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S.T. Barbara Robertson FD50

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4244
Official Number: 139350
Yard Number: 887
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 324
Net Tonnage: 148
Length: 138.3 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

20.12.1918: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.887) (“Mersey” class) for The Admiralty as JAMES McDONALD (Ad.No.4244).
5.2.1919: Forms for tender to purchase received by the Admiralty.
3.1919: Sold to Jutland Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Edward Cargill, manager).
9.9.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
16.9.1919: Registered at Hull (H80). Official No.139350.
20.10.1919: Registered at Hull as GRAND FLEET (H80).
29.5.1920: Sold to Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull (Edward Cargill, manager).
30.3.1929: Sold to The Crampin Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
5.4.1929: Hull registry closed.
6.4.1929: Registered at Grimsby (GY44).
6.4.1929: Herbert George Crampin, Cleethorpes appointed manager. Fitted for lining to pursue the Greenland halibut fishery.
3.1938: Sold to C. R. Mauritzen, Newbridge, Midlothian.
28.4.1938: Grimsby registry closed. Transferred to Danish flag.
5.10.1938: Arrived Leith from Spitsbergen having fished the summer season in Arctic waters. Landed salt fish.
21.10.1938: Registered at Leith (LH216).
29.3.1939: Registered at Leith as BARBARA ROBERTSON (LH216) (BoT Minute M/RG1114/39).
26.8.1939: Leith registry closed.
8.9.1939: Registered at Fleetwood (FD50).
17.9.1939: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
8.1939: Armed trawler under T124 Articles fitted with 12pdr gun.
9.12.1939: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds (Sk. A. E. Hall); eighteen crew. Outward in convoy with ADAM (FD65), CHILTERN (H660) and FORCE (FD100).
12.1939: In Seydia Fjord, Gunner Goodison put ashore ill.
28.12.1939: Homeward to Hull from Icelandic grounds. At about 2.10 am when 35 miles NW of the Butt of Lewis on a S by E heading, shelled by U-boat (U.30); abandoned vessel in boat but one man left behind (George E. Clark). At about 4.00 am trawler sunk by gunfire in position 58.54N 6.30W and after 14 hours in boat, sixteen survivors picked up by HMS ISIS (P.No.D87) directed to area by a Gladiator bi-plane; one man MPK. Survivors landed at North Scottish port. (Less than an hour after the sinking, U.30 had stopped the Swedish steamer HISPANIA (1337grt/1912) and asked them to pick up the survivors).
13.1.1940: Fleetwood registry closed “Vessel sunk by enemy action”.

(MPK – George Edward H. H. Clark (28), deckhand).

(James McDonald, AB (volunteer), age 24, b. Edmonton, London – VICTORY (SB105))

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S.T. Grand Fleet GY44

S.T. Grand Fleet GY44
Picture courtesy of The Jeffrey Pullen Collection

Changelog
13/05/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
04/05/2015: Picture added.
08/08/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Creswell M129

Technical

Completed: 1917
As Built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 107
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.4 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co, Southbank-on-Tees
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough

