{"id":1756,"date":"2008-12-26T13:02:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-26T13:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2021-06-05T10:30:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T09:30:44","slug":"st-manx-king-gy881","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2008\/12\/st-manx-king-gy881\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Manx King GY881"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Douglas Paterson<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 138958
\nYard Number: 614
\nCompleted: 1916
\nGross Tonnage: 235.31
\nNet Tonnage: 90.11
\nLength: 117.8 ft
\nBreadth: 22.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.1 ft
\nBuilt: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Southbank on Tees, Middlesbrough
\nEngine: 74bhp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n

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

20.3.1916: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.614) for Walter H. Beeley, Grimsby as MANX KING.
\n11.4.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY881). Walter H. Beeley designated managing owner.
\n4.1916: Completed. Requisitioned by The Admiralty from the builders and fitted out as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.3274).
\n4.1917: Sold to London owners.
\n12.1917: Sold to Aberdeen Pioneer Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. Horace E. Stroud designated manager. Based Portsmouth.
\n17.2.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
\n19.2.1919: Registered at Aberdeen (A127).
\nPost 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
\n6.1919: Sold to L. Slaney, Grimsby.
\n23.6.1919: Aberdeen registry closed.
\n26.6.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY387).
\n7.1919: Sold to John W. Smethurst, Grimsby. John W. Smethurst designated managing owner.
\n6.1920: Sold to Henry Smethurst, Grimsby. John W. Smethurst designated manager.
\n5.1924: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby. (Sir Alec Black, Bart designated manager.
\n1925: Fishing out of Fleetwood.
\n11.7.1928: Typical landing 140 boxes.
\n12.1935: Sold to Alexander George Lumsden Meff, Aberdeen & others (managing owner).
\n12.12.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
\n16.12.1935: Registered at Aberdeen (A390).
\n9.5.1938: Sold to Alexander George Lumsden Meff, Aberdeen. Alexander George Lumsden Meff designated managing owner.
\n21.3.1940: About 15 miles NNW of Foula, Shetland picked up from boat eighteen crew of neutral Danish motor vessel ALGIER (1654grt\/1938) torpedoed by U.boat (U38) earlier that day. Survivors land at Scalloway pm.
\n7.7.1942: When some 10 miles NE of Fuglo Head, Faeroe Islands bombed and strafed by German aircraft.
\n12.7.1949: Sold to John Grant, Aberdeen.
\n26.8.1949: Sold to John Cameron, Buckenhaven, Peterhead.
\n18.9.1950: Aberdeen registry closed \u201cVessel broken up\u201d.<\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n26\/12\/2008: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n05\/06\/2021: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Douglas Paterson Technical Official Number: 138958 Yard Number: 614 Completed: 1916 Gross Tonnage: 235.31 Net Tonnage: 90.11 Length: 117.8 ft Breadth: 22.5 ft Depth: 12.1 ft Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Southbank on Tees, Middlesbrough Engine: 74bhp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough. History 20.3.1916: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[204],"class_list":["post-1756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","tag-no-fleetwood-owners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756","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=1756"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25640,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756\/revisions\/25640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}