{"id":2168,"date":"2009-01-04T09:14:19","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T09:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2021-06-05T13:31:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T12:31:54","slug":"st-red-charger-lo460","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-red-charger-lo460\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Red Charger LO460"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 162198
\nYard Number: 549
\nCompleted: 1930
\nGross Tonnage: 369
\nNet Tonnage: 149
\nLength: 143.6 ft
\nBreadth: 24.5 ft
\nDepth: 13.2 ft
\nEngine: 96nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley<\/p>\n

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

30.7.1930: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.549) for F. & T. Ross Ltd, Hull as ARKWRIGHT.
\n3.9.1930: Registered at Hull (H314).
\n10.9.1930: Completed. Percy Ross designated manager.
\n25.7.1939: Insured value \u00a314,500.
\n24.8.1939: Sailed Hull for Bear Island (Sk. A. Wilson). Ordered to return from sea for requisitioning.
\n30.8.1939: Arrived Hull, 6 days steaming, no catch.
\n1939: To requisitioning, at Hull landed from Iceland\/Bear Island (Sks. W. Isaacs, J. Wilson) 220 days 14,654 kits \u00a311,063 gross.
\n31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.653)(Hire rate \u00a3182.19.3d\/month).
\n28.10.1939: Py\/Ty\/Lieut Hugh C. Slater RNR appointed CO.
\n1.4.1940: Relieved and appointed HM Drifter OCEAN REWARD as CO.
\n12.1945: Returned to owner.
\n3.1946: Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Cdr. E. D. W. Lawford DSO, manager).
\n3.1946: Hull registry closed.
\n1.4.1946: Registered at London as RED CHARGER (LO460).
\n17.12.1952: Sheltering in Stornoway, hurricane force winds and heavy seas, called by RED CHARGER (LO460)(Sk. John Tomlinson) to come out to assist in connecting to the company steam trawler WILLIAM CALE (LO46) disabled and adrift some seven miles off Rubn\u2019 Re Light, Wester Ross, with wire bridle fouling propeller. In the event services not required.
\n28.3.1955: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Hull (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager).
\n4.1955: Sold to BISCO and allocated to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon.
\n3.6.1955: Delivered Troon Harbour (draughts 5\u20196\u201d\/15\u20196\u201d).
\n2.7.1955: Beached (draughts 7\u20193\u201d\/8\u20192\u201d).
\n19.8.1955: Rebeached.
\n31.10.1955: Rebeached.
\n26.11.1955: Breaking completed.<\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Arkwright H314
Picture courtesy of The Philip Dell Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"HMT<\/a>

HMT Arkwright
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Red Charger LO460
Picture courtesy of The Frans Schaap Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n04\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n13\/07\/2015: Picture added.
\n08\/01\/2016: Image added.
\n07\/12\/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks and disputed image.
\n05\/06\/2021: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger Technical Official Number: 162198 Yard Number: 549 Completed: 1930 Gross Tonnage: 369 Net Tonnage: 149 Length: 143.6 ft Breadth: 24.5 ft Depth: 13.2 ft Engine: 96nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley History 30.7.1930: Launched by Cook, […]<\/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":[20],"class_list":["post-2168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-iago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168","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=2168"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25645,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions\/25645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}