{"id":13854,"date":"2012-05-19T10:07:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T09:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=13854"},"modified":"2019-09-02T09:04:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T08:04:29","slug":"s-t-blanche-h928","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2012\/05\/s-t-blanche-h928\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Blanche H928"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 124735
\nYard Number: 128
\nCompleted: 1907
\nGross Tonnage: 173
\nNet Tonnage: 53
\nLength: 108.5 ft
\nBreadth: 21.6 ft
\nDepth: 11.5 ft
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
\nEngine: 45nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith, Hull
\nSpeed 9.5 knots<\/p>\n

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

18.12.1906: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd.No.128) for Hellyer\u2019s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as BLANCHE.
\n21.1.1907: Completed (Charles Hellyer, manager).
\n28.1.1907: Registered at Hull (H928).
\n25.3.1910: Stem and bow plates damaged in collision in North Sea with steam trawler ALONSO (H887) which sustained damage to shell plating on starboard quarter.
\n1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 68net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
\n22.5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.1768). Based Aegean Sea.
\n31.7.1917: Sold to Capt Quentin Dick, London (Charles Curzon, Milford, manager).
\n12.3.1919: Waiting instructions whether required for Post-War Service (SS).
\n1919: Returned to owner at Milford Haven.
\n9.1.1925: Reported that during a gale in Caldy Roads, the steam trawler ARCTIC PRINCE (M37) was adrift with her chain cable round the propeller; Tenby lifeboat took off the crew. Connected and managed to tow her into Tenby and stood by until the propeller was freed.
\n1929: Sold to Countess Howe, London (Charles Curzon, Milford Haven, manager).
\n1932: Fishing from Fleetwood (Alex Keay managing agent).
\n30.9.1937: At a Special Court at Waterford, Irish Free State, Sk. William Thomas Pipe was found guilty of fishing inside territorial waters off Saltee Islands, Co. Wexford and fined \u00a350 and fish to the value of \u00a3160 was confiscated.
\n1938: Sold to John W. Kates, Fleetwood c\/o Mair & Co, Fleetwood (The Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, managers).
\n24.7.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 302 kits – hake-210, cod\/codling-50, whiting-13, flats-8, ling\/coley-10, roker-3 dogs8.
\n5.1945: Sold to The Wendover Fishing Co, Grimsby (Consolidated Fisheries Ltd).
\n12.1945: Hull registry closed.
\n12.1945: Registered at Grimsby (GY133).
\n9.1946: Sold to St. Christopher Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, managers).
\n1948: Transferred to Fleetwood.
\n2.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
\n27.2.1952: Arrived Grays, Essex.
\n26.9.1952: Grimsby registry closed, breaking up completed.<\/p>\n

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

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S.T. Blanche H928
Picture courtesy of The Mike Thompson Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Blanche H928
Picture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Blanche H928
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Changelog<\/em>
\n19\/05\/2012: Page published. 3 updates since then.
\n16\/06\/2016: Information updated.
\n18\/06\/2016: Picture added.
\n05\/12\/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks and repaired lost links.
\n02\/09\/2019: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 124735 Yard Number: 128 Completed: 1907 Gross Tonnage: 173 Net Tonnage: 53 Length: 108.5 ft Breadth: 21.6 ft Depth: 11.5 ft Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley Engine: 45nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith, Hull Speed 9.5 knots History 18.12.1906: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd.No.128) for Hellyer\u2019s […]<\/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":[471],"class_list":["post-13854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-j-w-kates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13854","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=13854"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24574,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13854\/revisions\/24574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}