{"id":2665,"date":"2009-01-08T09:57:44","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T09:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2665"},"modified":"2021-08-09T15:36:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T14:36:38","slug":"st-transport-o159","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-transport-o159\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Transport O159"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wartime visitor<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 160120
\nYard Number: 495
\nCompleted: 1928
\nGross Tonnage: 342
\nNet Tonnage: 133
\nLength: 140.4 ft
\nBreadth: 24.4 ft
\nDepth: 13.2 ft
\nEngine: 600ihp T3-cyl and boiler by CD Holmes
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley<\/p>\n

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

8.5.1928: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.495) for Saint Andrew\u2019s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as St. JOAN.
\n31.7.1928: Registered at Hull (H456) (O.N.160120).
\n3.8.1928: Completed. C. F. Foster designated manager).
\n1931: W. H. Patterson designated manager.
\n1936: G. S. Clark designated manager.
\n30.8.1937: Company taken over by the Parkes family, Basil Arthur Parkes designated manager.
\n2.1939: Sold to Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Anonyme Armement Ostendais, Ostend.
\n20.2.1939: Hull registry closed.
\n8.3.1939: Registered at Ostend as TRANSPORT (O159).
\n1939: Re measured 359Bgrt 147n.
\n5.1940: Escaped to England via Le Havre (Sk. Robert Labbeke). Arrived Fleetwood.
\n6.1940: Transferred to Belgian Economic Mission, London. Fitted with 1-20mm Oerlikon aft of funnel. Complement increased by one Belgian DEMS gunner. Engaged transporting fish from Iceland to Fleetwood (I.D.No.161) (Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, managing agents).
\n1.9.1940: Outward for Iceland. About 12 miles NW of St. Kilda, picked up Master and thirteen crew, survivors of Belgian steamer VILLE de HASSELT (7461grt\/1920) (Capt G. Foy), Liverpool for Boston, MA unescorted, torpedoed and sunk (31.9.1940) by U.boat (U46) 100 miles NW of Barra Head in approx position 56.30N 13.00W.
\n2.9.1940: Landed survivors at Stornoway.
\n7.6.1943: Typical landing. Iceland grounds. 1310 kits – cod\/cpdling-560, haddock-400, whiting-150, flats-50, ling\/coley-150.
\n21.8.1945: Arrived back in Ostend.
\n17.10.1945: Sailed for a trip to Dogger Bank grounds (Sk.Frans Baert); with twelve crew.
\n22.10.1945: Departed fishing grounds for Ostend.
\n23.10.1945: Foundered in heavy weather off Buoy CH4 near Noord Hinder Light Vessel in approx. position 51.37N 03.18E. Ostend registry closed.<\/p>\n

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S.T. St. Joan H456
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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S.T. Transport O159
Picture courtesy of The Emiel Rycx Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Transport O159
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

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The crew of Transport
Picture courtesy of Emiel Rycx<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n08\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n30\/09\/2015: 2 pictures added.
\n19\/05\/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
\n09\/08\/2021: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wartime visitor Technical Official Number: 160120 Yard Number: 495 Completed: 1928 Gross Tonnage: 342 Net Tonnage: 133 Length: 140.4 ft Breadth: 24.4 ft Depth: 13.2 ft Engine: 600ihp T3-cyl and boiler by CD Holmes Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley History 8.5.1928: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.495) for Saint Andrew\u2019s Steam […]<\/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":[24,40],"class_list":["post-2665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-lost","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665","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=2665"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25912,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions\/25912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}