{"id":2509,"date":"2009-01-07T09:52:04","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T09:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2509"},"modified":"2024-09-10T13:26:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:26:19","slug":"st-somersby-gy390","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-somersby-gy390\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Somersby (2) GY390"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger<\/em>
\nTechnical <\/strong><\/p>\n

Official Number: 146900
\nYard Number: 55 or 58
\nCompleted: 1918
\nGross Tonnage: 271
\nNet Tonnage: 124
\nLength: 125.7 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.7 ft
\nBuilt: Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario <\/p>\n

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

1.1917: Ordered.
\n1918: Completed by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario (Yd.No. 58 or 55) (Canadian \u201cCastle\u201d – T.R.\u201d class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR.12 or TR.9?.
\n25.8.1918 or 16.5.1918: Completed and commissioned in the Royal Canadian Navy (1-12pdr).
\n2.1919: 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).
\n9.1926: Sold \u201cas is\u201d to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
\n22.9.1926: Registered at Grimsby as SOMERSBY (GY390); fishing out of Fleetwood.
\n10.9.1930: Inbound in the Wyre Channel took the ground, heeling over and did not refloat until the following tide.
\n04.1932: On three month charter to Sea Fisheries Association of Ireland, to fish out of Dublin, Galway and other ports. Charter to be exended if needed.
\n5.6.7.1933: Chartered for by Italian Government to provide support for a trans Atlantic flight involving 20 to 30 aeroplanes.
\n5.1937: Sold to F. G. P. Maritime Enterprises Ltd, London (Philip S. Bayley (Culliford & Clark Ltd), manager).
\n9.1938: Hired to Spanish Government, Madrid for use as a supply ship in the Spanish Civil War.
\n10.9.1938: Grimsby Part IV fishing registry closed.
\n8.12.1938: Arrived Marseilles with damaged cargo vessel (ex trawler) MARGARET ROSE (348grt\/1912) in tow for repair to damage sustained in air raid at Almeria.
\n2.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed on port duties. Mediterranian Command.
\n4.1940: Reclassed as a steam trawler.
\n6.1940: Returned to owner.
\n28.5.1942: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T. Employed on port duties. Mediterranian Command.
\n1944: Sold to Hijos de J. Barreras S. A., Vigo. Registered at Vigo as Herbar.
\n1950: Sold to Industrial Maritima S.L., Ceuta.
\nPost 1960 Pre 1963: FATE??<\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n07\/01\/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n27\/04\/2014: Information updated.
\n09\/06\/2016: Information updated.
\n10\/09\/2024: Information updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger Technical Official Number: 146900 Yard Number: 55 or 58 Completed: 1918 Gross Tonnage: 271 Net Tonnage: 124 Length: 125.7 ft Breadth: 23.5 ft Depth: 12.7 ft Built: Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario History 1.1917: Ordered. 1918: Completed by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[77,40],"class_list":["post-2509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509","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=2509"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26964,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509\/revisions\/26964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}