{"id":1392,"date":"2008-12-23T14:10:31","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T14:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2021-01-22T07:31:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T07:31:04","slug":"st-inchgarth-fd223","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2008\/12\/st-inchgarth-fd223\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Inchgarth FD223"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 139793
\nYard Number: 528
\nCompleted: 1917
\nGross Tonnage: 225.74
\nNet Tonnage: 86.51
\nLength: 121.0 ft
\nBreadth: 22.2 ft
\nDepth: 12.1 ft
\nBuilt: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
\nEngine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen<\/p>\n

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

2.1917: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.528) for Richard Watson Lewis (64\/64), Aberdeen as INCHGARTH.
\n3.1917: Completed.
\n29.3.1917: Registered at Aberdeen (A755). Requisitioned from the builders and fitted out as minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.3338). Richard Watson Lewis designated managing owner. Based Newhaven, Sussex.
\n15.3.1918: Sold to The Garth Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64\/64), Fleetwood. Joseph A. Taylor designated manager.
\nBy 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
\n15.7.1919: Aberdeen registry closed.
\n16.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD223).
\n4.1925: Sold to Ann Gordon Lewis & Hannah Watson Lewis, Pitfodell, Aberdeenshire. Hannah W. Lewis designated managing owner.
\n18.4.1925: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n20.4.1925: Registered at Aberdeen (A110).
\n19.11.1925: Certificate of marriage, now Ann Gordon Lewis or Smart, Aberdeen.
\n2.4.1928: Certificate of marriage, now Hannah Watson Lewis or ?, Edinburgh.
\n17.10.1932: Sold to William Alexander Leith, Aberdeen. William Alexander Leith designated managing owner.
\n1.3.1938: Sold to The Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. Thomas Walker designated manager.
\n8.9.1938: Registered at Aberdeen as STAR OF FREEDOM (A110) (Ref.RGS Minute dated 15.8.1938).
\n6.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examination service (P.No.T.42) (Hire rate \u00a365.18.4d\/month).
\n12.1939: converted to store carrier. Subsequently purchased into the Royal Navy. Based at Longhope, Orkney.
\n7.1941: Based Stornoway as tender to Fleet Minesweepers.
\n1.1942: Based Scapa Flow but at Faroes as tender with Fleet Minesweepers.
\n1943: Employed running small mines to Lerwick for use by the Norwegian resistance.
\n10.5.1943: Sold to River Ness Fishing Co Ltd & Alexander Smith, Aberdeen. George Craig designated manager.
\n8.6.1944: Sold to River Ness Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. George Craig, designated manager.
\n6.1944: Assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings held in readyness as HM Trawler Depot Ship.
\n24.6.1944: With convoy ECB17W left Solent and arrived Utah.
\n3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
\n11.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
\n7.1946: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
\nJuly 1946: River Ness Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen (A110).
\n26.9.1946: Registered at Aberdeen as RIVER NESS (A110) (Ref. MoT Memo No.1363\/1946 dated 2.9.1946).
\n7.9.1955: Owners re-styled River Ness Fishing Co (1955) Ltd, Aberdeen. George Craig designated manager.
\n1961: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for breaking up.
\n11.10.1961: Arrived Granton from Aberdeen under own power.
\n20.10.1961: Delivered. Aberdeen registry closed.<\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. River Ness A110
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n23\/12\/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
\n28\/10\/2018: Added a picture.
\n30\/10\/2018: Updated information.
\n21\/01\/2021: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 139793 Yard Number: 528 Completed: 1917 Gross Tonnage: 225.74 Net Tonnage: 86.51 Length: 121.0 ft Breadth: 22.2 ft Depth: 12.1 ft Built: A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen History 2.1917: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.528) for Richard […]<\/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":[240],"class_list":["post-1392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-garth-stc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392","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=1392"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25419,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392\/revisions\/25419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}