{"id":2588,"date":"2009-01-07T12:50:22","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T12:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2022-08-12T14:17:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T13:17:29","slug":"st-swan-fd116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-swan-fd116\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Swan FD116"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 124688
\nYard Number: 96
\nCompleted: 1907
\nGross Tonnage: 270
\nNet Tonnage: 95
\nLength: 130 ft
\nBreadth: 23.1 ft
\nDepth: 12 ft
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
\nBuilt: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
\nBoiler: R. Stephenson & Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne<\/p>\n

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

20.2.1907: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.96) for The Cygnet Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as SWAN.
\n5.1907: Mortgaged to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
\n10.5.1907: Registered at Fleetwood (FD116). Richard W. Mason appointed manager.
\n5.1907: Completed.
\n1.11.1911: Thomas Cardwell appointed manager.
\n1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 103.72 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
\n8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.136).
\n12.1915: Renamed SWAN III.
\n1919: Returned to owner and reverted to SWAN (FD116).
\n1.11.1919: Mortgage (A). Mortgagee changed name to London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London.
\n3.1921: Sailed Fleetwood for South West Irish grounds (Sk. H. Martin); eleven crew.
\n7.3.1921: In thick fog in the Western Approaches, approx 80 miles off Lands End, run down by Seattle registered steamer EDGEMONT (6865grt\/1919), Baltimore for Antwerp, struck amidships and foundered in approx position 49\u00b026N\/11\u00b014W. Six men lost and five put onboard the ARLEY (FD44) and returned to Fleetwood.
\n18.3.1921: Fleetwood registry closed. <\/p>\n

(Lost. Sk. B(H) Martin; A. Wignall, Bosun; G. Bond, 2nd engineer; Wairing, fireman, McFallon, deckhand and T. Allen, cook. <\/p>\n

Survivors. T. Welch, mate; R. Wilson, Chief engineer; Charles Thomas, deckhand; A. Cooley, deckhand and J. Morris, fireman.)<\/p>\n

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

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S.T. Swan FD116<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Swan FD116
Picture courtesy of The Sankey Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n7\/01\/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
\n16\/10\/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 124688 Yard Number: 96 Completed: 1907 Gross Tonnage: 270 Net Tonnage: 95 Length: 130 ft Breadth: 23.1 ft Depth: 12 ft Engine: T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole Boiler: R. Stephenson & Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne History 20.2.1907: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452],"tags":[169,24],"class_list":["post-2588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-cygnet-sfc-ltd","tag-lost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588","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=2588"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26478,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588\/revisions\/26478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}