{"id":2273,"date":"2009-01-04T09:52:47","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T09:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2273"},"modified":"2020-09-27T07:58:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T06:58:42","slug":"st-ruff-h34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-ruff-h34\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Ruff H34"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 118802
\nYard Number: 62
\nCompleted: 1904
\nGross Tonnage: 169
\nNet Tonnage: 50
\nLength: 110.3 ft
\nBreadth: 21.1 ft
\nDepth: 11.2 ft
\nEngine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
\nBuilt: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole<\/p>\n

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

2.2.1904: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.62) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Hull (George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London, managers) as RUFF.
\n2.1904: Completed.
\n23.2.1904: Registered at Hull (H34).
\n22.10.1904: The Dogger Bank Incident. Flying the flag of Vice Admiral of the Gamecock fleet. Russians on passage to the Pacific in the darkness opened fire on the trawlers (approx 45 vessels) under the impression that they were about to be attacked.
\n2.1.1911: On North sea grounds with gale force winds and heavy seas running. Shortly before dawn saw signals of distress from a vessel some distance away. Closed and found Norwegian barque BAMSE (957grt\/??) being smashed about and helpless with steam trawler SNIPE (H133) close at hand. Launched boat, manned and prepared to pull over to casualty when a heavy sea struck the barque and she capsized and foundered; none of her crew seen and presumed all lost.
\n1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 63.89 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907
\n11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.676). Based Granton.
\n1918: Based Swansea.
\nBy 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
\n7.6.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64.64) to The London County Westminster & Parr\u2019s Bank Ltd, London (A). John Slater appointed manager.
\n6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
\n14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
\n14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
\n28.9.1928: Robert Burton appointed manager.
\n12.2.1929: Arrived Hull from North Sea grounds encrusted with ice; fishing abandoned.
\n16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson appointed manager.
\n10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
\n1.11.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (Joint mortgagees).
\n23.1.1936: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n11.2.1936: Sold to Brixham Trawlers Ltd, Brixham.
\n14.2.1936: Vessel (64\/64) mortgaged for \u00a3750 with interest at 5% with Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Corfe Castle and Ernest Norton, London (Joint mortgagees)(B). Ralph S. Dugdale appointed manager.
\n16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson appointed manager.
\n12.1937: Transferred to Fleetwood when Brixham Trawlers Ltd moved to the port.
\n2.12.1937: Sailed Brixham for Fleetwood, fishing round.
\n13.12.1937: First landing at Fleetwood, 104 boxes grossed \u00a3220.
\n9.2.1939: Mortgage (B) discharged.
\n13.2.1939: Vessel mortgaged to Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
\n5.5.1943: Typical wartime landing.
\n172 kits – hake-70, cod\/codling-21, haddock-6, whiting-24, flats-10, ling\/coley-25, roker-7, gurnard-3, dogs-6.
\n20.4.1953: Mortgage (C) discharged.
\n28.7.1955: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Fleetwood. 1955: Hull registry closed.<\/p>\n

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S.T. Ruff H34
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Changelog<\/em>
\n04\/01\/2009: Page published.
\n16\/06\/16: Information updated.
\n27\/09\/2020: Image added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 118802 Yard Number: 62 Completed: 1904 Gross Tonnage: 169 Net Tonnage: 50 Length: 110.3 ft Breadth: 21.1 ft Depth: 11.2 ft Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole History 2.2.1904: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole […]<\/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":[76],"class_list":["post-2273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-brixham-trawlers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273","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=2273"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25177,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions\/25177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}