{"id":11868,"date":"2011-06-25T11:12:05","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T10:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=11868"},"modified":"2019-06-30T11:01:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T10:01:12","slug":"s-t-ocean-eddy-lh62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2011\/06\/s-t-ocean-eddy-lh62\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Ocean Eddy LH62"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 148963
\nYard Number: 625
\nCompleted: 1929
\nGross Tonnage: 23.64
\nNet Tonnage: 99.05
\nLength: 124.5 ft
\nBreadth: 22.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.1 ft
\nBuilt: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by R. W. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen<\/p>\n

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

22.8.1929: Launched by Miss Kate Lewis, daughter of a shipyard director, by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.617) for Richard Watson Lewis, Pitfodels, Aberdeen as RICHARD W. LEWIS.
\n1929: Completed.
\n25.9.1929: Registered at Aberdeen (A57). Richard W. Lewis designated managing owner.
\n12.04.1930: Sailed Aberdeen for Iceland grounds.
\n4.3.1930: Arrived Aberdeen and landed 300 boxes 200 score, chiefly codling and haddock, \u00a3492 gross. Fish was of good quality and in excellent condition and return was considered fairly satisfactory in view of the state of the market.
\n2.11.1932: Richard W. Lewis & Sons Ltd placed in voluntary liquidation. Mr John McBain, chartered accountant, Aberdeen appointed liquidator for the winding up.
\nBy 1933: Sold to North Eastern Fisheries Ltd, Aberdeen. Sir Andrew Lewis designated manager.
\n3.11.1933: When fishing off the Kincardineshire coast (Sk. William Henry Collins), arrested by Fishery cruiser BRENDA (174grt\/1898) for allegedly fishing within the three mile limit, some 1.8 miles NE of Tod Head using otter trawl; ordered to Aberdeen.
\n6.11.1933: At Aberdeen Sheriff Court, Sk. Collins pleaded guilty and admitted a previous conviction, fined \u00a375.
\n1935: Sold to Alexander Flockhart, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
\n11.1.1935: Aberdeen registry closed.
\n14.1.1935: Registered at Leith as OCEAN EDDY (LH62). Alexander Flockhart designated managing owner.
\nPre 1939: Carnie & Gibb, Newhaven appointed managing agents.
\n27.3.1939: Experienced machinery problems. Steam trawler OCEAN DRIFT (LH63) connected and delivered Lerwick after 30 mile tow.
\n1.1940: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde designated manager.
\n1.1940: Sold to William Carnie Jnr, Glasgow. Placed in ownership of Flockhart & Sons, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
\n6.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom trawler (P.No.Z.143)(Hire rate \u00a3108.15.3d\/month).
\n29.9.1945: Paid off.
\n30.9.1945: Laid up.
\n1945: Sold to Huxley Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby. Harry Markham Cook designated manager.
\n2.1946: Restored and re-classed at Leith.
\n25.2.1946: Returned to owner.
\n11.1946: Leith registry closed.
\n11.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY391).
\n5.1948: Sold to George Walker, Aberdeen.
\n5.1948: Grimsby registry closed.
\n26.5.1948: Registered at Aberdeen (A609).
\n16.12.1950: Re-possessed by Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Ltd, Glasgow.
\n15.1.1951: Sold to Andrew Walker King, James King & William Jappy, Aberdeen. Long lining. Andrew W. King designated managing owner.
\n13.6.1954: Sold to Andrew Walker King & James King, Aberdeen. Andrew W. King designated managing owner.
\n23.5.1957: Aberdeen registry closed.
\n28.5.1957: Sold to George Inglis Ward, Edinburgh (trading as Ocean Fishing Co Ltd, Newhaven). George Inglis Ward designated managing owner.
\n5.1958: Registered at Leith (LH85).
\n1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to James A. White & Co Ltd, St. David\u2019s for breaking up.
\n15.4.1960: Arrived St. David\u2019s from Granton.
\n1960: Leith registry closed.<\/p>\n

Click to enlarge image<\/strong><\/p>\n

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S.T. Ocean Eddy LH62
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em> <\/p>\n

26\/6\/2011: Page published. 8 updates since then.
\n19\/11\/2015: Added picture.
\n29\/12\/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
\n30\/06\/2019: Updated history and technical details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 148963 Yard Number: 625 Completed: 1929 Gross Tonnage: 23.64 Net Tonnage: 99.05 Length: 124.5 ft Breadth: 22.5 ft Depth: 12.1 ft Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen Engine: T.3-cyl by R. W. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen History 22.8.1929: Launched by Miss Kate Lewis, daughter of a shipyard director, by A. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,452],"tags":[204,523],"class_list":["post-11868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-no-fleetwood-owners","tag-seasonal-visitors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868","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=11868"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24467,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868\/revisions\/24467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}