{"id":4442,"date":"2009-01-24T12:45:45","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T12:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4442"},"modified":"2017-07-10T09:07:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T08:07:26","slug":"st-transvaal-fd381","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-transvaal-fd381\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Transvaal FD381"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall<\/em>
\nTechnical <\/strong><\/p>\n

Official Number: 138979
\nYard Number: 658
\nCompleted: 1916
\nGross Tonnage: 250
\nNet Tonnage: 119
\nLength: 125.3 ft
\nBreadth: 22.5 ft
\nDepth: 12 ft
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
\nBuilt: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby <\/p>\n

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

9.12.1915: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.658) for Henry L. Taylor & Staff, Grimsby as TRANSVAAL.
\n9.8.1916: Registered at Grimsby (GY953).
\n15.8.1916: Completed (Henry L. Taylor, manager). Requisitioned by The Admiralty from the builders and fitted out as mine sweeper (1-12pdr, 1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.3307). Based Peterhead.
\n12.7.1917: Arrived on the fishing grounds (Lieut W.E. Dawson RNR), escorting the Fraserburgh fleet. At 6.00pm. heard gunfire and discovered a submarine attacking the sailing drifters SPIDER (BF279) and SURPRISE (BF2008). At 7.10pm. engaged with 12pdr and 6 pdr and pursued. Submarine dived and at 7.20pm. depth charges dropped. At 8.00 pm. joined by HM Drifter CLOVER (BF323) (Ad.No.4329) but submarine escaped.
\nBy 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby (Henry L. Taylor, manager).
\n12.1919: Sold to Henry L. Taylor & H. G. Hopwood, Grimsby.
\n12.1919: Sold to Melville Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. (Herbert M. Johns, manager).
\n26.10.1920: Grimsby registry closed.
\n27.10.1920: Registered at Fleetwood (FD381).
\n26.11.1923: Sold to The Transvaal Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Magnus B. J. Wedum, manager).
\n2.12.1935: Went to assistance of steam trawler CAVE (H643) which had run aground entering Stornoway harbour. Connected, refloated and assisted to berth.
\n1.12.1939: Requisitioned for war service and designated for minesweeping duties (magnetic)(Hire rate \u00a370.16.8d\/month).
\n20.1.1940: Returned.
\n9.6.1941: Sold to Basil A. Parkes, Fleetwood.
\n1.12.1941: Sold to The Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
\n11.8.1942: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out as a fuelling trawler(Esso) (33ton tank for refuelling diesel landing craft) (P.No.Y.7.45). Mediterranean Command.
\n6.1944: Operation Neptune-Normandy landings. Assigned as a fuelling trawler to Force O.
\n18.11.1944: Foundered in English Channel in severe weather conditions (Off hire 17.11.1944). All crew MPK.
\n14.12.1945: Fleetwood registry closed. (CHR has some anomalies in dates).<\/p>\n

(MPK – Ty\/Sk.Thomas Threlfall RNR; Herbert W. Cook, 2nd Hand; Dennis Reaney & Laurence J. Smith, Enginemen; William Hamblett, George T. King, James McCourt, John E. Pharaoh, Joseph C. Vorley, Eric Walker, Herbert D. Ward & James Watson, seamen; Jack Edwards, Alfred Lloyd & Joseph Skayman, stokers; Alexander Smith, Ldg Cook; Thomas P. Kelly, Signalman; James J.Rogers Ord. Telegraphist.)<\/p>\n

Click to enlarge image<\/em>
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S.T. Transvaal FD381<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n24\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n28\/07\/2016: Information added.
\n10\/07\/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Andy Hall Technical Official Number: 138979 Yard Number: 658 Completed: 1916 Gross Tonnage: 250 Net Tonnage: 119 Length: 125.3 ft Breadth: 22.5 ft Depth: 12 ft Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby History 9.12.1915: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.658) for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452],"tags":[24,103,40,104],"class_list":["post-4442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-lost","tag-melville-st","tag-parkes","tag-transvaal-stc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4442","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=4442"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21375,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4442\/revisions\/21375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}