{"id":2591,"date":"2009-01-07T12:51:22","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T12:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2017-11-24T08:59:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T08:59:52","slug":"st-swansea-castle-lo124","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-swansea-castle-lo124\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Swansea Castle LO124"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 128932
\nYard Number: 479
\nCompleted: 1912
\nGross Tonnage: 256
\nNet Tonnage: 100
\nLength: 125 ft
\nBreadth: 23 ft
\nDepth: 12.3 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

1912: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.479) for The Castle Steam Trawlers Ltd, Swansea as SWANSEA CASTLE.
\n11.6.1912: Completed (Crawford Heron, manager).
\n11.6.1912: Registered at Swansea (SA108).
\n8.11.1913: Mortgaged to De Eerste Nederlandsche Scheepsverband Maatschappij, Dordrecht.
\n29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
\n18.6.1917: Fitted with 6pdr gun and commissioned.
\n19.6.1917: Arrived Milford.
\n20.6.1917: Gun trials satisfactory.
\n1919: Released.
\n22.10.1918: Sold to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (John D. Marsden, manager).
\n1.4.1919: Mortgage discharged.
\n27.11.1923: Mortgaged to London Joint City & Merchants Bank Ltd, London.
\n9.1927: Owners re-styled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (Sir John D. Marsden Bart, manager).
\n14.7.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1817)(Hire rate \u00a364.0.0d\/month).
\n15.5.1942: Mortgage discharged.
\n10.6.1942: Sold to Heward Trawlers Ltd, London & Fleetwood (R. S. Hewett & H. F. Hayward)(Robert S. Hewett, manager).
\n10.6.1942: Swansea registry closed.
\n12.6.1942: Registered at London (LO124).
\n25.2.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Liverpool.
\n2.1946: Registered at London as RODEN (LO124).
\n194?: (Wed) In gale force winds and poor visibility stranded on reef off Islay. (Tues week) Metal Industries (Salvage) Ltd steamer SALVEDA (782grt\/1943) connected at 09.00a.m. (Wed week) Refloated at 07.00a.m. Returned to Fleetwood for repair with runner crew of seven.
\n2.1955: Sold for breaking up.<\/p>\n

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

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HMT Swansea Castle
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Swansea Castle LO124
Picture courtesy of Angela Barnsby<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Swansea Castle LO124
Parade float picture courtesy of Angela Barnsby<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n07\/01\/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
\n18\/08\/2015: Pictures added.
\n24\/11\/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 128932 Yard Number: 479 Completed: 1912 Gross Tonnage: 256 Net Tonnage: 100 Length: 125 ft Breadth: 23 ft Depth: 12.3 ft Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough History 1912: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.479) for The Castle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,452],"tags":[81],"class_list":["post-2591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-heward-trawlers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591","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=2591"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21899,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions\/21899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}