{"id":2322,"date":"2009-01-04T10:47:52","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T10:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2018-02-06T08:46:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T08:46:07","slug":"st-scorpio-gy467","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-scorpio-gy467\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Scorpio GY467"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of G\u00f6ran Olsson, Bill Blow and Douglas Paterson<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 94080
\nYard Number: 308
\nCompleted: 1888
\nGross Tonnage: 145
\nNet Tonnage: 91
\nLength: 101.6 ft
\nBreadth: 20.5 ft
\nDepth: 10.6 ft
\nEngine: 300ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
\nBuilt: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull<\/p>\n

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

8.3.1888: Launched by Earle\u2019s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.308) for The Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby as VIRGO.
\n19.4.1888: Registered at Grimsby (GY150).
\n19.4.1888: John Richardson Mackrill appointed manager.
\n4.1888: Completed.
\n25.9.1900: Sold to A\/S Zodiac, Brevik, Norway (Cornelius R\u00f6e, manager) en bloc with steam trawlers, GEMINI (GY885), PISCES (GY271), SAGITTARIUS (GY137), SCORPIO (GY136), AURUS (GY883), and ZODIAC (GY286). Continued to fish from Grimsby.
\n27.9.1900: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Brevik (No PLN for Norwegian ports before 1920).
\n1903: New boiler by Gt. Grimsby Coal, Salt & Tanning Co Ltd, Grimsby.
\n5.1906: Sold to Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby (John R. Mackrill, manager) again en bloc with steam trawlers previously named.
\n5.1906: Remeasured 144.66 grt 77.49 net.
\n17.5.1906: Registered at Grimsby (GY144).
\n9.1908: Sold to A.B. Planet, Landskrona, Sweden (Lars Peter J\u00f6nsson, manager) en bloc with CORONA (GY778), SAGITTARIUS (GY149) for \u00a32,000 each.
\n11.9.1908: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Landskrona (LA644).
\n5.1909: Sold to Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby with SAGITTARIUS (LA645).
\n26.5.1909: John Richard Mackrill appointed manager.
\n27.5.1909: Registered at Grimsby as SCORPIO (GY467).
\n8.3.1913: Sold to Aldersyde Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby.
\n17.04.1913: Edwin Beacock appointed manager. Transferred to Fleetwood.
\n7.7.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
\n25.10.1915: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (B).
\n26.10.1915: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n9.11.1916: Mortgage (B) discharged.
\n8.11.1916: Sold to James Johnson (64\/64), Scarborough.
\n2.12.1916: James Johnson designated managing owner.
\n5.12.1916: Grimsby registry closed.
\n6.12.1916: Registered at Scarborough (SH270).
\n29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
\n1919: Released. 24.4.1919: Sold to The Scorpio Steamship Co Ltd (64\/64), Scarborough.
\n20.12.1920: Sold to James Johnson (64\/64), Scarborough.
\n23.7.1923: Sold to James Beswick (64\/64), Newby, nr. Scarborough.
\n18.12.1935: Scarborough registry closed \u201cShip being broken up\u201d. <\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Virgo GY467
Sale letter courtesy of Bill Blow<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n04\/01\/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of G\u00f6ran Olsson, Bill Blow and Douglas Paterson Technical Official Number: 94080 Yard Number: 308 Completed: 1888 Gross Tonnage: 145 Net Tonnage: 91 Length: 101.6 ft Breadth: 20.5 ft Depth: 10.6 ft Engine: 300ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[204],"class_list":["post-2322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","tag-no-fleetwood-owners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322","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=2322"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22170,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions\/22170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}