{"id":2257,"date":"2009-01-04T09:44:08","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T09:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2257"},"modified":"2017-05-15T07:58:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T06:58:18","slug":"st-romulus-fd128","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-romulus-fd128\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Romulus FD128"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

Official Number: 93068
\nYard Number: 11
\nCompleted: 1885
\nGross Tonnage: 159
\nNet Tonnage: 76
\nLength: 109 ft
\nBreadth: 20.2 ft
\nDepth: 10.6 ft
\nEngine: 180ihp C.2-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
\nBuilt: Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley<\/p>\n

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

24.12.1885: Launched by Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Yd.No.11) for Christopher Pickering & Samuel L. Haldane, Hull (managing owners) as ROMULUS.
\n1.3.1886: Completed.
\n4.3.1886: Registered at Hull (H1483). Chartered to John Sheriff Ellis, Scarborough and fishing from Scarborough.
\n1890: Sold to Pickering & Haldane\u2019s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull (Henry A. L. Russell, manager).
\n1901: New boiler by Amos & Smith, Hull fitted.
\n24.5.1906: Re registered (H1483).
\n22.10.1910: Chartered to James Herbert Marr, Fleetwood (managing owner).
\n24.11.1910: Hull registry closed.
\n28.11.1910: Registered at Fleetwood (FD128).
\n29.1.1911: Arrived Fleetwood and reported that deckhand, Thomas Tate, Kent St, Fleetwood had been lost overboard.
\n14.3.1911: In collision with steam trawler BELMONT (FD64) in Wyre Channel when outwards for the fishing grounds.
\n30.3.1911: Sold to James Herbert Marr, Fleetwood (managing owner).
\n29.8.1912: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager).
\n10.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler (Ad.No.NI).
\n29.10.1916: Sold to Arthur Walker, Aberdeen (managing owner).
\n20.4.1918: Sold to Nelson Blow (64\/64), Grimsby.
\n25.6.1918: Nelson Blow appointed manager. Based Buncrana, Co. Donegal.
\nBy 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
\n20.3.1919: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n26.3.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY146).
\n19.7.1920: Sold to Frederick Ernest Peters (64\/64), Bristol.
\n25.7.1920: Frederick Ernest Peters appointed manager.
\n28.7.1920: Grimsby fishing registry closed \u201cnow used for cargo\u201d.
\n30.7.1920: Alteration of tonnage and other particulars following conversion to cargo. Certificate of Survey at Grimsby dated 30.7.1920. Re measured 170.36g 69.78n.
\n22.12.1920: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Bristol.
\n1924: Sold to Bristol Sand & Gravel Co Ltd, Bristol (Frederick E. Peters, manager). At Bristol converted for sand dredging in Severn Estuary.
\n1935: Sold to Richard Abel & Sons Ltd, Liverpool (Fred Abel, manager).
\n7.1939: Sold for breaking up.
\n1939: Bristol registry closed.<\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Romulus H1483
\nPicture courtesy The Mike Thompson Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Sand<\/a>

Sand Dredger Romulus<\/p><\/div>\n

“ROMULUS at Hill’s Yard, Bristol 19 May 1935.<\/em> From the Graham Farr Archive courtesy The Friends of Purton (www.friendsofpurton.org.uk)”
\n

\"Sand<\/a>

Sand Dredger Romulus<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n04\/01\/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
\n04\/02\/2016: Minor information update.
\n15\/05\/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger and Bill Blow Technical Official Number: 93068 Yard Number: 11 Completed: 1885 Gross Tonnage: 159 Net Tonnage: 76 Length: 109 ft Breadth: 20.2 ft Depth: 10.6 ft Engine: 180ihp C.2-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull Built: Cochrane, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley History 24.12.1885: Launched by […]<\/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":[34,19],"class_list":["post-2257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-active-fc","tag-marr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257","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=2257"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21126,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257\/revisions\/21126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}