{"id":1833,"date":"2008-12-27T10:34:09","date_gmt":"2008-12-27T10:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=1833"},"modified":"2017-07-08T08:14:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T07:14:07","slug":"st-meroa-fd374","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2008\/12\/st-meroa-fd374\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Meroa FD374"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Technical <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Official Number: 141955<br \/>\nYard Number: 455<br \/>\nCompleted: 1920<br \/>\nGross Tonnage: 227<br \/>\nNet Tonnage: 94<br \/>\nLength: 123.3 ft<br \/>\nBreadth: 22.1 ft<br \/>\nDepth: 11.6 ft<br \/>\nEngine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore &#038; Co Ltd, Coatbridge<br \/>\nBuilt: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen<\/p>\n<p><strong>History <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3.3.1920:  Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.455) for The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood as MEROA.<br \/>\n10.7.1920:  Registered at Fleetwood (FD374).<br \/>\n7.1920:  Completed (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).<br \/>\n18.7.1926:  Sold to Harley &#038; Miller Ltd, Liverpool (Richard H. Jones, New Brighton, manager).<br \/>\n23.7.1926:  Fleetwood registry closed.<br \/>\n7.1926:  Registered at Liverpool (LL37).<br \/>\n1929:  Sold to Stephen Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Thomas Stephen, manager).<br \/>\n12.1929:  Liverpool registry closed.<br \/>\n7.12.1929:  Registered at Aberdeen (A73).<br \/>\n21.12.1929:  Renamed JOHN STEPHEN (A73). (BT 1531\/29)<br \/>\n7.1.1940:  Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (Hire rate \u00a352.10.0d\/month).<br \/>\n16.1.1940:  Returned to owner.<br \/>\n21.5.1940:   Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1662).<br \/>\n1943:  Sold to J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd, London (William  A. Bennett, manager).<br \/>\n11.1945:  Returned to owner.<br \/>\n11.1946:  Aberdeen registry closed.<br \/>\n11.1946:  Registered at Grimsby (GY402).<br \/>\n10.1947:  Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager).<br \/>\n4.1950:  Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (William  A. Bennett, manager).<br \/>\n8.1950:  Sold for breaking up.<br \/>\n8.1950:  Grimsby registry closed.<\/p>\n<p><em>Changelog<\/em><br \/>\n27\/12\/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technical Official Number: 141955 Yard Number: 455 Completed: 1920 Gross Tonnage: 227 Net Tonnage: 94 Length: 123.3 ft Breadth: 22.1 ft Depth: 11.6 ft Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore &#038; Co Ltd, Coatbridge Built: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen History 3.3.1920: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.455) for The Clifton Steam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-1833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","tag-clifton-st"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833","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=1833"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21363,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833\/revisions\/21363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}