{"id":13692,"date":"2012-05-17T09:09:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T08:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=13692"},"modified":"2020-04-07T08:54:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T07:54:08","slug":"s-t-city-of-selby-fd8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2012\/05\/s-t-city-of-selby-fd8\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. City of Selby FD8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 136889
\nYard Number: 566
\nCompleted: 1914
\nGross Tonnage: 285
\nNet Tonnage: 110
\nLength: 128.8 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.8 ft
\nBuilt: Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough<\/p>\n

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

12.5.1914: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.566) for Thomas F. Kelsall, Poulton-le-Fylde as CITY OF SELBY.
\n15.6.1914: Registered at Fleetwood (FD8).
\n6.1914: Completed.
\n10.6.1914: Sailed Middlesbrough for Fleetwood. ETA 15.6.1914.
\n1914: Sold to Fred Kelsall & Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Thomas F. Kelsall, Poulton-le-Fylde designated manager.
\n23.11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.193).
\n1917: Based Granton. Employed on escort duties.
\n26.4.1918: Transferred to Kirkwall.
\n13.2.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
\n1920: Sold to Selby Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood ( Henry Blackburn, manager).
\n193?: Managers became Kelsall & Blackburn Ltd, Fleetwood.
\n1935: Sold to Thomas Cardwell & Robert H. Bagshaw, Fleetwood (T. Cardwell, manager).
\n12.9.1935: Registered at Fleetwood as WESTLYN (FD8).
\n1939: Sold to Robert H. Bagshaw, Fleetwood.
\nPost 21.11.1939: Recovered two bodies*<\/strong> from WILLIAM HUMPHRIES (LO533) shelled and sunk by U.boat (U-33), 75 miles NW of Rathlin Island
\n17.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z154) (Hire rate \u00a375.14.8d\/month). Cost of conversion \u00a330,262.
\n23.11.1943: Compulsorily acquired by the M.O.W.T.
\n1944: Based at Plymouth (W. Tamlyn Ltd, Plymouth, agents).
\n1946: Laid up at Plymouth. Estimated cost of re-conditioning \u00a37,500.
\n16.4.1947: Advertised for sale by tender. Not to be resold within two years.
\n24.4.1947: Tenders closed.
\n2.5.1947: Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Owen W. Limbrick, manager).
\n1948: Sold to A. J. Tilbrook Ltd, Milford Haven.
\n2.1948: At P. K. Harris & Sons Ltd, Appledore completed rebuild and fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd\u2019s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Appledore.
\n2.1948: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n7.2.1948: Registered at Milford as SEA HUNTER (M237).
\n31.12.1951: After fishing on the South of Ireland grounds (Sk. James MacLelland), returned to Milford on Boxing Day with damaged caused by severe weather.
\n1.1952: A. J. Tilbrook Ltd suspended operations; laid up.
\n1952: Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Owen W. Limbrick, manager).
\n7.1959: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
\n20.7.1959: Delivered Bruges.
\n23.7.1959: Milford registry closed.<\/p>\n

(*<\/strong> James Gorden and William Wright) <\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. City Of Selby FD8
Picture courtesy of ABP<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. City Of Selby FD8
Picture courtesy of ABP<\/p><\/div>\n

\"HMT<\/a>

HMT Westlyn
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence<\/p><\/div>\n

\"HMT<\/a>

HMT Westlyn
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Westlyn FD8
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n17\/05\/2012: Page published. 7 updates since then.
\n15\/07\/2015: Information updated.
\n12\/03\/2017: FMHT watermarked images replaced.
\n30\/12\/2017: Added an image.
\n14\/12\/2019: Information updated.
\n07\/04\/2020: Added images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 136889 Yard Number: 566 Completed: 1914 Gross Tonnage: 285 Net Tonnage: 110 Length: 128.8 ft Breadth: 23.5 ft Depth: 12.8 ft Built: Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough History 12.5.1914: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.566) for Thomas F. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,452],"tags":[165,91,166,401,246],"class_list":["post-13692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-cardwell-bagshaw","tag-fred-kelsall","tag-robert-bagshaw","tag-selby-trawlers-ltd","tag-thomas-f-kelsall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13692","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=13692"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24883,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13692\/revisions\/24883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}