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S.T. Keyes LT580

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3641
Official Number: 139341
Yard Number: 631
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 203
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl by W. H. Allen, Son & Co Ltd, Bedford

History

30.4.1918: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.631) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as TIMOTHY BRANNON (Ad.No.3641).
31.5.1918: Completed (1-12pdr HA, hydrophone and W/T).
4.1919: Sold to Leonard C. Cockrell, Wivenhoe.
27.6.1919: Registered at Hull as KEYES (H66). Leonard C. Cockrell desiganted managing owner.
9.1919: Sold to Vanessa Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft.
5.9.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (LT580). Leonard C. Cockrell designated manager.
17.9.1919: Hull registry closed.
1923: Sold to Arthur S. Bowlby, Harlow, Essex. Edward D. W. Lawford, Milford Haven, designated manager.
11.1925: At Aran District Court, Co. Galway, Sk. John W. Setterfield was fined for fishing within the prohibited area and not displaying lights. Also in court were the skippers of PHINEAS BEARD (LO283) and CALDY (M198). Total fines £350.
10.1930: Transferred to Fleetwood when Edward D. W. Lawford moved his vessels to the port.
1932: Laid up at Fleetwood.
9.1932: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes designated manager.
10.1932: Sold to William Buchan, Aberdeen.
4.11.1932: Lowestoft registry closed.
13.11.1932: Registered at Aberdeen (A215).
14.12.1932: Registered at Aberdeen as BUCHANS (A215). William Buchan designated managing owner.
14.9.1939: Sold to David Buchan, Aberdeen.
23.7.1956: Sold to The River Ness Fishing Co (1955) Ltd, Aberdeen.
5.11.1956: Sold to Nigg Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. William Brebner designated manager.
1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for breaking up.
28.6.1960: Arrived Granton from Aberdeen under own power.
7.2.1961: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

Timothy Brannon, Quartergunner (prest). age 29, b. Wicklow, Co. Wicklow – VICTORY (SB360)

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
18/03/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. John Callaghan FD396

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3707
Official Number: 144329
Yard Number: 277
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 205
Net Tonnage: 82
Length: 115.3 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl by Ross & Duncan, Glasgow
Built: Murdoch & Murray Ltd, Port Glasgow

History

7.10.1917: Launched by Murdoch & Murray Ltd, Port Glasgow (Yd.No.277) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN CALLAGHAN (Ad.No.3707).
21.12.1917: Completed (1-12pdr).
1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
14.1.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as JOHN CALLAGHAN O.N.144329).
27.3.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO343).
4.1920: At HM Dockyard, Pembroke fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Milford.
13.8.1920: Minesweepers’ Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
1921: Sold to Joseph A. Marr, Fleetwood.
26.11.1921: London registry closed.
29.11.1921: Registered at Fleetwood (FD396).
5.6.1922: Sk. William James Wood fined £40 at Campbeltown for engaging in otter trawling within the prohibited limit in the Firth of Clyde.
1922: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
4.1928: Sold to Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Thomas Walker, manager).
2.5.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
15.5.1928: Registered at Aberdeen (A353).
8.6.1928: Renamed STAR OF LIBERTY (A353) (BoT Minute No.RG1204/1928 dated 15.5.1928).
5.9.1940: Requisitioned for war service on examination service (Hire rate £59.15.0d/month).
1.1946: Returned to owner.
30.12.1946: Sold to John William Johnstone, Aberdeen.
11.1947: Registered at Aberdeen as STRATHDEE (A353) (MoT Minute No. RG1512/1947 dated 27.11.1947).
13.12.1958: Sold to Peter & J. Johnstone Ltd, Aberdeen.
1960: Sold to BISCO (£2300) and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for breaking up at Charlestown, Fife (Contract No.70E).
9.5.1960: Delivered Charlestown from Aberdeen under own power.
15.11.1960: Breaking up commenced.
21.3.1961: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

(John Callaghan, OS (prest), age 21, b. Bengal, India – VICTORY (SB308))

Changelog
24/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
23/02/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Inverneill A474

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3628
Official Number: 143910
Yard Number: 618
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 215.81
Net Tonnage: 93.28
Length: 115.4 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

13.9.1917: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.618) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as SAMUEL BARKAS (Ad.No.3628).
26.10.1917: Completed (1-12pdr HA).
2.12.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as SAMUEL BARKAS O.N.143910.
1.1920: Sold to Alfred Rainbow (22/64), William Rainbow (22/64), Milford Haven; Harry Eastoe Rees (21/64) & Frank Berry Rees (21/64), Swansea.
30.1.1920: Registered at Milford (M84). Alfred Rainbow designated managing owner.
16.3.1920: Sold to Rainbow Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Milford Haven. Harry E. Rees designated manager.
28.5.1921: Arrived Dartmouth.
29.5.1921: Sailed Dartmouth for Channel fishing grounds.
11.1925: Sold to David Dryburgh, Leith.
6.7.1926: Milford registry closed.
8.7.1926: Registered at Granton (GN69). Robert Bell Jnr designated manager.
9.7.1926: Registered at Granton as INVERNEILL (GN69).
27.2.1929: In dense fog stranded near Dunbar. Refloated with assistance of Leith tug EARL of POWIS (116grt/1882) and returned to Granton.
Pre 1935: Planet Fishing Co Ltd, designated managers.
1937: Sold to Robert Baxter, Aberdeen.
21.3.1938: On arrival at Aberdeen reported that on 19th when fishing some 80 miles from the Out Skerries, Shetland the ship was struck by lightning. The mate had a miraculous escape as just before the lightening struck he stepped into the galley for a cigarette and thus avoided being injured by the falling aerial. The wireless apparatus damaged and the compass also affected.
5.1938: Granton registry closed.
20.5.1938: Registered at Aberdeen (A474). Robert Baxter designated managing owner.
26.12.1940: Sold to Bunch Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby. Herbert G. Crampin, designated manager.
1940: Directed to Fleetwood under wartime control.
3.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 193 kits – hake-35, cod/codling-1, flats-6, ling/coley-140, roker-4, dogs-4, sole & prime-3.
11.12.1946: Sold to Camperdown Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. John Walker designated manager.
1956: Sold to BISCO (£3850) and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for breaking up at Charlestown, Fife (Contract No.13E).
29.11.1956: Delivered Charlestown from Aberdeen under own power.
12.1956: Breaking up commenced.
28.6.1957: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

