{"id":13949,"date":"2012-05-20T09:21:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T08:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=13949"},"modified":"2019-11-17T08:22:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T08:22:10","slug":"s-t-ceylonite-gy170","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2012\/05\/s-t-ceylonite-gy170\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Ceylonite GY170"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 144317
\nYard Number: 340P
\nCompleted: 1917
\nGross Tonnage: 249
\nNet Tonnage: 109
\nLength: 125.4 ft
\nBreadth: 22.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.2 ft
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley<\/p>\n

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

Ordered by Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. Requisitioned by The Admiralty on the stocks, no instalment monies paid.
\n7.7.1917: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.340P) (non-standard \u201cCastle\u201d class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS BUCKLEY (Ad.No.3607).
\n20.12.1917: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr & W\/T).
\n24.12.1917: Delivered.
\n1.10.1918: At Penzance F.C.T. Escort (Chief Skipper RNR).
\n28.5.1919: Loaned to US Navy (North Sea Minesweeping Detachment).
\n7.10.1919: Returned to The Admiralty.
\n1919: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries and engaged in commercial trawling.
\n7.1.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as THOMAS BUCKLEY O.N.144317.
\n28.01.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO276). Laid up.
\nbetween 18.05.1920 – 18.06.1920: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London for commercial trawling.
\n13.08.1920: Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
\n12.1920: At John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd, Woolston completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd\u2019s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Southampton.
\n1920: Allocated to the Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
\n01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of \u00a3100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
\n1922: Sold to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
\n25.10.1922: London registry closed.
\n10.1922: Remeasured 100net.
\n6.11.1922: Registered at Hull (H724). Walter Scott designated manager.
\n27.11.1922: Registered at Hull as CEYLONITE (H724).
\n29.1.1930: Sold to Taylor Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby. Charles Taylor designated manager.
\n31.1.1930: Hull registry closed.
\n1.2.1930: Registered at Grimsby (GY170).
\n22.6.1939: Sold to Saint Andrew\u2019s Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64\/64), Hull.
\n27.6.39: Basil Arthur Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde designated manager.
\n9.4.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed on patrol duties (1-12pdr) (Hire rate \u00a372.12.6d\/month).
\n9.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No.FY1853).
\n1.1946: Laid up.
\n22.5.1946: Returned to owner.
\n9.10.1947: Sold to Joseph Croan (64\/64), Newhaven, Edinburgh.
\n3.12.1947: Joseph Croan designated managing owner.
\n3.12.1947: Grimsby registry closed.
\n12.1947: Registered at Leith (LH246).
\n1960: Sold to BISCO (\u00a32750) and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for breaking up at Charlestown, Fife (Contract No.77E).
\n14.6.1960: Delivered Charlestown from Granton under own power.
\n12.6.1961: Breaking up commenced.
\n(Thomas Buckley, Private, Marine, age 29, b. Northwich, Cheshire – VICTORY (ML69))<\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Ceylonite LH246
Picture courtesy of Shetland Maritime Museum<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n20\/05\/2012: Page published. 6 revisions since then.
\n01\/09\/2014: Picture added.
\n28\/09\/2014: Removed incorrect picture.
\n17\/11\/2019: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 144317 Yard Number: 340P Completed: 1917 Gross Tonnage: 249 Net Tonnage: 109 Length: 125.4 ft Breadth: 22.5 ft Depth: 12.2 ft Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley History Ordered by Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. Requisitioned by The Admiralty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[77,17,40],"class_list":["post-13949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-castle","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13949","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=13949"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24721,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13949\/revisions\/24721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}