{"id":4458,"date":"2009-01-24T13:01:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T13:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4458"},"modified":"2021-08-17T07:33:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T06:33:55","slug":"st-wyre-corsair-fd287","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-wyre-corsair-fd287\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Wyre Corsair FD287"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Admiralty Number: 4410
\nOfficial Number: 143516
\nYard Number: 426
\nCompleted: 1920
\nGross Tonnage: 282
\nNet Tonnage: 110
\nLength: 128.5 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.6 ft
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
\nSpeed: 10.5 knots <\/p>\n

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

Note:<\/em> Originally ordered by The Admiralty (Ad.No.4410) as a \u201cCastle\u201d class to be named RICHARD BANE but cancelled. <\/p>\n

23.3.1920: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.426) for Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff as KYOTO.
\n9.1920: Registered at Cardiff (CF65).
\n9.1920: Completed. Wilfred Neale, Morley H. Neale & Joshua S. Neale appointed managers.
\n12.1929: Sold to Hakin Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Joseph S. Pettit, Frederick Steer, Horace S. Fiddy, Milford & Joseph B. B. Huddlestone, Hakin) (Joseph B. B. Huddleston, manager).
\n12.1929: Cardiff registry closed.
\n16.12.1929: Registered at Milford (M50).
\n15.3.1937: Sold to Westward Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Edgar E. Carter & Richard S. Bowen, Port Talbot) (Edgar. E. Carter, manager).
\n18.5.1938: Registered at Milford as RUDILAIS (M50).
\n5.10.1938: Sailed Milford for fishing grounds (Sk.John F. Jones). WNW strong wind went to anchor in Dale Bay.
\n6.10.1938: Swinging collided with SHAMA (M223), causing damage.
\n1.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service and designated for minesweeping duties (Hire rate \u00a391.13.0d\/month).
\n30.9.1939: Last landing at Milford.
\n4.1.1940: Returned.
\n1.10.1940: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out for minesweeping duties (P.No.FY.528).
\n12.1945: Returned.
\n10.1948: Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd, managers).
\n8.11.1948: Milford registry closed.
\n11.1948: Registered at Fleetwood as WYRE CORSAIR (FD287).
\n8.1.1949: Sheltering in West Loch Roag, Isle of Lewis in gale force winds, dragged anchor and stranded. Gale gusting 60mph, came afloat and shifted position to anchor.
\n10.1.1949: At about 5.00 p.m. dragged anchor and stranded again; crew of thirteen rescued by breeches-buoy after Stornoway lifeboat had put a line onboard.
\n12.1.1949: Refloated by Clyde tug FLYING FALCON (283grt\/1934) and delivered Stornoway.
\n1954: Transferred to Wyre Trawlers Ltd (Leslie Wheildon, manager) on purchase of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd by Associated Fisheries Group.
\n1956: Sold to B. J. Nijkerk S.A., Antwerp for breaking up.
\n19.4.1956: Sailed Fleetwood for Antwerp. <\/p>\n

(Richard Bane, Midshipman, age 21, b. Norfolk – DREADNOUGHT (ex ROYAL SOVEREIGN) <\/p>\n

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Changelog<\/em>
\n24\/01\/2009: Page published. 4 updates since then.
\n27\/02\/2017 Images added.
\n31\/08\/2019: Removed incorrect image.
\n17\/08\/2021: Updated technical details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Admiralty Number: 4410 Official Number: 143516 Yard Number: 426 Completed: 1920 Gross Tonnage: 282 Net Tonnage: 110 Length: 128.5 ft Breadth: 23.5 ft Depth: 12.6 ft Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull Speed: 10.5 knots History Note: Originally 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":[17,25],"class_list":["post-4458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-castle","tag-wyre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4458","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=4458"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25940,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4458\/revisions\/25940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}