{"id":1740,"date":"2008-12-26T12:52:06","date_gmt":"2008-12-26T12:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=1740"},"modified":"2024-09-11T17:30:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T16:30:31","slug":"st-malaga-gy393","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2008\/12\/st-malaga-gy393\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Malaga GY393"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and David Slinger<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 146901
\nYard Number: 59
\nCompleted: 1917
\nGross Tonnage: 271
\nNet Tonnage: 122.76
\nLength: 125.7 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.7 ft
\nBuilt: Dominion Shipbuilding Co Ltd (Thor Iron Works), Toronto
\nEngine: 370ihp T.3-cyl by National Shipbuilding Co, Goderich, Ontario
\nBoiler: John Inglis & Sons, Ontario<\/p>\n

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

1.1917: Ordered by The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) (Canadian \u201cCastle\u201d- \u201cT.R.\u201d class) from Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ontario (Yd.No.59) and subcontracted to Dominion Shipbuilding Co Ltd (Thor Iron Works), Toronto.
\n15.6.1918: Completed as TR.13 (1-12pdr).
\n8.1919: Paid off and laid up.
\n1920: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain Donald John Munro CMG RN as agent) to bring drifters with trawlers as escorts to UK for lay-up in Muirtown Basin, Caledonian Canal, Inverness prior to sale and possible refit for classification as steam trawlers (The Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd letter dated 12 April 1920).
\n1921: Brought over at The Admiralty\u2019s expense.
\n1.1926: Still laid up.
\n2.1926: Rejected offer for all remaining trawlers at \u00a32,000 each (B. Allenby, Aberdeen letter dated 10 Feb 1926).
\n4.9.1926: Sold \u201cas is\u201d to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby.
\n4.9.1926: Fred Parkes, Blackpool appointed manager.
\n22.9.1926: Registered at Grimsby as MALAGA (GY393); fishing out of Fleetwood.
\n16.10.1926: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
\n6.2.1928: Registered office transferred to Fleetwood.
\n25.4.1928: Alteration of particulars of IHP (500ihp). Certificate of Survey at Liverpool dated 18.10.1927.
\n24.6.1929: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n14.12.1929: Sailed Fleetwood for West of Scotland\/Butt of Lewis grounds.
\n27.12.1929: Berthed at Stornoway with forecastle and fish room flooded having struck submerged rocks off Butt of Lewis.
\n04.1932: On three month charter to Sea Fisheries Association of Ireland, to fish out of Dublin, Galway and other ports. Charter to be exended if needed.
\n28.04.1932: Sailed for Ireland.
\n17.01.1933: At 8.32 am, (SK. W. Kay) standing by SAN SEBASTIAN (FD126) stranded near White Beach Point, NE side of Galway Bay, and will connect and attempt to refloat. At 11.30 am. refloated and towed to anchorage to await tide to Galway. Due to dense fog unable to find the port for 24 hours.
\n18.01.1933: Spotted in fog by the pilot boat and guided into Galway.
\n05.06.1933: Chartered by Italian Government to provide support for a trans Atlantic flight involving 20 to 30 aeroplanes (Sk. Geoff Barcock).
\n9.5.1933: Sailed Fleetwood for NW Atlantic.
\n19.5.1933: Arrived St. John\u2019s, Newfoundland.
\n8.10.1935: Sailed Fleetwood for fishing grounds (Sk. George A. Novo DSC); twelve crew.
\n17.10.1935: Spoke with trawler SAN SEBASTIAN (FD126); last communication.
\n18.10.1935: In severe storm conditions, missing off Portrush, Co. Antrim; no survivors *.
\n27.10.1935: Posted missing.
\n20.12.1935: Grimsby registry closed \u201c Vessel missing since 18th October 1935 and presumed lost with all hands\u201d. <\/p>\n

(* Lost – Sk.George Albert Novo DSC; George Albert Novo Jnr, Mate; Richard Blundell, Bosun; Walker Jackson, Ch. Eng; Edward Gove, 2nd Eng; George Nelson, Arthur Perry, Christopher Blair, deckhands; Daniel Logue and John Burke, firemen; William Ellis, cook; James Turner, boy;)<\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Malaga GY393
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n27\/04\/2014: Information updated.
\n02\/05\/2014: Information updated.
\n08\/01\/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
\n19\/10\/2019: Updated information.
\n10\/09\/2024: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and David Slinger Technical Official Number: 146901 Yard Number: 59 Completed: 1917 Gross Tonnage: 271 Net Tonnage: 122.76 Length: 125.7 ft Breadth: 23.5 ft Depth: 12.7 ft Built: Dominion Shipbuilding Co Ltd (Thor Iron Works), Toronto Engine: 370ihp T.3-cyl by National Shipbuilding Co, Goderich, Ontario Boiler: John Inglis & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452],"tags":[77,17,24,40],"class_list":["post-1740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-castle","tag-lost","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740","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=1740"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26968,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740\/revisions\/26968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}