{"id":3861,"date":"2009-01-18T11:46:01","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T11:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2016-09-16T11:10:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T10:10:19","slug":"st-lord-gainford-fd74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-lord-gainford-fd74\/","title":{"rendered":"ST Lord Gainford FD74"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Admiralty Number: 3563
\nOfficial Number: 146537
\nYard Number: 823
\nCompleted: 1917
\nGross Tonnage: 324
\nNet Tonnage: 131
\nLength: 138.5 ft
\nBreadth: 23.7 ft
\nDepth: 12.8 ft
\nBuilt: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
\nEngine: 600ihp T.3-cyl by Crossley Bros. Ltd, Manchester <\/p>\n

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

4.9.1917: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.823) (\u201cMersey\u201d class) for The Admiralty as CHRISTOPHER DIXON (Ad.No.3563).
\n4.1.1918: Completed as an armed trawler(1-12pdr and W\/T).
\n1920: Fishery Protection trawler (Snr Mate Griffith T Cadwallader RNR) tender to HMS HAREBELL.
\n21.05.1920: Paid off at Brightlingsea Naval Base and laid up.
\n1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
\n1920: Fitted out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd\u2019s Register and classed 100 A1 Stm Trawler.
\n13.08.1920: Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
\n01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of \u00a3100,000 having not been subscribed.
\n07.03.1922: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) as CHRISTOPHER DIXON O.N.146537 (LO544).
\n2.1923: Transferred to Irish Free State Government, Dublin.
\n28.2.1923: London registry closed.
\n2.1923: Registered at Dublin.
\n4.5.1923: Commissioned in the Irish Free State Coastal & Marine Service, Dublin.
\n31.3.1924: Decommissioned. Transferred to Commissioners of Public Works in the Saorstat Eireann, Dublin (James J. Heely, manager). For sale.
\n1924: Sold to Pickering & Haldane\u2019s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
\n10.1924: Dublin registry closed.
\n10.1924: Converted to a fishing vessel by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.941).
\n15.10.1924: Registered at Hull as LORD GAINFORD (H73). John McCann & Edward Cartwright appointed joint managers.
\n24.3.1930: Sold to Robson Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
\n24.3.1930: Hull registry closed.
\n26.3.1930: Registered at Fleetwood (FD74). Robson Preston appointed manager.
\n1.3.1934: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys, manager) for \u00a33900.
\n9.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No. Z.111) (Hire rate \u00a397.4.0d\/month). Cost of conversion \u00a317,749. South Atlantic Command.
\n28.7.1942: On loan to Free French Forces.
\n23.11.1943: Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T. Remained on loan to Free French Forces.
\n1946: Estimated cost of re-conditioning \u00a38,750.
\n8.8.1946: Sold to J. P. Holmen, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
\n1955: Sold for breaking up.<\/p>\n

(Christopher Dixon, Quartermaster (prest), age 29, b. South Shields, Co. Durham – VICTORY (SB398))<\/p>\n

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

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S.T. Lord Gainford FD74
Picture courtesy of Mark Stopper<\/p><\/div>\n

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ST Lord Gainford FD74<\/p><\/div>\n

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Changelog<\/em>
\n18\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n11\/04\/2014: Picture added.
\n16\/09\/2016: Information updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Admiralty Number: 3563 Official Number: 146537 Yard Number: 823 Completed: 1917 Gross Tonnage: 324 Net Tonnage: 131 Length: 138.5 ft Breadth: 23.7 ft Depth: 12.8 ft Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby Engine: 600ihp T.3-cyl by Crossley Bros. Ltd, Manchester History 4.9.1917: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.823) (\u201cMersey\u201d class) for The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,452],"tags":[19,85,44],"class_list":["post-3861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-marr","tag-mersey-class","tag-robson-trawlers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861","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=3861"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20434,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861\/revisions\/20434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}