{"id":3865,"date":"2009-01-18T11:48:33","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T11:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=3865"},"modified":"2020-12-13T07:43:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T07:43:01","slug":"st-gothic-fd140","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-gothic-fd140\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Gothic FD140"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 105913
\nYard Number: 505
\nCompleted: 1895
\nGross Tonnage: 153
\nNet Tonnage: 33
\nLength: 105.8 ft
\nBreadth: 20.6 ft
\nDepth: 11 ft
\nBuilt: Edwards Bros, North Shields
\nEngine: T.3-cyl and boiler by N. E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland <\/p>\n

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

3.10.1895: Launched by Edwards Bros, North Shields (Yd.No.505) for John Kelsall, Manchester as GOTHIC.
\n31.10.1895: Registered at Fleetwood (FD140).
\n11.1895: Completed (John E. A. Kelsall, Fleetwood, manager).
\n1897: Sold to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Manchester (John E. A. Kelsall & George Beeching, Fleetwood, managers).
\n1899: Transferred to Hull .
\n30.3.1899: Registered at Hull (H67).
\n12.5.1899: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n1.10.1905: In heavy weather in North Sea, transferring boxes to cutter JACKDAW (H727), H. Brewster (26), Bosun, fell between boat and ship and was swept away and drowned.
\n25.1.1910: On a North Sea trip (Sk. Nicholson), nine crew. In early hours in storm force conditions, and blizzard, lost wheelhouse, funnel and boat. Burnt bedding etc to attract attention. Steam trawler OLDHAM (GY538) (Sk. Marshall) responded and took off four crew before boat was smashed. Stood by overnight.
\n26.1.1910: In early morning managed to get a line onboard and remaining five crew rescued but Robert Beech (61) cook\/steward dead on recovery. Foundered soon afterwards.
\n27.1.1910: Survivors landed at Grimsby.
\n12.2.1910: Hull registry closed \u201cShip foundered in North Sea on 26th January 1910\u201d.<\/p>\n

(Richard James Hart who with Edward Downs manned the Oldham\u2019s boat in the rescue of four crew members was awarded BoT Bronze Medal for Gallantry at Sea for his part in the rescue.) <\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Gothic FD140
\nPicture courtesy of The Alan Hirst Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n18\/01\/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
\n13\/12\/2020: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 105913 Yard Number: 505 Completed: 1895 Gross Tonnage: 153 Net Tonnage: 33 Length: 105.8 ft Breadth: 20.6 ft Depth: 11 ft Built: Edwards Bros, North Shields Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by N. E. Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland History 3.10.1895: Launched by Edwards Bros, North Shields (Yd.No.505) for John Kelsall, Manchester as […]<\/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],"tags":[159,54,24],"class_list":["post-3865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-john-kelsall","tag-kelsall-bros-beeching-ltd","tag-lost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3865","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=3865"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25346,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3865\/revisions\/25346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}