{"id":4491,"date":"2009-01-25T10:57:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-25T10:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4491"},"modified":"2020-07-31T08:00:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T07:00:19","slug":"st-eva-wales-fd85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-eva-wales-fd85\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Eva Wales FD85"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 136900
\nYard Number: 167
\nCompleted: 1915
\nGross Tonnage: 251
\nNet Tonnage: 101
\nLength: 125 ft
\nBreadth: 22.7 ft
\nDepth: 12.1 ft
\nBuilt: Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co Ltd
\nEngine: 77bhp T.3-cyl by Lidgerwood Ltd, Glasgow
\nBoiler: C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull <\/p>\n

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

21.10.1914: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.167) for Thomas James Wales, Fleetwood (managing owner) as EVA WALES.
\n12.1.1915: Registered at Fleetwood (FD85).
\n1.1915: Requisitioned for war service.
\n16.1.1915: Requisitioned for was service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr & Hydrophone) (Ad.No.966). Fitted as Leader.
\n1917: Based Malta with Unit 35.
\n1918: Based Aegean Sea.
\n1918: Sold to The Red Rose Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Joseph A. Taylor, manager).
\n12.3.1919: Required for Post-War Service.
\n1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
\n1924: William W. Brierley appointed manager.
\n3.1928: Sold to North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (John A. Harrow, manager).
\n28.3.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n5.4.1928: Registered at Aberdeen (A327).
\n12.6.1929: Sold to North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd & Mrs Emily Elizabeth Annison, Aberdeen (John A. Harrow, manager).
\n24.3.1930: On arrival in Aberdeen from the fishing grounds reported that Ernest Annison, brother of the Skipper had been lost overboard off Shetland and drowned.
\n9.5.1931: Sold to North Star Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (John A. Harrow, manager).
\n14.6.1934: Registered at Aberdeen as AVONSTREAM (A327) (BoT Minute M\/RG1242\/34 dated 2.6.1934).
\n1934: Converted to dry cargo. Re-measured 232g 101n.
\n29.3.1940: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
\n1.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service on examination service (Hire rate \u00a369.0.6d\/month).
\n14.1.1940: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.1529).
\n18.9.1940: Additional minesweeping equipment fitted.
\n7.1945: Returned to owner.
\n1.8.1945: Sold to Manor Steamship Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Reginald L. Hancock, manager).
\n1.8.1945: Aberdeen registry closed.
\n3.8.1945: Registered at Milford (M75).
\n3.3.1946: Sold to Haven Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven (Robert P. Lewis, manager).
\n21.3.1953: Sold to Haven Trawlers Ltd (21\/64), Milford Haven Coal Supplies Ltd (21\/64) & William H. Kerr (21\/64), Milford Haven (Robert P. Lewis, manager).
\n9.2.1954: Sold to Milford Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven Coal Supplies Ltd & William H. Kerr, Milford Haven (Owen W. Limbrick, manager).
\n9.1955: Sold to Belgian shipbreakers for breaking up.
\n19.9.1955: Milford registry closed.<\/p>\n

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S.T. Eva Wales FD85
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HMT Avonstream
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S.T. Avonstream M75
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Changelog<\/em>
\n25\/01\/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n31\/10\/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
\n31\/07\/2020: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 136900 Yard Number: 167 Completed: 1915 Gross Tonnage: 251 Net Tonnage: 101 Length: 125 ft Breadth: 22.7 ft Depth: 12.1 ft Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co Ltd Engine: 77bhp T.3-cyl by Lidgerwood Ltd, Glasgow Boiler: C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull History 21.10.1914: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co […]<\/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":[77,40,209],"class_list":["post-4491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-parkes","tag-red-rose-steam-trawlers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4491","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=4491"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25108,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4491\/revisions\/25108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}