{"id":12445,"date":"2011-07-21T16:59:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T15:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=12445"},"modified":"2018-12-31T09:20:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T09:20:20","slug":"s-dt-twinkling-star-ky347","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2011\/07\/s-dt-twinkling-star-ky347\/","title":{"rendered":"S.D\/T. Twinkling Star KY347"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 140845
\nYard Number: 1
\nCompleted: 1919
\nGross Tonnage: 95
\nNet Tonnage: 40
\nLength: 86.2 ft
\nBreadth: 18.5 ft
\nDepth: 9.2 ft
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
\nBoiler: Clayton, Son & Co Ltd, Hunslett
\nBuilt: Brown\u2019s Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Hull <\/p>\n

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

1919: Launched by Brown\u2019s Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.1) (\u201cAdmiralty drifter\u201d) for The Admiralty as CHIMERA (Ad.No.4146).
\n16.7.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
\n21.9.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
\n1920: Sold to J. R. Mitchell, Peterhead. Registered at Peterhead as J. R. MITCHELL (PD443).
\n1920: Sold to Andrew Buchan Jnr, Peterhead & others (Andrew Buchan Jnr, managing owner). Registered at Peterhead as TWINKLING STAR (PD443).
\n1932: Sold to John Muir (Keay), Cellardyke & others (John T. Graham, Anstruther, manager). Peterhead registry closed. Registered at Kirkcaldy (KY347).
\n8.10.1937: In Yarmouth harbour in collision with steam drifter RENASCENT (LT288) and sustained damage.
\n1938: Sold to W. Wilson, North Shields & others.
\n12.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service on harbour defence patrol (Hire rate \u00a332.0.0d\/month).
\n1.1942: Employed on Examination service (Hire rate \u00a326.0.0d\/month).
\n1945: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, manager).
\n30.6.1945: Returned to owner (David F. Cartwright MBE MC, Gorleston, manager).
\n1946: Sold to The Adam Steam Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (David F. Cartwright MBE MC, Gorleston, manager).
\n3.1949: Sold to Merchants (Milford Haven) Ltd, Milford Haven (Frederick Walter Goffin, Hakin, manager).
\n8.3.1949 \u2013 27.5.1955: Seasonal white fish trawling from Milford Haven.
\n1955: Laid up at Milford.
\n5.1956: Kirkcaldy registry closed.
\n10.5.1956: Registered at Milford as MERCHANT VENTURER (M49).
\n19.4.1959: Last landing at Milford. Laid up.
\n1.1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to John Cashmore Ltd, Newport, Monmouthshire for breaking up.
\n17.1.1960: Sailed Milford for Newport (Sk. Tom Bartlett).
\n23.2.1960: Milford registry closed.<\/p>\n

(Seasonal at Milford as TWINKLING STAR – 8 Mar – 4 Nov 1949; 14 Mar – 4 Oct 1950; 8 Mar – 4 Jul 1951; 10 Mar – 26 Aug 1952; 22 Mar – 7 Dec 1953; 19 Mar – 10 Oct 1954; 6 Mar – 27 May 1955.
\nAs MERCHANT VENTURER: 22 Jun 1956 – 19 Apr 1959 <\/p>\n

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

\"S.D\/T.<\/a>

S.D\/T. Twinkling Star KY347
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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

21\/06\/2011: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n31\/12\/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 140845 Yard Number: 1 Completed: 1919 Gross Tonnage: 95 Net Tonnage: 40 Length: 86.2 ft Breadth: 18.5 ft Depth: 9.2 ft Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge Boiler: Clayton, Son & Co Ltd, Hunslett Built: Brown\u2019s Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Hull History 1919: Launched by Brown\u2019s Shipbuilding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,3,452],"tags":[217,77,524,40],"class_list":["post-12445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-driftertrawler","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-admiralty-drifter","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-driftertrawler","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12445","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=12445"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24078,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12445\/revisions\/24078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}