{"id":13545,"date":"2012-05-14T09:57:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T08:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=13545"},"modified":"2022-05-17T10:45:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T09:45:45","slug":"s-t-cobbers-fd3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2012\/05\/s-t-cobbers-fd3\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Cobbers FD3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Admiralty Number: 4208
\nOfficial Number: 137614
\nYard Number: 450
\nCompleted: 1919
\nAs built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
\nGross Tonnage: 275
\nNet Tonnage: 107
\nLength: 125.4 ft
\nBreadth : 23.4 ft
\nDepth : 12.6 ft
\nBuilt: J Duthie Torrey Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Fawcett, Preston & Co, Liverpool
\nArmament : 1 x 12 pdr<\/p>\n

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

4.1919: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.450) (\u201cCastle\u201d class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM KNIGHT (Ad.No.4208).
\n5.2.1919: Forms for tender to purchase received by the Admiralty.
\n3.1919: Sold to East Hull Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
\n19.6.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
\n1919: Sold to Henry Sutton, Great Yarmouth (Benjamin Knowles, Hull, manager).
\n30.6.1919: Registered at Yarmouth as HENRICUS (YH104).
\n29.8.1921: Sold to P\u00eacheries de Havre, Le Havre.
\n1.9.1921: Yarmouth registry closed.
\n9.1921: Registered at Le Havre as LE PERREY.
\n8.1923: Sold to Soc. Anon \u201cArmement Ostendais\u201d, Ostend. Le Havre registry closed. Registered at Ostend as ALFRED DEFUISSEAUX (O146).
\n1.1939: Sold to Saint Andrew\u2019s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
\n1.1939: Ostend registry closed.
\n30.3.1939: Registered at Fleetwood as COBBERS (FD3).
\nPre 4.1940: Employed on Fishery Protection (WA\/Fort William\/Fleetwood).
\n30.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (Hire rate \u00a386.5.0d\/month).
\n3.3.1941: Sunk by German aircraft in the North Sea (Ty. Sk. Lawrence Turner RNR). Eleven lost including Skipper *<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Lost*<\/strong> – Ty. Sk. Lawrence Turner RNR; Leonard H. Bean, 2nd Hand; Joseph W. Whitehead, Engineman; John E. Comer, John S. B. Shears, Albert Stranex, Seamen; John Cammish, Robert H. Cowe, Albert E. Lorne, O\/S; Herbert J. L. Carter & George Crawford, Stokers 1\/c.<\/p>\n

(William Knight, Private, Marine, age 26, b. Whitchurch, Hampshire – VICTORY (ML116))<\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.

S.T. Alfred Defuisseaux O145
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

\"Sk.Turner\"<\/a>

Sk.Turner. Clipping courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n14\/05\/2012: Page published. 7 updates since then.
\n02\/02\/2021: Added clipping.
\n29\/08\/2021: Updated history and technical details.
\n17\/05\/2022: Added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Admiralty Number: 4208 Official Number: 137614 Yard Number: 450 Completed: 1919 As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet Gross Tonnage: 275 Net Tonnage: 107 Length: 125.4 ft Breadth : 23.4 ft Depth : 12.6 ft Built: J Duthie Torrey Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Fawcett, Preston & Co, Liverpool Armament […]<\/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":[17,24,40,160,18],"class_list":["post-13545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-war-losses","tag-castle","tag-lost","tag-parkes","tag-st-andrews-sfc-fwd","tag-war-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13545","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=13545"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26227,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13545\/revisions\/26227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}