{"id":3970,"date":"2009-01-19T14:00:30","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:54:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:54:59","slug":"st-lord-minto-fd51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-lord-minto-fd51\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Lord Minto FD51"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 136192
\nYard Number: 599
\nCompleted: 1914
\nGross Tonnage: 295
\nNet Tonnage: 123
\nLength: 136.7 ft
\nBreadth: 23.2 ft
\nDepth: 12.3 ft
\nEngine: 93nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
\nBuilt: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby<\/p>\n

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

1.3.1914: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.599) for Yorkshire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as LORD MINTO.
\n28.5.1914: Registered at Hull (H105). John McCann & Edward Cartwright designated managers.
\n6.6.1914: Completed.
\n5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1516). Based Dover.
\nPost 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
\n17.10.1921: Sold to Pickering & Haldane\u2019s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. John McCann & Edward Cartwright designated joint managers.
\n14.3.1924: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood. James A. Robertson designated manager.
\n12.10.1924: James A. Robertson died.
\n10.1924: Alan Marr designated manager.
\n12.1.1925: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
\n6.6.1925: Hull registry closed.
\n12.6.1925: Registered at Fleetwood (FD51). Alan Marr designated manager.
\n1.12.1925: Alan Marr died.
\n12.1925: Joseph Arthur Marr designated manager.
\n26.10.1936: In gale force winds and heavy weather off St. Kilda, Bosun, William Wilson Crewdson was washed overboard and drowned.
\n9.1939: On a trip to St. Kilda ground (Sk. Charles Pennington); eleven crew.
\n18.9.1939: Trawling 30 miles NW of St. Kilda. 7.00pm. stopped in position 58.09N 09.17W by U-boat (U.35); tried to escape and made radio message. Examined i.a.w. Prisenordnung (Prize Regulations) Art.54. Seized along with ARLITA (FD188) and NANCY HAGUE (FD133). As boats not considered safe for crew*<\/strong>, transferred along with crew of ARLITA to NANCY HAGUE which allowed to return to Fleetwood. Both vessels sunk by gunfire in position 57.51N 09.28W. At 8.47pm. H M destroyers SOMALI (P.No.F33) and MATABELE (P.No.F26) detached to assist.
\n27.9.1939: Fleetwood registry closed \u201cVessel sunk by German submarine\u201d.<\/p>\n

*<\/strong>Crew (all Fleetwood unless stated) – Sk. Charles Pennington; Arthur Dutton, Mate; J. R. Rogers, Bosun; T. Hudson Ch.Eng; R. Neill, 2nd Eng; G. Halliday; Bertram Lee; W. Sharples; J. Beadle, Liverpool, deckhands; W. Kneale, Knott End, fireman; Robert Pooley, cook; Herbert Coplin, wireless operator, J.C. Lacey, Fireman.<\/p>\n

Note<\/em>: U-boat (U35) was sunk 29.11.1939 in North Sea, in position 60.53N, 02.47E, by depth charges from HMShips KASHMIR (P.No.F12), KINGSTON (P.No.F64) and ICARUS (P.No.D03). All submariners survived.<\/p>\n

Note: U-boat (U35) was sunk 29.11.1939 in North Sea, in position 60.53N, 02.47E, by depth charges from HMShips KASHMIR (P.No.F12), KINGSTON (P.No.F64) and ICARUS (P.No.D03). All submariners survived. <\/p>\n

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

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S.T. Lord Minto FD51
\nPicture from Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Lord Minto FD51
Picture courtesy of the Greenday Collection (Trawlerphotos)<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n19\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n04\/06\/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
\n01\/05\/2021: Updated history.
\n03\/10\/2025: Added name to crew list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 136192 Yard Number: 599 Completed: 1914 Gross Tonnage: 295 Net Tonnage: 123 Length: 136.7 ft Breadth: 23.2 ft Depth: 12.3 ft Engine: 93nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby History 1.3.1914: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.599) for Yorkshire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452,478],"tags":[34,24,19,18],"class_list":["post-3970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","category-war-losses","tag-active-fc","tag-lost","tag-marr","tag-war-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970","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=3970"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27051,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions\/27051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}