{"id":1937,"date":"2009-01-01T09:38:53","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T09:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=1937"},"modified":"2021-06-28T09:06:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T08:06:16","slug":"st-northcoates-h329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-northcoates-h329\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Northcoates H329"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Admiralty Number: 3697
\nOfficial Number: 144573
\nYard Number: 164
\nCompleted: 1919
\nAs built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
\nGross Tonnage: 290
\nNet Tonnage: 127
\nLength: 125.4 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.6 ft
\nBuilt: Cox & Co (Engineers) Ltd, Falmouth
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Cox & Co (Engineers) Ltd, Falmouth <\/p>\n

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

Note <\/em>Name to be GEORGE CORTON.
\n1918: Launched by Cox & Co (Engineers) Ltd, Falmouth (Yd.No.164) (\u201cCastle\u201d class) for The Admiralty as GEORGE CORTEN (Ad.No.3697).
\n6.2.1919: Completed and delivered.
\n22.05.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) O.N.144573. Engaged in commercial trawling.
\n13.08.1920: Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
\n09.1920: Allocated to the Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
\n25.09.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) as GEORGE CORTEN (LO467).
\n12.1920: At Wivenhoe fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd\u2019s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Wivenhoe.
\n1921: Laid up at Brightlingsea.
\n31.10.1921: After inspection at Brightlingsea by Capt. William John Lown & Lawrence Spring (directors), purchased by Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. Purchased at asking price \u00a37250 (Others inspected and purchased were DANIEL DICK, ISAAC ARTHAN, JOHN BROOKER, JOHN GRAHAM & THOMAS BOUDIGE).
\n3.12.1921: London registry closed.
\n12.1921: Remeasured 277g 108n.
\n21.12.1921: Registered at Hull as GEORGE CORTEN (H329). Walter Scott designated manager.
\n30.1.1922: Registered at Hull as ZENCON (H329).
\n13.11.1922: Registered at Hull as ZIRCON (H329).
\n27.5.1935: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for \u00a33,800. Crewed and operated from Hull by The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys designated manager.
\n12.11.1935: Registered at Hull as NORTHCOATES (H329). Edward Towne designated manager.
\n1935: Insured value \u00a34,500.
\n1937: Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood.
\n24.8.1937: First landing at Fleetwood from Faroes, 235kits.
\n28.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (magnetic) (P.No.FY.548) (Hire rate \u00a383.2.0d\/month).
\n9.1939: Fitting out at Sheerness.
\n23.5.1944: Assigned as magnetic minesweeper to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
\n29.5.1944: Ordered to Plymouth
\n5.6.1944: Sailed Plymouth for beachhead approaches with minesweeping flotillas.
\n3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
\n2.12.1944: Foundered in the English Channel off Littlehampton in heavy weather while under tow after machinery failure. Wreck lies in position 50.39.68N 0.35.32W in 26 m. <\/p>\n

(George Corton (aka Corten, Carten), Landsman (volunteer), age 32, b. Oxford, Oxfordshire – VICTORY (SB112))<\/p>\n

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Changelog<\/em>
\n01\/01\/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n03\/11\/2016: Information updated.
\n07\/04\/2019: Information updated.
\n28\/06\/2021: Updated history and technical details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Admiralty Number: 3697 Official Number: 144573 Yard Number: 164 Completed: 1919 As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet Gross Tonnage: 290 Net Tonnage: 127 Length: 125.4 ft Breadth: 23.5 ft Depth: 12.6 ft Built: Cox & Co (Engineers) Ltd, Falmouth Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Cox & Co (Engineers) Ltd, Falmouth History Note […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452],"tags":[17,24,19],"class_list":["post-1937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-castle","tag-lost","tag-marr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937","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=1937"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26237,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937\/revisions\/26237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}