{"id":4615,"date":"2009-01-26T14:28:08","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T14:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4615"},"modified":"2019-03-29T10:24:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T10:24:42","slug":"st-wellvale-fd140","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-wellvale-fd140\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Wellvale FD140"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Tony Rodaway<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 148227
\nYard Number: ??
\nCompleted: 1918
\nGross Tonnage: 271
\nNet Tonnage: 124
\nLength: 125.7 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5
\nDepth: 12.7
\nBuilt: Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Canada
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Canada <\/p>\n

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

1.1917: Ordered.
\n1918: Launched by Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Canada (Yd.No.) (Canadian \u201cCastle\u201d – \u201cT.R.\u201d class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR.28.
\n30.5.1918: Completed (1-12pdr) and commissioned in Royal Canadian Navy.
\n31.1.1919: Paid off and laid up.
\n1920: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain D. J. Munro as agent) to bring drifters with trawlers as escorts to UK for lay-up in Muirtown Basin, Caledonian Canal, Inverness prior to sale and possible refit for classification as steam trawlers (The Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd letter dated 12 April 1920).
\n1921: Brought over at The Admiralty\u2019s expense for lay-up.
\n1.1926: Still laid up.
\n2.1926: Rejected offer for all remaining trawlers of \u00a32,000 each (B. Allenby, Aberdeen letter dated 10 Feb 1926).
\n8.1926: Sold \u201cas is\u201d to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (Fred. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
\n22.9.1926: Registered at Fleetwood as WELLVALE (FD140).
\n20.5.1927: Sold to Arthur S. Bowlby, Harlow (Edward D. W. Lawford c\/o Iago Steam Trawlers Ltd, Milford Haven, manager). Continued to fish from Fleetwood.
\n1932: Laid up at Fleetwood.
\n8.11.1932: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
\n5\/6\/7.1933: Chartered for by Italian Government to provide support for a trans Atlantic flight involving 20 to 30 aeroplanes.
\n6.4.1935: Arrived Fleetwood on evening tide in tow of AUTHORPE (FD91) having sustained crank shaft damage on the fishing grounds.
\n12.9.1939: Missing since this date. \u201cPresumed sunk by enemy action\u201d.
\n16.9.1939: Believed lost off the Hebrides by U-boat action, but not recorded (U.35 was in the area); Sk. F. W. Slapp and twelve crew lost.
\n17.1.1940: Fleetwood registry closed \u201cMissing since 12\/9\/1939. Sunk by enemy action\u201d.<\/p>\n

(Lost \u2013 Sk. F. W. Slapp, R. Barcock, J. W. Eastham, M. J. Gordon, T. W. Grayson, George Grimley (31), 2nd Eng. b. Co.Armagh, R. R. Gunn, H. Parker, P. Speariett, G. R. Townsend, I. P. Turner, W. Wright) <\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Wellvale FD140
\nPicture \u00a9 John Clarkson<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n26\/01\/2009: Page published.
\n27\/04\/14: Information updated.
\n29\/03\/2019: Information updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Tony Rodaway Technical Official Number: 148227 Yard Number: ?? Completed: 1918 Gross Tonnage: 271 Net Tonnage: 124 Length: 125.7 ft Breadth: 23.5 Depth: 12.7 Built: Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Canada Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Canada History 1.1917: Ordered. 1918: Launched by Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Canada (Yd.No.) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452,478],"tags":[77,17,24,40,18],"class_list":["post-4615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","category-war-losses","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-castle","tag-lost","tag-parkes","tag-war-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615","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=4615"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24284,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615\/revisions\/24284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}