History

12.6.1917: Laid down.
17.9.1917: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.713) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM BEATTY (Ad.No.3534).
13.10.1917: Completed (1 – 12pdr, 1 – 7.5” A/S Howitzer and W/T).
4.5.1920: Sold by auction at Milford Haven to David Pettit, Hakin for £8000.
25.5.1920: Registered at London (LO359).
28.7.1920: Registered at London as CRESSWELL (LO359).
31.7.1920: London registry closed.
9.8.1920: Registered at Milford (M129).
1920: Transferred to D. Pettit Ltd, Milford Haven (David Pettitt, manager).
30.10.1928: Fishing the Porcupine Bank in bad weather. Trawler CAWDOR (M249) fishing forty miles away sprung a leak and despite crew efforts, ingress could not be stemmed.
31.10.1928: Sent SOS. In very heavy seas CRESSWELL (Sk. M. A. Smith) responded and stood by but after an hour it was decided to abandon the CAWDOR and the crew transferred to CRESSWELL in their own boat.
1.11.1928: CAWDOR foundered. Sk. Smith awarded a piece of plate by the BOT in recognition of his service.
16.11.1928: Damaged in storm.
8.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
11.1939: On a trip to West of Scotland grounds (Sk. George Bull); thirteen crew (total).
12.11.1939: At 7.00am. stopped by shell fire from U-boat (U.41) while trawling 18 miles NW by N of Flannan Islands. Crew abandoned vessel on liferaft (10), smashed boat (2) and lifebelt (1) and later vessel sunk by gunfire (approx 58.39N 07.36W) (at least 20 rounds). After two hours submarine returned and took survivors, eight in number onboard but one man subsequently died; six men lost*. In late afternoon off St. Kilda, closed steam trawler PHYLLISIA (FD148) returning to Fleetwood and at 4.42pm. transferred the seven men ^.
14.11.1939: Survivors landed at Fleetwood.
13.12.1939: Milford registry closed “Sunk by enemy action”.
(*Lost – George Thomas Andrews (37), Third Hand; Phillip Killey, Ch Eng; Frederick Kirby (45) and James Larter (36), Deckhands; Thomas Gately (40) and Stanley Lazenby, Firemen/Trimmers.
^Survivors – Sk. George Bull; William Faussett, Mate; Frederick Lee (16) Deck Boy; plus four more)
(William Beatty, Surgeon, age 32, b. St. Andrews, Scotland – VICTORY (SB908))

Changelog
13/05/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
06/02/2020: Updated information.

S.T. Coronet GY241

Additional information courtesy of Birgir Þórisson and David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 125053
Yard Number: 339
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 288
Net Tonnage: 144
Length: 130.9 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smiths Dock Co Ltd, North Shields

History

27.2.1907: Launched by Smiths Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (Yd.No.339) for Crown Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as CORONET.
6.4.1907: Registered at Grimsby (GY241).
4.1907: Completed. George Edward James Moody designated manager. Fishing from Fleetwood (still 1913).
14.1.1911: When berthing ran into Jubilee Quay wall causing considerable damage to stem and shell plating forward.
4.2.1912: Arrived Fleetwood with damage to stern and shell plating after stranding on rocks off Mull of Galloway.
6.1914: Sold to L. & E. Leporc, Fécamp.
29.6.1914: Grimsby registry closed.
6.1914: Registered at Fécamp as EDMOND-RENÉ (F.247).
2.1915: Requisitioned for war service with Marine Francaise as a minesweeper. Based Port Vendres with 4th Patrol Squadron. Later based Morocco.
8.1.1918: Attacked a submarine.
2.1919: Returned to owner.
1930: Sold to Emmanuel Libert, Boulogne-sur-Mer. Registered at Boulogne (B.1433). Charpin, Delpierre & Cie, designated managers.
1933: Sold to Louis Evrard-Pourre, Boulogne-sur-Mer.
1940: Requisitioned for war service in the Marine Francaise.
1942: Mined.

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S.T. Edmond-René F247

S.T. Edmond-René F247
Picture courtesy of The Birgir Þórisson Collection

Changelog
13/05/2012: Page published. 4 updates since then.
04/02/2016: Minor information update.
04/02/2020: Information updated.
05/01/2020: Image added.
06/01/2020: Corrected information.

S.T. Charles Boyes LO334

Technical

Admiralty Number: 3593
Official Number: 143886
Yard Number: 388
Completed: 1918
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 290
Net Tonnage: 126
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

