{"id":3769,"date":"2009-01-17T13:31:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T13:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=3769"},"modified":"2022-11-10T13:58:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T13:58:18","slug":"st-thomas-deas-m253","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-thomas-deas-m253\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Thomas Deas M253"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Barry Johnson Milford Trawlers<\/em>
\nTechnical <\/strong><\/p>\n

Admiralty Number: 3506
\nOfficial Number: 143858
\nYard Number: 667
\nCompleted: 1917
\nGross Tonnage: 275
\nNet Tonnage: 107
\nLength: 125.5 ft
\nBreadth: 23.4 ft
\nDepth: 12.8 ft
\nBuilt: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
\nBoiler: Palmer\u2019s Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Hebburn on Tyne<\/p>\n

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

17.10.1916: Laid down. Requisitioned by The Admiralty on the stocks; no instalment monies paid.
\n08.2.1917: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.667) and requisitioned by The Admiralty (non-standard \u201cCastle\u201d class) as JAMES JOHNSON.
\n13.4.1917: Completed.
\n8.4.1918: At midnight 2 miles S. by W. from Daunt Lightship in collision with armed trawler LORD HARDINGE (Ad.No.2993) (GY1013) which foundered. All crew picked up.
\n19.8.1919: Landed at Milford.
\n21.11.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as THOMAS DEAS O.N.143858. Engaged in commercial trawling.
\n3.2.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO294).
\nBetween 18.5.1920 – 18.6.1920: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London. Fishing out of Swansea.
\n1920: Allocated to the Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society, London.
\n13.8.1920: Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
\n29.11.1920: Landed at Milford and laid up.
\n1.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of \u00a3100,000 having not been subscribed.
\n9.1922: At HM Dockyard, Pembroke completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd\u2019s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Milford.
\n10.1922: Sold to Henry James Shooter, Exeter; Sk. Henry William Salter, Milford Haven & Sk. Thomas Salter, Hakin.
\n9.10.1922: London registry closed.
\n10.10.1922: Registered at Milford (M253).
\n22.10.1923: Shares re-allocated to James Henry Shooter, Exeter & Sk. Thomas Salter, Hakin.
\n11.6.1926: In the Channel had a narrow escape when a mail boat crossed the bows, quick thinking by the helmsman averted collision.
\n23.12.1926: Sold to Mrs Elizabeth Ann Heck Pettit, Milford Haven. David Pettit designated manager.
\n27.1.1931: Outward from Milford for the fishing grounds on the afternoon tide in darkness, misty light rain stranded in Gellyswick Bay. Refloated under own power with no damage.
\n1932: David Pettit (66) died.
\n1933: Transferred Mrs Elizabeth Ann Heck Owens, Hakin. Mrs Elizabeth Ann Heck Owens designated managing owner.
\n28.7.1933: Arrived Limerick, Co. Limerick with broken steam pipe having been aground in river.
\n11.11.1936: Sailed Milford for West of Ireland grounds at 4.15 p.m. (Sk. Robert W. C. Kettle). Anchored off to await crew member. Picked up and proceeded down Haven, At 7.15 p.m. in collision with steam tanker SAN DARIO (1136grt\/1936) alleged to be at anchor unlit. Stood by and checked damage before returning to Milford.
\n23.3.1937: Sailed Milford for West coast of Ireland grounds (Sk. Robert W. C. Kettle).
\n31.3.1937: Spoke THOMAS LEEDS (M70) stopped with condenser door blown off. THOMAS LEEDS effected repair but requested tow to Milford.
\n1.4.1937: Connected.
\n3.4.1937: Delivered THOMAS LEEDS to Milford.
\n24.9.1939: Last landing at Milford.
\n30.9.1939: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for \u00a35750. Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys designated manager.
\n21.1.1941: Homeward in an easterly gale and rough seas, ran ashore near Port Askaig, Islay. At 10.10pm Kilchoman coastguard telephoned the Port Askaig Lifeboat Station that a trawler was ashore in the Sound of Islay. The motor lifeboat CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH was launched at 10.50pm and at 11.30pm found the trawler aground with a crew of fourteen and carrying a catch worth about \u00a32,000.
\n22.1.1941: Another trawler arrived and the lifeboat succeeded in passing a tow line to her but in the severe weather it parted. It was decided that in view of the weather the other trawler would continue on passage. At day-break the lifeboat assisted the trawler to layout out a kedge anchor and at high water refloated herself. The lifeboat returned to station at 12.05pm. The Fleetwood Steam Trawlers Mutual Insurance Association sent \u00a350 to the lifeboat crew in gratitude for them helping to refloat the trawler. The crew gave \u00a34 of the gratuity to the Institution.
\n16.2.1941: Lost after explosion approximately 4 miles off Spurn Point, believed to have been mined; Crew of thirteen lost.
\n20.3.1941: Milford registry closed \u201cVessel sunk by enemy mine\u201d.<\/p>\n

