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S.T. Princess Louise FD365

Stranding information courtesy of Laurence H Dettman

Technical

Official Number: 121084
Yard Number: 83
Completed: 1905
Gross Tonnage: 289.30
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 133.3 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Engine: 70nhp T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

31.8.1905: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd.No.83) for Armitage’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as PRINCESS LOUISE.
19.10.1905: Registered at Hull (H837). George Thomas Armitage designated manager.
10.1905: Completed.
27.1.1909: In thick fog in the Humber estuary in collision with Hull steamer WHITNY ABBEY (1183grt/1908) and both vessels damaged.
15.11.1913: Sailed Hull for White Sea grounds off the coast of Lapland (Sk. Hermann Dettman) (2nd hand George Henry Batty); twelve crew total.
23.12.1913: Left fishing grounds off Sem Islands for home picking up a Norway coast pilot at Honningsvåg.
25.12.1913: Called Gibostad to obtain medical assistance for the skipper suffering from an acute bowel disorder.
27.12.1913: Arrived Lødingen and dropped pilot setting course for Vest Fjord. When in vicinity of Lødingen Light shortly after 4.30am. the skipper was again indisposed and had to leave the wheelhouse telling the second hand the course to steer. On his return there was an exchange concerning the course and shortly afterwards the vessel struck heavily amidships and again aft and heeled to starboard and came fast. Endeavoured to free the vessel by working the engine but ingress of water into the stokehold was rapid; fires were drawn. Crew abandoned and vessel settled by the stern. Picked up by Norwegian coastal steamer and landed at Svolvaer. Skipper and Chief Engineer proceeded to Lødingen and took passage in the salvage steamer that was to attend the wreck. which was lying in 10fms to the west of Root Var with some chance of salvage. Crew returned to Hull via Bergen.
6.3.1914: Hull registry closed “Vessel lost”. *
30.9.1914: Having been salved and returned to Hull, repaired and re-registered at Hull (H140).
3.11.1914: Returned to service and transferred to fish out of Fleetwood. George T. Armitage, Hull designated manager.
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.1176). 14.5.1915: Registered at Hull as Princess Louis II (H140). Based Milford Haven.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
1.1920: Sold to Thomas Herbert Smith, Fleetwood. Thomas Herbert Smith designated managing owner.
15.1.1920: Hull registry closed.
16.1.1920: Registered at Fleetwood (FD365).
11.2.1920: Sale to John Gallen, Donegal, Co, Donegal not concluded.
2.6.1921: Sold to James William Armitage, Fleetwood. James William Armitage designated managing owner.
1.4.1922: Sold to The Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood James W. Armitage designated manager.
1926: Sold to Cie Belge de Pecheries Maritimes, Ostend.
5.8.1926: Fleetwood registry closed.
1926: Re measured (Belgian Rules) 277g 100n 133.6 feet.
3.1926: Registered at Ostend as PASTOOR PYPE (O176).
1929: Sold to Dewsland Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
11.1929: Ostend registry closed.
1929: Re measured (BoT) 289.30g 115.15n 133.6 feet.
18.11.1929: Registered at Fleetwood (FD58). William A. Stonebanks designated manager.
28.11.1929: Registered at Fleetwood as DANELAND (FD58).
1935: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Joseph A. Marr designated manager.
8.2.1935: Mortgaged to William Deacons Bank Ltd, London.
5.1.1937: Arrived Fleetwood under own power having been ashore at Tobermory for a fortnight.
Pre 8.1938: Laid up at Fleetwood.
6.4.1941: Sunk by German aircraft 30 miles N by 1/2 W of Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim; twelve crew rescued.
6.6.1941: Fleetwood registry closed “Sunk by enemy aircraft 6/4/41”.

Note* – Following BoT Inquiry at Hull the findings were published on 24.3.1914 concluding that;
“The stranding of, and serious damage to, the steam trawler PRINCESS LOUISE was caused by the wrongful act and default of the skipper and of the second hand. As the skipper on the early morning in question was suffering from very severe indisposition, as he bears an exceptionally good character and as he gave his evidence with absolute straightforwardness the Court suspends his ticket (No.6483) for three months only from the date hereof. The Court suspends the certificate (No.10696) of the second hand, who in his evidence displayed both ignorance and indifference and did not adequately assist the skipper, at a time when he most needed it, for a like period.”
BOT Stranding Report

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S.T. Daneland FD58

S.T. Daneland FD58
Picture courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection

S.T. Princess Louise H837

S.T. Princess Louise H837
Picture courtesy of the James Cullen Collection

Changelog
12/04/2014: Picture added.
08/10/2014: Picture added.
21/09/2015: Stranding information added.
04/11/2015: Posted BOT stranding report.
19/03/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
15/07/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Philip Godby FD405

