{"id":12560,"date":"2011-08-01T10:20:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T09:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=12560"},"modified":"2020-11-07T11:36:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T11:36:15","slug":"s-d-gervais-rentoul-lt740","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2011\/08\/s-d-gervais-rentoul-lt740\/","title":{"rendered":"S.D. Gervais Rentoul LT740"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Technical<\/strong>
\nOfficial Number: 132180
\nCompleted: 1916
\nGross Tonnage: 99
\nNet Tonnage: 42
\nLength: 87.2 ft
\nBreadth: 19.1 ft
\nDepth: 9.6 ft
\nBuilt: George Smith Jnr, Buckpool, Buckie
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Wm. Beardmore & Co Ltd,
\nCoatbridge
\nBoiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow
\nWooden built drifter<\/em><\/p>\n

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

1916: Launched by George Smith Jnr, Buckie (Yd.No.) on speculation as GREEN PASTURE.
\n5.1917: Completed. Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter(1-6pdr) (Ad.No.3108). Based at Peterhead.
\nBy 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Findochty (R. Tindall & Son, Buckie, agents).
\n1919: Sold to Joseph Wood, Portknockie & others.
\n29.1.1919: Registered at Buckie (BCK237).
\n22.11.1919: Sold to Lancelot Charles Harvey (32\/64), Fritton and Robert Thomas Moore (32\/64), Lowestoft (Robert Thomas Moore managing owner).
\n14.1.1920: Sold to John Victor Breach (22\/64), George F. Spashett (21\/64) & Ernest Edward Soloman (21\/64), Lowestoft (John Victor Breach, managing owner).
\n24.1.1920: Buckie registry closed.
\n12(20).1.1920: Registered at Lowestoft (LT740).
\n13.2.1922: Sold to John Victor Breach (32\/64) & G. F. Spashett (32\/64), Lowestoft.
\n25.1.1923: Registered at Lowestoft as GERVAIS RENTOUL (LT740) (BOT Minute 1656\/1922 dated 13.1.1923).
\n25.4.1925: Sold to Explorator Ltd (64\/64), Lowestoft (John Victor Breach, manager).
\n8.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol drifter (Hire rate \u00a326.0.0d\/month).
\n26.5.1940: At 6.57pm. \u2018Operation Dynamo\u2019 (Dunkirk evacuation) put into effect.
\n28.5.1940: At Dunkirk embarked troops. At Dover 5.00pm landed 57 soldiers.
\n29.5.1940: Returned to Dunkirk embarked troops.
\n30.5.1940: At Dover 8.45pm. landed 130 troops. Employed as a flare burning drifter.
\n1941: Based Dover as an armed patrol drifter (Ty\/Sk. W. C. Barnaby RNR).
\n31.5.1940: Involved with patrol drifter EILEEN EMMA (LT342) in a collision with destroyer HMS SCIMITAR (P.No.H21); both drifters returned to Dover with damage.
\n9.1941: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
\n1.1944: John Victor Breach died.
\n9.4.1945: R. H. Self appointed manager.
\n22.6.1945: Sold to The Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood).
\n5.1946: Returned to owner. Laid up.
\n29.6.1949: Sold to Margaret Sellons, Fleetwood (managing owner). Not employed as a fishing vessel.
\n12.10.1949: Sold to Frederick William Braithwaite, Grange-over-Sands (managing owner). Not employed as a fishing vessel.
\n1952: Sold Lacmots Ltd, Glasson Dock for breaking up.
\n1952: Lowestoft registry closed.<\/p>\n

(Named after Gervais Rentoul MP for Lowestoft in 1924)<\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n01\/08\/2011: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n07\/11\/2020: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional material courtesy of Roy Breach and Barry Banham Technical Official Number: 132180 Completed: 1916 Gross Tonnage: 99 Net Tonnage: 42 Length: 87.2 ft Breadth: 19.1 ft Depth: 9.6 ft Built: George Smith Jnr, Buckpool, Buckie Engine: T.3-cyl by Wm. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Coatbridge Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow Wooden built drifter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,3],"tags":[77,524,497,40,397],"class_list":["post-12560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-driftertrawler","category-steam-trawlers","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-driftertrawler","tag-margaret-sellons","tag-parkes","tag-wooden-drifter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12560","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=12560"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25283,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12560\/revisions\/25283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}