(Lost \u2013 Sk. W. Scott (44), 24 Knowsley Gate, Fleetwood; John Henry Raywell (25), 79 Rosamond Street, Hull, 2nd Hand; George Robert Dodson (43), 70 Shakespeare Road, Fleetwood, 3rd Hand; Thomas George Hudson (48), 3 Coniston Avenue, Fleetwood, Ch Eng,; Richard Neill (39), 63 Warrenhurst Road, Fleetwood, 2nd Eng.; George Robert Bush (19), 308 Radcliffe Road, Fleetwood, Charles Henry Powdrell (57), 174 St. Georges Road, Hull, Harold Powdrell (51) 9 Esther\u2019s Avenue, Eastbourne Street, Hull, Walter Semper (29), 4 York Terrace, Marmaduke Street, Hull & Robert Wilson (23), 141 Chilcorn Street, Hull, Deckhands; William Gordan Phillips (40), 10 Darbyshire Road, Fleetwood & Thomas Patrick Power (41), C\/O Seaman\u2019s Mission, Dock Street, Fleetwood, Fireman\/Trimmers and Thomas Madden (36), 1 St. Andres Terrace, Panott Street, Hull, Cook.<\/p>\n

(John (aka James) Johnson, OS (volunteer), age 24, b. Newport, Rhode Island, America – VICTORY (SB110) <\/p>\n

(Record of Death of Merchant Seaman, recorded May 1941. Lost at sea, River Humber: presumed killed: vessel sunk by enemy mine \u2013 Sk. W. Scott (44), 24 Knowsley Gate, Fleetwood; John Henry Raywell (25), 79 Rosamond Street, Hull, 2nd Hand; George Robert Dodson (43), 70 Shakespeare Road, Fleetwood, 3rd Hand; Thomas George Hudson (48), 3 Coniston Avenue, Fleetwood, Ch Eng,; Richard Neill (39), 63 Warrenhurst Road, Fleetwood, 2nd Eng.; George Robert Bush (19), 308 Radcliffe Road, Fleetwood; Charles Henry Powdrell (57), 174 St. Georges Road, Hull; Harold Powdrell (51) 9 Esther\u2019s Avenue, Eastbourne Street, Hull; Walter Semper (29), 4 York Terrace, Marmaduke Street, Hull & Robert Wilson (23), 141 Chiltern Street, Hull, Deckhands; William Gordon Phillips (40), 10 Darbyshire Road, Fleetwood & Thomas Patrick Power (41), c\/o Seaman\u2019s Mission, Dock Street, Fleetwood, Fireman\/Trimmers and Thomas Madden (36), 1 St. Andrews Terrace, Panott Street, Hull, Cook.<\/p>\n

Click to enlarge image<\/em>
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\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Thomas Deas M253
\nPicture courtesy of David Slinger<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n17\/01\/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n19\/02\/2015: Information added.
\n03\/11\/2016: Information updated.
\n25\/04\/2022: Information updated.
\n10\/11\/2022: Added Record of Death<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Barry Johnson Milford Trawlers Technical Admiralty Number: 3506 Official Number: 143858 Yard Number: 667 Completed: 1917 Gross Tonnage: 275 Net Tonnage: 107 Length: 125.5 ft Breadth: 23.4 ft Depth: 12.8 ft Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough Boiler: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452,478],"tags":[17,24,19,18],"class_list":["post-3769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","category-war-losses","tag-castle","tag-lost","tag-marr","tag-war-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769","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=3769"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26614,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769\/revisions\/26614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}