{"id":17107,"date":"2013-07-29T10:01:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T09:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=17107"},"modified":"2019-01-24T10:08:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T10:08:30","slug":"s-t-prince-de-liege-o83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2013\/07\/s-t-prince-de-liege-o83\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Prince de Li\u00e8ge O83"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wartime visitor<\/em>
\nAdditional information courtesy of Maurice Voss<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: ????
\nYard Number: 989
\nCompleted: 1926
\nGross Tonnage: 338
\nNet Tonnage: 137
\nLength: 138.8 ft
\nBreadth: 23.8 ft
\nDepth: 13.3 ft
\nBuilt: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby<\/p>\n

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

18.11.1925: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.989) for Pickering & Haldane\u2019s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD WEIR.
\n28.1.1926: Registered at Hull (280).
\n28.1.1926: Completed (John McCann & Edward Cartwright, joint managers).
\n1929: Albert Turgoose & James Clark, appointed joint managers).
\n1938: Re measured 42,16 x 7,23 metres – 324.40Bgrt 112.64n.
\n7.1938: Sold to P\u00eacheries \u00e0 Vapeur S.A., Ostend (John Bauwens, manager).
\n16.7.1938: Hull registry closed.
\n21.7.1938: Arrived at Ostend in company with LORD MOUNTBATTEN (H225 (GRAAF VAN VLAARDEREN (O92)).
\n27.7.1938: Registered at Ostend as PRINCE de LI\u00c8GE (O83).
\n5.1940: Escaped to England with refugees.
\n6.1940: Transferred to Belgian Economic Mission, London. Fishing from Fleetwood.
\n23.9.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z.172).
\n12.1945: Returned to owner.
\n9.1946: At Antwerp rebuilt by Guthrie & Hursch with new bow section 148.2 feet \u2013 375.36Bgrt 137n
\nT.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull.
\n18.9.1946: Returned to service after rebuild and Special Survey.
\n1951: Sailed for Hemiksem for conversion to a motor trawler.
\n1951: Re engined by St. Pieterswerf, Hemiksem with 4 stroke 6-cyl Carels oil engine 755bhp by Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019Electricit\u00e9 et de M\u00e9caniques, Ghent (Engine No.9663). Re measured 391.89 Bgrt 159.82n.
\n20.12.1951: Returned to service.
\n22.12.1962: Outward for Icelandic grounds. Stranded on Corn Holm Rock, Copinsay, Orkney in approx. position 58 54N 02 41.7W. Abandoned by crew and subsequently declared a Total Loss. Ostend registry closed.<\/p>\n

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

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S.T. Prince de Li\u00e8ge O83
Picture courtesy of The Emiel Ryck Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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M.T. Prince De Liege O83
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Prince de Li\u00e8ge O83
Picture courtesy of The Emiel Ryck Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n29\/07\/2013: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n26\/10\/2015: Added 2 pictures.
\n24\/01\/2019: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wartime visitor Additional information courtesy of Maurice Voss Technical Official Number: ???? Yard Number: 989 Completed: 1926 Gross Tonnage: 338 Net Tonnage: 137 Length: 138.8 ft Breadth: 23.8 ft Depth: 13.3 ft Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby History 18.11.1925: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.989) for Pickering & Haldane\u2019s Steam Trawling Co […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,452,133],"tags":[204,134],"class_list":["post-17107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","category-wartime-visitors","tag-no-fleetwood-owners","tag-wartime-visitor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17107","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=17107"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24173,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17107\/revisions\/24173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}