{"id":4384,"date":"2009-01-24T10:23:07","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T10:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4384"},"modified":"2022-08-08T10:34:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T09:34:42","slug":"st-fotherby-fd262","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-fotherby-fd262\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Fotherby FD262"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham, David Slinger and Phil Rogers<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 162872
\nYard Number: 953
\nCompleted: 1933
\nGross Tonnage: 397.84
\nNet Tonnage: 150.50
\nLength: 155.0 ft
\nBreadth: 26.4 ft
\nDepth: 12.2 ft
\nBuilt: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
\nEngine: 700ihp T.3-cyl by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough.
\nBoiler: Richardson Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool<\/p>\n

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

6.7.1933: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.953) for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby as ASTON VILLA.
\n2.8.1933: Registered at Grimsby (GY508).
\n2.8.1933: Sir John D. Marsden, Bart designated manager.
\n8.8.1933: Vessel mortgaged(64\/64) to Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields (A).
\n8.1933: Completed at a cost of \u00a319736.
\n30.4.1936: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n2.5.1936: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (B).
\n21.7.1936: Mortgage (B) discharged.
\n8.1936: Sold to The Admiralty.
\n14.8.1936: Grimsby registry closed (Advice received from the Manager and from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty). Fitted out as depot ship for Coastal Forces (cost \u00a331,696, estimate \u00a327,000 – stored torpedoes and depth charges). Renamed HMS MASCOT and later HMS VULCAN, tender to the 1st MTB Flotilla.
\n1939: Served in Mediterranean.
\n1940: In Home Fleet.
\n1941: In Mediterranean Fleet.
\n1944: Armed (1-20mm).
\n5.2.1947: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64\/64), Fleetwood. Basil Arthur Parkes designated manager.
\n11.1947: Reclassed at Fleetwood and registered at Fleetwood as FOTHERBY (FD262).
\n1948: Transferred to fish out of Gt. Yarmouth.
\nFrom 10.1950: Landings transferred to Israeli refrigerated steamer D\u2019VORA (506grt\/1943) ex \u2018Isles\u2019 class trawler KITTERN (P.No.T382) for shipment to Haifa, Israel.
\n2.1951: Chartered by Ezra Deep Sea Fishing Co Ltd (Ezra Danin & others),Tel-Aviv, Israel for six months with option to purchase.
\n8.2.1951: Sailed Fleetwood for Grimsby (Sk. Arthur J. Lewis). Seven Israeli deckhands\/firemen arrived Grimsby to join.
\n31.3.1951*<\/strong>: Sailed Grimsby at 1400 for Las Palmas (Capt T. S. Hodgkinson); nineteen crew all told. To initially fish the Canary-Saharan bank under an agreement for Israel to pay \u00a360\/ton for all fish landed at Haifa. To then train Israeli fishermen.
\n8.4.1951: Arrived Las Palmas at 1615, berthed 1715. Total time – 8 days 2hrs 15 mins. Distance run 1,807 miles. Average speed 9.90knots.
\n10.4.1951: Sailed Las Palmas at 1805 for fishing grounds.
\n11.4.1951: Fishing in position 26N 14W.
\n21.4.1951: Fishing 13m ExS of Cape Juby, Morocco. Hauled and stowed gear. 1200 left fishing grounds for Haifa, Israel.
\n3.5.1951: At 0300 arrived off Haifa Harbour. Total time 11 days 7hrs. Distance run 2,817 miles. Average speed 10.40 knots.
\n1951: Fishing off the coasts of Morocco and Greece mainly for bream.
\n1951: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n1951: Registered at Tel-Aviv as MIRIAM (TA122).
\n1951: Returned to UK.
\n12.1951-1.1952: Completed Special Survey at Grimsby. Continued to land at ?? and some part landings transhipped to Israel along with those of company steam trawlers SHULAMITH (585g\/20) and ZIPORAH (580grt\/1921).
\n1952: Ezra Deep Sea Fishing Co Ltd in liquidation.
\n1953: Sold to Government of Poland, Warsaw (Ministry of Industry & Commerce)(P. P. D. \u201cDalmor\u201d, managers).
\n3.1953: Tel Aviv registry closed. Registered at Gdynia as POLLUX (GDY187).
\n1965: Laid up.
\n1969: Sold for breaking up.<\/p>\n

*<\/strong>Crew on sailing 31.3.1951: Capt T. S. Hodgkinson, J. Dewhurst, B. Harivess, F. Nicholson, M. Smith, W. Newman, J. Smith, G. Whittle, J. A. Woods, P. Walton, W. P. Jones – all British; M. Shadmi, A. Goldman, Z. Klein, I. Ziser, J. Rabach, A. Gevandter, R. Vaadi – all Israeli; J. Gorecki – Polish.<\/p>\n

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

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HMS Mascot
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

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HMS Mascot
Picture \u00a9 Wright & Logan<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Fotherby FD262
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fotherby landing at Great Yarmouth courtesy of The Barry Banham Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Fotherby FD262
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Miriam TA122
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. MIRIAM TA22
Crew list courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Mirian TA122
Picture courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. MIRIAM TA22
Picture courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Mirian TA122
Picture courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Mirian TA122
Picture courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Pollux GDY187
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n03\/05\/14: Page updated.
\n25\/01\/2017: Removed disputed image.
\n19\/02\/2018: Added an image.
\n12\/10\/2020: Updated information.
\n22\/10\/2020: Updated history and added images.
\n29\/10\/2020: Further update.
\n08\/08\/2022: Added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham, David Slinger and Phil Rogers Technical Official Number: 162872 Yard Number: 953 Completed: 1933 Gross Tonnage: 397.84 Net Tonnage: 150.50 Length: 155.0 ft Breadth: 26.4 ft Depth: 12.2 ft Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough Engine: 700ihp T.3-cyl by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough. Boiler: […]<\/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":[77,40],"class_list":["post-4384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4384","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=4384"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26470,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4384\/revisions\/26470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}