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Milford Trawlers

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3783
Official Number: 143785
Yard Number: 404
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 209
Net Tonnage: 126
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

24.9.1918: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.404) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as PHILIP GODBY (Ad.No.3783).
1919: Sold to Henry Smethurst (64/64), Grimsby
6.5.1919: Completed.
15.5.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY309).
9.5.1919: John Wintringham Smethurst appointed manager.
2.7.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to the London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
9.2.1920: Mortgage (A) discharged.
9.2.1920: Sold to The Derby Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64/64), Bootle, Liverpool.
12.5.1920: Charles W. Pickering, Fleetwood appointed manager.
6.3.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London County, Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd (B).
18.10.1921: Mortgage (B) discharged.
24.10.1921: The Derby Steam Trawling Co Ltd in liquidation sold to Harry Pennington & Thomas George McKay, Bootle (joint owners).
26.10.1921: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
4.11.1921: Jules Nierinck appointed manager.
17.12.1921: Mortgage (C) discharged.
19.12.1921: Sold to The Godby Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
21.12.1921; Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to The London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (D).
5.1.1922: Jules Nierinck appointed manager. 25.3.1922: Grimsby registry closed.
29.3.1922: Registered at Fleetwood (FD405).
17.9.1924: At Oban (Sk. W. Hargreaves) picked up doctor and landed him at St. Kilda to treat pneumonia outbreak.
11.12.1924: Sold to Neva Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (William W. Brierley, manager).
10.2.1925: Registered at Fleetwood as CISNELL (FD405).
3.1928: Sold to Thomas Jenkerson, Milford Haven (Jenkerson & Jones Ltd).
6.3.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.3.1928: Registered at London (LO122).
29.3.1928: Registered at London as TOGIMO (LO122).
1938: Sold to Jenkerson & Jones Ltd, Milford Haven (Thomas Jenkerson, manager).
2.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service and appointed for minesweeping duties (Hire rate £90.12.6d/month).
13.11.1939: Returned to owner.
1.3.1940: Sailed Milford for fishing grounds (Sk. James Gale DSC); twelve crew.
11.2.1940: Off West coast of Ireland about 70 miles from the Fastnet, at 4.00 a.m. hauled and owing to damage prepared to change gear from one side of the ship to the other. At 5.00 a.m. ready to shoot trawl, shelled by U-boat (U.37), doused lights and tried to escape, but hit in chart room and ablaze. Crew abandoned in boat and trawler sunk by gunfire in approx position 50°40N/11°02W, one crewman killed (James Price (18), Co. Kildare, fireman). Boat in way of shell fall and Ch.Eng injured.
12.2.1940: After twenty-eight hours in the boat and with three badly injured men, all eleven picked up by Spanish steamer MONTE NAVAJO (5754grt/1920).
13.2.1940: Landed at Queenstown, Co.Cork.
17.2.1940: Crew returned to Milford.
1.3.1940: London registry closed “Sunk by enemy action”.

(Philip Godby , AB, age 43, b. Cricklade, Wiltshire – VICTORY (SB939))

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S.T. Philip Godby LO122

S.T. Philip Godby LO122
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
09/07/2017: Image added.

S.T. Orphesia FD119

Technical

Official Number: 124690
Yard Number: 98
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 273.41
Net Tonnage: 98.34
Length: 130.0 ft
Breadth: 23.1 ft
Depth: 12.0 ft
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Boiler: Robert Stephenson & Co, Hebburn-on-Tyne

History

13.4.1907: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.98) for Staretta Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood as ORPHESIA.
5.1907: Completed.
5.6.1907: Registered at Fleetwood (FD119).
5.6.1907: John Richard Blezard designated manager.
8.6.1907: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
29.4.1909: George Sutcliffe designated manager.
1.10.1909: John Nixon Ward designated manager.
6.5.1912: Magnus B. J. Wedum designated manager.
23.10.1913: Mortgage (A) discharged.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 105.68net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
30.4.1914: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (B).
27.12.1914: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.956).
27.12.1914: Commissioned at Fleetwood.
12.1.1915: Arrived Devonport. Fitted with WT (Call sign YFQ), Hotchkiss 6pdr and mine-sweep.
10.2.1915: Allocated Unit 62 – No.2 patrol based Falmouth (Lieut. J. A. Cowle RNR).
30.3.1915: Re-appointed Unit No.62 – Section B based Falmouth (Lieut. J. A. Cowle RNR).
26.11.1915: Sailed for Mediterranean.
1.1.1916: Based Malta with Unit 133 – patrol & escort duties.
22.7.1917: Sailed Alexandria with convoy, struck submerged wreck at 3.50 pm. and foundered at 6.00 pm.
4.10.1917: Fleetwood registry closed “Vessel lost 22nd July 1917 whilst on Admiralty service”.

