{"id":2172,"date":"2009-01-04T09:16:25","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T09:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2172"},"modified":"2018-06-09T08:31:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T07:31:30","slug":"st-varanga-gy61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-varanga-gy61\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Varanga GY61"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 160968
\nYard Number: 517
\nCompleted: 1929
\nGross Tonnage: 361
\nNet Tonnage: 171
\nLength: 140.3 ft
\nBreadth: 24.6 ft
\nDepth: 13.3 ft
\nEngine: 600ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley, 1929
\nOwner: Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood <\/p>\n

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

14.3.1929: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.517) for The Atlas Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby as VARANGA.
\n17.4.1929: Registered at Grimsby (GY61).
\n17.4.1929: Frank Somerville Letten & Edward Cyril Grant appointed managers.
\n25.4.1929: Completed.
\n13.4.1934: Frank Somerville Letten appointed manager.
\n29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1625)(Hire rate \u00a3169.19.5d\/month).
\n11.1945: Returned.
\n15.3.1946: Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd (64\/64), Fleetwood.
\n10.4.1946: Percy Campbell, Cleveleys appointed manager.
\n15.11.1946: Registered at Grimsby as RED CRUSADER (GY61) (MoT Minute R.G.No.1544\/1946 dated 19.10.1946).
\n30.7.1947: Grimsby registry closed.
\n7.1947: Registered at London (LO462).
\n11.1949: Homeward from an Icelandic trip (Sk. N. Rogerson), stranded in darkness while on passage through the Sound of Islay. Refloated.
\n9.1954: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood.
\n1955: Sold to Jacques Bakker & Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
\n 9.4.1955: Arrived Bruges with tow, WYRE WARRIOR (FD178) picked up at Milford Haven.
\n16.4.1955: Delivered.
\n4.1955: London registry closed. <\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Varanga GY61
Picture courtesy of Jeffrey Pullen<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n04\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 revisions since then,
\n07\/12\/2014: Picture added.
\n23\/12\/2017: Removed FMHT watermark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow Technical Official Number: 160968 Yard Number: 517 Completed: 1929 Gross Tonnage: 361 Net Tonnage: 171 Length: 140.3 ft Breadth: 24.6 ft Depth: 13.3 ft Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley, 1929 Owner: Iago Steam Trawler […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,452],"tags":[20,19],"class_list":["post-2172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-iago","tag-marr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172","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=2172"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12405,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172\/revisions\/12405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}