{"id":13816,"date":"2012-05-18T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=13816"},"modified":"2021-08-24T13:58:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T12:58:19","slug":"s-t-blighty-fd68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2012\/05\/s-t-blighty-fd68\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Blighty FD68"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional Information courtesy of Birgir \u00de\u00f3risson<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 143806
\nYard Number: 244
\nCompleted: 1919
\nGross Tonnage: 325
\nNet Tonnage: 150
\nLength: 138.5 ft
\nBreadth: 23.7 ft
\nDepth: 12.8 ft
\nBuilt: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
\nEngine: T.3-cyl Cooper & Greig Ltd, Dundee<\/p>\n

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

1919: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.244) (\u201cMersey \u201c class) for The Admiralty as JOHN COTTRELL (Ad.No.4463).
\n8.1919: Sold to Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull.
\n28.8.1919: Stage payment – \u00a32,000.
\n16.9.1919: Stage payment \u00a34,000.
\n1.11.1919: Stage payment – \u00a32,000.
\n1.11.1919: Completed electrical installation by Humber Electrical Co Ltd. Hull (\u00a3405 plus cost of drilling).
\n11.1919: Completed as a fishing trawler. Total cost with wood laid decks, accommodation alterations (\u00a31,378) – \u00a39,378.
\n8.11.1919: Registered at London (Part I) as St. ENDELLION O.N.143806.
\n12.11.1919: Registered at London (Part IV) (LO115). Harold Hall designated manager.
\n18.11.1927: Sold to Henry Croft Baker, Grimsby. Henry Croft Baker designated managing owner.
\n6.5.1928: Sold to H. Croft Baker & Sons Ltd , Grimsby. H. Croft Baker designated manager.
\n26.4.1930: Sold to Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Cleethorpes. H. Croft Baker designated manager.
\n12.1.1934: Homeward from fishing grounds stranded south of Kopervik, Norway. Fore part on rocks, making water in engine room and accommodation aft. Salvage vessel alongside.
\n14.1.1934: Crew except Skipper and Ch. Eng. taken onboard steam trawler SEA KING (GY1251).
\n17.1.1934: Refloated by salvage vessel and placed alongside at Kopervik. Diver survey revealed extensive bottom damage.
\n20.1.1931: Arrived Haugesund in tow of salvage vessel for docking.
\n1.1934: Temporary repairs to enable single voyage to the Humber for permanent repair.
\n7.1934: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
\n25.7.1934: Registered at London as BARBARA ROSE (LO115). Basil Arthur Parkes, designated manager.
\n8.2.1936: Arrived Campbeltown in tow of passenger steamer having been picked up disabled with engine trouble.
\n1937: Sold to Towarzystwo Dalekomorskich Polowow \u201cPomorze\u201d Sp.z.o.o., Gdynia.
\n5.8.1937: London registry closed. Registered at Gdynia as BARBARA (GDY95).
\n11.1939: Sold to Adam Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London.
\n3.11.1939: Registered at Fleetwood as BLIGHTY (FD68). Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
\n2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.505) (Hire rate \u00a3101.11.3d\/month).
\n15-25.6.1940: Operation Ariel *.
\n16.6.1940: Sailed Plymouth for Brest.
\n31.5.1943: Sold to Mrs Winzenty Bartosiak, Gdynia, Poland.
\n25.5.1943: Transferred to Polish Navy. Renamed PODOLE.
\n1.6.1943: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n6.1943: Registered at Gdynia (GDY312).
\n5.1944: Re-classed at Fleetwood.
\n6.1944: Returned to owner.
\n16.6.1944: First landing at Fleetwood (Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd managing agents.
\n5.3.1946: Stranded whilst fishing off Iceland. Minor damage but lost propeller, Hf. Hamar, Reykjav\u00edk engaged to fit replacement fitted and to salvage.
\n9.6.1946: Refloated and proceeded to Reykjavik under own power.
\nMid 9.1946: Advertised by Underwriters \u201cas is\u201d Reykjavik in the custody of Hf. Hamar, Reykjav\u00edk.
\n12.1946: Reported sold to P\/f Sandav\u00e1gs Trolarafelag, Sandav\u00e1gur, Faroe Islands. Eivind Rasmussen manager. Registered at Sandav\u00e1gur as TORKIL \u00d8NUNDARSON (VA171).
\n11.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to G. & W. Brunton, Grangemouth for breaking up.<\/p>\n

* Operation Ariel – withdrawal of remaining troops of the British Expeditionary Force from France plus other nationals, civil and military.<\/p>\n

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

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Podole GDY9
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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M.T. Podole GDY312
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S.T. Torkil \u00d8nundarson VA171
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n18\/05\/2012: Page published. 7 updates since then.
\n28\/07\/2015: Corrected broken link.
\n23\/10\/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
\n05\/09\/2019: Updated information.
\n07\/10\/2019: Added an image.
\n24\/08\/2021: Added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional Information courtesy of Birgir \u00de\u00f3risson Technical Official Number: 143806 Yard Number: 244 Completed: 1919 Gross Tonnage: 325 Net Tonnage: 150 Length: 138.5 ft Breadth: 23.7 ft Depth: 12.8 ft Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole Engine: T.3-cyl Cooper & Greig Ltd, Dundee History 1919: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, […]<\/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":[77,85,40],"class_list":["post-13816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-mersey-class","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13816","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=13816"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25972,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13816\/revisions\/25972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}