{"id":1841,"date":"2008-12-27T10:36:14","date_gmt":"2008-12-27T10:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=1841"},"modified":"2017-12-23T16:12:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T16:12:11","slug":"st-merse-fd62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2008\/12\/st-merse-fd62\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Merse FD62"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Additional information courtesy of Ian Wilson<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Official Number: 136899<br \/>\nYard Number: 408<br \/>\nCompleted: 1914<br \/>\nGross Tonnage: 296<br \/>\nNet Tonnage: 124<br \/>\nLength: 135.8 ft<br \/>\nBreadth: 23.1 ft<br \/>\nDepth: 12.3 ft<br \/>\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Lidgerwood Ltd, Glasgow<br \/>\nBuilt: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen<\/p>\n<p><strong>History <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1914:  Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.408) for Mersey Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood as MERSE.<br \/>\n17.12.1914:  Registered at Fleetwood (FD62).<br \/>\n12.1914:  Completed (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).<br \/>\n20.2.1915:   Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.980). Fitted as Leader.<br \/>\n22.5.1917:  Sailed Clyde as escort for HMS RAMILLIES under tow for the Mersey with stern casting, rudder and shell plate damage aft sustained at launch and subsequent groundings in the Clyde.  At 2.30 pm. when passing through the Cumbraes, mined off Garroch Head, Bute (Mine laid by U-boat (UC65) on 30.4.1917).<br \/>\n26.7.1917:  Fleetwood registry closed \u201cLost on Admiralty service\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>(Lost &#8211; Ty\/Lieut. Robert E.A. Fox RNR;  Ty\/Sk. Frederick R. Becket RNR;  Alexander Flett, 2nd Hand;  Cuthbert Price &#038; David Ross, Enginemen;  Alexander Mackay. Ldg Seaman;  Edgar Dennis, AB;  Edward  M. Hulan, seaman (Newfoundland RNR);  Thomas W. Owens, telegraphist;  John C. Curl, O\/telegraphist;  William Corlett, John Higgins, John Jones, John Roberts, deckhands; Richard Roberts, George Stanton, trimmers;  William A. Shoebottom, trimmer\/cook.) <\/p>\n<p><em>Changelog<\/em><br \/>\n27\/12\/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Additional information courtesy of Ian Wilson Technical Official Number: 136899 Yard Number: 408 Completed: 1914 Gross Tonnage: 296 Net Tonnage: 124 Length: 135.8 ft Breadth: 23.1 ft Depth: 12.3 ft Engine: T.3-cyl by Lidgerwood Ltd, Glasgow Built: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen History 1914: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.408) for [&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":[24,79,18],"class_list":["post-1841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","tag-lost","tag-mersey-st-ltd","tag-war-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841","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=1841"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22001,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841\/revisions\/22001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}