{"id":4050,"date":"2009-01-19T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4050"},"modified":"2021-08-11T07:28:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T06:28:36","slug":"st-vireo-h446","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-vireo-h446\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Vireo H446"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 133392
\nYard Number: 149
\nCompleted: 1912
\nGross Tonnage: 192.38
\nNet Tonnage: 72.78
\nLength: 110 ft
\nBreadth: 21.6 ft
\nDepth: 12 ft
\nBuilt: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
\nEngine: 300ihp T. 3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull<\/p>\n

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

30.5.1912: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.149) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (64\/64), Hull as VIREO.
\n2.7.1912: Registered at Hull (H446). John E. A. Kelsall, London & George Beeching, Hull appointed managers.
\n7.1912: Completed
\n10.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.383). Based Granton.
\n1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
\n7.6.1919: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr\u2019s Bank Ltd, London (A). John Slater appointed manager.
\n6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
\n19.12.1924: Niels Hess (48), Mate, fell into sea and drowned when transferring fish to carrier.
\n14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
\n14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
\n28.9.1928: Robert Burton appointed manager.
\n16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson appointed manager.
\n10.1932: Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd in liquidation.
\n1.11.1932: Mortgage (A) transferred to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Chelsea and Ernest Norton, London (Joint mortgagees).
\n3.1936: Combined boxing and trawling fleet of Kelsall Bros. & Beeching Ltd and the Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd consisting of 59 vessels laid up at Hull (declining catches, coal bill and increased maintenance costs had made the venture uneconomical).
\n6.3.1936: At Extraordinary General Meeting at Hull, Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd placed in Creditors\u2019 Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, London appointed liquidators).
\n26.10.1937: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (A) to Brixham Trawlers Ltd (64\/64), Brixham.
\n27.10.1937: Vessel (64\/64) mortgaged for the sum of \u00a3750 with interest at 5% to Harold Frank Hayward, London; Maud Florence Katherine Rogers, Corfe Castle and Ernest Norton, London (Joint mortgagees)(B). Ralph S. Dugdall appointed manager.
\n12.1937: Transferred to Fleetwood when Brixham Trawlers Ltd moved to the port.
\n3.12.1937: Sailed Brixham for Fleetwood in company with OWL (H801), fishing round.
\n13.12.1937: First landing at Fleetwood, 105 boxes grossed \u00a394.
\n2.12.1938: Brixham Trawlers Ltd registered office transferred to Fleetwood. Ralph S. Dugdall appointed manager.
\n9.2.1939: Mortgage (B) discharged.
\n13.2.1939: Vessel mortgaged to Midland Bank Ltd, London (C).
\n2.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service and appointed for minesweeping duties, employed on auxiliary patrol (Hire rate \u00a348.0.0d\/month).
\n16.1.1940: Returned.
\n27.12.1940: Requisitioned for war service and employed on harbour defence patrol (P.No.FY.1531).
\n12.1941: Paid off at Fleetwood \u201cto be released\u201d.
\n11.12.1941: Returned.
\n27.4.1943: Typical wartime landing. 291 kits – cod\/codling-60, haddock-41, whiting-15, plaice-19, flats-16, ling\/coley-36, roker-73, gurnard-21, dogs-5, sole & prime-5.
\n20.4.1953: Mortgage (C) discharged.
\n26.6.1958: Gordon Cranford Dugdall appointed manager.
\n1.8.1959: Company taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood.
\n8.1.1060: Sir Fred Parkes, Blackpool appointed manager (Arthur J. Lewis, commercial manager).
\n2.1960: Sold to Haulbowline Industries Ltd, Passage West, Cork for breaking up.
\n3.3.1960: Sailed Fleetwood for Cork.
\n5.3.1960: Arrived Passage West.
\n17.3.1960: Delivered.
\n15.8.1960: Hull registry closed \u201cVessel broken up\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Changelog<\/em>
\n19\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n23\/04\/2017: Removed disputed image.
\n11\/08\/2021: Updated history and technical details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 133392 Yard Number: 149 Completed: 1912 Gross Tonnage: 192.38 Net Tonnage: 72.78 Length: 110 ft Breadth: 21.6 ft Depth: 12 ft Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole Engine: 300ihp T. 3-cyl and boiler by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull History 30.5.1912: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co […]<\/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":[76],"class_list":["post-4050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-brixham-trawlers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4050","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=4050"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25922,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4050\/revisions\/25922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}