{"id":1752,"date":"2008-12-26T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2008-12-26T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2021-06-05T10:16:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T09:16:40","slug":"st-manor-fd174","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2008\/12\/st-manor-fd174\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Manor FD174"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 132414
\nYard Number: 384
\nCompleted: 1913
\nGross Tonnage: 314
\nNet Tonnage: 128
\nLength: 130.0 ft
\nBreadth: 23.6 ft
\nDepth: 13.3 ft
\nBuilt: J Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co Aberdeen
\nEngine: T.3-cyl and boiler by J. Abernethy & Co, Aberdeen <\/p>\n

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

6.2.1913: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.384) for The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood as MANOR.
\n4.3.1913: Registered at Fleetwood (FD174).
\n3.1913: Completed (Joseph A. Taylor & Ernest Tomlinson Ltd, managers).
\n8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.299).
\n11.8.1914: Sailed Fleetwood for base port. Based Kirkwall.
\nPost 12.3.1919: Returned.to owner at Fleetwood.
\n1924: Sold to H. Veron & Cie, La Rochelle.
\n9.5.1924: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n5.1924: Registered at La Rochelle as VERDUNOIS (LR2728).
\n2.1938: Sold to Reginald L. Hancock, Milford Haven (managing owner).
\n2.1938: La Rochelle registry closed.
\n21.2.1938: Registered at Milford as MANOR (M238).
\n13.9.1938: Sold to Hancock\u2019s Ship Building Co Ltd, Pembroke Dock (Reginald L. Hancock, manager).
\n21.4.1939: Sold to Reginald L. Hancock, Hakin; Frederick L. Hancock, Alan Hancock & Wilfred L. Hancock, Milford Haven (Reginald L. Hancock, manager).
\n29.8.1939 Requisitioned for war service and employed on miscellaneous duties. Later fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler (P.No.FY.333) (Hire rate \u00a381.2.4d\/month).
\n5.1940: Operating on West coast of Ireland as decoy trawler towing\/and in company with HMS\/M H43.
\n15-25.6.1940: Operation Ariel *<\/strong>.
\n19.6.1940: Reported had onboard 67 naval ratings, 2 army officers, 25 other ranks and one civilian.
\n20.6.1940: Arrived Plymouth.
\n1.5.1941: Sold to J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager).
\n9.7.1942: Under command of Sk. Benjamin Pile RNR, lost by E-boat torpedo attack in Lyme Bay when escorting convoy WP.183. Wreck lies in position 50.19N 03.01W in 60m; twenty-nine crew MPK, one survivor, 2nd Hand Cyril Foale picked up from water by HMS RUBY (P.No.T24) (Ty Lieut. Nicolas Leadley Brown RNR) and landed at Yarmouth, IoW.
\n8.10.1943: Milford registry closed \u201cVessel totally lost\u201d. <\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Operation Ariel – withdrawal of remaining troops of the British Expeditionary Force from France plus other nationals, civil and military.<\/p>\n

(Crew MPK – Sk. John Wood RNR; Ty\/Sk. Joseph Jacques RNR; Timothy S. Beesley, James Gray & Sydney Thomas, Engiemen; Walter M. Emmitt, Ldg Sea; Raymond F. Bryant, Frederick R. Bunting, David A. Evans, Laurence V. Harrison, Edward Harvey, Nino W. Marven, Francis J. Reddy, Arthur F. Riches & Charles W.G. Taylor, Seamen; Charles Gulliford, Act\/AB; Albert J. Bowles & Kenneth W. Rout, O\/S; Cyril C. Wren, Tel; Lewis G. Evans, Alfred Greenhadge & Roland Davidson, O\/Tel; Frederick C. Forman, O\/Sig; Albert Lines, John Morton & Andrew R. Walker, Stokers; Peter Harley, Cook; William A. Cato, Ast\/Cook.)<\/p>\n

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

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S.T. Manor FD174
Picture courtesy of The Alan Hirst Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Manor FD174
\nPicture courtesy of The George Westwood Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Verdunois LR272
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n26\/12\/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n09\/09\/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image, repaired damaged link.
\n05\/06\/2021: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 132414 Yard Number: 384 Completed: 1913 Gross Tonnage: 314 Net Tonnage: 128 Length: 130.0 ft Breadth: 23.6 ft Depth: 13.3 ft Built: J Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co Aberdeen Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by J. Abernethy & Co, Aberdeen History 6.2.1913: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.384) for The Clifton […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,452,478],"tags":[84,24,18],"class_list":["post-1752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","category-war-losses","tag-clifton-st","tag-lost","tag-war-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752","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=1752"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25639,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752\/revisions\/25639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}