{"id":1866,"date":"2008-12-27T13:37:34","date_gmt":"2008-12-27T13:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=1866"},"modified":"2023-11-03T10:00:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:00:59","slug":"st-morgan-jones-fd129","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2008\/12\/st-morgan-jones-fd129\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Morgan Jones FD129"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 143830
\nYard Number: 4
\nCompleted: 1918
\nAs built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
\nGross Tonnage: 278
\nNet Tonnage: 116
\nLength: 125.0 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.7 ft
\nBuilt: Fletcher, Son & Fearnall Ltd, Limehouse, London
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Fraser & Chalmers Ltd, Erith<\/p>\n

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

1918: Launched by Fletcher, Son & Fearnall Ltd, Limehouse, London (Yd.No.4) (\u201cCastle\u201d class) for The Admiralty as MORGAN JONES (Ad.No.3845).
\n10.3.1918: Completed (1-12pdr, Hydrophone and W\/T).
\n14.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as MORGAN JONES O.N.143830.
\n18.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO116).
\n1920: Sold to Mills Steamship Co Ltd, London. Frederick B. O\u2019Meara designated manager.
\n1920-1930: Local managers\/agents at Milford, Brand & Curzon.
\n11.1930: Transferred to Hull.
\n25.7.1939: Insured value \u00a35,000.
\nPre 4.1940: Employed on Fishery Protection (Nore\/Humber\/Hull).
\n11.6.1940: At Hull last landing before requisitioning. Faroe trip, 14 days – 444kits \u00a3668 gross.
\n1940: Sold to The Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. David N. Marr designated manager)
\n1.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No. 4.114).
\n2.6.1940: Hire rate \u00a383.8.0d\/month.
\n1940: Based North Shields (Ty\/Sk. P. S. Ellerby RNR).
\n1942: Based Tyne (1-12pdr).
\n4.1945: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
\n11.1945: London registry closed.
\n8.11.1945: Registered at Fleetwood (FD129).
\n3.1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
\n22.3.1957: Arrived Troon Harbour from Fleetwood under own power (5\u20193\u201d\/15\u20190\u201d).
\n27.3.1957: Breaking commenced.
\n13.6.1957: Beached (5\u20192\u201d\/9\u20199\u201d).
\n13.9.1957: Breaking completed.
\n25.11.1957: Fleetwood registry closed.<\/p>\n

(Morgan Jones, AB (prest), age 23, b. Carnarvon, North Wales – VICTORY (SB823)) <\/p>\n

Click to enlarge image<\/strong>
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S.T. Morgan Jones FD116
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n27\/12\/2008: Page published. 3 updates since then.
\n18\/06\/2021: Updated history and technical details.
\n03\/11\/2023: Added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 143830 Yard Number: 4 Completed: 1918 As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet Gross Tonnage: 278 Net Tonnage: 116 Length: 125.0 ft Breadth: 23.5 ft Depth: 12.7 ft Built: Fletcher, Son & Fearnall Ltd, Limehouse, London Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Fraser & Chalmers Ltd, Erith History 1918: Launched by Fletcher, […]<\/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],"tags":[17,21],"class_list":["post-1866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-castle","tag-dinas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866","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=1866"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26839,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866\/revisions\/26839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}