{"id":4186,"date":"2009-01-22T10:12:52","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T10:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4186"},"modified":"2021-08-09T08:30:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T07:30:21","slug":"st-toronto-lo196","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-toronto-lo196\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Toronto LO196"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 136223
\nYard Number: 618
\nCompleted: 1915
\nGross Tonnage: 205
\nNet Tonnage: 77
\nLength: 112.2 ft
\nBreadth: 22.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.4 ft
\nBuilt: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
\nEngine: 55hp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull <\/p>\n

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

19.11.1914: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.618) for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Hull as TORONTO.
\n12.1.1915: Registered at Hull (H218).
\n1.1915: Completed (Joseph Vivian, manager).
\n3.1917: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.3335). Based Portland.
\nPost 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
\n13.5.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to The London County Westminster & Parr\u2019s Bank Ltd, London (A).
\n6.3.1923: Mortgagee re-styled as Westminster Bank Ltd, London.
\n22.10.1925: Robert Burton designated manager.
\n14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to William Augustus Hayward, Eastbourne.
\n14.10.1927: Mortgage (A) transferred to Mercantile Marine Finance Corporation Ltd, London.
\n16.9.1932: Charles Hugh Emerson designated 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).
\n1935: Insured value \u00a32.950.
\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, Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd placed in Creditors\u2019 Voluntary Winding-up (Richard Field Helm of Messrs Hodgson Harris & Co, London appointed liquidators).
\n3.2.1937: Sold by order of the mortgagees under mortgage (A) to Heward Trawlers Ltd, London (Robert Scott Hewett & Harold Frank Hayward).
\n17.2.1937: Robert Scott Hewett designated manager.
\n17.2.1937: Hull registry closed.
\n19.2.1937: Registered at London (LO196).
\n6.3.1937: Arrived Fleetwood from Hull.
\n20.5.1937: First landing at Fleetwood, 69 boxes grossed \u00a3116.
\n29.4.1943: Typical wartime landing, Home Waters. 90 kits – hake-20, cod\/codling-30, haddock-15, flats-15, ling\/coley-10.
\n15.8.1949: At anchor 3 miles off Fleetwood in Lune Deeps (Sk. W. Randles). Weighed and proceeded but fouled anchor cable of trawler St. JUST (LO434) which wound itself round propeller and fractured.
\n17.8.1949: Anchored by the propeller, freed by BR hopper PREESALL (572grt\/1912) which using creep located anchor and burnt off to free. Towed to Wyre Dock and later slipped and chain removed; no damage to stern gear.
\n1954: Sold to Rosalind Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (William H. Cheadle, Blackpool, manager).
\n18.4.1960: Stranded north coast of Isle of Skye but managed to refloat.
\n19.4.1960: Arrived Portree, Isle of Skye leaking badly. Temporary repairs for single voyage to Fleetwood. On return found to be beyond economical repair.
\n5.1960: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up.
\n5.5.1960: Sailed Fleetwood for Preston.
\n13.5.1960: Delivered Preston.<\/p>\n

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Changelog<\/em>
\n22\/01\/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
\n11\/04\/2017: Image added and FMHT watermark removed.
\n09\/08\/2021: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 136223 Yard Number: 618 Completed: 1915 Gross Tonnage: 205 Net Tonnage: 77 Length: 112.2 ft Breadth: 22.5 ft Depth: 12.4 ft Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby Engine: 55hp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull History 19.11.1914: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.618) for Hull […]<\/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":[81,95],"class_list":["post-4186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-heward-trawlers","tag-rosalind-fishing-co"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186","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=4186"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25909,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186\/revisions\/25909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}