{"id":2798,"date":"2009-01-08T15:17:22","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T15:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2798"},"modified":"2023-07-09T09:24:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T08:24:58","slug":"st-william-caldwell-lo374","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-william-caldwell-lo374\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. William Caldwell LO374"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Gary Hicks Plymouth Merchant Ships<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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

Admiralty Number: 3719
\nOfficial Number: 143882
\nYard Number: 395
\nCompleted: 1918
\nGross Tonnage: 289
\nNet Tonnage: 126
\nLength: 125.5 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.7 ft
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull <\/p>\n

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

12.6.1918: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.395) (\u201cCastle\u201d class) for The Admiralty as WILLIAM CALDWELL (Ad.No.3719).
\n16.11.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr).
\n28.5.1919: Loaned to US Navy (North Sea Minesweeping Detachment).
\n6.10.1919: Returned to The Admiralty.
\n11.5.1920: Sold by auction at London (Baltic Exchange) to Edward Brand & John H. Dove, Milford Haven (managing owners).
\n19.6.1920: Registered at London (LO374).
\n19.3.1923: Sold to John H. Dove, Milford Haven (managing owner).
\n10(?).5.1930: Off the Smalls, rendered assistance to a steam hopper belonging to James Dredging, Towage & Transport Co Ltd, towing a dredger from Southampton to Isle of Man, which had broken away and the wire had fouled her propeller. Connected and delivered to Milford arriving 5.30 p.m.
\n1935: Sold to Mrs Gertrude E. Dove, Milford Haven (managing owner).
\n1937: Sold to Pembroke Hake Fishing Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Reginald L. Hancock, manager).
\n1938: E. V. Pennington appointed manager.
\n15.9.1939: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
\n1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence trawler (1-12pdr) (P.No.Z142) (Hire rate \u00a387.0.0d\/month).
\n23.11.1943: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T.
\n1944: Based at Fort William (D. MacBrayne Ltd, Glasgow, agents).
\n1945: Sold to The Admiralty.
\n12.1946: Sold to Inch Fishing Co Ltd, Edinburgh.
\n1948: Registered at Granton (GN56).
\n1949: Sold to Clyde Fishing Co Ltd, Edinburgh (John S. Boyle Ltd, Glasgow, managers).
\n1955: Sold to Inch Fishing Co Ltd, Granton (Alexander A. Stuart, Glasgow, manager). Granton registry closed. Registered at Glasgow (GW17).
\n1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for breaking up.
\n30.7.1957: Moved to shipbreaking berth under tow.
\n(William Caldwell, AB, age 29, b. Plymouth, Devon – VICTORY (SB916)) <\/p>\n

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S.T. William Caldwell GN56
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Changelog<\/em>
\n08\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n04\/09\/2015: Information updated.
\n09\/07\/2023: Added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Gary Hicks Plymouth Merchant Ships Technical Admiralty Number: 3719 Official Number: 143882 Yard Number: 395 Completed: 1918 Gross Tonnage: 289 Net Tonnage: 126 Length: 125.5 ft Breadth: 23.5 ft Depth: 12.7 ft Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull History […]<\/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":[77,17,40],"class_list":["post-2798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-castle","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2798","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=2798"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26751,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2798\/revisions\/26751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}