{"id":22885,"date":"2018-08-18T14:07:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T13:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=22885"},"modified":"2019-07-31T08:47:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T07:47:13","slug":"s-t-balmedie-a113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2018\/08\/s-t-balmedie-a113\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Balmedie A113"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

Official Number: 123374
\nYard Number: 146
\nCompleted: 1906
\nGross Tonnage: 204.66
\nNet Tonnage: 59.29
\nLength: 115.35 ft
\nBreadth: 21.85 ft
\nDepth: 12.10 ft
\nBuilt: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen<\/p>\n

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

1906: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.146) for The Balgownie Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as BALMEDIE.
\n10.1906: Completed.
\n29.12.1906: Registered at Aberdeen (A113). Andrew Lewis designated manager.
\nBy 1912: Believed fishing out of\/landing into Fleetwood.
\n3.09.1912: In heavy weather and SW strong gale, between The Smalls and Bardsey Island, sighted drifting Admiralty caisson which had broken away from tug MILEWATER (320grt\/1888) about 20 miles NNE of The Smalls while on delivery voyage from the yard of Workman, Clark & Co Ltd, Belfast to Portsmouth. Closed and with great difficulty Sk. Andrew Smith managed manoeuvre tand get a line onboard to hold the caisson.
\n4.9.1912: At about 3.00am. the two man runner crew, exhausted by their experience, requested to be taken off the caisson and a boat transfer was effected with two members of the trawler crew replacing them (one named RILEY). Steam trawler WRENTHORPE (FD80) came on the scene and also got a line onboard and tow was commenced for Holyhead with HM cruiser BRISTOL escorting.
\n5.9.1912: Tow parted but reconnected.
\n7.9.1912: Arrived off Holyhead, transferred to tug MILEWATER and placed safely on the Government Buoy in the West Refuge Harbour.
\n14.11.1912: Salvage awards were made in the Admiralty Court in respect of services rendered to the Admiralty caisson in September. The caisson cost \u00a316,000 to build. BALMEDIE was awarded \u00a3600 with a further \u00a345 for the three men who rendered boat services. WRENTHORPE was awarded \u00a3530.
\n1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 81.52net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
\n8.1914: requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Ad.No.350). Dardanelles campaign (Sk. George Reynolds RNR).
\n27.4.1915: During progress of the battle off Anzio Beach, berthed alongside at stern of hired Glasgow registered steamer IONIAN (8268grt\/1901) which was light ship. Ionian turned propeller which cut into shell plating causing her to fill and sink alongside. All crew saved.
\n22.12.1915: Aberdeen registry closed \u201cShip lost at Dardanelles, April 1915\u201d.<\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n18\/08\/2018: Page published.
\n31\/07\/2019: Information updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall and David Slinger Technical Official Number: 123374 Yard Number: 146 Completed: 1906 Gross Tonnage: 204.66 Net Tonnage: 59.29 Length: 115.35 ft Breadth: 21.85 ft Depth: 12.10 ft Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen History 1906: Launched by Hall, Russell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[488,118,3,478],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-fleetwood-vessels","category-seasonal-visitors","category-steam-trawlers","category-war-losses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22885","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=22885"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24510,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22885\/revisions\/24510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}