{"id":3752,"date":"2009-01-17T13:14:20","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T13:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=3752"},"modified":"2021-08-01T17:01:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T16:01:54","slug":"st-seddon-gy991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-seddon-gy991\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Seddon GY991"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 139922
\nYard Number: 346
\nCompleted: 1916
\nGross Tonnage: 296
\nNet Tonnage: 115
\nLength: 136.2 ft
\nBreadth: 23 ft
\nDepth: 12.2 ft
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd
\nEngine: 540ihpT.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull <\/p>\n

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

20.5.1916: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd (Yd.No.346) for The Standard Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby as SEDDON.
\n11.1916: Completed.
\n30.10.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY991).
\n30.10.1916: Walter William Butt appointed manager.
\n11.1916: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.3313). Based Dover.
\nPost 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
\n11.04.1924: On an Icelandic trip, deckhand Walter Swaine contracted double pneumonia and passed away. He was buried at sea. Death certificate reads \u201cOff the coast at Reykjavik\u201d.
\n26.8.1926: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
\n10.8.1932: Grounded east bank of river at Blyth after calling for bunker coal. Refloated with no damage.
\n8.4.1938: Bill Butt appointed manager.
\n28.6.1938: Albert Wright Butt appointed manager.
\n2.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No.4.166) (Hire rate \u00a383.17.4d\/month).
\n15 – 25.6.1940: Operation Ariel *<\/strong>.
\n19.6.1940: Sailed Plymouth for France.
\n1.12.1941: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n14.1.1942: Sold to Saint Andrew\u2019s Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64\/64), Hull (temporary address, 231 Dock St, Fleetwood).
\n22.1.1942: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
\n2.1946: Returned after survey and restoration at Fleetwood.
\n29.3.1946: Sold to Seddon Fishing Co Ltd (64\/64), London & Fleetwood.
\n5.4.1946: Borys Kilaczycki, London appointed manager.
\n29.3.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Saint Andrew\u2019s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull for \u00a39,000 with interest at 4% B).
\n8.8.1947: Mortgage (B) discharged.
\n12.8.1947: Sold to Dagon Fishing Co Ltd (64\/64), London.
\n12.8.1947: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Seddon Fishing Co Ltd, London for \u00a37.500 with interest at 4% (C).
\n18.8.1947: Czeslaw Antkowiak, London appointed manager.
\n12.2.1949: Mortgage (C) discharged.
\n16.4.1951: Sold to Craig Stores (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen.
\n21.4.1951: Joseph Craig, appointed manager.
\n21.4.1951: Grimsby registry closed.
\n27.4.1951: Registered at Aberdeen (A684).
\n1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to James A. White & Co Ltd, St. David\u2019s, Fife for breaking up.
\n22.4.1960: Delivered St. David\u2019s from Aberdeen under own power.
\n3.10.1960: Aberdeen registry closed \u201cVessel broken up.\u201d<\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Operation Ariel – withdrawal of remaining troops of the British Expeditionary Force from France plus other nationals, civil and military.<\/p>\n

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

\"Walter<\/a>

Walter Swaine
Picture courtesy of The Anne Burton Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Seddon A684
\nPicture courtesy of The John Stevenson Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Seddon A684
\nPicture courtesy of Grimsby Reference Library<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Seddon GY991
\nPicture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Seddon GY991
\nPicture courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Seddon GY991
Picture (at Grimsby) courtesy of The Bill Blow Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Seddon GY991
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n17\/01\/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
\n14\/08\/2015: Picture added.
\n10\/10\/2016: Information and picture added.
\n14\/04\/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
\n01\/08\/2021: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional material courtesy of Bill Blow Technical Official Number: 139922 Yard Number: 346 Completed: 1916 Gross Tonnage: 296 Net Tonnage: 115 Length: 136.2 ft Breadth: 23 ft Depth: 12.2 ft Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd Engine: 540ihpT.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull History 20.5.1916: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd (Yd.No.346) for […]<\/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":[50],"class_list":["post-3752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-seddon-fc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3752","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=3752"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25870,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3752\/revisions\/25870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}