{"id":16994,"date":"2013-07-16T14:35:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T13:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=16994"},"modified":"2019-05-11T08:50:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T07:50:06","slug":"s-dt-oceanbreeze-lt343","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2013\/07\/s-dt-oceanbreeze-lt343\/","title":{"rendered":"S.D\/T. Oceanbreeze LT343 (Seasonal)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Milford Trawlers <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 149200
\nYard Number: 563
\nCompleted: 1927
\nGross Tonnage: 112
\nNet Tonnage: 48
\nLength: 90.6 ft
\nBreadth: 20.1 ft
\nDepth: 9.6 ft
\nBuilt: John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth<\/p>\n

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

16.7.1927: Launched by John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.563) for Allan Haward Watson, Lowestoft as OCEANBREEZE. Towed to Gt. Yarmouth to have machinery installed.
\n20.9.1927: Ran trials.
\n21.9.1927: Registered at Lowestoft (LT343). Allan Haward Watson designated managing owner.
\n9.1927: Completed and valued at \u00a34.500. 1928\/1930s: Seasonal fishing from Fleetwood. John Victor Breach, Lowestoft, managing agent.
\n5.7.1928: At Fleetwood landed 40 boxes.
\n5.5.1932: Sold to P. W. Watson & Sons Ltd, Lowestoft. Alan H. Watson designated manager.
\n4.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service on contraband control (Hire rate \u00a349.0.0d\/month).
\n26.5.1940: \u2018Operation Dynamo\u2019 – the evacuation of Dunkirk put into effect.
\n31.5.1940: At 0440 arrived Ramsgate with 109 troops ex Dunkirk.
\n1.6.1940: At 0545 arrived Ramsgate with 35 troops ferried by Thames launch LANSDOWNE at St Malo. Other troops taken to Dutch coaster ATLANTIC (221grt\/1930)(RN manned).
\n4.6.1940: \u2018Operation Dynamo\u2019 terminated.
\n9.1940: Employed as a boom drifter.
\n1.1942: At Lowestoft as LL sweep drifter.
\n11.6.1943: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T. Fitted out as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY810).
\n8.1943: Transferred to War Department.
\n6.8.1943: Lowestoft registry closed \u201cRegistry no longer required\u201d.
\n20.9.1947: Sold to Arthur Claude Mitchell, Milford Haven.
\n1947: Registered at Lowestoft (LT341). Arthur Claude Mitchell designated managing owner.
\n15.11.1948: At Lowestoft landed 256 crans of herring.
\n12.1.1952: At Milford landed 176 crans of herring (400 kits) grossed \u00a31,735.
\n20.10.1952: At Lowestoft landed 120 crans of herring.
\n6.1.1958: Converted to motor by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft, fitted with 330bhp 4 stroke 6VEBM oil engine by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln.
\n1958: Re measured 118g 49n.
\n6.1958: Sold to Jack Arthur Mitchell (32\/64) & Sk. Charles Noel Bray (32\/64), Milford Haven. Jack Arthur Mitchell designated managing owner.
\n28.5.1958: Returned to Milford from conversion to diesel and fished her way back, catch grossed \u00a3511.
\n20.12.1961: Sold to Jackora Ltd (64\/64), Milford Haven. H. C. Mills designated manager.
\n20.8.1968: Motor trawler LORD KEITH (LT181) developed engine trouble while fishing E of Blackwater Light Vessel, Co. Wexford but managed to reach Rosslare Bay. Connected and commenced tow to Milford.
\n23.5.1970: Registered office transferred to Lowestoft. Vessel on offshore platform standby and safety duty.
\n1974: Sold to Greek owners.
\n14.1.1975: Lowestoft registry closed.
\n9.3.1975: Sailed Lowestoft in company with motor drifter trawlers WILSON LINE (YH105) and LORD KEITH (LT181) for Mediterranean with stated intention of converting them to refrigerated stern trawlers.
\n27.2.1978: Owner stated as Theolus Iosifides, Halkis, Greece.
\n1988: Deleted from registers continued existence in doubt. <\/p>\n

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S.D\/T. Oceanbreeze LT341
Picture courtesy of The Trevor Snowling Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.D\/T. Ocean Breeze LT343
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S.D\/T. Ocean Breeze LT341
Picture courtesy of The John Stevenson Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.D\/T. Oceanbreeze LT341
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M.D\/T. Ocean Breeze LT341
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Changelog<\/em>
\n16\/07\/2013: Page published. 9 changes since then.
\n19\/07\/2016: Image added.
\n13\/02\/2017: Image added.
\n26\/02\/2017: Image added.
\n24\/01\/2019: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
\n11\/05\/2019: Added information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Milford Trawlers Technical Official Number: 149200 Yard Number: 563 Completed: 1927 Gross Tonnage: 112 Net Tonnage: 48 Length: 90.6 ft Breadth: 20.1 ft Depth: 9.6 ft Built: John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth History 16.7.1927: Launched by John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,118,3,452],"tags":[524,204,523],"class_list":["post-16994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-driftertrawler","category-seasonal-visitors","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-driftertrawler","tag-no-fleetwood-owners","tag-seasonal-visitors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16994","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=16994"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24353,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16994\/revisions\/24353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}