{"id":13904,"date":"2012-05-19T15:33:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T14:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=13904"},"modified":"2020-02-08T08:51:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T08:51:30","slug":"s-t-croton-lt84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2012\/05\/s-t-croton-lt84\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Croton LT84"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 109541
\nYard Number: 193
\nCompleted: 1898
\nGross Tonnage: 150
\nNet tonnage: 58
\nLength: 100.6 ft
\nBreadth: 20.5 ft
\nDepth: 10.7 ft
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Ross & Duncan, Glasgow
\nBuilt: Mackie & Thomson, Govan<\/p>\n

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

5.1898: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.193) for Orient Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as CROTON.
\n30.6.1898: Registered at Grimsby (GY716). Frank Barrett designated manager.
\n7.1898: Completed.
\n7.1901: Sold to Akties. Croton, Sandefjord, Norway. H. Fredriksen designated manager.
\n7.1901: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Str\u00f6mstad, Sweden (SD9). (TG6)
\n5.1.1911: Picked up master (Capt Schmitz), his wife and seventeen crew of the German steamer HAVEL (1183grt\/1889), Santander to Stockton-on-Tees, cargo iron ore, which had foundered after collision near Newarp light with the Hartlepool steamer AXWELL (1442grt\/1909). Capt believed he could beach steamer and declined assistance from AXWELL, but by Friday morning, in spite of continuous pumping situation worsened and ship was settling; abandoned to boats, before foundering. In evening landed survivors at Grimsby.
\n5.1914: Sold to Orient Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
\n5.1914: New boiler fitted.
\n6.5.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY49). Frank Barrett designated manager.
\n11.1914: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.709).
\n11.1914: Fitted with Hotchkiss 12pdr and 6pdr HA and fitted out minesweeping duties (Ad.No.709).
\n1.10.1918: At Falmouth (General Patrol and Escort work).
\n24.11.1918: To be returned to owner.
\n12.1918: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
\n1.1920: Sold to Direct Fish Supplies Ltd, London. G. W. P. Margarson designated manager.
\n7.1920: Transferred to Isle of Man
\n5.8.1920: Grimsby registry closed.
\n8.1920: Registered at Douglas (DO89). W. H. B. Quilliam, Douglas, IoM designated manager.
\n3.1922: Transferred to Grimsby. Douglas registry closed.
\n30.3.1922: Registered at Grimsby (GY1344).
\n23.3.1922: Company in voluntary liquidation.
\n10.8.1922: Placed in compulsory liquidation.
\n9.1922: Sold to Thomas W. Baskcomb, Grimsby managing owner.
\n22.10.1935: Fleet of Thomas W. Baskcomb sold to Fred Parkes, Fleetwood.
\n29.10.1935: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby.
\n30.10.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
\n4.11.1935: Transferred and registered at Lowestoft (LT84). Sir John D. Marsden, Bart designated manager.
\n1940: Directed to Fleetwood under wartime control.
\n31.10.1941: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for \u00a33850. Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
\n21.5.1943: Typical landing, Home Waters. 152 kits – hake-37, cod\/codling-61, whiting-20, flats-2, ling\/coley-2, roker-9, dogs-21.
\n21.7.1945: Sold to Partnership (Hull) Ltd, Hull for \u00a34000.
\n1945: Sold to Mostyn & Willey Ltd, Watford. Hymen Mostyn designated manager.
\n1950: Sold to Belgium shipbreakers for breaking up. Lowestoft registry closed.<\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Croton LT84
Picture courtesy of the PLRS collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n19\/05\/2012: Page published. 6 updates since then.
\n16\/06\/2016: Information updated.
\n06\/02\/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
\n08\/02\/2020: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 109541 Yard Number: 193 Completed: 1898 Gross Tonnage: 150 Net tonnage: 58 Length: 100.6 ft Breadth: 20.5 ft Depth: 10.7 ft Engine: T.3-cyl by Ross & Duncan, Glasgow Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan History 5.1898: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.193) for Orient Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as CROTON. 30.6.1898: […]<\/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":[19,40],"class_list":["post-13904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-marr","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13904","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=13904"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24809,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13904\/revisions\/24809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}