S.T. Ben Dearg FD286 arrives in Australia

S.T. Ben Dearg FD286 arrives in Australia
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
29/04/2015: Updated information.
20/04/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
01/03/2020: Updated information.

S.T. William Mannell LO370

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson and Gary Hicks Plymouth Merchant Ships

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3512
Official Number: 144425
Yard Number: 671
Completed:3 1917
Gross Tonnage: 276
Net Tonnage: 106
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

7.12.1916: Laid down by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.671) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty. 23.3.1917: Launched as WILLIAM MANNELL (Ad.No.3512).
2.6.1917: Completed as an escort trawler (1-12pdr and W/T).
11.5.1920: Sold by auction at London (Baltic Exchange) to John Walters, Milford Haven (John H. Bishop, manager).
11.6.1920: Registered at London (LO370).
26.7.1923: Sold to John H. Bishop, Milford Haven (managing owner).
16.1.1931: Laid up at Milford.
5.10.1934: Sold to Yolland & Llewellin, Milford Haven (Charles Llewellin, manager).
1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager)
10.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (P.No.FY.1665) (Hire rate £80.10.0d/month).
1945: Sold to Yolland & Llewellin, Milford Haven (John Yolland, manager).
19.11.1945: Returned.
1.1.1946: Messrs Yolland & Llewellin partnership dissolved. Transferred to Yolland Bros, Milford Haven (John Yolland, manager).
13.9.1948: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £12,500.
9.2.1949: Sailed Fleetwood for West of Scotland grounds (Sk. Reuben J. Melhuish); twelve crew.
21.2.1949: On Dhuheartach grounds, gale warning received and proceeded to anchor in small bay S of Glengad Head, Co. Donegal in company with GAVA (FD380).
22.2.1949: At 4.00 a.m. decided to leave anchorage. On weighing, wind WSW to WNW but suddenly visibility reduced in a squall. Rudder jambed and struck rocks at Glengad Head. At approx 4.30 a.m. vessel abandoned by boat to the GAVA. At approx 6.30 a.m. Skipper and Chief Engineer returned briefly in shore boat. At approx 12.15 p.m. refloated and with Gava standing by, Skipper and two deck hands returned to secure warps from GAVA. At approx 1.00 p.m. underway for Culdaff Bay with intention of beaching. At approx 2.15 p.m. vessel started to settle and crew taken off. Tow continued but at 3.00 p.m. vessel sank by the head in 14 fathoms 21/2 miles E of Dunmore Head, off Portaleen, Co. Donegal; all crew saved.
25.8.1949: At BOT Formal Investigation (No.S.413), Sk. Melhuish was found to have lacked seamanlike care in proceeding from the anchorage and made no attempt to maintain steam and operate the pumps after stranding. His ticket was suspended for six months.

William Mannell (aka William Lambert), Quartermaster’s mate, age 33, b. Aldeborough, Suffolk – VICTORY (SB530))

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S.T. William Mannell LO370

S.T. William Mannell LO370
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Changelog
16/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/09/2015: Information updated.
17/07/2017: Removed FMHT watermark.