{"id":2812,"date":"2009-01-08T15:23:31","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T15:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2812"},"modified":"2017-11-05T08:36:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T08:36:05","slug":"st-woolton-gy575","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-woolton-gy575\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Woolton GY575"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

Official Number: 162899
\nYard Number: 986
\nCompleted: 1935
\nGross Tonnage: 427
\nNet Tonnage: 160
\nLength: 160.3 ft
\nBreadth: 26.7 ft
\nDepth: 12.5 ft
\nEngine: 800ihp T. 3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
\nBoiler: Richardsons Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool
\nBuilt: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough <\/p>\n

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

7.3.1935: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.986) for Shire Trawlers Ltd, London as WARWICKSHIRE.
\n3.1935: Completed for Warwickshire Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (William. A. Bennett, manager).
\n28.3.1935: Registered at Grimsby (GY133).
\n9.1935: As a result of the Abyssinian crisis and failure of British diplomacy, the Government authorised The Admiralty to procure twenty modern trawlers for conversion to minor war vessels.
\n12.1935: Following successful trials sold to The Admiralty.
\n 23.12.1935: Grimsby registry closed. Fitted out as a \u201cGem\u201d class anti-submarine trawler. Renamed HMS TURQUOISE (P.No.T.45).
\n19.2.1942: Escorting convoy on East Coast (Lieut. C. M. Newns RNVR), drove off E-boat attack; eighteen enemy survivors picked up.
\n10.1946: Sold to Saint Andrew\u2019s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Reclassed at Fleetwood and registered at Hull as St. OSWALD (H335) (MoT Minute R.G.No.11524\/1946).
\n5.1948: Sold to Grimsby Merchants Amalgamated Trawling Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby. George Edward Peniston appointed manager
\n5.1948: Hull registry closed.
\n8.5.1948: Registered at Grimsby (GY575).
\n23.5.1948: While steaming 22 miles south west of Vard\u00f6, struck a mine which caused serious bow damage and killed three crew members. Norwegian minesweeper KNM Lomma P.No.M317) escorted to Vard\u00f6.
\n29.9.1948: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (A).
\n5.5.1950: Registered at Grimsby as WOOLTON (GY575) (MoT Minute R.G.No.11027\/50 dated 24.4.1950).
\n27.5.1952: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n3.7.1952: John Wilcock Robinson, Fleetwood appointed manager.
\n20.6.1952: Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
\n30.6.1952: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Grimsby Merchants Amalgamated Trawling Co Ltd, Grimsby for the sum of \u00a320,000 with interest at 5% (B).
\n4.8.1952: At Fleetwood. Landed 12,000 stone of cod and haddock from an eleven day Icelandic trip; grossed \u00a35,004.
\n1.9.1953: Mortgage (B) discharged.
\n22.2.1954: Leslie Wheildon appointed manager.
\n21.8.1954: Company restyled Wyre Trawlers Ltd (Leslie Wheildon, manager) on purchase of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd by Associated Fisheries Group.
\n23.8.1954: Grimsby registry closed.
\n8.1954: Registered at Fleetwood (FD18).
\n10.1954: Registered at Fleetwood as WYRE WOOLTON (FD18).
\n15.4.1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Preston.
\n16.4.1957: Sailed Fleetwood for Preston.
\n17.4.1957: Delivered.
\n1957: Fleetwood registry closed. <\/p>\n

Click to enlarge images<\/em><\/p>\n

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S.T. Warwickshire GY133
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. St Oswald H335
\nPicture by Jonathan courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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HMT Turquoise
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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HMT Turquoise
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Wyre Woolton FD18
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n08\/01\/2009: Page published. 6 updates since then.
\n05\/11\/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow Technical Official Number: 162899 Yard Number: 986 Completed: 1935 Gross Tonnage: 427 Net Tonnage: 160 Length: 160.3 ft Breadth: 26.7 ft Depth: 12.5 ft Engine: 800ihp T. 3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough Boiler: Richardsons Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough History 7.3.1935: […]<\/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":[105,25],"class_list":["post-2812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-gem-class","tag-wyre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812","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=2812"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21822,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812\/revisions\/21822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}