{"id":2752,"date":"2009-01-08T13:16:52","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T13:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2018-11-19T08:35:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T08:35:01","slug":"st-wardour-fd146","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-wardour-fd146\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Wardour FD146"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

Official Number: 132278
\nYard Number: 227
\nCompleted: 1911
\nGross Tonnage: 335
\nNet Tonnage: 136
\nLength: 140 ft
\nBreadth: 23.7 ft
\nDepth: 12.4 ft
\nEngine: 350ihp T.3-cyl and boiler C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
\nBuilt: Cook Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley<\/p>\n

History <\/strong>
\n8.9.1911: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.227) for Thomas Hamling & Co Ltd (64\/64), Hull as St. MALO.
\n8.11.1911: Completed. Harold Hall designated manager.
\n1.12.1911: Registered at Hull (H371).
\n4.1915: Requisitioned for war service.
\n16.4.1915: Commissioned as an armed trawler (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1375).
\n23.8.1918: Sold to George William Jeffs (22\/64), Arthur Jeffs (21\/64) & Harry Birch Jeffs (21\/64), Grimsby.
\n1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
\n27.9.1919: Sold to St. Malo Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby.
\n29.9.1919: George William Jeffs designated manager.
\n9.1919: Hull registry closed.
\n18.9.1919: Registered at Grimsby (GY523).
\n22.10.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
\n27.11.1923: Mortgagee re-styled Midland Bank Ltd, London.
\n5.3.1923: Mortgaged to George William Jeffs , Arthur Jeffs & Harry Birch Jeffs, Grimsby (joint mortgagees) for the sum of \u00a34,000 with interest at 5% (B).
\n20.2.1930: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n21.2.1930: Mortgage (B) discharged.
\n3.3.1930: Sold Walter Garratt (16\/64), Walter Adrian Garratt (16\/64), Fred Birch Jeffs (16\/64) and George Ernest Jeffs (16\/64), Grimsby.
\n3.3.1930: Walter Garratt appointed manager.
\n12.3.1930: Registered at Grimsby as CARFAX (GY523) (BoT Minute M\/RG 1088\/30 dated 11.3.1930).
\n18.8.1930: Walter Garratt (16\/64) shares mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (C).
\n30.9.1930: Walter Adrian Garratt (16\/64), Fred Birch Jeffs (16\/64) and George Ernest Jeffs (16\/64) shares mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (D), (E) and (F).
\n15.12.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs appointed manager.
\n17.8.1932: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgages (C), (D), (E) and (F) to Edward Cyril Grant (64\/64), Grimsby.
\n23.8.1932: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (G).
\n24.8.1932: Edward Cyril Grant designated manager.
\n30.9.1932: Registered at Grimsby as WARDOUR (GY523) (BoT Minute M\/RG 1185\/32 dated 17 9.1932).
\n1.10.1935: Mortgage (G) discharged.
\n10.10.1935: Sold to The Clan Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby.
\n26.10.1935: Edward Cyril Grant designated manager.
\n1.11.1935: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (H).
\n28.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr HA, AA weapons)(P.No.FY581)(Hire rate \u00a383.15.0d\/month).
\n1940: Based Leith.
\n3.2.1940: In Firth of Forth, connected to HM Trawler FIREFLY (P.No.FY673), badly damaged when a loose British mine they had recovered exploded killing thirteen crew and wounding a similar number. Delivered Leith.
\n6.1940: At Gt. Yarmouth with M\/S Group 30 (Sk. Frederick Leslie Hamilton DSM RNR).
\n3.9.1940: Sk. Hamilton awarded DSC.
\n20.6.1940: By B7 buoy off Frinton-on-Sea, picked up a small boat containing three men which had set out from IJmuiden. Landed them at Harwich.
\n1941: Based Sheerness (Quuenborough), ungrouped (Sk.C. J. Euston RNR).
\n1.1942: Based Sheerness (Quuenborough) with M\/S Group 3 (Ty Lt. John William Box RNVR).
\n3.1942: Ty Lt. Henry Leonard Choppin RNVR appointed CO.
\n8.1943: John Hubert Hill RNVR appointed CO.
\n7.1944: Ty Lt. John William Box RNVR appointed CO.
\n11.1944: Reginald Henry Clifton RNVR appointed CO.
\n20.7.1944: Mortgage (H) discharged.
\n20.9.1944; George Brown Brewster, Fleetwood designated manager.
\n10.10.1944: Company registered office transferred to Fleetwood.
\n11.1944: Reginald Henry Clifton RNVR appointed CO.
\n16.4.1946: Returned to owner.
\n12.1946: New boiler by Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead.
\n12.1946: Transferred to Fleetwood.
\n18.2.1947: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to District Bank Ltd, Manchester (I).
\n6.9.1951: Mortgage (I) discharged.
\n17.12.1951: Sold to Fern Leaf Co Ltd (64\/64), Fleetwood.
\n31.12.1951: William Newton designated manager.
\n31.1.1953: In severe weather conditions, assisted in search for steam trawler MICHAEL GRIFFITH (FD249) in distress 7 miles south of Barra Head; nothing found.
\n16.4.1953: Grimsby registry closed.
\n17.4.1953: Registered at Fleetwood (FD146).
\n1954: Sold to Haulbowline Industries Ltd, Passage West, Co. Cork for breaking up.
\n29.7.1954: Delivered Passage West from Fleetwood under own power. Fleetwood registry closed.
\n1954: Boiler removed during breaking, re-tubed, tested and sold to Cork Harbour Commissioners and installed in their dredger OWENACURRA (106274) (875grt\/1897).<\/p>\n

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HMT Wardour
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n08\/01\/2009: Page published. 2 updates since then.
\n17\/11\/2018: Information updated.
\n19\/11\/2018: Image added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow Boiler information courtesy of Jim Murphy Technical Official Number: 132278 Yard Number: 227 Completed: 1911 Gross Tonnage: 335 Net Tonnage: 136 Length: 140 ft Breadth: 23.7 ft Depth: 12.4 ft Engine: 350ihp T.3-cyl and boiler C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull Built: Cook Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley […]<\/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":[99],"class_list":["post-2752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-fern-leaf-co"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752","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=2752"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23159,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752\/revisions\/23159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}