{"id":4319,"date":"2009-01-22T14:48:53","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T14:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4319"},"modified":"2021-03-10T07:40:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T07:40:22","slug":"st-northern-sky-lo162","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-northern-sky-lo162\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Northern Sky LO162"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 165343
\nYard Number: 552
\nCompleted: 1936
\nGross Tonnage: 655
\nNet Tonnage: 243
\nLength: 188.1 ft
\nBreadth: 28.1 ft
\nDepth: 15.5 ft
\nBuilt: Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Weserm\u00fcnde
\nEngine: T.3-cyl & LP turbine with DR gearing & hydraulic coupling by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Weserm\u00fcnde <\/p>\n

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

1936: Ordered by Leverhulme Ltd, London to absorb frozen credits in Germany.
\n10.1936: Completed by Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Weserm\u00fcnde (Yd.No.552) for MacLine Ltd, London (Leverhulme Ltd) as NORTHERN SKY.
\n19.10.1936: Registered at London (LO162). Operating out of Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager).
\n17.10.1936: Arrived Fleetwood for final fit out.
\n9.11.1936: First landing at Fleetwood, 1,900 boxes \u00a3690 gross.
\n22.9.1937: Last landing at Fleetwood, 925 boxes \u00a3673 gross
\n9.10.1937: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (H. Markham Cook, Grimsby, manager).
\n9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (P.No.4.41) (Hire rate \u00a3425.15.0d\/month).
\n5.6.1941: Shot down Heinkel 111 (Temp Lieut R. A. Harman RNVR).
\n1942: Fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler.
\n1943: Employed on convoy escort duties.
\n1944: Assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
\n23.5.1944: Convoy escort duties in British waters and across the Channel in support of landings.
\n3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
\n28.9.1945: Returned to owner.
\n12.1946: London registry closed.
\n12.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY427).
\n10.1947: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150\u00b0 F.
\n10.1947: Remeasured 620g 239n.
\n10.8.1958: On an Icelandic trip (Sk. Alf Kissack), boarded and arrested by gunboat ODINN on alleged fishery charges and escorted to Seidisfjord.
\n12.8.1958: At court in Seydisfjord, Sk. Kissack was fined \u00a32200 for fishing inside Icelandic territorial waters with \u00a3700 costs and gear and catch confiscated.
\nPre 1959: John Bennett appointed manager.
\nPre 1963: John A. Butt appointed manager.
\n1964: Sold to Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston-on-Tyne, for breaking up.
\n27.7.1964: Delivered Dunston-on-Tyne.
\n8.1964: Grimsby registry closed.<\/p>\n

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S.T. Northern Sky LO162
Picture courtesy of The Billy Worrall Collection<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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S.T. Northern Sky LO162
Picture courtesy of The James Cullen Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Northern Sky LO162
\nPicture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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HMT Northern Sky
Picture courtesy of The Imperial War Museum<\/p><\/div>\n

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HMT Northern Sky
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On board HMT Northern Sky
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HMT Northern Sky Crew 1942
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HMT Northern Sky
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HMT Northern Sky
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S.T. Northern Sky GY427
Picture courtesy of The Billy Worrall Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Northern Sky GY427
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Northern Sky GY427
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n22\/01\/2009: Page published.
\n16\/06\/2014: Picture added.
\n17\/12\/2014: Added another picture.
\n26\/03\/2015: Added 2 pictures.
\n28\/03\/2015: Picture added.
\n04\/04\/2015: Picture added.
\n08\/04\/2015: Added 2 pictures.
\n23\/07\/2015: added picture.
\n16\/05\/2017: Added image and removed FMHT watermarks.
\n10\/03\/2021: Added an image and updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 165343 Yard Number: 552 Completed: 1936 Gross Tonnage: 655 Net Tonnage: 243 Length: 188.1 ft Breadth: 28.1 ft Depth: 15.5 ft Built: Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Weserm\u00fcnde Engine: T.3-cyl & LP turbine with DR gearing & hydraulic coupling by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Weserm\u00fcnde History 1936: Ordered by […]<\/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":[204],"class_list":["post-4319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-no-fleetwood-owners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319","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=4319"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25493,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319\/revisions\/25493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}