{"id":24382,"date":"2019-06-04T14:54:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T13:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=24382"},"modified":"2021-09-17T07:37:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T06:37:04","slug":"s-d-formidable-lt100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2019\/06\/s-d-formidable-lt100\/","title":{"rendered":"S.D. Formidable LT100"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 139977
\nYard Number: 483
\nCompleted: 1917
\nGross Tonnage: 87.38
\nNet Tonnage: 40.26
\nLength: 85.6 ft
\nBreadth: 19.6 ft
\nDepth: 9.4 ft
\nBuilt: John Chambers Ltd, Lowestoft
\nEngine: 175ihp C.2-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Southtown, Gt. Yarmouth
\nBoiler by Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees<\/p>\n

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

1917: Completed by John Chambers Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd. No.483?) for Frederick Spashett (32\/64) and William Catchpole (32\/64), Kessingland, Lowestoft as FORMIDABLE.
\n28.9.1917: Registered at Lowestoft (LT100). William Catchpole designated managing owner.
\n2.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.3074). Assigned as a Harbour Defence drifter (1-6pdr HA). Based Kingstown, Co. Dublin.
\n20.2.1918: Sold to Wilkins Edward Catchpole (32\/64) and Edward Catchpole (32\/64), Kessingland, Lowestoft. Edward Catchpole designated managing owner.
\nPost 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft.
\n1928: Seasonal fishing out of Fleetwood.
\n2.7.1928: Typical landing 35 boxes.
\n8.11.1933: Damaged in collision with steam drifter CARPE DIEM (LT1207).
\n5.12.1933: Damaged in collision with steam drifter RENOVATE (LT307).
\n16.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter. Renamed FIDGET (P.No.FY551) (Hire rate \u00a326.0.0d\/month).
\n26.5.1940: At 1857 \u2018Operation Dynamo\u2019 (Dunkirk evacuation) put into effect.
\n29.5.1940: Arrived Ramsgate with 114 troops.
\n30.5.1940: At 0810 arrived Ramsgate with 150 troops.
\n31.5.1940: At 1350 arrived Ramsgate with 304 troops.
\n4.6.1940: \u2018Operation Dynamo\u2019 terminated.
\n9.1941: Employed on miscellaneous naval duties.
\n5.1942: Employed on miscellaneous duties with RAF.
\n5.1944: Employed on miscellaneous naval duties.
\n1.1946: Returned to owner at Lowestoft. Reverted to FORMIDABLE (LT100).
\n14.4.1946: Sold to Albert George Catchpole (32\/64) and Edward Catchpole (32\/64), Kessingland, Lowestoft.
\n1946: Sold to Norway.
\n27.9.1946: Lowestoft registry closed. Registered at ? as TRIX (R-103-SH).
\n1.10.1946: Sailed Lowestoft for Norway. Later converted to a motor cargo vessel. Fate?<\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n04\/06\/2019: Page published.
\n26\/09\/2020: Updated history.
\n17\/09\/2021: Updated technical details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham Technical Official Number: 139977 Yard Number: 483 Completed: 1917 Gross Tonnage: 87.38 Net Tonnage: 40.26 Length: 85.6 ft Breadth: 19.6 ft Depth: 9.4 ft Built: John Chambers Ltd, Lowestoft Engine: 175ihp C.2-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Southtown, Gt. Yarmouth Boiler by Riley Brothers (Boilermakers) Ltd, Stockton on Tees […]<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-fleetwood-vessels","category-seasonal-visitors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24382","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=24382"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26041,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24382\/revisions\/26041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}