{"id":1664,"date":"2008-12-26T10:05:27","date_gmt":"2008-12-26T10:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2021-04-29T10:52:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T09:52:46","slug":"sd-lord-keith-lt181","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2008\/12\/sd-lord-keith-lt181\/","title":{"rendered":"S.D\/T. Lord Keith LT181"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 149243
\nYard Number: 292
\nCompleted: 1930
\nGross Tonnage: 116
\nNet Tonnage: 51
\nLength: 92.3 ft
\nBreadth: 20.1 ft
\nDepth: 9.4 ft
\nBuilt: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by W. Burrell, Gt Yarmouth <\/p>\n

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

14.6.1930: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co (1927) Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.292) for Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Co Ltd, Lowestoft as LORD KEITH.
\n9.9.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT181). Harold B. Jackson designated manager.
\n9.1930: Completed.
\n1930s: Seasonal trawling from Padstow and Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
\n8.2.1938: Stranded at Benacre south of Lowestoft. Attended by Lowestoft lifeboat AGNES CROSS (Cox Albert Spurgeon). Lifeboat assisted in connecting with tug and refloated. Delivered Lowestoft.
\n4.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on contraband control (Hire rate \u00a365.7.10d\/month).
\n26.5.1940: At 6.57pm. \u2018Operation Dynamo\u2019 (Dunkirk evacuation) put into effect.
\n28.5.1940: With Senior Officer (Cdr J. S. M. Glendinning RNR retd) in steam tug JAVA (128grt\/1905-500ihp) (Capt W. Jones) left Ramsgate for Dunkirk at 3.00pm in company with steam drifters LORD RODNEY (LT390), LORD COLLINGWOOD (LT183) and LORD St.VINCENT (LT79).
\n29.5.1940: Arrived Dunkirk at 4.30am. ferrying troops to ships. Ferried 323 men. 10.00am. alongside Dunkirk Pier embarking troops.
\n5.00pm. left Dunkirk beaches for Ramsgate.
\n30.5.1940: At 5.25am landed 315 troops at Ramsgate.
\n4.6.1940: \u2018Operation Dynamo\u2019 terminated.
\n9.1940: Fitted out for auxiliary patrol duties (P.No.FY.1884).
\n21.9.1943: Sold to Saint Andrew\u2019s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull when Basil Parkes bought most of Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Ltd better vessels. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager.
\n11.1945: Returned.
\n12.1945: Refitted at Fleetwood.
\n1946: Sold to J. C. Llewellin, Milford Haven.
\n1949: Sold to W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven. W. H. Kerr designated manager.
\n1957: Converted to motor, fitted with 6-cyl 360bhp oil engine by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln.
\n20.8.1968: Developed engine trouble while fishing E of Blackwater Light Vessel, Co. Wexford but managed to reach Rosslare Bay. Motor trawler OCECANBREEZE (LT343) connected and commenced tow to Milford.
\n20.2.1969: Fishing 28 miles SE of Tusker Rock Light in strong NE wind and heavy seas, hauled a mine. Cut away net and mine released to seabed.
\n1971: Sold to Keithly Enterprises Ltd, Lowestoft.
\n9.1971: Arrived Lowestoft, fitted for offshore platform standby safety role under Putford Enterprises Ltd, Lowestoft & Paignton management.
\n6.9.1971: Sailed Lowestoft for offshore platform standby safety duties.
\n17.12.1073: Outward from Lowestoft reported on fire near Corton Buoy. Gorleston lifeboat and helicopter from RAF Coltishall launched but distress cancelled when fire extinguished. Returned Lowestoft.
\n1975: Sold to Greek owners.
\n9.3.1975: Sailed Lowestoft in company with motor trawlers OCEANBREEZE (LT343) and WILSON LINE (YH105) for Mediterranean. Fitted out for dry cargo.
\n8.1997: Deleted from LR \u201cContinued existence in doubt\u201d.<\/p>\n

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S.D\/T. Lord Keith LT181
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S.D\/T. Lord Keith LT181
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S.D\/T. Lord Keith LT181
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M.D\/T. Lord Keith LT181
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Changelog<\/em>
\n26\/12\/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
\n25\/01\/2015: Images added.
\n01\/07\/2016: Picture added.
\n05\/04\/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
\n29\/04\/2021: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 149243 Yard Number: 292 Completed: 1930 Gross Tonnage: 116 Net Tonnage: 51 Length: 92.3 ft Breadth: 20.1 ft Depth: 9.4 ft Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Burrell, Gt Yarmouth History 14.6.1930: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co (1927) Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.292) for Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters […]<\/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":[204,40],"class_list":["post-1664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-no-fleetwood-owners","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664","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=1664"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25587,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions\/25587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}