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S.T. Elector LT579 (Seasonal)

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Technical

Official Number: 109092
Yard Number: 244
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 169
Net Tonnage: 54
Length: 104.0 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow

History

17.10.1898: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.244) for Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as ELECTOR.
12.1898: Completed (William R. Nowell, Hessle, manager).
15.12.1898: Registered at Hull (H438).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 66.63 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
12.6.1919: Sold to Arthur Gouldby, Kessingland.
10.6.1919: Hull registry closed.
12.6.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (LT579).
16.6.1919: Registered owners, Arthur Gouldby (56/64) and Charles Sansom (8/64), both Lowestoft (Arthur Goulby, managing owner).
23.6.1919: Registered owners, Arthur Gouldby (44/64); Charles Sansom (8/64) Betsy Garrood (8/64) and Harriet Prior (4/64), all Lowestoft (Arthur Goulby, managing owner).
26.7.1920: Registered owners, Arthur Gouldby (44/64); Charles Sansom (8/64); Dorothy Garrood (8/64) and Harriet Prior (4/64), all Lowestoft (Arthur Goulby, managing owner).
6.12.1921: Registered owners, Arthur Gouldby (44/64); Charles Sansom (8/64); Dorothy Garrood (8/64) and Harry George Prior (4/64), all Lowestoft (Arthur Goulby, managing owner).
11.4.1922: Registered owners, Arthur Gouldby (44/64); Charles Sansom (8/64); Dorothy Garrood (4/64); Harry George Prior (4/64) and Betsy Garrood (4/64), all Lowestoft (Arthur Goulby, managing owner).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, managing agents).
26.2.1937: Registered owners, Harry Garrood (43/64); Arthur Gouldby 13/64); Dorothy Garrood (4/64) and Betsy Garrood (4/64), all Lowestoft.
5.4.1937: Registered owners, Harry Garrood (43/64); Arthur Gouldby (13/64); Dorothy Garrood (4/64) ; George & Harry James Garrood (4/64 joint). All Lowestoft.
4.1937: Sold to Dutch principals for breaking up.
14.4.1937: Lowestoft registry closed “Sold Dutch for demolition”.

Changelog

31/12/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
04/06/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Don LT276

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Technical

Official Number: 109084
Yard Number: 5
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 168
Net Tonnage: 65
Length: 105.6 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Irvine Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Irvine
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow

History

1898: Launched by Irvine Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Irvine (Yd.No.5) for James Leyman & Co Ltd, Hull as DON.
11.1898: Completed (James Leyman, manager).
24.11.1898: Registered at Hull (H433).
2.1912: Sold to Richard Watson Lewis, Aberdeen (managing owner).
22.2.1912: Hull registry closed.
22.2.1912: Registered at Aberdeen (A443).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 65.11net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
6.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom working vessel (2-3pdrs). Based Scapa.
1.11.1918: Sold to John Hall Richardson, North Shields (managing owner).
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at North Shields.
3.8.1922: Sold to Jack Richardson Ltd, North Shields.
5.8.1922: Sold to Jack Albert Billmeir, London (managing owner).
23.11.1922: Aberdeen registry closed.
24.11.1922: Registered at London (LO553).
1924: Sold to The Reculver Shipping Co Ltd, London (Jack Albert Billmeir, manager).
1924: Sold to Arthur B. Cullen & Daniel Thorpe, Lowestoft (Purchased at auction unseen for £95. The value of coal in her bunkers was higher than the purchase price).
18.2.1926: London registry closed.
19.2.1926: Sold to Henry Thrower (22/64), Lowestoft; Daniel Thorpe (21/64), Oulton Broad; William Edward Bewley (21/64), Lowestoft (William L. Mullender, manager).
19.2.1926: Registered at Lowestoft (LT276).
13.5.1927: Following death of William Edward Bewley 21 shares placed in names of executors, Arthur Gouldby & George Thomas Home, Lowestoft.
19.10.1927: 21 shares registered to Mrs Annie Bewley, Lowestoft.
29.5.1930: Sold to Daniel Thorpe (32/64), Oulton Broad & Mrs Annie Bewley (32/64), Lowestoft (W. L. Mullender, manager).
1930s: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
1.31935: Sold to Frederick Owen Mullender (32/64) & Daniel Thorpe (32/64), Lowestoft.
18.1.1936: Following death of Daniel Thorpe, 32 shares transferred to William Henry Thorpe. Lowestoft.
1936: Sold for breaking up.
8.2.1937: Lowestoft registry closed “Broken up”.

