{"id":3674,"date":"2009-01-16T16:50:04","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T16:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=3674"},"modified":"2020-03-01T08:44:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T08:44:06","slug":"st-ben-dearg-fd286","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-ben-dearg-fd286\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Daily Express FD286"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Admiralty Number: 4404
\nOfficial Number: 144518
\nYard Number: 420
\nAs built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
\nGross Tonnage: 290
\nNet Tonnage: 109
\nLength: 125.5 ft
\nBreadth: 23.6 ft
\nDepth: 12.7 ft
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
\nEngine: 480ihp T3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
\nSpeed: 10.5 knots <\/p>\n

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

18.7.1919: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.420) (\u201cCastle\u201d class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS ALEXANDER (Ad.No.4404).
\n1.1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
\n23.4.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) as THOMAS ALEXANDER O.N.144518 (LO351).
\n4.6.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel under Special Survey of Lloyd\u2019s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Hull; ex fishing gear.
\n13.8.1920: Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
\n1921: Sold to R\u00e9my & Huret, Boulogne.
\n9.8.1921: London registry closed.
\n8.1921: Registered at Boulogne as ETOILE POLAIRE II (B??)
\n1930: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
\n2.1930: Boulogne registry closed.
\n21.2.1930: Registered at Fleetwood as DAILY EXPRESS (FD68). Fred Parkes, Blackpool designated as managing owner.
\n13.11.1933: Sold to Hellyer Brothers Ltd, Hull.
\n24.11.1933: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n25.11.1933: Registered at Hull (H523).
\n22.12.1933: Registered at Hull as TURCOMAN (H523). Frank O. Hellyer & Owen S. Hellyer designated joint managers.
\n21.9.1936: Sold to R. Irvin & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen.
\n30.9.1936: Hull registry closed.
\n1.10.1936: Registered at Aberdeen (A416). Sir John H. Irvin KBE designated manager.
\n23.10.1936: Registered at Aberdeen as BEN DEARG (A416).
\n29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.690) (Hire rate \u00a391.0.0d\/month).
\n6.3.1942: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for \u00a38900 or \u00a38625.
\n5.1946: Re-classed at Port Glasgow.
\n6.6.1946: Returned to owner.
\n29.10.1948: Aberdeen registry closed.
\n10.1948: Registered at Fleetwood (FD286). Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys designated manager.
\n194?: In gale force conditions with poor visibility, stranded on rocks off Green Island, Sound of Mull. Attended by mail boat LOCHINVAR (216grt\/1908) but crew remained on board and nine hours later refloated under own power.
\n1.7.1949: Sold to Anglo-Australian Fisheries (Pty) Ltd and Anglo-Australian Trawlers (Pty) Ltd, Perth, WA for \u00a315000. Ian L. C. McNicol designated manager. 16.7.1949: Sailed Fleetwood for Fremantle, WA (Sk. James Dewhurst (39)\/Capt E. Beeham); fourteen crew all volunteers to settle in Australia and sailed under Western Australian Government immigration scheme; families to follow.
\n16.9.1949: Arrived Fremantle, WA. To fish out of Albany.
\n1.1951: Had fire in coal bunker while alongside.
\n1958: Sold to Royal Australian Navy and sunk after use as a target.
\n(Thomas Alexander, OS, age 36, b. Roscommon, Co. Roscommon – ROYAL SOVEREIGN (SB279))<\/p>\n

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

\"HMT<\/a>

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Ben Dearg FD286 arrives in Australia
\nPicture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n29\/04\/2015: Updated information.
\n20\/04\/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
\n01\/03\/2020: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Admiralty Number: 4404 Official Number: 144518 Yard Number: 420 As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet Gross Tonnage: 290 Net Tonnage: 109 Length: 125.5 ft Breadth: 23.6 ft Depth: 12.7 ft Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley Engine: 480ihp T3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull Speed: 10.5 knots History 18.7.1919: Launched […]<\/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":[77,17,24,19,40],"class_list":["post-3674","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-marr","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674","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=3674"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24844,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674\/revisions\/24844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}