{"id":10125,"date":"2010-11-05T16:17:42","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T16:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=10125"},"modified":"2019-07-18T08:24:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T07:24:28","slug":"s-dt-ascona-lt108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2010\/11\/s-dt-ascona-lt108\/","title":{"rendered":"S.D\/T. Ascona LT108 (Seasonal)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham and Barry Johnson<\/em><\/p>\n

Technical<\/strong><\/p>\n

Official Number: 149226
\nYard Number: 578
\nCompleted: 1929
\nGross Tonnage: 138
\nNet Tonnage: 59
\nLength: 98.0 ft
\nBreadth: 20.6 ft
\nDepth: 10.4 ft
\nEngine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
\nBoiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees (foreside firing)
\nBuilt: John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft<\/p>\n

History<\/strong><\/p>\n

1929: Launched by John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.578) for Nelson George Utting (32\/64) & William George Utting (32\/64), Lowestoft as ASCONA.
\n12.2.1930: Registered at Lowestoft as (LT108).
\n3.1930: Completed.
\n1930s: Seasonal fishing from Padstow and Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
\n17.3.1934: At Padstow damaged in collision with OCEAN SUNLIGHT (YH29).
\n24.4.1938: In fog in Morecambe Bay suffered damage in collision with KATHLEEN (LT673).
\n30.8.1938: At Bangor Magistrates Court, Sk. Noah Ayres fined \u00a350 for trawling within the three mile limit in Caernarvon Bay (First summons under the Sea Fishery Act of June 1938).
\n20.9.1938: Suffered damage to propeller off Fleetwood.
\n13.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY949) (Hire rate \u00a377.15.11d\/month).
\n1.6.1940: Based at Harwich.
\n4.1945: Transferred to miscellaneous Naval duties.
\n1.1.1946: Sold to Vigilant Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (David F. Cartwright, MBE MC, manager).
\n4.1946: Returned to owner.
\n26.4.1948: Damaged gallows when trawl came fast.
\n25.10.1948: At Lowestoft landed 216 crans of herring.
\n29.3.1949: Damaged gallows when trawl came fast.
\n12.11.1952: At Lowestoft landed 217 crans.
\n16.4.1953: Sold to Norrard Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Frederick William Ingram, manager).
\n16.6.1953: Returned to Milford (Sk. Jack Chenery) with mast fractured when lifting haul of jellyfish. Landed 59kits grossed \u00a3311 (3 days).
\n25.10.1957: Sailed Milford for Lowestoft to be converted to diesel propulsion.
\n14.2.1958: Completed trials after conversion by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft fitted with 402bhp 4 stroke 6-cyl oil engine by Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Ltd, Stockport (engine made 1947).
\n1958: Re measured 146g 60n.
\n7.3.1958: Returned to Milford.
\n19.5.1965: Fishing off the Smalls (Sk. Charles Manthorpe), deckhand Billy Owen injured in face when slip hook flew off gallows. Returned to Milford.
\n11.1968: Sustained damage to stem and bow plating in a collision at Milford dockhead.
\n12.12.1968: Arrived Gloucester for dry docking and repair.
\n6.1.1970: Laid up at Milford.
\n5.1970: Sold to Hughes Bolckow Ltd, Blyth for breaking up.
\n3.6.1970: Sailed Milford (Sk. Jack Utting) for Blyth in company with LORD COLLINGWOOD (M42) (Sk. Walter Robson) also sold for breaking.
\n8.6.1970: Delivered Blyth.
\n26.6.1972: Lowestoft registry closed. (16.7.1974: Mortgage to W.F.A. discharged). <\/p>\n

Click to enlarge images<\/em><\/p>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Ascona LT108
Picture courtesy of The Alan Hirst Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Ascona LT108
Picture courtesy of The Bob Kettle Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n05\/11\/2010: Page published. 3 revisions since then.
\n18\/08\/2014: Picture added.
\n03\/06\/2016: Minor information update.
\n20\/10\/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
\n18\/07\/2019: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham and Barry Johnson Technical Official Number: 149226 Yard Number: 578 Completed: 1929 Gross Tonnage: 138 Net Tonnage: 59 Length: 98.0 ft Breadth: 20.6 ft Depth: 10.4 ft Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth Boiler: Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees (foreside firing) Built: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,118,3,452],"tags":[524,204,117],"class_list":["post-10125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-driftertrawler","category-seasonal-visitors","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-driftertrawler","tag-no-fleetwood-owners","tag-seasonal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10125"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24491,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10125\/revisions\/24491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}