{"id":3857,"date":"2009-01-18T11:43:59","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T11:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=3857"},"modified":"2021-01-17T09:57:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T09:57:48","slug":"st-persian-empire-fd83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-persian-empire-fd83\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Persian Empire FD83"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 110743
\nYard Number: 243
\nCompleted: 1899
\nGross Tonnage: 146.12
\nNet Tonnage: 49
\nLength: 115.5 ft
\nBreadth: 21 ft
\nDepth: 11.2 ft
\nEngine: 63nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull
\nSpeed: 10.5 knots <\/p>\n

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

21.8.1899: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.243) for The Cargill Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as PERSIAN EMPIRE. 27.10.1899: Registered at Hull (H476).
\n10.1899: Completed. Edward B. Cargill designated manager.
\n1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 76.03 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
\n1914: New boiler fitted.
\n12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr, 1-7.5\u201d A\/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.799). Based Queenstown.
\nPost 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull (Arthur Cargill, manager).
\n3.6.1921: Sold to Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull. Arthur Cargill & Edward Cargill designated joint managers.
\n1.1926: Sold to John Ireland, Carleton, Nr Blackpool (managing owner).
\n1.1.1926: Hull registry closed.
\n2.1.1926: Registered at Fleetwood (FD83). John Ireland designated managing owner.
\n1929: Sold to John S. Ellis & Co Ltd, Scarborough John S. Ellis designated manager)
\n22.10.1935: Sold to Richard F. Cammish, Filey. Richard F. Cammish designated managing owner, fishing out of Fleetwood.
\n1940: Fishing from Scarborough.
\n22.2.1940: Fishing in North Sea (Sk. Tom Robinson) in company with RIBY (GY594)) and AUCUBA (GY117). Attacked by German aircraft; driven off by return fire from AUCUBA & RIBY no casualties.
\n24.2.1940: At 10.00 am. when close inshore attacked by German aircraft with machine guns; no damage or casualties.
\n1943: Sold to Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood). Landing at Fleetwood from Home and Faroe grounds.
\n5.1945: Sold to Standard Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
\n5.1945: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n5.1945: Registered at Grimsby (GY49). Albert W. Butt designated manager.
\n26.1.1953: Sold to BISCO and allocated to J. W. Draper & Sons Ltd, Grimsby for breaking up. Grimsby registry closed.
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S.T. Persian Empire H476
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S.T. Persian Empire FD83
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S.T. Persian Empire FD83
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Changelog<\/em>
\n18\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n16\/11\/2015: Picture added.
\n18\/01\/2016: Picture added.
\n20\/01\/2016: Picture added.
\n08\/01\/2017: Information updated.
\n17\/01\/2021: Image added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 110743 Yard Number: 243 Completed: 1899 Gross Tonnage: 146.12 Net Tonnage: 49 Length: 115.5 ft Breadth: 21 ft Depth: 11.2 ft Engine: 63nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull Speed: 10.5 knots History 21.8.1899: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.243) […]<\/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":[426,40],"class_list":["post-3857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-john-ireland","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857","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=3857"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25409,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857\/revisions\/25409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}