{"id":2692,"date":"2009-01-08T10:23:01","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T10:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2692"},"modified":"2018-03-19T08:34:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T08:34:41","slug":"st-triton-sa61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-triton-sa61\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Triton SA61"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 124721
\nYard Number: 192
\nCompleted: 1907
\nGross Tonnage: 230
\nNet Tonnage: 87
\nLength: 120 ft
\nBreadth: 21.9 ft
\nDepth: 11.4 ft
\nEngine: 400ihp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
\nBuilt: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee, 1907
\nOwner: Thomas James Wales, Swansea <\/p>\n

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

12.9.1907: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.192) for Thomas James Wales (64\/64), Swansea (managing owner) as Triton.
\n11.10.1907: Completed.
\n11.10.1907: Registered at Swansea (SA61).
\n16.10.1907: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (A).
\n19.10.1908: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n3.11.1908: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Lloyds Bank Ltd, London (B).
\n13.4.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to William Deacons Bank Ltd, London (C).
\n6.5.1913: Mortgage (B) discharged.
\n20.12.1913: Mortgage (C) discharged.
\n20.12.1913: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to London City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (D).
\n1913: Transferred to Fleetwood.
\n5.1915: Requisitioned for war service.
\n22.5.1915: Commissioned.
\n24.5.1915: Arrived Falmouth. Fitted out as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.1761).
\n12.1918: Mortgage (D) discharged.
\n12.1918: Sold to William Sutherland (64\/64), Aberdeen (managing owner).
\n12.1918: Swansea registry closed.
\n16.12.1918: Registered at Aberdeen (A94). Based Aegean Sea.
\nPost 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
\n28.5.1923: Sold to Loch Line Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen & Bonaccord Steam Trawling Co Ltd (Harry A. Holmes, manager).
\n25.10.1924: Sold to Thomas & S. Hall, Newhaven, Edinburgh (Alexander Flockhart, Leith, manager).
\n8.3.1926: Sold to Fred Birch Jeffs (32\/64) & Walter Garratt (32\/64), Grimsby. Walter Garratt appointed manager.
\n8.3.1926: Aberdeen registry closed.
\n10.3.1926: Registered at Grimsby (GY384).
\n26.3.1926: Walter Garratt designated managing owner.
\n18.8.1930: Walter Garratt shares (32\/64) mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (E).
\n30.9.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs shares (32\/64) mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (F).
\n15.12.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs designated managing owner.
\n11.8.1931: Sold by mortgagee under mortgages (E) & (F) to Thomas William Baskcomb (64\/64), Grimsby. (managing owner).
\n14.8.1931: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
\n11.8.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (G).
\n22.10.1935: Sold by mortgagee under mortgage (G) to Fred Parkes (64\/64), Fleetwood & Blackpool.
\n24.10.1935: Sold to Charles Dobson (64\/64), Grimsby.
\n29.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
\n29.10.1935: Charles Dobson appointed manager.
\n29.9.1937: Vessel mortgaged to Midland Bank Ltd, London (H).
\n27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed as auxiliary patrol (Nore\/Sheerness)(Hire rate \u00a357.10.60d\/month).
\n1.1940: Renamed WRANGLER. Designated for conversion to a minesweeper.
\n27.3.1940: Returned to owner and reverted to TRITON (GY384).
\n3.2.1941: Mortgage (H) discharged.
\n4.2.1941: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64\/64), Fleetwood for \u00a36000.
\n13.2.1941: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys appointed manager.
\n26.9.1941: Sold to Henderson\u2019s Trawling Co Ltd (64\/64), Hull.
\n27.9.1941: Leslie James Marr, Thornton-le-Fylde appointed manager.
\n14.8.1942: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out at London for fuel carrying duties (Esso) (P.No.Y7.42).
\n3.1944: Refitting at Milford and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
\n5.1944: At Plymouth allocated to Force O.
\n3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
\n1944: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Hull appointed manager.
\n6.1945: Returned.
\n5.11.1945: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64\/64), Fleetwood.
\n6.11.1945: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys appointed manager.
\n1946: Sold to BISCO and allocated to John Lee, Belfast for breaking up.
\n28.2.1946: Grimsby registry closed \u201cVessel sold for breaking up\u201d.<\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Triton SA61
Triton’s funnel visible at the bottom of the picture<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n08\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n12\/07\/2015: Information and picture added.
\n19\/03\/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow Technical Official Number: 124721 Yard Number: 192 Completed: 1907 Gross Tonnage: 230 Net Tonnage: 87 Length: 120 ft Breadth: 21.9 ft Depth: 11.4 ft Engine: 400ihp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee, 1907 Owner: Thomas James Wales, Swansea History 12.9.1907: Launched by […]<\/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":[19,40],"class_list":["post-2692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-marr","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692","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=2692"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22441,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692\/revisions\/22441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}