Changelog
03/01/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
08/07/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Northern Rover LO164

Technical

Official Number: 165344
Yard Number: 553
Completed: 1936
Gross Tonnage: 655
Net Tonnage: 254
Length: 188.1 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 15.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl & LP turbine with DR gearing & hydraulic coupling by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde.
Built: Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde

History

1936: Ordered by Leverhulme Ltd, London to absorb frozen credits in Germany.
6.1936: Completed by Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde (Yd.No.553) for MacLine Ltd, London (Leverhulme Ltd) as NORTHERN ROVER.
2.11.1936: Registered at London (LO164). Operating out of Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
25.11.1936: First landing at Fleetwood, 1800 boxes grossed £572.
15.9.1957: Last landing at Fleetwood, 750 boxes grossed £422.
9.10.1937: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager). Transferred to Grimsby (H. Markham Cook, manager).
27.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out for patrol duties (P.No.4.58) (Hire rate £425.15.0d/month).
30.10.1939: Patrolling in the Fair Isle Channel (Lieut. M. H. Macpherson RN), twenty-six crew. At 23.35 when some 100 miles W of Sumburgh Head torpedoed by U-boat (U59) and foundered with loss of all crew *.
5.11.1939: The Admiralty announced that the vessel was overdue and must be presumed lost; next of kin informed.
2.2.1940: London registry closed.

(* MPK: Lieut Martin H. Macpherson RN; Actg Sub Lieut George B. Grey RNR; Temp Sub Lieut Geoffrey A. R. Darlow RNVR; Temp Lieut Albert E. White RNVR; Arthur F. Ethell, Ch. Eng; Robert Mackenzie, 1st Assist Eng; Joseph Wood, 2nd Assist Eng; Robert McDowell, Ch Steward; John Storr, P.O. Seaman; John W. Barnes, Ldg Seaman; Archibald J. Cairns, John G. F. Cargill, Thomas K. Cook, Harry Dodd, Percy Moore, Angus Paterson, George H. Pavey, William C. Penton, Kenneth Reddin, and Reginald H. Reynolds, Seamen; Leonard H. Stone, Signalman; Roger E. Thacker Telegraphist; Harold W. Baker, James H. Barton, Walter R. McDougall and Edward Wright, Firemen; John McLennan, Officers’ Steward.)

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S.T. Northern Rover LO164

S.T. Northern Rover LO164
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog
01/01/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
14/06/2016: Minor information update.
26/10/2017: Removed FMHT watermark.

S.T. Northern Princess LO170

Technical

Official Number: 165375
Yard Number: 568
Completed: June 1936
Gross Tonnage: 655
Net Tonnage: 254
Length: 188.1 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 15.5 ft
Built: Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde
Engine: T.3-cyl & LP turbine with DR gearing & hydraulic coupling by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde.

History

1936: Ordered by Leverhulme Ltd, London to absorb frozen credits in Germany.
6.1936: Completed by Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde (Yd.No.568) for MacLine Ltd, London (Leverhulme Ltd) as NORTHERN PRINCESS.
9.12.1936: Registered at London (LO170). Operating out of Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
06.01.1937: First landing at Fleetwood. landed 1,830 boxes grossed £1,180.
3.1937: Transferred to Hull (Boyd Line Ltd, managers).
24.3.1937: Sailed Hull for Bear Island grounds (Sk. J. Gibbs).
15.4.1937: At Hull landed 1,677 kits grossed £550.
14.9.1937: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds last trip before sale (Sk. A. Meacock).
2.10.1937: At Hull landed 1,212 kits grossed £737.
9.10.1937: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (H. Markham Cook, Grimsby, manager).
1.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (P.No.4.06) (Hire rate £425.15.0d/month).
1942: Fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler.
2.1942: Transferred on loan to US Navy.
7.3.1942: On passage Londonderry to USA (Lt. Dryden B Phillipson RNR) in thick fog off the Grand Banks (Newfoundland). Last seen at 2043 in position 45.22N 55.59W.
8.3.1942: Torpedoed by U-boat (U.587); no wreckage, no survivors from crew of thirty-eight.
8.5.1942: London registry closed.

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S.T. Northern Princess LO170

S.T. Northern Princess LO170
Picture courtesy of the James Cullen Collection

Changelog
01/01/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
25/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
28/08/2024: Updated information.