{"id":4696,"date":"2009-01-27T17:24:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T17:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4696"},"modified":"2017-11-25T08:46:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T08:46:33","slug":"st-ladylove-lo167","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-ladylove-lo167\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Ladylove LO167"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 116137
\nYard Number: 341
\nCompleted: 1902
\nGross Tonnage: 230
\nNet Tonnage: 84
\nLength: 125 ft
\nBreadth: 21.7 ft
\nDepth: 12 ft
\nEngine: 70nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull<\/p>\n

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

14.2.1902: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.341) for Pickering & Haldane\u2019s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as OPHIR.
\n21.3.1903: Registered at Hull (H725).
\n6.4.1903: Completed (H. A. L. Russell, manager).
\n1.1915: Requisitioned for war service as an armed trawler (1-12pdr, 1-6pdr HA & 1-7.5\u201d A\/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1204).
\n2.1915: Renamed OPHIR III.
\n17.4.1915: Registered at Hull as OPHIR III (H725).
\n4.10.1918: Sold to Weston W. Crampin, Grimsby (managing owner).
\n21.10.1918: Hull registry closed.
\n24.10.1918: Registered at Grimsby (GY1220). Based Harwich.
\nBy 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
\n2.1919: Sold to The Crampin Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Herbert G. Crampin, manager).
\n2.1933: Sold to Walker Steam Trawl Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Thomas Walker, manager).
\n1.2.1933: Grimsby registry closed.
\n9.2.1933: Registered at Aberdeen as STAR OF MORAY (A232).
\n1934: Sold to The Hewett Fishing Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood.
\n4.8.1934: Aberdeen registry closed.
\n9.8.1934: Registered at London (LO167).
\n29.9.1934: Registered at London as LADYLOVE (LO167).
\n7.1940: Requisitioned for war service and designated for minesweeping duties (P.No.FY.335).
\n10.1940: Returned to owner (Not recorded in Admiralty Folio MT65-467 A-L).
\n2.8.1941: Sailed Fleetwood for Icelandic grounds (Sk. Alfred C. Fletcher); thirteen crew.
\n24.8.1941: In evening after being involved in search, directed by aircraft, picked up three men in boat from Norwegian steamer INGER (1418grt\/1930) (torpedoed at 2347 on 23.8.1941 by U-boat (U143) 30 miles from Butt of Lewis). Landed survivors at Stornoway.
\n25.8.1941: Sailed Stornoway.
\n27.8.1941: At 1435 U-boat (U.202) hit a trawler with a torpedo the vessel foundered in 15 seconds. Although no vessel identified, this must have been the LADYLOVE; crew of fourteen lost*.
\n30.8.1941: Posted missing (Official date of death of crew members – 7.9.1941).
\n23.3.1942: London registry closed.<\/p>\n

ANNEX A<\/p>\n

1.1915: Fitted with WT and Hotchkiss 12pdr, 6pdr HA and Bomb Thrower as an armed trawler (Ad.No.1204).
\n17.4.1915: Renamed Ophir III.(Ad.No.1204) and re-registered at Hull (H725).
\nBy 1.10.1918: At Penzance (General Patrol and Escort work) (Lieut. RNR).<\/p>\n

(Lost* – All Fleetwood unless stated. Sk. Alfred Crozier Fletcher (60), Analby; Thomas Brunt (44), Mate; John Dawson (44), Ch Eng; Walter Birkett (45), 2nd Eng; William Sharples (37), Bosun; Albert Chance (38), Hessle, John Thomas Mooney (33), Hull, Wilfred Thomas Liles (43), John Thomas Rossall (32), Blackpool, Thomas James Temple (38), Lowestoft & J. Millner (?), Deckhands; Stanley Smith (19) & Frederick Moss (42), Firemen; Norman Platt (45), Cook)<\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Ladylove LO167
\nPicture courtesy of Pauline Taylor<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n27\/01\/2009: Page published. 5 revisions since then.
\n25\/11\/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 116137 Yard Number: 341 Completed: 1902 Gross Tonnage: 230 Net Tonnage: 84 Length: 125 ft Breadth: 21.7 ft Depth: 12 ft Engine: 70nhp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull History 14.2.1902: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.341) for Pickering & Haldane\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3,452,478],"tags":[66,24,18],"class_list":["post-4696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","category-war-losses","tag-hewett-fishing-co","tag-lost","tag-war-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4696","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=4696"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21900,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4696\/revisions\/21900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}