{"id":3327,"date":"2009-01-14T09:53:29","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T09:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=3327"},"modified":"2024-09-11T17:34:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T16:34:53","slug":"st-san-sebastian-fd126","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-san-sebastian-fd126\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. San Sebastian FD126"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger<\/em>
\nTechnical <\/strong><\/p>\n

Official Number: 148223
\nYard Number: 57
\nCompleted: 1917
\nGross Tonnage: 271
\nNet Tonnage: 123
\nLength: 125.7 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.7 ft
\nBuilt: Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Marine Iron Works, Chicago.
\nBoiler: 480ihp Canadian Allis Chalmers Ltd, Toronto <\/p>\n

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

1.1917: Ordered.
\n1918: Launched by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada (Yd.No.57) (Canadian \u201cCastle\u201d – \u201cT.R.\u201d class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR.11.
\n28.6.1918: Completed and commissioned in the Royal Canadian Navy (1-123pdr).
\n8.1919: Paid off and laid up.
\n1920: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain D. J. Munro as agent) to bring drifters with trawlers as escorts to UK for lay-up in Muirtown Basin, Caledonian Canal, Inverness prior to sale and possible refit for classification as steam trawlers (The Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd letter dated 12 April 1920).
\n1921: Brought over at The Admiralty\u2019s expense.
\n1.1926: Still laid up.
\n2.1926: Rejected offer for all remaining trawlers at \u00a32,000 each (B. Allenby, Aberdeen letter dated 10 Feb 1926).
\n8.1926: Sold \u201cas is\u201d to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
\n17.9.1926: Renamed SAN SEBASTIAN (FD126).
\n04.1932: On three month charter to Sea Fisheries Association of Ireland, to fish out of Dublin, Galway and other ports. Charter to be exended if needed.
\n05.05.1932: Sailed for Ireland.
\n17.1.1933: At 6.58 am. stranded near White Beach Point, NE side of Galway Bay, propeller damaged (Sk. William McLennan). At 8.32 am. trawler MALAGA (GY393) (Sk. W. Kay) standing by and will connect and attempt to refloat. At 11.30 am. refloated and taken to anchorage to await tide to Galway. Due to dense fog unable to find the port for 24 hours.
\n18.01.1933: Spotted in fog by the pilot boat and guided into Galway.
\n5.6.7.1933: Chartered by Italian Government to provide support for a transAtlantic flight involving 20 to 30 aeroplanes.
\n9.5.1933: Sailed Fleetwood for NW Atlantic.
\n19.5.1933: Arrived St. John\u2019s, Newfoundland.
\n9.1.1937: Sailed Fleetwood at 9.40 a.m. for West of Scotland grounds with a crew of thirteen (Sk. Richard W. Pook).
\n10.1.1937: At approx 2.5 a.m. ran into heavy rain and reduced visibility of about 2 miles. At approx 3.10 a.m. stranded on rocks off Iommalach Rock 2 miles off Ardbeg, Islay. Pounded heavily on rocks and rolled over to starboard. Crew abandoned and eight men landed on rocks, skipper on a separate rock; four crew lost.
\n11.1.1937: At about 9.00 a.m. eight men rescued from rock by PIBROCH (96grt\/1923) on passage Glasgow-Port Ellen. At approx 2.0 p.m. skipper rescued.
\n2.2.1937: Fleetwood registry closed \u201cTotal loss\u201d.
\n23.3.1937: At BOT Formal Investigation (No.S.382), it was concluded that the stranding and subsequent loss was caused by the wrongful act and defaults of Sk. Pook. His ticket was suspended for twelve months. It was also found that the stranding and total loss was caused by the defaults of the mate James A. Maunder. He was severely censured.<\/p>\n

(Survivors (all Fleetwood unless stated)- Sk. Richard Pook; James Maunder, Mate; Harold Evans, Bosun; William Pye, Ch.Eng; James McLellan; Gilbert Pook; Robert Allen; James Meagher, deckhands; Frank Haugherty, Rochdale, fireman.
\nLost – T. W. Archer, 2nd Eng; W. Sharp; Joseph Cox, Blackpool; Joseph Gledhill, Heywood, deckhands.)<\/p>\n

Notes<\/em><\/p>\n

It was a case of every man for himself when SAN SEBASTIAN hit rocks and the crew were thrown overboard.
\nFour men died and the rest of the shipmates spent hours clinging to rocks before being rescued. The Skipper \u2013 who had been seen in hanging in the rigging \u2013 was stranded on rocks for 10 hours!<\/p>\n

She struck rocks off the coast of the island of Islay, Argyllshire, on her way to the fishing grounds.
\nA crew member revealed what happened as the ship foundered.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt the ship strike and could see we were on a reef. We launched the lifeboat but it crashed against the rail of the ship. Eight of us were thrown into the sea. The SAN SEBASTIAN had a dangerous list and although we were hanging on we were swept overboard. The last time I saw the Skipper he was in the rigging.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI got on the rocks and others came up in the darkness. We counted ourselves and found only 8 present. None of us were fully clothed and we were on the rocks for 7 hours.\u201d
\nThey were picked up by the Glasgow Steamer, Pibroch, and three bodies were later recovered.
\nSkipper Pook said he realised that survival was going to be a life and death struggle. He had been flung into the sea as the trawler toppled over.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was going round in circles and have been swimming about a mile. Then I reached a fairly big rock and, almost exhausted, pulled myself up. It was bitterly cold. I lay down but had to try and keep warm so I waved my arms and stamped my feet.\u201d
\nWhile sitting there marooned, one of the ship\u2019s lifebelts was washed on the rocks.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThen dawn broke and I saw a boat rescue the crew who had managed to reach the rock that SAN SEBASTIAN had struck. I tried to attract their attention but they were half a mile away and didn\u2019t notice me.
\nWhen I had been on the rock 10 hours I saw a boat in the distance. I signaled it and they took me off.\u201d<\/p>\n

download the PDF BOT report <\/a> into the stranding.<\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. San Sebastian FD126
Picture courtesy of John Clarkson<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. San Sebastian FD126
\nCourtesy of Elizabeth Shaw<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n27\/04\/14: Information updated.
\n16\/02\/2015: Added survivor account.
\n16\/01\/2017: Added BOT report.
\n10\/09\/2024: Information updated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger Technical Official Number: 148223 Yard Number: 57 Completed: 1917 Gross Tonnage: 271 Net Tonnage: 123 Length: 125.7 ft Breadth: 23.5 ft Depth: 12.7 ft Built: Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada Engine: T.3-cyl by Marine Iron Works, Chicago. Boiler: 480ihp Canadian Allis Chalmers Ltd, Toronto History 1.1917: Ordered. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452],"tags":[77,17,24,40],"class_list":["post-3327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-castle","tag-lost","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327","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=3327"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26969,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327\/revisions\/26969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}