{"id":19883,"date":"2015-11-27T13:40:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T13:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=19883"},"modified":"2020-08-09T07:49:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T06:49:22","slug":"s-dt-excel-iv-lt171-seasonal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2015\/11\/s-dt-excel-iv-lt171-seasonal\/","title":{"rendered":"S.D\/T. Excel IV – LT171 (Seasonal)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 139887
\nAdmiralty Number: 4149
\nYard Number: 500
\nGross Tonnage: 96
\nNet Tonnage: 41
\nLength: 86.2 ft
\nBreadth: 18.5 ft
\nDepth: 9.3 ft
\nBuilt: John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
\nEngine: 270ihp T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Southtown, Gt Yarmouth
\nBoiler: Thomas Sudron & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees <\/p>\n

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

1919: Launched by John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.500) (\u201cAdmiralty drifter\u201d) for The Admiralty as DISTANCE (Ad.No.4149).
\n20.1.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
\n1920: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London for disposal.
\n8.1920: Sold to Robert Boyle, North Shields.
\n26.8.1920: Registered at North Shields as LEONARD BOYLE (SN45). Robert Boyle designated managing owner.
\n1926: Sold to James R. Duthie, Andrew Duthie, Archibald Ritchie, Rosehearty; Alex Duthie, Andrew Duthie, Glasgow; Gilbert Peterkin, Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, Fraserburgh.
\n28.4.1926: North Shields registry closed.
\n30.4.1926: Registered at Fraserburgh as DUNDARG (FR212). James R. Duthie, Rosehearty designated managing owner.
\n1938: Sold to Jane A. Duthie, Rosehearty.
\n1938: Sold to M. C. Lough & George Lough, Eyemouth. Fraserburgh registry closed. Registered at Berwick as EXCEL IV (BK260). James Lough designated managing owner.
\n3.10.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on port duties. (Hire rate \u00a332.0.0d\/month).
\n6.1940: Employed on transport duties.
\n8.1940: Based Kirkwall. Employed on miscellaneous naval duties.
\n7.1942: Based Anstruther. Employed on torpedo recovery and as a boom tender.
\n1945: Sold to Jackora Ltd, Lowestoft.
\n2.1946: Berwick registry closed.
\n7.2.1946: Registered at Lowestoft (LT171). Arthur C. Mitchell, Milford Haven appointed manager.
\n1950: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
\n13.4.1950: Best landing – 83 boxes \u00a3550 gross.
\n1955: Sold to Belgian shipbreakers.
\n22.5.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for Antwerp (Sk. Gowan) towing steam drifter JACKORA (LT129) also for breaking.
\n28.6.1955: Lowestoft registry closed.<\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n27\/11\/2015: Page Published.
\n10\/02\/2019: Minor update.
\n09\/08\/2020: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham Technical Official Number: 139887 Admiralty Number: 4149 Yard Number: 500 Gross Tonnage: 96 Net Tonnage: 41 Length: 86.2 ft Breadth: 18.5 ft Depth: 9.3 ft Built: John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft Engine: 270ihp T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Southtown, Gt Yarmouth Boiler: Thomas Sudron & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,3],"tags":[217,524,204],"class_list":["post-19883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-driftertrawler","category-steam-trawlers","tag-admiralty-drifter","tag-driftertrawler","tag-no-fleetwood-owners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19883","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=19883"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25122,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19883\/revisions\/25122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}