{"id":13924,"date":"2012-05-20T08:41:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T07:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=13924"},"modified":"2019-09-22T08:41:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T07:41:47","slug":"s-t-braconburn-a768","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2012\/05\/s-t-braconburn-a768\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Braconburn A768"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Technical<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Admiralty Number: 4418<br \/>\nOfficial Number: 144676<br \/>\nYard Number: 645<br \/>\nCompleted: 1918<br \/>\nGross Tonnage: 203<br \/>\nNet Tonnage: 78<br \/>\nLength: 115.4 ft<br \/>\nBreadth: 22.1 ft<br \/>\nDepth: 12.1 ft<br \/>\nBuilt: Hall, Russell &#038; Co Ltd, Aberdeen<br \/>\nEngine: 430ihp T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell &#038; Co Ltd, Aberdeen<\/p>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>9.10.1918:  Launched by Hall, Russell &#038; Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.645) (\u201cStrath\u201d class) for The Admiralty as RICHARD BRISCOLL (Ad.No.4418).<br \/>\n8.11.1918:  Completed as a minesweeper\/training ship.<br \/>\n1920:  Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.<br \/>\n07.1920:  At HM Dockyard, Sheerness fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd\u2019s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at London.<br \/>\n13.08.1920:  Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.<br \/>\n24.08.1920:  Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I &#038; IV) as RICHARD BRISCOLL O.N.144676 (LO440).<br \/>\n9.1921:  Sold to The Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.<br \/>\n8.11.1921:  Registered at Aberdeen (A768).<br \/>\nJ. S. Doeg designated manager.<br \/>\n9.11.1921:  London registry closed.<br \/>\n21.12.1921:  Registered at Aberdeen as BRACONBURN (A768) (BoT Minute No.36609 dated 17.12.1921).<br \/>\n14.4.1941:  Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing &#038; Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.  Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.<br \/>\n26.4.1943:  Typical wartime landing.  383 kits &#8211; cod\/codling-18, haddock-330, ling\/coley-25, dogs-10.  F6.<br \/>\n1944:  Sold to The Admiralty for use as a blockship.<br \/>\n30.7.1944:  On passage to Scapa Flow foundered after collision with American steamer Le BARON RUSSELL BRIGGS (7176grt\/1944) off Bell Rock in position 56.35N 02.10W; six crew lost.  26.9.1944:  Aberdeen registry closed \u201cVessel sank in collision in North Sea &#8230;\u201d.  <\/p>\n<p>(Lost \u2013 Sk. J. A. Clixby, F. S. Barwick, A. Christy, J. W. Oldham, T. E. Taylor, J. A. Todd)<\/p>\n<p><em>Changelog<\/em><br \/>\n20\/05\/2012: Page published. 6 updates since then.<br \/>\n03\/09\/2016: Information updated.<br \/>\n22\/09\/2016: Information updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technical Admiralty Number: 4418 Official Number: 144676 Yard Number: 645 Completed: 1918 Gross Tonnage: 203 Net Tonnage: 78 Length: 115.4 ft Breadth: 22.1 ft Depth: 12.1 ft Built: Hall, Russell &#038; Co Ltd, Aberdeen Engine: 430ihp T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell &#038; Co Ltd, Aberdeen History 9.10.1918: Launched by Hall, Russell &#038; Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.645) [&hellip;]<\/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],"tags":[77,24,40,474],"class_list":["post-13924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-lost","tag-parkes","tag-strath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13924","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=13924"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24611,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13924\/revisions\/24611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}