{"id":1837,"date":"2008-12-27T10:35:16","date_gmt":"2008-12-27T10:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=1837"},"modified":"2021-06-14T12:59:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T11:59:59","slug":"st-merrydale-fd77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2008\/12\/st-merrydale-fd77\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Merrydale (1) FD77"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 122942
\nYard Number: 263
\nCompleted: 1906
\nGross Tonnage: 225
\nNet Tonnage: 72
\nLength: 125.2 ft
\nBreadth: 21.7 ft
\nDepth: 11.8 ft
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
\nBuilt: J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
\nBoiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow<\/p>\n

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

10.5.1906: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.263) for Tettenhall Steam Fishing Co of Fleetwood Ltd, Fleetwood as MERRYDALE.
\n18.7.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD77), Louis Cohen, Norbreck designated manager.
\n31.7.1906: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Williams Deacon\u2019s Bank Ltd, London (A).
\n31.7.1906: Completed.
\n11.8.1909: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood B). James H. Marr designated manager.
\n9.10.1913: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n10.10.1913: Mortgage (B) discharged.
\n10.10.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to J. Marr & Con Ltd, Fleetwood (C).
\n1914: New boiler fitted.
\n1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 91.11net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
\n7.5.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.1759). Commissioned at Fleetwood.
\n8.5.1915: Arrived Devonport. Fitted with Hotchkiss 3pdr, carrying cruiser mine and mine-sweep. i.a.w. Area XIV Patrol Orders dated 30.3.1915. Allocated to Unit No.92 – Section D based Isles of Scilly (Sk.W. Bell RNR) .
\n9.1.1916-15.1.1916: Refit at Falmouth Relief KING FREDERICK (Ad.No.2659.
\n10.1916: Allocated to Unit No.62 – Section H, 3rd Division based Falmouth (Sk. W. Bell RNR) *<\/strong>.
\n1.10.1918: 1.10.1918: At Falmouth with \u2018Trawler Sweepers\u2019.
\n2.11.1916: James A. Robertson designated manager.
\n1.10.1918: Mortgaged (C) discharged.
\n18.10.1918: Sold to The Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood. James A. Robertson designated manager.
\nBy 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
\n18.6.1919: Sold to Victory Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, Fleetwood. Walter Morley designated manager)
\n1928: Sold to North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. John A. Harrow designated manager.
\n4.4.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n10.4.1928: Registered at Aberdeen (A334).
\n1937: Sold to Metal Industries Ltd (\u00a3800) for breaking up at Rosyth, Fife (Contract No.15E).
\n5.1937: Delivered Rosyth from Aberdeen under own power.
\n2.6.1937: Breaking up commenced.
\n22.6.1937: Aberdeen registry closed \u201cBroken up\u201d.<\/p>\n

*<\/strong>: Sk. William Bell RNR of Preston was awarded the DSC along with others \u201c… in recognition of their services in minesweeping operations between the 1st April and 31st December, 1917\u201d.<\/p>\n

Click to enlarge images<\/em>
\n

\"Sk.<\/a>

Sk. William Bell D.S.C.
Picture courtesy of The Val & Harry Silburn Collection<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

\"Letter<\/a>

Letter from Admiralty
Picture courtesy of The Val & Harry Silburn Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"William<\/a>

William Bell’s DSC
Picture courtesy of The Val & Harry Silburn Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n27\/12\/2008: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n14\/06\/2021: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 122942 Yard Number: 263 Completed: 1906 Gross Tonnage: 225 Net Tonnage: 72 Length: 125.2 ft Breadth: 21.7 ft Depth: 11.8 ft Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow History 10.5.1906: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & […]<\/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":[37,35,38],"class_list":["post-1837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","tag-lancashire-sfc","tag-tettenhall-sfc","tag-victory-sfc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837","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=1837"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25669,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions\/25669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}