{"id":2827,"date":"2009-01-08T15:30:01","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T15:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2019-08-02T08:28:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T07:28:16","slug":"st-wyre-warrior-fd178","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-wyre-warrior-fd178\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Wyre Warrior FD178"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 162188
\nYard Number: 550
\nCompleted: 10 1930
\nGross Tonnage: 369
\nNet Tonnage: 149
\nLength: 143.6 ft
\nBreadth: 24.5 ft
\nDepth: 13.2 ft
\nEngine: 96nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley<\/p>\n

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

10.7.1930: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.550) for F. & T. Ross Ltd, Hull as WELSBACH.
\n7.8.1930: Registered at Hull (H277).
\n8.8.1930: Completed (Percy Ross, manager).
\n25.7.1939: Insured value \u00a314,500.
\n9.8.1939: Sailed Hull for Bear Island (Sk. F. Smith).
\n29.8.1939: At Hull landed 1,749 kits grossed \u00a3827 (603 kits unsold).
\n1939: To requisitioning, at Hull landed from Iceland\/Bear Island\/White Sea\/Norway Coast (Sks. J. Shears, C. Eddows, G. Holiday, F. Smith) 219 days 12,941 kits \u00a39,304 gross.
\n8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, AA weapons) (P. No.FY.652)(Hire rate \u00a3182.19.3d\/month).
\n9.8.1942: Based Grimsby: Shot down a German bomber off Withernsea.
\n1946: Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd, managers).
\n16.5.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Jarrow.
\n5.1946: Hull registry closed.
\n5.1946: Registered at Fleetwood (FD178).
\n1946: Registered at Fleetwood as WYRE WARRIOR (FD178).
\n1954: Transferred to Wyre Trawlers Ltd (Leslie Wheildon, manager) on purchase of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd by Associated Fisheries Group.
\n1955: Sold to Jacques Bakker & Zonen, Bruges for breaking up (\u00a34870).
\n20.3.1955: Sailed Fleetwood for Bruges but towed into Milford Haven with mechanical problems.
\n3.1955: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n22.3.1955: Registered at Hull (H??).
\n2.4.1955: Sailed Milford Haven in tow of RED CRUSADER (LO462) bound for Bruges.
\n9.4.1955: Delivered Bruges.<\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Wyre Warrior FD178
Picture courtesy of the Phillip Dell Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"HMT<\/a>

HMT Welsbach
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n08\/01\/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n02\/08\/2019: Updated information and added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 162188 Yard Number: 550 Completed: 10 1930 Gross Tonnage: 369 Net Tonnage: 149 Length: 143.6 ft Breadth: 24.5 ft Depth: 13.2 ft Engine: 96nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley History 10.7.1930: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,452],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-2827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-wyre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2827","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=2827"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24517,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2827\/revisions\/24517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}