{"id":3430,"date":"2009-01-14T17:01:59","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T17:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=3430"},"modified":"2020-02-10T13:33:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T13:33:03","slug":"st-dunsby-h306","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-dunsby-h306\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Dunsby H306"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 162895
\nYard Number: 980
\nCompleted: 1935
\nGross Tonnage: 422
\nNet Tonnage: 160
\nLength: 157.0 ft
\nBreadth: 26.7 ft
\nDepth: 12.3 feet
\nBuilt: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
\nBoiler: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool<\/p>\n

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

20.12.1934: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.980) for H. Croft Baker & Sons Ltd, Grimsby as MILDENHALL.
\n1.1935: Completed.
\n21.1.1935: Registered at Grimsby (GY124).
\n21.1.1935: Sydney Croft Baker designated manager.
\n25.1.1935: Mortgaged to Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (A).
\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.
\n4.12.1935: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n12.1935: Following successful trials sold to The Admiralty (\u00a327,231).
\n28.12.1935: Grimsby registry closed \u201cOn advice from Manager and from the Lords Commissioners of The Admiralty\u201d. Fitted out as a \u201cGem\u201d class anti-submarine trawler (1-12pdr, ASDIC, DC). Renamed HM Trawler SAPPHIRE (P.No.T.27).
\n1943: At Harwich. East Coast convoy escort.
\n1946: Laid up at Rosyth on Disposal List (SORF, Rosyth).
\n1946: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes designated manager.
\n9.1946: Restored and re-classed at Liverpool. Registered at Hull as DUNSBY (H306).
\n1948: Sold to Seddon Fishing Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood. B. Kilaczycki, London designated manager.
\n1951: Sold to Saint Andrew\u2019s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Basil Arthur Parkes, North Ferriby designated manager.
\n23.1.1953: At Hull landed from White Sea (Sk.H. Parker) 1,044 kits grossed \u00a33,003. Transferred to Grimsby.
\n1953: Sold to Findus Hammerfest, Hammerfest (Hammerfest Havfiske A\/L, managers). Registered at Hammerfest as FINDUS 1 (F2M)
\n2.1954: Sold to Hammerfest Havfiske A\/L, Hammerfest (Lorentz A. Roksvaag, manager). Renamed SKAIDI (F2M).
\n2.1954: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150\u00b0 F.
\n6.1970: Sold for breaking up at Stavanger.<\/p>\n

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Changelog<\/em><\/p>\n

14\/01\/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n28\/05\/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
\n10\/02\/2020: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 162895 Yard Number: 980 Completed: 1935 Gross Tonnage: 422 Net Tonnage: 160 Length: 157.0 ft Breadth: 26.7 ft Depth: 12.3 feet Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough Boiler: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool History 20.12.1934: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, […]<\/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":[77,105,40,50],"class_list":["post-3430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-gem-class","tag-parkes","tag-seddon-fc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430","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=3430"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24814,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions\/24814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}