{"id":1660,"date":"2008-12-26T10:02:23","date_gmt":"2008-12-26T10:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2021-04-28T08:11:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T07:11:16","slug":"st-lord-gort-fd258","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2008\/12\/st-lord-gort-fd258\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Lord Gort FD258"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 149033
\nYard Number: 472
\nCompleted: 1925
\nGross Tonnage: 394
\nNet Tonnage: 174
\nLength: 147.5 ft
\nBreadth: 25.1 ft
\nDepth: 13.8 ft
\nEngine: 116nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley<\/p>\n

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

4.9.1925: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.472) for Hellyer Bros. Ltd, Hull as PICT.
\n31.10.1925: Registered at Hull (H250).
\n5.11.1925: Completed (Frank O. Hellyer & Owen S. Hellyer, joint managers).
\n22.4.1935: At Hull last landing before sale, from White Sea grounds (Sk.S. Sorrenson) 985 kits grossed \u00a3647.
\n22.4.1935: Sold to Devon Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Mark Hellyer, manager).
\n23.4.1935: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds (Sk.F. W. White).
\n10.5.1935: At Hull landed 1,921 kits grossed \u00a31013.
\n10.5.1935: Registered at Hull as ELBURY (H250).
\n25.7.1939: Insured value \u00a315,400.
\n19.8.1939: Sailed Hull for Iceland (Sk. W. H. Burrows). Ordered to return from sea for requisitioning.
\n1.9.1939: At Hull landed 917 kits grossed \u00a3876.
\n2.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.656) (Hire rate \u00a3152.13.6d\/month).
\n23.11.1943: Sold to Pickering & Haldane\u2019s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
\n5.7.1945: Returned after survey and restoration at Hartlepool.
\n1945: Transferred to Lord Line Ltd, Hull.
\n30.11.1945: Insured value \u00a335,000; for 1946 proposed same.
\n1946: Registered at Hull as LORD GORT (H250).
\n14.11.1947: Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd, managers). Registered at Fleetwood (FD258).
\n1949: Registered at Fleetwood as WYRE GENERAL (FD258).
\n31.1.1953: At 9.23 am. picked up distress call from steam trawler MICHAEL GRIFFITH; too far away to render assistance but relayed message to coastal stations.
\n1954: Transferred to Wyre Trawlers Ltd (Leslie Wheildon, manager) on purchase of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd by Associated Fisheries Group.
\n1956: Sold to B. J. Nijkerk S.A., Antwerp for breaking up.
\n19.3.1956: Sailed from Fleetwood for Antwerp (Boom).
\nClick to enlarge image<\/em><\/p>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Lord Gort FD258
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n26\/12\/2008: Page published. 2 updates since then.
\n28\/04\/2017: Image added.
\n28\/04\/2021: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 149033 Yard Number: 472 Completed: 1925 Gross Tonnage: 394 Net Tonnage: 174 Length: 147.5 ft Breadth: 25.1 ft Depth: 13.8 ft Engine: 116nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley History 4.9.1925: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.472) for Hellyer […]<\/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":[25],"class_list":["post-1660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-wyre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660","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=1660"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25585,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions\/25585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}