{"id":4619,"date":"2009-01-26T14:31:21","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T14:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2020-07-04T07:42:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T06:42:10","slug":"st-wigan-fd241","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-wigan-fd241\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Wigan FD241"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Milford Trawlers<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 139210
\nYard Number: 633
\nCompleted: 1916
\nGross Tonnage: 275
\nNet Tonnage: 275
\nLength: 125.4 ft
\nBreadth: 23.4 ft
\nDepth: 12.8 ft
\nBuilt: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Southbank on Tees, 1917
\nEngine: 87nhp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
\nBoiler: Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Hebburn on Tyne
\nSpeed: 10.5 knots <\/p>\n

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

3.4.1916: Launched by Smith\u2019s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.633) for The \u201cWyre\u201d Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood as WIGAN.
\n5.5.1916: Registered at Fleetwood (FD241).
\n5.1916: Completed. Magnus B. J. Wedum designated manager. Requisitioned from the builders for war service and fitted out as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.1997). Based Humber.
\n26.9.1916: Sold to The Palatine Steam Trawling Co Ltd. Magnus B. J. Wedum designated manager.
\n1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
\n30.6.1928: Pursued by HMS SPEY when illegally trawling in the Firth of Clyde.
\n31.6.1928: In Campbeltown Sheriff Court, Sk. Nicholas Wright was fined \u00a3100 with forfeiture of the nets and gear for illegal trawling, \u00a320 for concealment of identification marks and \u00a350 for refusing to stop. For threatening Lt Woodriffe and Lt Aldridge with a gaff, George Grout, deckhand was fined \u00a33 or 20 days imprisonment.
\n10.1928: Fitted with W\/T.
\n16.12.1928: Informed Malin Head W\/T Station that steam trawler BUSH (FD60) was ashore on rocks off Mull of Cantire, entrance to Islay Sound. That trawlers EDWARD CATTELLY (FD204) and VERA GRACE (FD211), the latter with a line aboard, were standing by and hoped to refloat on evening tide. No assistance was required. Attempt to refloat was unsuccessful.
\n11.1931: Sold to Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. Magnus B. J.Wedum designated manager.
\n30.9.1932: Off Rathlin Island in heavy weather and gale, lost rudder. At 3.25 pm. steam trawler DAILY TELEGRAPH (GY367) connected and commenced tow to Fleetwood.
\n31.9.1932: Delivered Fleetwood.
\n1939: Sold to Saint Andrew\u2019s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. Basil Arthur Parkes, Thornton-le-Fylde designated manager.
\n4.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service and designated for minesweeping duties (Hire rate \u00a377.18.4d\/month).
\n6.2.1940: Returned.
\n20.2.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1583).
\n1942: Dover Channel sweeping.
\n1945: Returned.
\n3.8.1945: Sold to Manor Steamship Co Ltd, Milford Haven.
\n10.1946: Fleetwood registry closed.
\n4.11.1946: Registered at Milford (M144). Reginald L. Hancock designated manager.
\n3.1951: Sold to John Wood, Aberdeen.
\n27.3.1951: Milford registry closed.
\n29.3.1951: Registered at Aberdeen (A677). John Wood designated managing owner.
\n11.9.1953: Sold to The Leslie Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen John Wood designated manager.
\n15.5.1959: Sold to Looker Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
\n1959: Sold to BISCO and allocated to James A. White & Co Ltd, St. David\u2019s, Fife for breaking up.
\n21.5.1959: Arrived St. David\u2019s from Aberdeen under own power.
\n3.9.1959: Aberdeen registry closed \u201cVessel broken up.\u201d <\/p>\n

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

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S.T. Wigan FD241
Picture courtesy of The John Clarkson Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Wigan FD241
Picture courtesy of The John Clarkson Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n26\/01\/2009: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n25\/05\/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from images.
\n04\/07\/2020: Information updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Milford Trawlers Technical Official Number: 139210 Yard Number: 633 Completed: 1916 Gross Tonnage: 275 Net Tonnage: 275 Length: 125.4 ft Breadth: 23.4 ft Depth: 12.8 ft Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Southbank on Tees, 1917 Engine: 87nhp T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough Boiler: Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron […]<\/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":[101,25],"class_list":["post-4619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-palatine-stc","tag-wyre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619","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=4619"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25041,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions\/25041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}