{"id":10444,"date":"2010-12-10T17:56:08","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T17:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=10444"},"modified":"2019-08-03T08:32:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T07:32:00","slug":"s-dt-comrades-lt403","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2010\/12\/s-dt-comrades-lt403\/","title":{"rendered":"S.D\/T. Comrades LT403 (Seasonal)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

Official Number: 149213
\nYard Number: 1025
\nCompleted: 1928
\nGross Tonnage: 114
\nNet Tonnage: 51
\nLength: 92.0 ft
\nBreadth: 19.6 ft
\nDepth: 9.5 ft
\nBuilt: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by W. Burrell & Co, Gt Yarmouth
\nBoiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees <\/p>\n

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

5.7.1928: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1025) for Gilbert & Co Ltd, Lowestoft as COMRADES.
\n8.8.1928: Completed (Arthur George Gilbert, manager).
\n24.9.1928: Registered at Lowestoft (LT403).
\n29.9.1928: Trials at Lowestoft. First Skipper H. J. Bryant.
\n1929 – 1930s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agents).
\n15.3.1929: Off Trevose Head lost propeller.
\n1930: Company in liquidation.
\n18.3.1930: Sold by liquidator to reconstituted Gilbert & Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Arthur George Gilbert, manager).
\n13.12.1933: Struck bank at entrance to Lowestoft harbour causing bottom damage.
\n28.3.1935: Seasonal trawling out of Fleetwood lost propeller.
\n18.4.1937: Seasonal trawling out of Fleetwood lost propeller.
\n3.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service on contraband control (1-3pdr) (Hire rate \u00a358.0.0d\/month).
\n1.1941: Based at Weymouth as armed patrol drifter (Ty\/Sk. D. T. Buck PNR).
\n1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval and port duties.
\n19.9.1946: Returned to owner.
\n1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
\n1955: Re measured after conversion – 118g 49n.
\n26.7.1955: Completed trials after conversion to motor.
\n30.7.1955: Converted to motor by L.B.S. Engineering Co Ltd, Lowestoft, fitted with 300bhp 3-cyl A.K.Diesel Ltd, Lowestoft installed by W. H. Podd Ltd, Lowestoft.
\n30.7.1955: Sailed Lowestoft.
\n18.8.1955: Re registered at Lowestoft as a motor drifter\/trawler (LT403).
\n7.10.1955: Mortgaged to The White Fish Authority, London (A).
\n9.5.1961: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n4.1964: Company and assets bought by Basil A. Parkes, Hull.
\n16.4.1964: Frederick Ernest Catchpole appointed manager.
\n22.3.1967: Sold to Richard Curnow, Helston (32\/64) & Capt Silas Victor Oates, Penzance (32\/64) (Silas Victor Oates, manager). Used as a platform to carry out unauthorised dives on wreck of Liberian steam tanker Torrey Canyon (61263grt\/1959) (Stranded 18.3.1967 on Pollard\u2019s Rock, Seven Stones, dispersed wreck in 30 metres at 50.2,50N 6.7,73W).
\n18.9.1967: Silas Victor Oates 32 shares sold to Lewis Ernest Adams, Oakhampton (32\/64).
\n8.12.1967: Lewis Ernest Adams 32 shares mortgaged to Smith & Godwin Ltd, London to secure the sum of \u00a310,000 with interest (B).
\n31.12.1967: Richard Curnow 32 shares mortgaged to Gilbert & Co Ltd, Hull to secure the sum of \u00a31,350 with interest (C).
\n8.1968: Arrested at Poole following writ issued on behalf of Gilbert & Co Ltd, Hull for non payment of monies outstanding.
\n15.1.1969: Mortgage (B) transferred to Allcredits Ltd, London.
\n1970: Broken up at Poole.
\n1.8.1976: Lowestoft registry closed. (Not removed from Lloyd\u2019s Register until 1992-1993 edition. \u201cVessel\u2019s continued existence in doubt\u201d.<\/p>\n

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S.D\/T. Comrades LT403
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S.D\/T. Comrades LT403
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S.D\/T. Comrades LT403
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M.D\/T. Comrades LT403
Picture courtesy of The Clione Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n10\/12\/2010: Page published. 12 updates since then.
\n21\/06\/2016: Information updated.
\n01\/11\/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
\n03\/08\/2019: Updated information and added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional material courtesy of Barry Banham Technical Official Number: 149213 Yard Number: 1025 Completed: 1928 Gross Tonnage: 114 Net Tonnage: 51 Length: 92.0 ft Breadth: 19.6 ft Depth: 9.5 ft Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Burrell & Co, Gt Yarmouth Boiler: Riley Bros (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees History 5.7.1928: […]<\/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":[524,204,40,523],"class_list":["post-10444","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-parkes","tag-seasonal-visitors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10444","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=10444"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24522,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10444\/revisions\/24522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}