{"id":4359,"date":"2009-01-23T10:12:51","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T10:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4359"},"modified":"2020-03-02T08:52:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T08:52:29","slug":"st-daily-herald-fd101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-daily-herald-fd101\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Daily Herald FD101"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger and Granton Trawlers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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

Admiralty Number: 3745
\nOfficial Number: 143943
\nYard Number: 645
\nCompleted: 1918
\nAs built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
\nGross Tonnage: 276
\nNet Tonnage: 106
\nLength: 125.6 ft
\nBreadth: 23.4 ft
\nDepth: 12.6 ft
\nBuilt: Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Bellis & Morcom Ltd, Birmingham
\nBoiler: R.W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle<\/p>\n

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

17.10.1917: Launched by Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields (Yd.No.645) (\u201cCastle\u201d class) for The Admiralty as MATTHEW FLYNN (Ad.No.3745).
\n23.2.1918: Completed (Commissioned) (1-12pdr).
\n10.12.1919: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I) as MATTHEW FLYNN O.N.143943).
\n1919: Allocated to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries and engaged in commercial trawling.
\n1920: 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.
\n28.08.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part IV) (LO435).
\n10.1920: At HM Dockyard, Devonport completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd\u2019s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Plymouth.
\n01.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of \u00a3100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
\n1922: Sold M. Francois, Boulogne.
\n8.2.1922: London registry closed.
\n2.1922: Registered at Boulogne as AMIRAL MARQUER. Altazin Fr\u00e8res, later Victor Fourny designated manager.
\n4.1930: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
\n5.1930: Boulogne registry closed.
\n17.5.1930: Registered at Fleetwood as DAILY HERALD (FD101) (BoT Minute M\/R.G.1069\/1930 dated 10.2.1930). Fred Parkes, Blackpool designated manager.
\n30.9.1932: Homeward from fishing grounds in mountainous seas (Sk. Robert Wright. Struck the Bragar Rocks, Isle of Lewis. Slid off but carried back on the rocks and pounding coming afloat again and backed away. Boat made ready. Wireless operator made contact with steam trawler DAILY TELEGRAPH (GY367) which stood by whilst checks carried out and found to be making a little water. Proceeded in company for Fleetwood.
\n2.10.1932: Arrived Fleetwood.
\n1935: Sold to Thomas L. Devlin & Sons, Granton.
\n5.10.1935: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n10.1935: Registered at Granton as COMMILES (GN34). Thomas L. Devlin designated manager.
\n31.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.636) (Hire rate \u00a382.16.0d\/month).
\n1942: Transferred to Thomas L. Devlin & Sons Ltd, Granton. Thomas L. Devlin remained manager.
\n1942: Sold to Mrs Elizabeth D. Breen, Edinburgh.
\n10.1945: Re-classed at Fleetwood and returned to owner.
\n10.1945: Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd (64\/64), London. William Alfred Bennett, Sanderstead designated manager.
\n22.12.1945: Stranded at Dyra Fjord, Iceland. Refloated and returned to service.
\n11.1946: Granton registry closed.
\n26.11.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY390).
\n16.12.1947: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd (64\/64), Fleetwood for \u00a312500.
\n23.12.1947: Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys designated manager.
\n3.11.1948: Grimsby registry closed.
\n11.1948: Registered at Fleetwood (FD285).
\n12.1948: In blizzard conditions driven ashore at Kyle of Lochalsh. Two men brought ashore by breeches buoy, remaining crew taken off by launch from HMS FLAMBOROUGH HEAD.
\n12.1948: Refloated and returned to service.
\n8.6.1949: Sold to Anglo-Australian Fisheries (Pty) Ltd & Anglo-Australian Trawlers (Pty) Ltd, Perth, WA for \u00a315000. Ian L. C. McNicol designated manager. 16.7.1949: Sailed Fleetwood for Fremantle, WA (Sk. Alfred Britton MBE(49)\/Capt G. Thexton, Grasmere); fourteen crew all volunteers to settle in Australia and sailed under Western Australian Government immigration scheme; families to follow.
\n16.9.1949: Arrived Fremantle, WA. To fish out of Albany.
\n1953: Sold to Royal Australian Navy and after use as a target sunk off Rottnest Island W of Fremantle, WA as a dive site and fish haven.
\n(Matthew Flynn (or Flinn), Landsman (Volunteer), age 22, b. Dublin – VICTORY (SB160)<\/p>\n

Click to enlarge image<\/em>
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S.T. Daily Herald FD101
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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S.T. Commiles FD285
Picture (in Australia) from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n23\/01\/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n13\/01\/2017: Information updated.
\n15\/07\/2017: Removed FMHT watermark.
\n02\/03\/2020: Updated information and added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger and Granton Trawlers Technical Admiralty Number: 3745 Official Number: 143943 Yard Number: 645 Completed: 1918 As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet Gross Tonnage: 276 Net Tonnage: 106 Length: 125.6 ft Breadth: 23.4 ft Depth: 12.6 ft Built: Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl […]<\/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],"tags":[77,17,24,19,40],"class_list":["post-4359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-castle","tag-lost","tag-marr","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4359","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=4359"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24847,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4359\/revisions\/24847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}