{"id":13803,"date":"2012-05-18T12:55:15","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T11:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=13803"},"modified":"2019-08-24T13:10:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T12:10:43","slug":"s-t-blaefell-fd40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2012\/05\/s-t-blaefell-fd40\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Blaefell FD40"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Mike Thompson<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 166657
\nYard Number: 1239
\nCompleted: 1942
\nGross Tonnage: 380
\nNet Tonnage: 142
\nLength: 147.8 ft
\nBreadth: 25.1 ft
\nDepth: 13.2 ft
\nEngine: 650ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
\nBuilt: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby<\/p>\n

History<\/strong>
\n10.1.1941: Ordered. A\/S trawler based on commercial GULFOSS.
\n11.7.1941: Keel laid.
\n8.10.1941: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1239) (\u201cFish\u201d class) for The Admiralty as BONITO (P.No.T231).
\n3.4.1942: Completed as a A\/S trawler (1-12pdr HA\/LA, 4-MG, ASDIC, DC).
\n09.04.1942: Commissioned. Mediterranean station.
\n1943: Armament increased by 3-20mm.
\n1946: Laid up at Rosyth on Disposal List (SORF, Rosyth).
\n20.5.1946: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby for the sum of \u00a318,857. Converted to steam trawler at a cost of \u00a329,725. (Total \u00a348,582).
\n4.2.1947: Registered at Grimsby as BLAEFELL (GY456). O.N.166657. 650ihp.
\n4.2.1947: Thomas Rowan Ronald appointed manager.
\n11.3.1947: Sir John Denton Marsden, Bart appointed manager.
\n22.4.1947: First trip.
\n31.12.1954: Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd (64\/64), Fleetwood.
\n5.1.1955: Grimsby registry closed.
\n5.1.1955: John ? Channock, Cleveleys appointed manager.
\n6.1.1955: Registered at Fleetwood (FD40).
\n28.6.1956: Company taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood. (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
\n5.9.1956: Sold to B. Gelcer & Co (Proprietary) Ltd, Cape Town.
\n1956: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n1956: Registered at Cape Town (CTA387).
\n12.1956: Registered at Cape Town as BENJAMIN GELCER (CTA387).
\nPre 1966: Company sold to Irvin & Johnson Ltd, Cape Town, who became managers.
\n2.1967: Stripped of all usable parts and non-ferrous metal and scuttled off Cape Town. Cape Town registry closed. <\/p>\n

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S.T. Blaefell GY456
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n18\/05\/2012: Page published. 9 updates since then.
\n15\/10\/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
\n24\/08\/2019: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Mike Thompson Technical Official Number: 166657 Yard Number: 1239 Completed: 1942 Gross Tonnage: 380 Net Tonnage: 142 Length: 147.8 ft Breadth: 25.1 ft Depth: 13.2 ft Engine: 650ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby History 10.1.1941: Ordered. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452],"tags":[77,84,83,24,40],"class_list":["post-13803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-clifton-st","tag-fish-class","tag-lost","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13803","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=13803"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24557,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13803\/revisions\/24557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}