(Samuel Barkas, Landsman (Volunteer), b. Lancaster, Lancashire, age 23 – VICTORY (SB185))

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S.T. Inverneil A474

S.T. Inverneil A474
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

24/12/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
28/04/2017: Image added.
24/04/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image and updated information.
29/01/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Ethel Crawford FD404

Additional information courtesy of Douglas Paterson and Andy Hall

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4229
Official Number: 143257
Yard Number: 275
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 200
Net Tonnage: 97
Length: 115.8 ft
Breadth: 22.2 ft
Depth: 12.2 ft
Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl by W. H. Allen, Son & Co Ltd, Bedford
Built: Scott & Sons Ltd, Bowling

History
20.3.1919: Launched by Scott & Sons Ltd, Bowling (Yd.No.275) (“Strath” class) for The Admiralty as JOHN LANGSHAW (Ad.No.4229).
25.4.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
5.1919: Sold to Richard Wardell Crawford, Scarborough.
13.5.1919: Registered at Scarborough Part I & IV as ETHEL CRAWFORD. Official No.143257 (SH75). Richard Wardell Crawford designated managing owner.
21.11.1919: Sold to The Robin Hood Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Scarborough. Richard W. Crawford designated manager.
22.7.1920: Sold to Herbert Ford, Birmingham. Arthur G. Stietes, Liverpool designated manager.
22.12.1921: Sold to The Ethel Crawford Steam Fishing Co Ltd (Louis Cohen), Fleetwood
1.3.1922: Scarborough registry closed.
4.3.1922: Registered at Fleetwood (FD404). Jules H. Nierinck, Blackpool designated manager.
1924: Sold to Richard Watson Lewis, Pitfodels, Aberdeen.
18.9.1924: Fleetwood registry closed.
24.9.1924: Registered at Aberdeen (A36). Richard Watson Lewis designated managing owner.
24.6.1926: At Aberdeen Sheriff Court, James G. Bruce, fireman was charged with willfully disobeying the lawful command of the skipper to join the vessel. The accused’s wife appeared and tendered a plea of guilty on his behalf. Fined two days wages (19s) with £1.8.4d expenses. John Mair, deckhand pleaded guilty to a similar offence. Plea of guilty tendered by his mother and a similar penalty imposed.
22.3.1930: Outward for Shetland fishing grounds having coaled at a Forth port, stranded on rocks off May Island; bottom damage and crew taken off by m.f.v. WINEWAY (KY279).
26.3.1930: Refloated with Leith tug EARL OF POWIS (116grt/1882) connected and delivered Anstruther.
15.12.1932: Sold to North Eastern Fisheries Ltd, Aberdeen. Sir Andrew Lewis designated manager.
31.10.1937: When lying alongside at Point Law, Aberdeen, a watchman saw flames coming from her port side. Fire brigade attended and found the outbreak had occurred in the coal bunkers. After two and a half hours fire extinguished and pumping began of the 4ft of water in the engineroom. The fire master and his deputy were down below when there was a sudden blue flash and a loud explosion, the two men feeling the blast. The wheelhouse door was blown to pieces and it was believed that the explosion was a result of gas accumulation under the deck. The damage repair amounted to £200.
9.2.1940: Sold to George Gallie Paton, Glasgow. George G. Paton designated managing owner.
23.4.1942: George Gallie Paton died.
22.7.1942: Ownership passed to Margaret Munro Crawford or Paton, John Grant, Glasgow and John Munro Crawford, Giffnock. Walter K. Paton Ltd, Glasgow, designated managers.
17.9.1942: Sold to Ardrossan Trawling Co Ltd, Ardrossan. Walter K. Paton Ltd, Glasgow designated managers.
20.4.1945: Foundered in Firth of Clyde off Ailsa Craig at about 9.00pm in position 55.13N 05.14W, after encountering a magnetic mine laid by U-Boat (probably U.218 laid on 18.4.1945); all ten crew MPK*.
30.4.1945: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel blew up while fishing …”.

(John Langshaw (aka Langshawe), OS, age 21, b. Liverpool – VICTORY (SB892))

(MPK* Skipper Arthur M. Scales (53), Edinburgh; William Bowman (56), Edinburgh, Mate; Roy H. C. Wright (27), Newhaven, 2nd fisherman; James W. Geddes (46), Chief Eng, Edinburgh; Thomas Drysdale (57), 2nd Eng.; Thomas T. Ritchie (53), Leith, deckhand; Thomas Shanley (44), Edinburgh, deckhand; Robert Ewing (52), Ayr, cook; Alexander S. Shields (38), Newhaven, fireman and John J. Henry (27), Leith, trimmer.)

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Ethel Crawford Memorial

Ethel Crawford Memorial
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
8/12/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
21/07/2017: Information updated.
22/07/2020: Updated information and added an image.