{"id":2644,"date":"2009-01-08T09:40:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T09:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2644"},"modified":"2018-12-15T08:38:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T08:38:57","slug":"st-thomas-hankins-lo372","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-thomas-hankins-lo372\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Thomas Hankins LO372"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Gary Hicks Plymouth Merchant Ships<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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

Admiralty Number: 3828
\nOfficial Number: 144570
\nYard Number: 308
\nCompleted: 1918
\nGross Tonnage: 274
\nNet Tonnage: 108
\nLength: 125.6 ft
\nBreadth: 23.4 ft
\nDepth: 12.6 ft
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by J. P. Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields
\nBuilt: J. P. Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields<\/p>\n

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

10.5.1918: Launched by J. P. Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields (Yd.No.308) (\u201cCastle\u201d class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS HANKINS (Ad.No.3828).
\n19.6.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1 – 12pdr).
\n11.5.1920: Sold by auction at London (Baltic Exchange) to Edward Brand & John Henry Dove, Milford Haven.
\n19.6.1920: Registered at London (LO372).
\n5.3.1923: Sold to John Henry Dove, Milford Haven (managing owner).
\n24.9.1925: While fishing 50 miles W by S1\/2 S from St. Ann\u2019s Head and working round a dahn, in collision with JAMES LAY (LO333), sustaining damage to stem and shell plates.
\n23.4.1933: Off Lands End shipped very heavy sea and badly damaged, returning to Milford.
\n1934: Sold to Mrs Gertrude E. Dove, Milford Haven (managing owner).
\n29.10.1936: While fishing off the West coast of Ireland, deckhand Charles L. Phillips, Hakin was washed overboard and drowned.
\n23.4.1937: Sold to P. Hancock & Sons Ltd, Milford Haven.
\n19.11.1937: Sold to Pembroke Hake Fishing Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Reginald L. Hancock later E. V. Pennington, manager).
\n15.9.1939: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
\n20.11.1939: On fishing grounds 14miles NW of Tory Island, Co. Donegal; twelve crew. At about 2.15 p.m. sighted U.boat (U.33) cut away trawl, warning shot, stopped and given 3 minutes to abandon, sunk by gunfire.
\n21.11.1939: After ten hours in open sea got to within 2 miles of Tory Island and picked up by steam trawler ESHER (LO193).
\n21.11.1939: At about 6.00 a.m. landed at Moville, Co. Donegal.
\n12.1939: London registry closed.<\/p>\n

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S.T. Thomas Hankins LO372
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S.T. Thomas Hankins LO372
\nPicture courtesy of John Stevenson<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n08\/01\/2005: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n04\/09\/2015: Information updated.
\n21\/01\/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
\n15\/12\/2018: Added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Gary Hicks Plymouth Merchant Ships Technical Admiralty Number: 3828 Official Number: 144570 Yard Number: 308 Completed: 1918 Gross Tonnage: 274 Net Tonnage: 108 Length: 125.6 ft Breadth: 23.4 ft Depth: 12.6 ft Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by J. P. Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields Built: J. P. Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452,478],"tags":[77,17,24,40,18],"class_list":["post-2644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","category-war-losses","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-castle","tag-lost","tag-parkes","tag-war-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644","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=2644"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23263,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions\/23263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}