{"id":2796,"date":"2009-01-08T15:16:37","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T15:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2021-08-14T15:40:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T14:40:15","slug":"st-william-bell-lo201","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-william-bell-lo201\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. William Bell LO201"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Technical <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Admiralty Number: 3590<br \/>\nOfficial Number: 143811<br \/>\nYard Number: 385<br \/>\nCompleted: 1918<br \/>\nAs built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet<br \/>\nGross Tonnage: 290<br \/>\nNet Tonnage: 119<br \/>\nLength: 125.5 ft<br \/>\nBreadth: 23.6 ft<br \/>\nDepth: 12.7 ft<br \/>\nBuilt: Cook, Welton &#038; Gemmell Ltd, Beverley<br \/>\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos &#038; Smith Ltd, Hull <\/p>\n<p><strong>History <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>17.1.1918:  Launched by Cook, Welton &#038; Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.385) (\u201cCastle\u201d class) for  The Admiralty as WILLIAM BELL (Ad.No.3590).<br \/>\n10.5.1918:  Commissioned.<br \/>\n15.5.1918:  Completed  (1-12pdr, Hydrophone and W\/T).<br \/>\n8.11.1919:  Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as  WILLIAM BELL O.N.143811.<br \/>\n24.12.1919:  Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO201).<br \/>\n1920:  Sold to The Mills Steamship Co Ltd, London.   Frederick B. O\u2019Meara designated manager.<br \/>\n17.1.1920: C. Curzon, Milford Haven designated manager.<br \/>\n12.1930:  Laid up at Milford.<br \/>\n1935:  Insured value \u00a35000.<br \/>\n25.7.1939:  Insured value \u00a35,000.<br \/>\n31.5.1940:  At Hull last landing before requisitioning.  West Coast, 14 days &#8211; 427kits \u00a3623 gross.<br \/>\n8.6.1940:  Requisitioned for war service and employed as an auxiliary patrol vessel.  from 7.6.1940:  Hire rate \u00a387.0.0d\/month.<br \/>\n5.1941:  Fitted out as a minesweeper (P. No.FY.1727).<br \/>\n15-25.6.1940:  Operation Ariel <strong>*<\/strong>.<br \/>\n19.6.1940:  Sailed Plymouth for France.<br \/>\n15.1.1942:  Sold to J. Marr &#038; Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager) for \u00a38,625.<br \/>\n23.2.1946:  On return sold to BISCO and allocated to W. H. Arnott, Young &#038; Co Ltd, Dalmuir for breaking up by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon.<br \/>\n11.3.1946:  Sailed Fleetwood for Troon.<br \/>\n15.3.1946:  Delivered Troon Harbour (draughts 2\u20190\u201d\/14\u20190\u201d).<br \/>\n1.4.1946:  Breaking commenced.<br \/>\n2.12.1946:  Beached (draughts 2\u20190\u201d\/8\u20196\u201d).<br \/>\n3.9.1947:  Breaking completed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*<\/strong>Operation Ariel &#8211; withdrawal of remaining troops of the British Expeditionary Force from France.<\/p>\n<p>(William Bell, OS (volunteer),  age 20, b. Whitehaven, Cumberland &#8211; VICTORY (SB750))<\/p>\n<p><em>Changelog<\/em><br \/>\n08\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.<br \/>\n14\/08\/2021: Updated history and technical details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technical Admiralty Number: 3590 Official Number: 143811 Yard Number: 385 Completed: 1918 As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet Gross Tonnage: 290 Net Tonnage: 119 Length: 125.5 ft Breadth: 23.6 ft Depth: 12.7 ft Built: Cook, Welton &#038; Gemmell Ltd, Beverley Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos &#038; Smith Ltd, Hull History [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,19],"class_list":["post-2796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","tag-castle","tag-marr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796","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=2796"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25931,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796\/revisions\/25931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}