{"id":4392,"date":"2009-01-24T10:30:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T10:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2021-01-05T07:42:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T07:42:52","slug":"st-hero-fd227","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-hero-fd227\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Hero FD227"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technical <\/strong>
\nAdditional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson<\/em>
\nOfficial Number: 127403
\nYard Number: 194
\nCompleted: 1907
\nGross Tonnage: 226
\nNet Tonnage: 85
\nLength: 120 ft
\nBreadth: 21.6 ft
\nDepth: 11.4 ft
\nBuilt: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee
\nEngine: 71hp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Glasgow <\/p>\n

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

10.1907: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.194) for Mrs Ann Harries, Neyland (managing owner) as HERO.
\n 11.1907: Completed.
\n21.11.1907: Registered at Milford (M218).
\n1911: Sold to Neyland Steam Steam Trawling & Fishing Co, Neyland. Alexander Scott, Llanstadwel designated manager.
\n8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minelayer (1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.156).
\n1917: Fitted out as a minesweeper. Based Dover.
\n31.1.1919: Sold to Noah Ashworth, Rowland Morris & Ernest Taylor, Fleetwood. Joseph A. Taylor designated manager.
\n12.3.1919: Waiting instructions whether required for Post-War Service (SS).
\n1919: Returned to owner.
\n16.7.1919: Milford registry closed.
\n18.7.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD227).
\n18.11.1919: Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood. Joseph A. Taylor designated manager.
\n1920: Returned after restoration and survey at Cowes.
\n1924: William W. Brierley designated manager.
\n23.2.1936: Sustained damage in collision in Wyre Channel with steam grab dredger ROSSALL (239grt\/120) and steam trawler DINAS (FD63).
\n4.5.1939: At Fleetwood landed a sturgeon, 4ft 2inches long weighing 2 stone. Bought by Messrs Broughton & Co who had received an order for such a fish from the Royal Household. Despatched to London immediately to be put onboard the EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA (21,833grt\/1913) to be served during their Majesties crossing of the Atlantic prior to the Royal Tour of Canada.
\n6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. FY1866) and renamed HEROINE (Hire rate \u00a356.10.0d\/month).
\n4.1944: Fitted out for smoke making (Esso) trawler and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
\n9.6.1944: Sailed Solent for Mulberry B with Group B2 as part of Convoy ETC6. Employed smoke making.
\n3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
\n27.11.1944: Returned and reverted to HERO (FD227).
\n3.10.1945: Sold to John Yolland Jnr & Others, Milford Haven.
\n14.3.1946: Sold to William D. Uglow & Samuel F. Uglow, Milford Haven. William D. Uglow & Co designated managers.
\n1951: Sold to William James (Milford Haven) Ltd, Milford Haven. Hubert S. Smith designated manager.
\n1952: Sold to Yolland Brothers Ltd, Milford Haven. J. Yolland designated manager.
\n3.1953: Fishing off the Irish Coast (Sk. Lenny Brown). Developed boiler trouble and tow requested. CLOUGHSTONE (H374) (Sk. Bert Horst) connected and commenced tow to Milford.
\n17.3.1953: Delivered Milford.
\n18.5.1953: Fishing off the Smalls (Sk. C. Shearing). At about 8.00 a.m. hauling in dense fog 30 miles West of the Smalls Lighthouse run down by steamer RIVERCREST (7008g\/1944) on passage Liverpool-Casablanca, and foundered. Eleven crew*<\/strong> picked up from water by RIVERCREST but one man died +<\/strong>. Crew landed at Milford.<\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Sk. Charles Shearing; G. Stammer, Mate; G. Burder, Bosun; J. Owen, Third Hand; Chief Eng. A. Scales; 2nd Eng. R. Mallett; fireman J. Canavon; deckhands. G. Snelling & J. Harries; cook. R. Leckie.
\n+<\/strong> fireman Arthur Thorne (65) <\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Hero FD227
\nPicture courtesy of The John Stevenson Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n24\/01\/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
\n13\/07\/2017: Removed image and updated information.
\n05\/01\/2021: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Additional information courtesy of Geoff Davidson Official Number: 127403 Yard Number: 194 Completed: 1907 Gross Tonnage: 226 Net Tonnage: 85 Length: 120 ft Breadth: 21.6 ft Depth: 11.4 ft Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee Engine: 71hp T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Glasgow History 10.1907: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.194) […]<\/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":[69,84,24],"class_list":["post-4392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-ashworth-morris-taylor","tag-clifton-st","tag-lost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392","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=4392"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26383,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions\/26383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}