{"id":1957,"date":"2009-01-01T09:46:11","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T09:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2017-10-26T09:38:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T08:38:54","slug":"st-northern-rover-lo164","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-northern-rover-lo164\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Northern Rover LO164"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 165344
\nYard Number: 553
\nCompleted: 1936
\nGross Tonnage: 655
\nNet Tonnage: 254
\nLength: 188.1 ft
\nBreadth: 28.1 ft
\nDepth: 15.5 ft
\nEngine: T.3-cyl & LP turbine with DR gearing & hydraulic coupling by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Weserm\u00fcnde.
\nBuilt: Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Weserm\u00fcnde<\/p>\n

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

1936: Ordered by Leverhulme Ltd, London to absorb frozen credits in Germany.
\n6.1936: Completed by Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Weserm\u00fcnde (Yd.No.553) for MacLine Ltd, London (Leverhulme Ltd) as NORTHERN ROVER.
\n2.11.1936: Registered at London (LO164). Operating out of Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
\n25.11.1936: First landing at Fleetwood, 1800 boxes grossed \u00a3572.
\n15.9.1957: Last landing at Fleetwood, 750 boxes grossed \u00a3422.
\n9.10.1937: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager). Transferred to Grimsby (H. Markham Cook, manager).
\n27.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out for patrol duties (P.No.4.58) (Hire rate \u00a3425.15.0d\/month).
\n30.10.1939: Patrolling in the Fair Isle Channel (Lieut. M. H. Macpherson RN), twenty-six crew. At 23.35 when some 100 miles W of Sumburgh Head torpedoed by U-boat (U59) and foundered with loss of all crew *.
\n5.11.1939: The Admiralty announced that the vessel was overdue and must be presumed lost; next of kin informed.
\n2.2.1940: London registry closed.<\/p>\n

(* MPK: Lieut Martin H. Macpherson RN; Actg Sub Lieut George B. Grey RNR; Temp Sub Lieut Geoffrey A. R. Darlow RNVR; Temp Lieut Albert E. White RNVR; Arthur F. Ethell, Ch. Eng; Robert Mackenzie, 1st Assist Eng; Joseph Wood, 2nd Assist Eng; Robert McDowell, Ch Steward; John Storr, P.O. Seaman; John W. Barnes, Ldg Seaman; Archibald J. Cairns, John G. F. Cargill, Thomas K. Cook, Harry Dodd, Percy Moore, Angus Paterson, George H. Pavey, William C. Penton, Kenneth Reddin, and Reginald H. Reynolds, Seamen; Leonard H. Stone, Signalman; Roger E. Thacker Telegraphist; Harold W. Baker, James H. Barton, Walter R. McDougall and Edward Wright, Firemen; John McLennan, Officers\u2019 Steward.)<\/p>\n

Click to enlarge image<\/em><\/p>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Northern Rover LO164
\nPicture courtesy of The JJ Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n01\/01\/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
\n14\/06\/2016: Minor information update.
\n26\/10\/2017: Removed FMHT watermark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 165344 Yard Number: 553 Completed: 1936 Gross Tonnage: 655 Net Tonnage: 254 Length: 188.1 ft Breadth: 28.1 ft Depth: 15.5 ft Engine: T.3-cyl & LP turbine with DR gearing & hydraulic coupling by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Weserm\u00fcnde. Built: Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Weserm\u00fcnde History 1936: Ordered by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452,478],"tags":[24,204,18],"class_list":["post-1957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","category-war-losses","tag-lost","tag-no-fleetwood-owners","tag-war-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957","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=1957"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21782,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957\/revisions\/21782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}