{"id":2576,"date":"2009-01-07T12:45:01","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T12:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2021-08-06T16:19:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T15:19:47","slug":"st-strathmartin-a79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-strathmartin-a79\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Strathmartin A79"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 137151
\nYard Number: 541
\nCompleted: 1914
\nGross Tonnage: 210
\nNet Tonnage: 90.41
\nLength: 115.50 ft
\nBreadth: 22.10 ft
\nDepth: 12.15 ft
\nBuilt: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen <\/p>\n

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

27.5.1914: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.541) for Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as STRATHMARTIN.
\n7.1914: Completed. John Brown designated manager.
\n30.7.1914: Registered at Aberdeen (A79).
\n4.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.1573). Based Larne.
\nBy 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
\n1938: W. Rhind appointed manager.
\n8.4.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol duties (Hire rate \u00a356.0.0d\/month).
\n9.4.1940: Returned to owner.
\n17.12.1942: Sold to The Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys designated manager. Fishing out of Fleetwood.
\n28.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 403 kits – hake-20, cod\/codling-18, ling\/coley-359, roker-3, dogs-3.
\n29.3.1944: Requisitioned for war service as a smoke making trawler assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings (Hire rate \u00a356.0.0d\/month).
\n9.6.1944: Arrived Mulberry A from Yarmouth with Group A1. Employed smoke making with replenishment at Portland.
\n3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended. Fitted out as a fuel carrier (Esso).
\n30.9.1944: Returned to owner.
\n19.12.1944: Sold to David Wood, Aberdeen.
\n4.2.1946: Sold to David Wood (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen. David Wood designated manager.
\n21.3.1956: Sold to Alexander Flett, Alexander Bruce Jnr, George Craig, Gordon Peterson, Alexander Bruce Snr, Robert Carson Wilkie, David Wood, Rachel Grayson Knowles, Aberdeen & James Flett, Findochty.
\n18.7.1956: Sold to Bruce\u2019s Stores (Aberdeen) Ltd.
\n7.12.1956: Sold to North Eastern Fisheries Ltd, Aberdeen. John A. Lewis, designated manager.
\n1960: Sold to BISCO (\u00a32,415) and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for breaking up at Charlestown, Fife (Contract No.92E).
\n17.12.1960: Delivered Charlestown from Aberdeen under own power.
\n17.2.1961: Breaking up commenced.
\n11.1.1962: Aberdeen registry closed \u201cVessel broken up.\u201dAdvice received from beneficial owner and shipbreaker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n07\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n06\/08\/2021: Updated history and technical details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 137151 Yard Number: 541 Completed: 1914 Gross Tonnage: 210 Net Tonnage: 90.41 Length: 115.50 ft Breadth: 22.10 ft Depth: 12.15 ft Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen History 27.5.1914: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.541) for Aberdeen Steam Trawling […]<\/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":[204,40],"class_list":["post-2576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","tag-no-fleetwood-owners","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576","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=2576"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25896,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576\/revisions\/25896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}