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S.T. Springwell FD297

Technical

Official Number: 139219
Yard Number: 173
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 286
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 130.3 ft
Breadth: 22.7 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: 80hp T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow

History

1917: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.173) for The Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Hull as SPRINGWELL.
18.5.1917: Registered at Fleetwood (FD297). James W. Armitage, Fleetwood designated manager.
5.1917: Completed. Requisitioned from the builders for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.3341) and later used as a convoy escort. Based Devonport.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull. James W. Armitage, Fleetwood designated manager.
1927: Highest single trip landing at Fleetwood – 1127 10st boxes.
1928: Highest single trip landing – 978 boxes.
15.12.1933: In the Sheriff Court, Stornoway, Sk. Henry Elliot, was fined £100 for illegal trawling and £10 for damaging the long lines of the steam drifter/liner HANDY (SY2).
1933: Highest single trip landing – 982 boxes.
13.12.1934: Arrived Leverburgh, Isle of Harris, with salvage equipment to assist steam trawler DANE (H227) which had been safely refloated after stranding off the Monarch Islands. After transferring gear and labour, loaded fish and sailed for Fleetwood.
15.12.1934: Arrived Fleetwood and landed 140 boxes ex DANE.
4.5.1943: Typical landing, Home Waters. 578 kits – hake-69, cod/coley-4, flats-3, ling/coley-488, roker-5, dogs-3, sole & prime-6.
1950s: Only Fleetwood trawler to regularly fish at Faroes. Michael A. Munby designated manager.
21.1.1959: Owners re-styled Sun Trawlers, Fleetwood.
1959: Sold to Michael A. Munby, Fleetwood (Sun Trawlers, managers).
1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
30.8.1960: Delivered Barrow-in-Furness from Fleetwood under own power.

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S.T. Springwell FD297

S.T. Springwell FD297
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Changelog
27/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
11/04/2017: Removed disputed image.
30/04/2017: Updated information and removed FMHT watermark.
04/08/2021: Updated history.

S.T. Queen Alexandra FD364

Additional information courtesy of Alec Gill

Technical

Official Number: 113614
Yard Number: 292
Completed: 1901
Gross Tonnage: 231
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 121.7 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Depth: 12 ft
Engine: 65nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

20.7.1901: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.292) for Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as QUEEN ALEXANDRA.
24.8.1901: Registered at Hull (H530). George T. Armitage, designated manager.
8.1901: Completed. 9.1905: On an Icelandic trip (Sk. Charles Sutherland): twelve crew all told.
3.10.1905: Storm bound and sheltering in Dyrafjord. From shore purchased half gallon of corn brandy and two bottles of whisky. Later only two men sober, James Jackson, 2nd Eng and James Carlill (27), trimmer.
4.10.1905: There was an altercation in the cabin between Carlill and the mate, William Robinson Harker (38), witnessed by Jackson, which resulted in the mate attempting to eject Carlill from the cabin after he alluded to a previous incident involving threats to him with a spike; Carlill yelled, “It was me, you bastard, and I’ll give it to you yet”. Bosun, Arthur Boughen had also heard an argument over money which ended in death threats. At about midnight, Jackson saw Carlill on deck swinging a two stone lead weight and when Harker appeared at the top of the companion way Carlill struck his head, falling back into the cabin, the weight was dropped on Harker’s head again as he lay on the deck.
5.10.1905: Amazingly Harker survived the attack and went to his bunk.
8.10.1905: Harker appeared for breakfast, complained of a headache and decided to go back to bed.
6.10.1905: Cook, John Smith went to check on the mate and found him dead in his bunk. Skipper set course for home.
11.10.1905: Arrived St. Andrew’s Dock and reported incident to the police; Carlill taken into custody.
30.10.1905: On an Icelandic trip, arrested by Danish fishery cruiser HEKLA for alleged illegal fishing.
3.11.1905; At Reykjavik the skipper was fined 1,500 kroner with catch and gear confiscated.
11.1905: Case against James Carlill was heard at York Assizes, Justice Darling presiding, and in less than fifteen minutes the jury found Carlill guilty of “wilful murder”. The date for execution was set for 19 December at Hull prison. Despite clear guilt, a petition was started to prevent Carlill’s hanging and this attracted 64,000 signatures. The petition was presented to the Home Secretary, Herbert Gladstone, and the sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 93.00 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
1914: Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood. George T. Armitage, Hull designated manager.
16.10.1916: Sank the Douglas registered smack SUNBEAM (95317) (48n/1888) in collision SE of NW Boulders Buoy, Morecambe Bay.
3.1917: At Fleetwood defensively armed, fitted with Hotchkiss 6pdr gun (No.1234)(ex PHOEBE); complement increased by two gunners.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
7.1.1920: Sold to Thomas H. Smith, Fleetwood.
15.1.1920: Hull registry closed.
16.1.1920: Registered at Fleetwood (FD364).
1923: Sold to The Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. James W. Armitage designated manager.
1927: Sold to Mason Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood. Thomas Cardwell designated manager.
14.9.1940: Requisitioned for war service subject to survey.
16.9.1940: Returned to owner. Robert H. Bagshaw designated manager.
1943: Working Home Waters & Faroe grounds.
30.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 257 kits – hake-100, cod/codling-23, haddock-10, whiting-85, flats-12, ling/coley-27.
14.7.1943: Typical landing, Faroe. 740 kits – cod/codling-250, haddock-40, flats-20, ling/coley-430.
28.4.1951: In moderate weather, stranded 2 miles S of Carraig Mhor Light, Sound of Islay; Islay lifeboat stood by. Refloated.
8.1952: Fishing off Isle of Man had net carried away by RN submarine. No damage to trawler or submarine.
5.8.1952: Last landing at Fleetwood.
8.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
11.9.1952: Delivered Barrow from Fleetwood under own power.
9.1952: Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Queen Alexandra FD364

