{"id":2646,"date":"2009-01-08T09:42:52","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T09:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2018-04-23T08:38:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T07:38:48","slug":"st-thomas-leeds-a256","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-thomas-leeds-a256\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Thomas Leeds A256"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Admiralty Number: 4210
\nOfficial Number: 139815
\nYard Number: 452
\nCompleted: 1919
\nGross Tonnage: 276
\nNet Tonnage: 122
\nLength: 125.6 ft
\nBreadth: 23.6 ft
\nDepth: 12.7 ft
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Bellis & Morcom, Birmingham
\nBuilt: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen<\/p>\n

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

6.1919: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.452) (\u201cCastle\u201d class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS LEEDS (Ad.No.4210).
\n12.9.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
\n1919: Sold to Onward Steam Trawlers (Fleetwood) Ltd (Walter Morley, manager).
\n11.12.1919: Registered at Aberdeen (A256).
\n19.12.1923: Sk. George Hughes fined \u00a3100 or alternatively 60 days imprisonment at Rothesay for engaging in otter trawling within the prohibited limit in the Firth of Clyde.
\n20.10.1927: Registered at Aberdeen as SAINT GABRIEL (A256).
\n1928: Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, London & Milford Haven (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
\n19.3.1928: Aberdeen registry closed.
\n20.3.1928: Registered at London (LO131).
\n16.5.1928: Registered at London as THOMAS LEEDS (LO131).
\n11.2.1930: Sold to H. Westenborg, R.Garrett & L. Jones, Milford Haven (Herman Westenborg, managing owner).
\n2.1930: London registry closed.
\n14.2.1930: Registered at Milford (M70).
\n21.10.1936: While stowing gear prior to leaving Irish grounds with herring (Sk. Reginald High), Third hand William Horton (34) fell overboard and was drowned.
\n31.3.1937: On West coast of Ireland grounds, condenser door blew off. Effected repair but requested tow to Milford.
\n1.4.1937: THOMAS DEAS (M253) connected.
\n3.4.1937: Delivered to Milford.
\n27.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (P.No.FY.520)(Hire rate \u00a386.5.0d\/month).
\n5.1941: Sold to H. Westenborg & R.Garrett, Milford Haven (Hermann Westenborg, managing owner).
\n19.5.1941: Off East Coast engaged and with three other trawlers shot down Heinkel 111 (Temp Sk. R. A. Cook RNR).
\n18.11.1945: Sold to Westenborg Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Hermann Westenborg, manager).
\n11.1945: Returned.
\n3.1952: Laid up at Milford.
\n9.1952: Returned to fishing.
\n1953: Sold to Colonial Development Corporation, London. For transfer to Nigeria.
\n1954: Sold to Nigerian Shipping & Trade Co Ltd, Lagos. Registered at Milford as STRATHCATHRO (M70).
\n14.1.1954: Milford registry closed. Registered at Lagos.
\n5.4.1954: Sailed Milford for Lagos (Capt James Flett, Aberdeen).
\n25.10.1955: Stranded 13 miles west of Lagos near Ten Mile Beacon. Total loss.<\/p>\n

(Thomas Leeds, OS (volunteer), age 22, b. Co. Down, Ireland – VICTORY (SB87))<\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Thomas Leeds LO131
\nPicture courtesy of John Stevenson<\/p><\/div>\n

\"HMT<\/a>

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

Changelog<\/em>
\n08\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n23\/04\/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Admiralty Number: 4210 Official Number: 139815 Yard Number: 452 Completed: 1919 Gross Tonnage: 276 Net Tonnage: 122 Length: 125.6 ft Breadth: 23.6 ft Depth: 12.7 ft Engine: T.3-cyl by Bellis & Morcom, Birmingham Built: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen History 6.1919: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.452) (\u201cCastle\u201d class) for […]<\/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":[17,20,24,110],"class_list":["post-2646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-castle","tag-iago","tag-lost","tag-onward-st-ltd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646","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=2646"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22591,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions\/22591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}