{"id":13652,"date":"2012-05-16T10:48:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T09:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=13652"},"modified":"2014-08-15T15:24:25","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T14:24:25","slug":"s-t-borella-h240","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2012\/05\/s-t-borella-h240\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Borella H240"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 180481
\nYard Number: 762
\nCompleted: 1946
\nGross Tonnage: 524
\nNet Tonnage: 186
\nLength: 165.3 ft
\nBreadth: 27.7 ft
\nDepth: 14.4 ft
\nEngine: 800 IHP T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
\nSpeed: 12.2 knots
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley<\/p>\n

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

19.1.1946: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.762) for The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as BORELLA (H240).
\n26.3.1946: Completed (J. Marr & Son Ltd, managers). Contract price \u00a372500.
\n29.3.1946: Sailed Hull for Iceland (Sk. Leo Romyn DSC).
\n17.4.1946: At Hull landed 2,267 kits grossed \u00a36,445.
\n18.10.1946: Sailed Hull for Iceland last trip before sale (Sk. L. Romayne).
\n7.11.1946: At Hull landed 1,843 kits grossed \u00a34,475.
\n23.12.1948: Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.(Frank Marr, manager).
\n10.5.1951: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager).
\n31.3.1953: Sailed Hull for Iceland last trip before sale (Sk. S. Outlaw).
\n18.4.1953: At Hull landed 1,174 kits grossed \u00a32,377 (Hull fishing industry slump). Laid up.
\n2.7.1953: Sold to National Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Cape Town for \u00a370000 (Sanctioned by MOT letter No. GSP 1\/1\/01001 dated 4.5.1953).
\n2.7.1953: Hull registry closed.
\n9.7.1953: Registered at Cape Town (CTA62).
\n20.7.1953: Sailed Hull for Cape Town.
\n20.8.1953: Arrived Cape Town.
\nPre 1966: Company sold to Irvin & Johnson Ltd, Cape Town, who became managers.
\n1971: Stripped of all usable parts and non-ferrous metals.
\n1.3.1971: Scuttled at \u2018Irvin Johnson\u2019 artificial reef in False Bay by South African Navy.<\/p>\n

Note: First South African trawler fitted with radar. The National Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Cape Town had close links with J Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood following visits by Leslie James Marr and Geoffrey Alan Marr who spent seven months working for them at Cape Town.<\/p>\n

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

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S.T. Borella H240
Picture courtesy of the JJ Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Borella H240
\nPicture courtesy of The Ship Society of SA<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Borella CTA62<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n16\/05\/2012: Page published. 9 revisions since then.
\n15\/08\/2014: Picture 1 added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 180481 Yard Number: 762 Completed: 1946 Gross Tonnage: 524 Net Tonnage: 186 Length: 165.3 ft Breadth: 27.7 ft Depth: 14.4 ft Engine: 800 IHP T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull Speed: 12.2 knots Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley History 19.1.1946: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452],"tags":[21,24,19],"class_list":["post-13652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-dinas","tag-lost","tag-marr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13652","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=13652"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18731,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13652\/revisions\/18731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}