Changelog

14/12/2010: Page published. 2 updates since then.
25/04/2020: Updated information.

S.D/T. Peace Wave LT47 (Seasonal)

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Technical

Official Number: 146456
Yard Number: 767
Completed: 1922
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 35
Length: 85.2 ft
Breadth: 19.1 ft
Depth: 9.0 ft
Engine: (As built) C.2-cyl by International Engine Works, Amherst, Nova Scotia to a Goldie & McCulloch Co Ltd, Galt, Ontario design
Boiler: International Engine Works, Amherst, Nova Scotia
Replacement engine: T.3-cyl by S. Richards & Co Ltd, Lowestoft
Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
(All machinery new 1917 and ex Canadian wooden Admiralty drifter CD.19)

History

14.2.1922: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.767) for John McCann, Hull (Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull) as TELIA.
24.3.1922: Completed.
24.4.1922: Transferred to Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (John McCann & Edward Cartwright, managers).
25.4.1922: Registered at Hull (H477).
17.3.1925: Sold to T. Baskcomb Ltd, Grimsby (Thomas W. Baskcomb, manager).
20.3.1925: Hull registry closed.
23.3.1925: Registered at Grimsby (GY299).
12.3.1929: Grimsby registry closed.
13.3.1929: Sold to William J. Westgate, Lowestoft (managing owner).
5.6.1929: Re engined and boilered by S. Richards & Co Ltd, Lowestoft.
28.6.1929: Registered at Lowestoft as PEACE WAVE (LT47).
1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Padstow, Milford and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
10.2.1932: In heavy weather lost man overboard and drowned.
19.4.1937: W. J. Westgate died.
16.6.1937: Sold to Ernest Edward Butcher & Ernest Herbert Holland, Lowestoft (joint owners).
21.9.1937: Sold to P. W. Watson & Sons Ltd, Lowestoft (Allan H. Watson, manager).
28.10.1937: At Lowestoft (Sk.David J. Knights) landed 271 crans (gross £359) from Smith’s Knoll ground (Sk. David J. Knights), took twelve hours to haul and had to cut away fifteen nets which sank due to weight of fish. Prunier Trophy winner.
7.11.1939: At Bangor Magistrates Court, Sk. David J. Knights was fined £5 with £5 costs for fishing within the three-mile limit off Anglesey.
Pre 1943-1945: Fishing from Fleetwood.
22.7.1943: Typical wartime landing. 52 kits – hake-14, cod/codling-22, haddock-2, whiting-8, flats-1, ling/coley-1, roker-3, dogs-1.
1.10.1943: Sold to Jubilee Fishing Co Ltd, London (Samuel Stewart, manager).
11.1.1945: Change of company address in London.
6.1955: Sold to Jas. de Smedt, Antwerp for breaking up at Boom.
13.7.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for Antwerp in tow of steam drifter LANDBREEZE (LT1296) also sold for breaking up.
14.7.1955: Arrived Boom.
3.8.1955: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Peace Wave LT47

S.D/T. Peace Wave LT47
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog

10/12/2010: Page published. 2 updates since then.
14/06/2016: Minor information update.
31/10/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
11/07/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Impregnable LT1118 (Seasonal)

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Technical

Official Number: 130031
Yard Number: 353
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 108
Net Tonnage: 48
Length: 86.5 ft
Breadth: 18.6 ft
Depth: 8.8 ft
Built: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge

