{"id":3873,"date":"2009-01-18T11:53:30","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T11:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=3873"},"modified":"2022-08-05T14:30:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T13:30:55","slug":"st-eastcoates-h393","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-eastcoates-h393\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Eastcoates H393"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Admiralty Number: 3778
\nOfficial Number: 143925
\nYard Number: 290
\nCompleted: 1919
\nAs built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
\nGross Tonnage: 290
\nNet Tonnage: 127
\nLength: 125.5 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.7 ft
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
\nSpeed: 10.5 knots<\/p>\n

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

27.7.1918: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.399)(\u201cCastle\u201d class) for The Admiralty as JOHN GRAHAM.
\n20.1.1919: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.3778).
\n30.5.1919: Loaned to USN (North Sea Minesweeping Detachment) to clear North Sea Mine Barrage.
\n12.8.1919: Returned to The Admiralty.
\n 8.12.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as JOHN GRAHAM O.N.143925).
\n1919: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London and engaged in commercial trawling.
\n28.1.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) as JOHN GRAHAM (LO268).
\n03.1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
\n13.08.1920: Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
\n12.1920: At HM Dockyard, Chatham completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd\u2019s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at London.
\n04.1921: Paid off. Laid up at Brightlingsea.
\n31.10.1921: After inspection at Brightlingsea by Capt. William John Lown & Lawrence Spring (directors), purchased by Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. Purchased at asking price \u00a37250 (Others inspected and purchased were DANIEL DICK, GEORGE CORTEN, ISAAC ARTHAN, JOHN BROOKER & THOMAS BOUDIGE).
\n18.11.1921: Arrived Hull from Brightlingsea for fitting out. Total cost including fit out and classification \u00a38971.9.7d.
\n12.1921: Remeasured 277g 108n.
\n1.12.1921: Sailed on first trip.
\n12.12.1921: Broken trip, winch problems. Landed 192 kits \u00a3223 gross.
\n14.12.1921: London registry closed.
\n31.12.1921: Registered at Hull as JOHN GRAHAM (H393).
\n21.1.1922: Registered at Hull as RUBY (H393).
\n24.3.1925: John William Lown designated manager.
\n18.2.1935: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for \u00a34000.
\n24.10.1935: Registered at Hull as EASTCOATES (H393). Edward Towne designated manager.
\n1935: Insured value \u00a35,500.
\n7.2.1937: Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood.
\n11.8.1939: Sailed Hull for Faroe grounds (Sk. J. Wilson).
\n25.8.1939: Landed at Hull, 460 kits grossed \u00a3362 (City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull).
\n28.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper.
\n9.1939: Fitting out at Dover.
\n26.10.1939: Returned to owner.
\n28.10.1939: Sailed Fleetwood for West of Scotland grounds (Sk. H. Jones).
\n13.11.1939: Landed 183 kits grossed \u00a3547.
\n14.11.1939: Sailed for West of Scotland grounds (Sk.H. Jones).
\n14.11.1939: Sold to The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. Leslie James Marr designated manager.
\n27.11.1939: Landed 400 kits \u00a3900 gross.
\n25.8.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1771) (Hire rate \u00a386.11.3d\/month). Based Belfast with M\/S Group 140.
\n27.4.1945: Returned to owner.
\n22.6.1945: Sailed Hull for Icelandic grounds (Sk. A. Whitty).
\n11.7.1945: Landed 1409 kits \u00a35,342 gross.
\n7.1945: Reclassed at Hull. Transferred to Fleetwood.
\n30.11.1945: Insured value \u00a318,500; for 1946 proposed same.
\n28.4.1947: Sold to Odafoam Ltd, Liverpool. William Stevenson, St. Anne\u2019s-on-the-Sea, manager for \u00a37,150.
\n3.8.1950: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for \u00a32700. Geoffrey Edwards Marr designated manager.
\n31.1.1953: Sheltering off Black Head, Belfast Lough (Sk. David Brewster), responded to distress call from Stranraer-Belfast ferry, PRINCESS VICTORIA (2694grt\/1947), flooded, listing and subsequently foundering. With other vessels*<\/strong> closed on scene of casualty about 1500 and picked up seven personnel, only one alive (Sk. Brewster awarded MBE for his actions).
\n1955: Sold to BISCO and allocated to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
\n23.7.1955: Delivered Troon Harbour under own power from Fleetwood.
\n2.8.1955: Breaking commenced.
\n1.11.1955: Beached.
\n4.1.1956: Breaking completed.
\n16.5.1956: Hull registry closed \u201cBroken up\u201d.<\/p>\n

(*<\/strong> – LAIRDS MOOR ( 990grt\/1948), ORCHY (1090grt\/1930) and PASS of DRUMOCHTER (813grt\/1944)<\/p>\n

(John Graham, AB, age 33, b. North America – VICTORY (SB787))<\/p>\n

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

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S.T. Eastcoates H393
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S.T. Eastcoats H393
Picture courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n18\/01\/2008: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n07\/05\/2014: Posted picture.
\n08\/04\/2019: Updated information.
\n11\/05\/2020: Updated information.
\n12\/05\/2020: Removed incorrect image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Mike Thompson Technical Admiralty Number: 3778 Official Number: 143925 Yard Number: 290 Completed: 1919 As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet Gross Tonnage: 290 Net Tonnage: 127 Length: 125.5 ft Breadth: 23.5 ft Depth: 12.7 ft Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & […]<\/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":[17,19,93],"class_list":["post-3873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-castle","tag-marr","tag-odafoam-ltd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873","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=3873"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26454,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions\/26454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}