{"id":2497,"date":"2009-01-07T09:36:58","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T09:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2017-05-29T09:58:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T08:58:50","slug":"st-soar-fd155","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-soar-fd155\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Soar FD155"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Ross Littlewood<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 136902
\nYard Number: 609
\nCompleted: 1915
\nGross Tonnage: 219
\nNet Tonnage: 85
\nLength: 117 ft
\nBreadth: 22 ft
\nDepth: 11.9 ft
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
\nBuilt: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank on Tees, Middlesbrough<\/p>\n

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

16.3.1915: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank on Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.609) for The \u201cWyre\u201d Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood as SOAR.
\n22.4.1915: Registered at Fleetwood (FD155) (Magnus B. J. Wedum, manager).
\n4.1915: Completed. Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1620). Based Swansea.
\nBy 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
\n9.1919: In collision in dock channel with CITY OF LONDON (FD201) and both vessel took the ground. Refloated on next tide.
\n9.1923: Attended smack LOUIE RIGBY (FD127) dismasted and in distress in heavy seas. Connected and towed (18 hours) to Milford Haven.
\n1935: Sold to Andrew Robertson & James S. Kelman, Aberdeen (Andrew Robertson managing owner).
\n29.4.1935: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n1.5.1935: Registered at Aberdeen (A284).
\n18.3.1940: Returning from coaling in Methil in darkness (coastal lights extinguished) and heavy weather, ran on reef to east of Black Waugh rocks 1 mile south of Gourdon, Kincardineshire; six crew lost*. Declared a total loss.
\n26.11.1940: Aberdeen registry closed \u201cTotal loss\u201d.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong> On a stormy night, the trawler SOAR of Aberdeen foundered on the outlying reefs to the East of the rocks known as the “Black Waughs”, half a mile south of Gourdon. Her crew of six all perished.
\nSOAR had been south for bunker coal and was on her way back to Aberdeen when disaster struck. It being wartime there were no coastal lights to help the skipper navigate and the strong South-Easterly wind must have forced his vessel too far in. <\/p>\n

The first sign of the wreck was discovered by a villager \u201craking the beach\u201d. Daylight was just breaking when he stumbled on a body. He quickly ran back to Gourdon and alerted the Coastguards and villagers. Just as the coastguards and fisherman reached the scene they saw the trawler\u2019s small boat drifting shorewards. Coastguard John Penny & skipper John Stewart dashed into the water and with some difficulty managed to reach the boat \u2013 sadly \u2013 it was empty. <\/p>\n

At the time there was no sign of the vessel itself, but at low water the ship\u2019s boiler could be seen to the east of the \u201cBlack Waughs\u201d. Most of the bodies were recovered during the day.
\n“The Wild & Rocky Coast” by Roy Soutar (Roy is a Gourdon resident, ex-fisherman & whose father was Cox of the Gourdon lifeboat). <\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Soar FD155
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n07\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 revisions since then.
\n30\/09\/2014: Added information.
\n29\/05\/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Ross Littlewood Technical Official Number: 136902 Yard Number: 609 Completed: 1915 Gross Tonnage: 219 Net Tonnage: 85 Length: 117 ft Breadth: 22 ft Depth: 11.9 ft Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank on Tees, Middlesbrough History 16.3.1915: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452],"tags":[24,25],"class_list":["post-2497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-lost","tag-wyre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497","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=2497"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21226,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions\/21226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}