History

1911: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.353) for Edward Catchpole, Kessingland as IMPREGNABLE.
6.1911: Completed (Edward Catchpole managing owner).
23.6.1911: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1118).
31.12.1917: Sold to W. Robbins & Sons Ltd, Lowestoft (Impregnable Fishing Syndicate).
9.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol drifter (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.219).
2.1915: Renamed IMPREST.
9.1916: Renamed IMPERATOR. Based Lowestoft.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (W.Robbins & Sons, Lowestoft) and reverted to IMPREGNABLE (LT1118).
1930s: Seasonal fishing from Padstow and Fleetwood (Bloomfields Ltd, managing agents).
1933: Sold to B. J. W. Robbins, Lowestoft.
12.4.1934: Sold to Harold David Holland & Bertie James William Robbins, Lowestoft (joint owners) (Bertie J. W. Robbens managing owner).
8.1.1935: Sold to P. W. Watson & Sons Ltd & Harold David Holland, Lowestoft (joint owners) (Bertie J. W. Robbins, manager).
19.1.1937: Sold to P. W. Watson & Sons Ltd, Lowestoft (Alan H. Watson, manager).
Pre 1943-1945: Fishing from Fleetwood.
10.7.1943: Typical wartime landing. 208 kits. – hake-181, cod-13, whiting-11, flats-1, roker-2.
31.5.1944: Sold to The Breeze Co (Lowestoft) Ltd (Alan H. Watson, manager).
8.1957: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
11.9.1957: Sailed Lowestoft for Bruges.
12.9.1957: Arrived Bruges.
12.9.1957: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Impregnable LT1118

S.D/T. Impregnable LT1118
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S.D/T. Impregnable LT1118

S.D/T. Impregnable LT1118
Picture courtesy of The Trevor Snowling Collection

Changelog
06/12/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
03/02/2015: Picture added.
11/09/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
21/01/2021: Updated history.

S.D/T. Homocea LT112 (Seasonal)

© Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 137617
Yard Number: 573
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Boiler: John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen

History

1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.573) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as WATERFALL (Ad.No.4132).
16.9.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
1919: Sold to Edward Albert Baker, Gorleston.
10.11.1919: Registered at Yarmouth as HOMOCEA O.N.137617 (YH214). Edward Albert Baker, Gorleston designated managing owner.
23.12.1921: Sold by order of the mortgagees to E. A. Maxteo, Boulogne sur Mer.
1922: Re-measured 107 grt 14n.
3.1.1922: Yarmouth registry closed. Registered at Boulogne as NI TU (B??).
3.1.1922: Sold to A. Alvargonzalez, Gijon. Registered at San Sebastian. Spanish pareja trawling.
12.1929: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
1.1930: Sold to William Barnard, Lowestoft.
1930: Re measured 98grt 41n.
11.1.1930: Registered at Lowestoft as HOMOCEA (LT112). William Barnard, designated managing owner.
1934: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood. Robert S. Hewett, managing agent.
1940-1945: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
10.7.1943: Typical landing. 95 kits – cod-58, whiting-15, flats-7, coley-3, roker-5, gurnard-5, sole & prime-2.
10.11.1943: William Barnard died.
22.6.1944: Under terms of the Will, Mrs Ethel Annie Barnard, Lowestoft became the registered owner. Stephen Smith designated manager. 16.7.1952: Sold to Putford Enterprises Ltd, Paignton.
8.1.1953: Converted by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft, fitted with 300bhp 4 stroke 3-cyl diesel by W. H. Podd Ltd, Lowestoft.
24.3.1953: Successfully completed trials.
17.3.1953: Registered at Lowestoft as STRENUOUS (LT112). John R. Hashim, Walberswick designated manager.
1955: Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood.
5.8.1957: In North Sea 25 miles NEbyE of Smith’s Knoll Light Vessel at 2230 took onboard four crew members of Belgian motor trawler MARCEL (Z330) (83grt/1947) (Sk. A. Ackaert) abandoned leaking when homeward from North Sea grounds; vessel foundered very slowly. After half an hour, survivors transferred to Belgian motor trawler PATRICK (Z149) also homeward for Zeebrugge.
7.1961: Fishing out of Milford. W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven, managing agents (William H. Kerr, manager).
23.1.1962: Last landing at Milford. Laid up.
1963: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Castle Pill, Milford Haven.
2.12.1964: Lowestoft registry closed.

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S.D/T. Homocea LT112

S.D/T. Homocea LT112
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

S.D/T. Homocea LT112
Picture courtesy of The Robert Durrant Collection

S.D/T. Strenuous LT112

M.D/T. Strenuous LT112
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Changelog

30/11/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
26/110/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
29/05/2019: Added an image.
12/01/2021: Updated history.