{"id":2585,"date":"2009-01-07T12:49:19","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T12:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2016-02-04T14:55:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T14:55:23","slug":"st-swallow-fd167","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-swallow-fd167\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Swallow FD167"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 108523
\nYard Number: 543
\nCompleted: 1897
\nGross Tonnage: 243
\nNet Tonnage: 79
\nLength: 133.7 ft
\nBreadth: 21.6 ft
\nDepth: 10.8 ft
\nEngine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
\nBuilt: Edwards Bros, North Shields, 1897
\nOwner: Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Fleetwood <\/p>\n

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

3.4.1897: Launched by Edwards Bros, Howden-on-Tyne (Yd.No.543) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester as SWALLOW.
\n7.5.1897: Registered at Fleetwood (FD167).
\n5.1897: Completed (John E.A. Kelsall, Fleetwood, manager).
\n26.2.1898: Working as a fish carrier \u201cfleeter\u201d with the K&B fleet fishing off the Western Isles. Took onboard from trawler TEAL (FD166) survivors of trawler PLOVER (FD173) which had been run down the previous day by Norwegian steamer SAINT ANDREW (2984g\/) off Dubh Heartach Light.
\n27.2.1898: Landed survivors at Fleetwood.
\n1899: Transferred to Hull (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood, managers).
\n7.4.1899: Registered at Hull (H97).
\n12.5.1899: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n8.9.1911: Registered office transferred to Hull (George Beeching, Hull & John E. A. Kelsall, London, managers).
\n1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 95.40 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
\n10.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.654).
\n13.11.1914: At Lowestoft, parent ship HALCYON.
\n30.3.1918: \u2018Run down and sunk by steamer believed to be Norwegian AUDAX (928grt\/1903) five miles to the south of Whitby at 0300.\u2019 Crew saved. Steamer confirmed as AUDAX.
\n5.4.1918: \u2018Ceased to be on Admiralty charter from 30th March 1918\u2019.
\n14.5.1918: \u2018Ceased to be on Admiralty charter on 29th March, and not on 30th as stated\u2019.
\n18.5.1918: Hull registry closed \u201cVessel lost 29th March 1918 whilst under Admiralty Charter\u201d. <\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Swallow H97
\nPicture courtesy of Nicolina<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n07\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n04\/02\/2016: Information updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson Technical Official Number: 108523 Yard Number: 543 Completed: 1897 Gross Tonnage: 243 Net Tonnage: 79 Length: 133.7 ft Breadth: 21.6 ft Depth: 10.8 ft Engine: 550ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by N.E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland Built: Edwards Bros, North Shields, 1897 Owner: Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Fleetwood […]<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-2585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585","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=2585"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12930,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions\/12930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}