{"id":3781,"date":"2009-01-17T13:46:29","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T13:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2021-08-14T08:19:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T07:19:49","slug":"st-warbler-lo251","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-warbler-lo251\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Warbler LO251"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional material courtesy of Mike Thompson, Barry Banham and Robert Durrant<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 133409
\nYard Number: 153
\nCompleted: 1912
\nGross Tonnage: 192
\nNet Tonnage: 72
\nLength: 110 ft
\nBreadth: 21.6 ft
\nDepth: 12 ft
\nBuilt: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
\nEngine: T.3-cyl Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull <\/p>\n

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

17.8.1912: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.153) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64\/64), Hull as WARBLER.
\n1.10.1912: Registered at Hull (H507). John E. A. Kelsall, London & George Beeching, Hull appointed managers.
\n10.1912: Completed.
\n11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.412). Based Devonport.
\nBy 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
\n7.6.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr\u2019s Bank Ltd, London (A). John Slater appointed manager.
\n6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
\n14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
\n14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
\n22.10.1928: Robert Burton appointed manager.
\n16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson appointed manager.
\n10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
\n1.11.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (joint mortgagees).
\n3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical).
\n6.3.1936: At Extraordinary General Meeting at Hull, Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd placed in Creditors\u2019 Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, London appointed liquidators).
\n16.12.1936: Sold by order of the mortgagees under mortgage (A) to Plymouth Mutual Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Plymouth.
\n21.12.1936: Arrived Plymouth in company with TANAGER (H134).
\n22.12.1936: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Corfe Castle and Ernest Norton, London (joint mortgagees) for \u00a3500 with interest at 5% (B).
\n5.1.1937: John Chant, Plymstock appointed manager.
\n10.12.1937: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to William John Waldron Modley and Richard Edward Stephen Morris, Plymouth (joint mortgagees)(C).
\n24.12.1937: Mortgage (B) discharged.
\n31.12.1937: Mortgage (C) discharged.
\n7.1.1938: Sold to Arthur Dexter, Brixham and Thomas Perrett, Newton Abbot (64\/64 joint owners).
\n17.1.1938: Arthur Dexter appointed manager.
\n4.2.1938: Sold to Torbay Trawlers Ltd, Brixham.
\n15.2.1938: Arthur Dexter appointed manager.
\n28.2.1938: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (D).
\n4.3.1940: Mortgage (D) discharged. to Plymouth Mutual Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Plymouth.
\n9.3.1940: Sold to Heward Trawlers Ltd, London (Robert Scott Hewett & Harold Frank Hayward) (Sale sanctioned under Ref. 6165\/40 dated 4th March 1940).
\n1.4.1940: Sold to Brandon Fishing Co Ltd, London. Robert S. Hewett, London appointed manager.
\n16.4.1940: Hull registry closed.
\n17.4.1940: Registered at London (LO251). Fishing out of Fleetwood.
\n28.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 157 kits – hake-18, cod\/coley-28, haddock-6, whiting-46, flats-8, ling\/coley-39, roker-7, gurnard-5.
\n2.1952: Fishing from Lowestoft.
\n25.2.1954: At Lowestoft landed 4,120 stone grossed \u00a31,644.
\n22.4.1957: At Lowestoft (Sk Arthur Larner) landed 2,350 stone grossed \u00a32,157.
\n7.1958: London registry closed.
\n21.7.1958: Registered at Lowestoft (LT63).
\n25.7 1958: Sold along with the company to Alick King. Lowestoft (Robert Butcher, manager).
\n1958: Converted to motor by LBS Engineering Ltd, Lowestoft, fitted with 600bhp 2 SA 6-cyl oil engine by A. K. Diesels Ltd, Lowestoft, reversible trawl winch and adjustable blade propeller.
\n11.3.1959: Ran successful machinery trials. Transferred to Aberdeen to fish for George Robb & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen. Under Sk. Marshall Ryles fished the Faroe grounds.
\n1959: On completion of conversion, re measured 195.63grt 72.65n.
\n1.6.1960: In North Sea, in position 55.80N 04.00E in collision with motor trawler CUTTLEFISH (LT65), resulting in stem damage.
\n16.8.1960: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (E).
\n15.1.1962: Jean King, appointed manager.
\n19.10.1964: Mortgage (E) discharged.
\n20.10.1964: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (F).
\n16.3.1965: Disabled in North Sea, motor trawler ROSEVEAR (LT457) connected and delivered Lowestoft.
\n8.1965: At Lowestoft (Sk.George Quantock) top landing 211 kits grossed \u00a32,140.
\n1967: Fitted out for standby safety role for offshore platforms, gallows removed, etc.
\n1.2.1968: Sold to Frederick Ernest Catchpole, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft.
\n2.1968: Offshore platform standby\/safety duties.
\n6.2.1968: Mortgage (F) discharged.
\n21.12.1968: Sold to Peter Catchpole (22\/64) & George Catchpole (21\/64), Oulton Broad, Lowestoft and John Randolph Hashim (21\/64), Beccles. Laid up.
\n8.1970: Re-activated for offshore platform standby\/safety duties.
\n1975: Sold to T. G. Darling Ltd, Oulton Broad for breaking up at Nelson\u2019s Wharf, Oulton Broad by East Anglian Reclaimation Ltd.
\n10.2.1975: Lowestoft registry closed.
\n14.6.1976: Breaking up completed.<\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Warbler LO251
Picture courtesy The Barry Banham Maritime Photo collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

M.T. Warbler LT63
\nPicture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

\"M.T.<\/a>

M.T. Warbler LT63
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n17\/01\/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
\n25\/11\/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
\n14\/08\/2021: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional material courtesy of Mike Thompson, Barry Banham and Robert Durrant Technical Official Number: 133409 Yard Number: 153 Completed: 1912 Gross Tonnage: 192 Net Tonnage: 72 Length: 110 ft Breadth: 21.6 ft Depth: 12 ft Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole Engine: T.3-cyl Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull History 17.8.1912: Launched […]<\/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":[54,204],"class_list":["post-3781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-kelsall-bros-beeching-ltd","tag-no-fleetwood-owners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781","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=3781"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25927,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions\/25927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}