14.2.1918: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.388) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as CHARLES BOYES (Ad.No.3593).
15.6.1918: Completed (1-12pdr, 1-3.5” A/S Howitzer, Hydrophone and W/T).
26.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as CHARLES BOYES O.N.143886).
19.2.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO334).
19.2.1920: Sold to Elspeth, Lady Beardmore, c/o William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow. Charles Curzon, Milford Haven designated manager)
8.1.1924: Inbound from fishing grounds, collided with and sank Wexford registered schooner TEMPEST (59tons/1857) Newport for Clonakilty, coal, which was sheltering and anchored E side of dock channel.
1932: Owner re-styled Lady Invernairn c/o William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow. Charles Curzon, Milford Haven, manager.
6.1932: Transferred to Hull.
3.1.1934: Outward for fishing grounds in dense fog collided with steam trawler KING EMPEROR (H202) at anchor in Hull Roads. Returned to dock with bow damage.
1935: Insured value £5,000.
6.8.1936: Sold to Mrs Annie I. Fraser, Aberdeen (John McD. Fraser, manager).
22.8.1936: London registry closed.
25.8.1936: Registered at Aberdeen (A418).
6.1938: Sold to Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
8.6.1938: Aberdeen registry closed.
15.6.1938: Registered at Hull (H526).
1938: Transferred to Hull.
20.7.1939: At 7.50 am. relayed message from steam trawler COURTIER (GY115) to Cullercoates Wireless Station “Want immediate assistance, position 65 miles north of Humber.” (COURTIER was leaking and was taken in tow by tug HENDON (241grt/1924) and delivered Tyne morning of 21 July.)
1.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £87.0.0d/month).
25.5.1940: Operating from Gt Yarmouth (Temp. Sk. G. Reynolds RNR). Mined in North Sea; two officers and thirteen crew missing presumed killed*, three saved, two by Caister Lifeboat Charles Burton (Cox. Joseph Woodhouse).

(Charles Boyes, AB, age 25, b. Hambledon, Hampshire – VICTORY (SB772))

(MPK – Ty/Sk. William Gregson; Ty/Sk. George Reynolds; Henry G. King, 2nd Hand; John Stewart, A /Ch.Engineman; William Grant, Engineman; Alexander Mackay, Ldg Seaman; Albert G. Broom, Norman Morrison, William J. Thomas, seamen; Richard Adamson, seaman/cook, Charles McG. Hogg, O/S; Harry C. Lowry, Joseph B. Stocks, James H. G. Tickner, stokers; John E. Potter, steward

Changelog
13/05/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
10/06/2016: Information updated.
22/11/2019: Updated information.

S.T. Westella (1) H124

In Marr (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not fish from the port.

Technical

Official Number: 163956
Completed: 1934
Yard Number: 1129
Gross Tonnage: 413
Net Tonnage: 160
Length: 152.8 ft
Breadth: 25.6 ft
Engine: 106nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

25.9.1934: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1129) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as WESTELLA.
14.11.1934: Registered at Hull (H124).
22.11.1934: Completed (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys, manager). Crewed and operated by City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
24.11.1934: Sailed Hull on first trip to White Sea (Sk.S. Greaves).
17.12.1934: At Hull landed 2,244 kits grossed £1,112.
26.7.1939: Sailed Hull for Bear Island (Sk. H. Parrott).
12.8.1939: At Hull landed 1,194 kits grossed £1,207.
31.8.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£22,448). Fitted out as an anti submarine trawler (1-4”, AA weapons, ASDIC, DC) (P.No.FY.161).
15.11.1939: Hull registry closed.
1940: Based Dover with 10th A/S Group (Ch. Sk. A. Gove RNR).
26.5.1940: At 6.57pm. ‘Operation Dynamo’ (Dunkirk evacuation) put into effect.
28.5.1940: On patrol. 2.6.1940: On patrol off Dunkirk, at 4.00pm HMTrawler BLACKBURN ROVERS (P.No.FY.116) (GY102) was mined and blew up. On going to her aid and when closing to pick up survivors, damaged by explosions from BLACKBURN ROVERS depth charges; at 4.30pm also mined and disabled. All survivors picked up by HMTrawler SAON (P.No.FY159) (H487) which with HMTrawler GRIMSBY TOWN (P.No.FY125) set her depth charges ‘safe’ and sank her in position 51.19N 02.05E.
3.6.1940: Thomas M. Godfrey, Seaman died of wounds.

Changelog
24/06/2011: Page published. 8 updates since then.