{"id":2347,"date":"2009-01-04T10:55:47","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T10:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2026-01-27T07:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:34:14","slug":"st-seville-fd135","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-seville-fd135\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Seville FD135"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 148224
\nYard Number: ??
\nCompleted: 1918
\nGross Tonnage: 271
\nNet Tonnage: 122
\nLength: 125.7 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.7 ft
\nBuilt: Kingston Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Kingston, Ontario
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by National Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Goderich, Ontario. <\/p>\n

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

1.1917: Ordered.
\n1918: Launched by Kingston Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Kingston, Ontario (Yd.No. – ) (Canadian \u201cCastle\u201d – T.R.\u201d class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR.20.
\n31.8.1918: Completed by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario (Yd. No.-) and commissioned in the Royal Canadian Navy (1-12pdr).
\n14.1.1919: Paid off and laid up.
\n1920: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain D. J. Munro as agent) to bring drifters with trawlers as escorts to UK for lay-up in Muirtown Basin, Caledonian Canal, Inverness prior to sale and possible refit for classification as steam trawlers (The Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd letter dated 12 April 1920).
\n1921: Brought over at The Admiralty\u2019s expense.
\n1.1926: Still laid up.
\n2.1926: Rejected offer for all remaining trawlers at \u00a32,000 each (B. Allenby, Aberdeen letter dated 10 Feb 1926).
\n8.1926: Sold \u201cas is\u201d to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
\n22.9.1926: Registered at Fleetwood as SEVILLE (FD135).
\n1928: Sold to Red Funnel Fisheries Ltd, Sydney, NSW.
\n3.9.1928: Registered at Fleetwood as DURRAWEEN (FD135).
\n15.9.1928: Sailed Fleetwood for Sydney in company with GOOLGWAI (FD117).
\n12.1928: Arrived Sydney, NSW after 92 day passage, which included stranding when calling at the Cocos Islands, Indian Ocean.
\n29.12.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n1930: Registered at Sydney, NSW.
\n1933: Owners re-styled Red Funnel Trawlers Ltd, Sydney, NSW.
\n28.12.1937: In collision with steamer WANGANELLA (9576grt\/1932) near Montague Island, NSW. Sustained damage to bows, but with WANGANELLA, damaged amidships, proceeded to Sydney; no casualties.
\n29.7.1940: Requisitioned for war service by Royal Australian Navy and fitted out at Williamstown as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-20mm Oerlikon, 1-0.303 Vickers MG) (P.No.FY.93).
\n1940: Based Port Melbourne, Vic with M\/S Group 54.
\n11.1940: Sweeping in Bass Strait with others swept 43 mines mines off Wilson\u2019s Promontary (laid by German auxiliary cruiser PENGUIN and auxiliary minelayer PASSAT).
\n8.1944: Joined TU 70.5.2 surveying Torres Strait.
\n1.11.1945: Paid off and laid up.
\n10.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Sydney.
\n1952: Sold for breaking up at Blackwattle Bay, Sydney, NSW.<\/p>\n

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S.T. Seville FD135
Picture (as TR20) courtesy of Ronnie Bell<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Seville FD135
Picture (as TR20) courtesy of Ronnie Bell<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Durraween<\/p><\/div>\n

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HMT Durraween.
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S.T. Durraween News<\/p><\/div>\n

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Changelog<\/em>
\n04\/01\/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
\n27\/04\/2014: Updated information.
\n28\/05\/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
\n19\/02\/2035: Added an image.
\n27\/01\/2026: Added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 148224 Yard Number: ?? Completed: 1918 Gross Tonnage: 271 Net Tonnage: 122 Length: 125.7 ft Breadth: 23.5 ft Depth: 12.7 ft Built: Kingston Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Kingston, Ontario Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by National Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Goderich, Ontario. History 1.1917: Ordered. 1918: Launched by Kingston Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Kingston, Ontario (Yd.No. – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452],"tags":[77,17,40],"class_list":["post-2347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-castle","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347","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=2347"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27064,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347\/revisions\/27064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}