{"id":3495,"date":"2009-01-15T10:20:41","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T10:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=3495"},"modified":"2020-10-20T08:20:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T07:20:59","slug":"st-red-sword-lo460","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-red-sword-lo460\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Red Sword LO459"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 160855
\nYard Number: 526
\nCompleted: 1929
\nGross Tonnage: 353
\nNet Tonnage: 138
\nLength: 140.3 ft
\nBreadth: 24.6 ft
\nDepth: 13.3 ft
\nEngine: 96nhp T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
\nSpeed: 11.6 knots <\/p>\n

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

7.8.1929: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.526) for F. & T. Ross Ltd, Hull as GALVANI.
\n23.9.1929: Registered at Hull (H88).
\n26.9.1929: Completed. Percy Ross designated manager.
\n1938: At Hull landed from Iceland\/White Sea\/Westward-Faroe\/Faroe (Sks. W. Adams, W. Isaacs) 319 days 13,894 kits \u00a317,641 gross.
\n20.5.1940: Last trip before requisitioning. Sailed for Icelandic grounds (Sk. A. Cousins).
\n6.6.1940: At Hull landed 1160 kits \u00a31,382 gross.
\n1940: To requisitioning, at Hull landed from Iceland (Sks. S. Ereson, A. Cousins) 119 days 6,085 kits \u00a312,617 gross.
\n7.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No.4.71)(Hire rate \u00a3166.4.1d\/month). Employed on Fishery Protection (Nore\/Humber\/Hull).
\n5.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper. Based Lowestoft with M\/S Group 7.
\n28.8.1945: Returned to owner after refit at Hull.
\n29.8.1945: Sailed for White Sea grounds (Sk. F. Smith).
\n21.9.1945: At Hull landed 1653 kits \u00a36,287 gross.
\n30.11.1945: Insured value \u00a330,000; for 1946 proposed \u00a332,000.
\n13.2.1946: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds (Sk. W. Isaacs).
\n19.2.1946: Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Percy Lincoln Campbell designated manager.
\n9.3.1946: At Hull landed 1,925 kits grossed \u00a37,964. Transferred to Fleetwood. (A. Capt) Cdr. Edward D. W. Lawford DSO designated manager.
\n7.1946: First Fleetwood vessel to fish White Sea after WW2 (Sk. J. Tomlinson) – landed 1600 boxes \u00a35000 gross.
\n5.11.1946: Registered at Hull as RED SWORD (H88).
\n31.7.1947: Hull registry closed.
\n8.1947: Registered at London (LO459).
\n2.8.1955: Sold to Thos. Hamling & Co Ltd, Hull .(Harold Watson Hall, manager).
\n8.1955: London registry closed.
\n6.8.1955: Registered at Hull (H80). Harold Watson Hall designated manager.
\n9.8.1955 \u2013 20.10.1955: Made 3 trips to Iceland (Sk. G. Gibbins). Totals: 63 days 3015 kits \u00a311,012 gross.
\n19.0d. 12.1955: Sold to BISCO (\u00a36,000) and allocated C. W. Dorkin & Co Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up (value of gear landed prior to sale \u00a3868.11.1d). 26.3.1956: Delivered to their Sunderland yard. (Towage cost \u00a3345.10s.2d).
\n15.11.1956 Hull registry closed \u201cvessel broken up\u201d<\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Red Sword LO459
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Red Sword H80
\nPicture courtesy of the JJ collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Red Sword LO459
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

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Red Sword Crew
\nPicture courtesy of The Harry Day Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n15\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n12\/01\/2016: Picture added.
\n14\/11\/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
\n31\/08\/2019: Updated information and added an image.
\n20\/10\/2020: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 160855 Yard Number: 526 Completed: 1929 Gross Tonnage: 353 Net Tonnage: 138 Length: 140.3 ft Breadth: 24.6 ft Depth: 13.3 ft Engine: 96nhp T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley Speed: 11.6 knots History 7.8.1929: 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":[20],"class_list":["post-3495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-iago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3495","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=3495"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25227,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3495\/revisions\/25227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}