S.T. Queen Alexandra FD364
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S.T. Queen Alexandra FD364

S.T. Queen Alexandra FD364
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Changelog
26/01/2009: Page published. 4 revisions since then.
10/01/2015: Corrected code mistake that prevented the page from rendering correctly.
10/05/2018: Updated information and removed FMHT watermarks from images.

S.T. Hackness FD120

Technical

Official Number: 163952
Yard Number: 1128
Completed: 1934
Gross Tonnage: 413
Net Tonnage: 162
Length: 152.8 ft
Breadth: 25.6 ft
Depth: 13.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

22.9.1934: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1128) for W. B. Wiley & Sons Ltd, Hull as MENDIP.
7.11.1934: Registered at Hull (H114).
8.11.1934: Completed (William H. Willey Jnr, manager).
10.11.1934: Sailed Hull on first trip to Bear Island (Sk. Dahlgreen(?)).
4.12.1934: At Hull landed 1,650 kits grossed £697.
18.07.1938: Sold to Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd Hull for £14,650.(1938 W B Willey fleet bought by Hudson Brothers).
14.11.1938: Sold to East Riding Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
25.7.1939: Insured value £21,000.
31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service.
11.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (MOWT) (£23,505). Fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler (1-4”, AA weapons, ASDIC, DC) (P.No.FY.249). Based Harwich with 11th A/S Group.
9.12.1939: Hull registry closed.
9. 2.1940: Renamed HMS SPHENE.
20.10.1945: A Control Committee was formed to manage Hull and Grimsby trawlers which had been bought by the Admiralty pre war and were being offered for sale back to their original owners. The owners who bought back these vessels and wanted to take part in the scheme agreed to register the trawlers under the Hull Ice Co. Ltd and profits were shared. Management of the trawlers was given to the companies which had bought them.
1946: After restoration remeasured 413g 162n.
1946: Sold to Hull Ice Co Ltd, Hull (Charles D. Hudson, manager). Restored at North Shields and classed for trawling.
9.2.1946: Registered at Hull as MENDIP (H202).
16.11.1946: Sold to Charleson-Smith Trawlers Ltd, Hull (20/-).
18.12.1946: Registered at Hull as STELLA DORADO (H202).
25.3.1948: Sold to Partnership (Hull) Ltd, Hull (Kenneth Percival, manager).
22.7.1948: Registered at Hull as HACKNESS (H202).
4.11.1948: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
22.5.1954: Sailed Hull for Iceland last trip before sale (Sk. H. Blaxton).
10.6.1954: At Hull landed 1,657 kits grossed £4,444.
22.6.1954: Sold to Fern Leaf Co Ltd, Fleetwood (William Newton, manager).
16.2.1955: Hull registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD120).
12.11.1958: Fishing off Latrabjarg, Iceland, ordered by Icelandic coastguard THOR to stop, HMS RUSSELL (P.No.F97) intervened and escorted outside 12 mile fishing limit.
1958: Sold to Alvis Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Newton & Sons Ltd, managers).
1.1.1959: Sold to The Sun Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (M. A. Munby, manager).
24.7.1959: Sold to Jacques Bakker & Zonen, Bruges for for breaking up.
27.7.1959: Arrived Bruges from Fleetwood under own power. Fleetwood registry closed.

Note: Was never AVANTURINE all authors copied from one error. Ad Folio MT65-467 is quite clear in names and ownership.

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S.T. Hackness FD120

S.T. Hackness FD120
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S.T. Mendip H114

S.T. Mendip H114
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S.T. Hackness H202

S.T. Hackness H202
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S.T. Hackness H202

S.T. Hackness H202
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Changelog
25/01/2009: Page published.
17/08/2014: Picture added.
25/04/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
22/12/2020: Updated history.

