{"id":4510,"date":"2009-01-25T12:49:59","date_gmt":"2009-01-25T12:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4510"},"modified":"2020-09-01T07:45:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T06:45:27","slug":"st-dragoon-fd60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-dragoon-fd60\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Dragoon FD60"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow, Andy Hall, Mike Thomson and David Slinger<\/em><\/p>\n

Technical <\/strong>
\nOfficial Number: 181280
\nYard Number: 686
\nCompleted: 1942
\nGross Tonnage: 522.44
\nNet Tonnage: 196.81
\nLength: 167.7 ft
\nBreadth: 28.1 ft
\nDepth: 14.1 ft
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
\nEngine: 970ihp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull (later up-rated to 1050ihp)
\nBoiler: Central Marine Engine Works, West Hartlepool
\nSpeed: 11 knots<\/p>\n

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

18.1.1941: Ordered.
\n4.6.1941: Laid down.
\n21.10.1941: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.686) (\u201cHills\u201d class) for The Admiralty as YES TOR (P.No.T.222).
\n10.4.1942: Completed (1-12pdr HA\/LA, 4-MG, 1-20mm, ASDIC, DC).
\n1941: Home Fleet. Western Approaches based Campbeltown.
\n1942: To Freetown, 2nd A\/S Group.
\n1945: Armament increased (2-20mm).
\n1946: Laid up at Rosyth on Disposal List (SORF, Rosyth).
\n10.4.1946: Sold to Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd (64\/64), Hull for the sum of \u00a327.500, estimated cost to convert for fishing, \u00a332,000.
\n11.1946: Converted to a fishing vessel by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, North Shields.
\n1946: Engine re-rated 1050ihp.
\n12.11.1946: On completion of conversion, registered at Hull (Part I & IV) to Clyde Trawlers Ltd, Hull as CAPE CLEVELAND O.N.181280 (H355). Insured for the sum of \u00a377,000. Gilbert Hudson designated manager.
\n7.12.1946: Sailed Hull for White Sea grounds (Sk. George William Thompson).
\n31.12.1946: At Hull landed 3,155 kits, \u00a37,359 gross.
\n11.11.1947: Registered at Hull as STELLA CARINA (H355).
\n11.1947: Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150\u00b0 F.
\n7.6.1949: Clyde Trawlers Ltd, Hull placed in voluntary liquidation. Reginald Philip Clarke, Grimsby appointed Liquidator.
\n5.9.1949: Sold by the Liquidator to Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd (64\/64), Hull.
\n18.10.1949: Registered at Hull as CAPE FINISTERRE (H355).
\n24.1.1952: Sold to The Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby. Albert Wright Butt designated manager.
\n28.1.1952: Hull registry closed.
\n29.1.1952: Registered at Grimsby (GY222).
\n20.2.1952: Registered at Grimsby as DRAGOON (GY222) (BoT Minute R.G.No.1025\/52 dated 5.2.1952).
\n1953: Made one trip to Greenland fishery.
\n1959: Laid up at Grimsby.
\n27.8.1959: Being re-activated, two men overcome by fumes while inside boiler and died.
\n25.2.1960: Leslie Wheildon, Fleetwood designated manager.
\n26.2.1960: Arrived Fleetwood.
\n5.3.1960: Sold to Wyre Trawlers Ltd (64\/64), Fleetwood.
\n16.3.1960: Grimsby registry closed.
\n16.3.1960: Registered at Fleetwood (FD60).
\n16.3.1960: Leslie Wheildon appointed manager.
\n14.10.1962: On NW coast of Iceland (Sk. Roy Belcher). Arrested for alleged illegal fishing and escorted to Isafj\u00f6rdhur.
\n16.10.1962: Court at Reykjavik fined Sk. Belcher \u00a31,916 and confiscated nets and catch. Fine overturned by Icelandic Supreme Court.
\n15.9.1964: On north west Iceland grounds arrested for alleged illegal fishing. Court at Reykjavik.
\n12.1966: Sold to West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Troon for breaking up.
\n17.12.1966: Delivered Troon from Fleetwood under own power (draughts 7\u20196\u201d\/16\u20190\u201d).
\n23.8.1968: Breaking commenced.
\n21.11.1968: Beached (draughts 7\u20190\u201d\/11\u20190\u201d).
\n7.5.1969: Breaking completed.
\n29.12.1969: Fleetwood registry closed \u201cVessel broken up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Dragoon GY222
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S.T. Dragoon H222
Picture courtesy of The Osta Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Dragoon H222
\nPicture courtesy of the JJ Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Dragoon FD60
Picture courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Dragoon FD60
\nPicture courtesy of The John Bonner Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Dragoon FD60
\nPicture from the Ineternet<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Dragoon FD60
Picture courtesy of The Peter Hearn Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n25\/01\/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
\n02\/05\/2016: Picture added.
\n28\/07\/2018: Information updated. Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
\n26\/03\/2019: Added a picture.
\n01\/05\/2020: Updated information.
\n01\/09\/2020: Added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow, Andy Hall, Mike Thomson and David Slinger Technical Official Number: 181280 Yard Number: 686 Completed: 1942 Gross Tonnage: 522.44 Net Tonnage: 196.81 Length: 167.7 ft Breadth: 28.1 ft Depth: 14.1 ft Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley Engine: 970ihp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull […]<\/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":[94,25],"class_list":["post-4510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-hills-class","tag-wyre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4510","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=4510"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26359,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4510\/revisions\/26359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}