{"id":1296,"date":"2008-12-22T09:41:33","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T09:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2020-12-25T07:37:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T07:37:53","slug":"st-hawk-fd176","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2008\/12\/st-hawk-fd176\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Hawk FD176"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 108532
\nYard Number: 547
\nCompleted: 1897
\nGross Tonnage: 243.64
\nNet Tonnage: 81.68
\nLength: 133.7 ft
\nBreadth: 21.6 ft
\nDepth: 10.8 ft
\nBuilt: Edwards Bros, Howden-on-Tyne
\nEngine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland<\/p>\n

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

1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, Howden-on-Tyne (Yd.No.547) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64\/64), Manchester as HAWK.
\n7.8.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD176).
\n7.8.1897: (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood designated managers.
\n8.1897: Completed.
\n29.10.1898: On the Smalls ground with the K&B \u2018Gamecock\u2019 fleet. Trawler TEUTONIC (FD180), transferring boxes when boat began to fill with water and sank leaving crew, J. Lewis, mate, Martin Stuart, bosun and Thomas, third hand in water. Stuart a Yarmouth man was seen to go under but did not rise again. Other two picked up but Stuart\u2019s body not recovered.
\n24.3.1899: Fleetwood registry closed. Transferred to Hull. George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London designated managers.
\n12.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H238).
\n11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (2-3pdrs) (Ad.No. 690). Based Peterhead with Unit 41 \u2013 patrol & escort.
\n1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 95.55 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
\n1.11.1915: Based Longhope with Unit 41 \u2013 patrol & escort.
\n9.1.1916: Based Malta with Unit 41 \u2013 patrol & escort.
\n17.2.1917: Whilst escorting British steamer OKEMENT (4349grt\/1915) unit was torpedoed by U.boat (U64) 120 miles SE by S of Malta in approx position 34.04N 16.27E. Stopped to render assistance and was also hit with torpedo intended for Okement. Seven killed*<\/strong>. Foundered.
\n27.12.1917: Hull registry closed \u201cVessel total loss 17th February 1917 on Admiralty Service\u201d.<\/p>\n

*<\/strong>Killed – Michael Palmer, 2nd Hand; John Johnson & James Souter, Enginemen; William J. Cowan & George Leask, seamen; Henry Gregson, telegraphist; John W. Tennant, trimmer. <\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n22\/12\/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
\n04\/02\/2016: Information updated.
\n25\/12\/2020: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson Technical Official Number: 108532 Yard Number: 547 Completed: 1897 Gross Tonnage: 243.64 Net Tonnage: 81.68 Length: 133.7 ft Breadth: 21.6 ft Depth: 10.8 ft Built: Edwards Bros, Howden-on-Tyne Engine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland History 1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, Howden-on-Tyne (Yd.No.547) for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,478],"tags":[54,24,18],"class_list":["post-1296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-war-losses","tag-kelsall-bros-beeching-ltd","tag-lost","tag-war-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296","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=1296"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25368,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296\/revisions\/25368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}