S.T. Rudyard Kipling FD33

Technical

Official Number: 144068
Yard Number: 686
Completed: 1921
Gross Tonnage: 333
Net Tonnage: 140
Length: 138.8 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.9 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

11.11.1920: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.686) for Newington Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as RUDYARD KIPLING.
21.1.1921: Completed (John Work, manager).
4.2.1921: Registered at Hull (Part I & IV) as RUDYARD KIPLING O.N.144068 (H247).
28.1.1930: The President of the German Reich awarded Sk. F.V.H. Hahn, P. Dunbar, Mate and F. Doncaster, Ch. Eng, J.H. Twiddle, 2nd Eng two gold watches, two binocular glasses and in addition monetary awards for the crew. These awards are in recognition of the services rendered to the German steam trawler JOHS THODE which stranded on the Murman Coast in January 1929.
3.12.1921: Francis Schofield (29) died as a result of accident aboard; buried in Iceland.
12.4.1934: Sailed Hull for Iceland last trip before sale (Sk. A. Smith).
1.5.1934: At Hull landed 1,722 kits grossed £719.
16.5.1934: Sold to The Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Michael A. Munby, manager).
5.10.1936: Hull registry closed.
16.10.1936: Registered at Fleetwood (FD33).
9.1939: On a trip to the Donegal ground (Sk. Charles Robinson); twelve crew.
16.9.1939: Stopped by U-boat (U.27) about 100 miles off Co. Donegal coast. Sunk by explosive charges at 15.53 in position 53°50N/11°10W after crew ordered onto submarine; towed boat towards Irish coast.
17.9.1939: Crew set adrift in early hours, 5 miles off Donegal coast and landed later in Killybegs*. Search carried out by destroyers from Scapa Flow based 6th Destroyer Flotilla, H M Ships MATABELE (P.No.F26) (Cdr G K Whitmy Smith RN) and SOMALI (P.No.F33) (Lt Cdr Nicholson RN) and with aircraft.
29.9.1939: Fleetwood registry closed.

Crew * (all Fleetwood unless stated) – Sk. Charles Robinson; John Smith, Mate; H. Spencer, Bosun; C. H. Ashworth, Ch Eng; R. Clark, 2nd Eng; C. Shorrock, Blackpool, H. Ellerby, H. Mayer & G. Harrison, deckhands; L. A. Taylor & A. J. Willoughby, firemen; F. A. Irvine, Carleton, cook).

Note – On 20.9.1939 U.27 was found by destroyers from Scapa Flow based 8th Destroyer Flotilla, H M Ships FORTUNE (P.No.H70) (Cdr E. A. Gibbs RN) and FORESTER (P.No.H74) (Lt Cdr E. B. Tancock RN), attacked with depth charges and sunk in position 58 35N 09 02W. All thirty-eight crew taken prisoner.

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S.T. Rudyard Kipling H247

S.T. Rudyard Kipling H247
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S.T. Rudyard Kipling FD33

S.T. Rudyard Kipling FD33
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Crew of Rudyard Kipling

Crew of Rudyard Kipling
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Changelog
24/01/2209: Page published. 7 revisions since then.
24/09/2014: Second picture added.
11/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
26/07/2021: Updated history.
04/08/2022: Added an image.

S.T. Osta FD106

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 139201
Yard Number: 412
Completed: 1915
Gross Tonnage: 230
Net Tonnage: 90
Length: 123.8 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 11.8 ft
Built: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen
Engine: T.3-cyl by Lidgerwood Ltd, Coatbridge

History

1915: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd. No.412) for The New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood as OSTA.
5.1915: Completed. Joseph A. Taylor & Ernest Tomlinson designated managers.
31.5.1915: Registered at Fleetwood (FD106).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out for minelaying (1-6pdr HA)(Ad.No.1591).
1917: Fitted out as a minesweeper. Based Milford Haven.
12.3.1919: Waiting instructions whether required for Post-War Service (SS).
1920: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
1924: William W. Brierley designated manager.
29.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.737) (Hire rate £63.5.0d/month).
1940: Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
8.1943: Employed as a barrage balloon towing vessel.
11.1944: Returned to owner.
29.6.1956: Boston Deep Sea Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood took over The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd.
27.7.1956: Sold to Fern Leaf Co Ltd, Fleetwood. William Newton designated manager.
1957: Hewett Vessels Management Ltd managers.
28.5.1959: Transferred to Sun Trawlers, Fleetwood (Hewett Vessels Management Ltd, managers).
27.6.1960: Last landing at Fleetwood, 13 days £946 gross. Laid up.
9.1960: Sold to Hammond Lane Foundry Ltd, Dublin for breaking up.
25.10.1960: Sailed Fleetwood for Dublin under own power.
1961: Breaking up completed.

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S.T. Osta FD106

S.T. Osta FD106
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S.T. Osta FD106

S.T. Osta FD106
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Changelog
19/01/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
18/09/2020: History updated.