{"id":13623,"date":"2012-05-15T15:07:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T14:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=13623"},"modified":"2022-08-05T14:24:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T13:24:28","slug":"s-t-bempton-lo192","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2012\/05\/s-t-bempton-lo192\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Bempton LO192"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 136174
\nYard Number: 285
\nCompleted: 1914
\nGross Tonnage: 226
\nNet Tonnage: 87
\nLength: 115.5 ft
\nBreadth: 22.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.3 ft
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
\nEngine: 94nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
\nSpeed: 11 Knots<\/p>\n

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

29.11.1913: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.285) for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Hull as BEMPTON.
\n19.1.1914: Registered at Hull (H19). Joseph Vivian designated manager.
\n2.1914: Completed. Fitted with WT. A mark ship directing trawlers joining the boxing fleet.
\n15.4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1369).
\n1917: At Berehaven, Co. Cork as an armed trawler.
\n15.4.1917: At noon sailed from Berehaven in company with HM Trawler DRAKE II (Ad.No.817) (GY1163) to assist HMS LAVENDER (P.No.T23) towing damaged Norwegian steamer HUNDVAAGO (1901grt\/1915) (HUNDVAAGO had been torpedoed at 11.00 pm on 4.4.1917 off SW Ireland, no Uboat claimed responsibility).
\n16.4.1917: Arrived Berehaven, Co. Cork at 6.00 am and HUNDVAAGO beached at Berehaven.
\nBy 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
\n24.4.1920: At Hull landed crew of steam trawler RIBBLE (H255) which had been mined
\n29.3.1920 12 miles E by N of North Dogger Bank Light.
\n13.5.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr\u2019s Bank Ltd, London (A).
\n6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
\n22.10.1925: Robert Burton designated manager.
\n14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
\n14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
\n16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson designated manager.
\n10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
\n1.11.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (Joint mortgagees).
\n1935: Insured value \u00a32,900.
\n3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical).
\n6.3.1936: At Extraordinary General Meeting at Hull, Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd placed in Creditors\u2019 Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, London appointed liquidators).
\n12.1936: Sold by order of the mortgagees under mortgage (A) to Heward Trawlers Ltd, London (Robert Scott Hewett & Harold Frank Hayward). Robert Scott Hewett designated manager.
\n29.12.1936: Hull registry closed.
\n1.1.1937: Registered at London (LO192).
\n17.2.1943: Sailed Fleetwood in company with FILEY (LO189) for Hull via Liverpool for DG wiping. PM arrived Liverpool.
\n18.2.1943: Sold to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull for \u00a311,500.
\n19.2.1943: Sailed Liverpool in company for Hull.
\n22.2.1943: London registry closed.
\n24.2.1943: Arrived Hull in company.
\n24.2.1943: Registered at Hull (H546). John William Lown, designated manager.
\n6.3.1943: Slipped at Hull for propeller change.
\n11.3.1943: Sea trial and DG wiped on completion.
\n13.3.1943: Sailed Hull for Iceland. Based at Hull sailing in armed convoys to and from fishing grounds. From Iceland\/Faroe – 10 trips, 10,161 kits.
\n10.2.1944: William George O\u2019Dell designated manager.
\n7.3.1945: Sold to Loyal Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby for \u00a312,000 less \u00a3700 for repairs.
\n12.3.1945: Hull registry closed.
\n3.1945: Registered at Grimsby (GY29). Albert Wright Butt designated manager.
\n2.1951: Sold to Alexander Hay, Aberdeen.
\n2.1951: Grimsby registry closed.
\n1.3.1951: Registered at Aberdeen (A673).
\n16.3.1951: Sold to Alexander Hay & John Mair, Aberdeen. Alexander Hay managing owner.
\n1958: Sold to F. & W. Joch, Hamburg for breaking up.
\n7.5.1958: Delivered Hamburg from Aberdeen under own power.
\n12.5.1958: Aberdeen registry closed \u201c… on sale of vessel to foreigners (German subjects).\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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S.T. Bempton H19
Picture courtesy of The John Stevenson Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Bempton A673
Picture courtesy of The Robert Durrant Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Bempton A673
Picture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n15\/05\/2012: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n19\/08\/2019: Updated information.
\n23\/06\/2020: Added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 136174 Yard Number: 285 Completed: 1914 Gross Tonnage: 226 Net Tonnage: 87 Length: 115.5 ft Breadth: 22.5 ft Depth: 12.3 ft Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley Engine: 94nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull Speed: 11 Knots History 29.11.1913: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[81,204],"class_list":["post-13623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","tag-heward-trawlers","tag-no-fleetwood-owners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13623","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=13623"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26453,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13623\/revisions\/26453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}