{"id":3551,"date":"2009-01-15T17:52:40","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T17:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=3551"},"modified":"2016-10-02T11:15:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T10:15:22","slug":"st-dinas-fd268","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-dinas-fd268\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Our Monica FD413"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 141963
\nYard Number: 202
\nCompleted: 1919
\nGross Tonnage: 275
\nNet Tonnage: 120
\nLength: 125.4 ft
\nBreadth: 23.4 ft
\nDepth: 12.6 ft
\nEngine: 89hp T.3-cyl and boiler by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne
\nBuilt: C. Rennoldson & Co, South Shields<\/p>\n

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

17.2.1919: Launched by C. Rennoldson & Co, South Shields (Yd.No.202) (\u201cCastle\u201d class) for The Admiralty as JAMES GILL.
\n1919: Sold to Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Anonyme \u201cDelta\u201d. Ostend (J. H. Nierinck, manager)
\n8.1919: Completed. Registered at Ostend as PIERRE FRANCOIS DESWARTE (O207).
\n9.1922: Sold to Jules H. Nierinck, Blackpool (managing owner).
\n10.1922: Ostend registry closed.
\n5.10.1922: Registered at Fleetwood as OUR MONICA (FD413).
\n9.10.1924: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (Fred Parkes, Wyberton, manager).
\n8.6.1929: Sold to McRae Steam Trawling Co, Milford Haven (John McR. Knight manager).
\n14.6.1929: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n18.6.1929: Registered at Milford (M17).
\n22.7.1929: Registered at Milford as HELEN McRAE (M17).
\n1.8.1929: First landing at Milford.
\n1929: Sold to John McR. Knight, Milford Haven (managing owner).
\n23.11.1936: Sold to George Knight, James Yeandle, George T. Kelway, Milford & Ivor J. Powell, Neath (Harry Easto Rees, manager).
\n25.11.1936: Sold to Milford Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Harry Eastoe Rees, manager).
\n12.1936: Registered at Milford as MILFORD DUCHESS (M17).
\n1.1.1937: First landing at Milford.
\n9.9.1938: James Carpenter Ward appointed manager.
\n28.8.1939: Last landing before requisition.
\n31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate \u00a385.18.9d\/month). Converted by Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth (1-12pdr) (P.No. FY.613).
\n1.1.1941: Based at Portsmouth (Ty\/Lieut. R.P. Drane RNVR).
\n6.1941: At Portsmouth with M\/S Group 55 (Senior Officer \u2013 Acting Ty\/Lieut Cdr R. P. Drane RNVR).
\n8.12.1944: Returned to owner at Milford.
\n3.1945: Completed Special following restoration at Milford.
\n27.3.1945: First Post War landing at Milford.
\n2.4.1948: Last landing at Milford.
\n4.1948 Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
\n16.4.1948: Milford registry closed.
\n4.1948: Registered at Fleetwood as DINAS (2) (FD268).
\n6.1954: Sold to Hammond Lane Foundry Ltd, Dublin for breaking up.
\n6.1954: Arrived Dublin from Fleetwood under own power. Fleetwood registry closed.<\/p>\n

(James Gill, AB (volunteer), age 42, b. Poole, Dorset – VICTORY (SB637)) <\/p>\n

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

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S.T. Milford Duchess M17
\nPicture courtesy of Greenday (TPF)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Dinas FD268
\nPicture \u00a9 Peter Brady<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Dinas FD268
\nPicture courtesy of the JJ collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n15\/01\/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 141963 Yard Number: 202 Completed: 1919 Gross Tonnage: 275 Net Tonnage: 120 Length: 125.4 ft Breadth: 23.4 ft Depth: 12.6 ft Engine: 89hp T.3-cyl and boiler by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne Built: C. Rennoldson & Co, South Shields History 17.2.1919: Launched by C. Rennoldson & […]<\/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":[77,17,21,107,40],"class_list":["post-3551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-castle","tag-dinas","tag-nierinck","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3551","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=3551"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20454,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3551\/revisions\/20454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}