{"id":4742,"date":"2009-01-28T10:18:37","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T10:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4742"},"modified":"2020-10-10T15:50:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T14:50:37","slug":"st-hercules-fd172","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-hercules-fd172\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Hercules FD172"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 118780
\nYard Number: 35
\nCompleted: 1903
\nGross Tonnage: 261
\nNet Tonnage: 95
\nLength: 128.3 ft
\nBreadth: 22.0 ft
\nDepth: 12.0 ft
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
\nEngine: 70nhp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co, Hull
\nSpeed : 10.5 knots<\/p>\n

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

26.8.1903: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd.No.35) for The Anglo-Norwegian Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as HERCULES.
\n9.10.1903: Completed (William R. Leyman, manager).
\n10.10.1903: Registered at Hull (H771).
\n21.10.1912: Sold to The Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager).
\n11.1914: New boiler fitted.
\n25.11.1912: Hull registry closed.
\n26.11.1912: Registered at Fleetwood (FD172).
\n1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 103.35 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
\n20.3.1915: Requisitioned for war service (Ad.No.1361). Commissioned at Fleetwood.
\n22.3.1915: Arrived Devonport. Fitted out for auxiliary patrol duties.
\n26.3.1915: Mounting fitted, gun not available. Fitted with mine-sweep.
\n30.3.1915: Allocated Unit 85 – Division D based at St. Mary\u2019s, Isles of Scilly (Sk. George Birch RNR).
\n19.4.1915: Registered at Fleetwood as HERCULES IV (FD172).
\n9.1.1916-15.1.1916: Refit at Penzance. Relief SLEBECH (Ad.No. 1758).
\n10.1916: Allocated Unit Nos. 85, 87, 147 – Sections C, D, E, F 1st Division based Isles of Scilly (Sk. G. Birch RNR). Fitted 3pdr.
\nBy 1.10.1918: At Isles of Scilly for General Patrol and Escort work.
\nBy 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
\n12.10.1924: Edward Towne designated manager.
\n21.6.1930: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood. Geoffry Edwards Marr designated manager.
\n12.4.1933: In collision with AMALIA (LT241) which sustained damage.
\n1937: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield (\u00a3900) for breaking up at Preston.
\n13.12.1937: Fleetwood registry closed \u201cShip broken up\u201d.<\/p>\n

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

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S.T. Hercules FD172
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Hercules H771
\nPicture courtesy The David Slinger Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Hercules FD172
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rachael (background) Redwing (foreground)
Hercules (alongside)
Dania (outboard)
Picture courtesy of The Bill Blow Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n28\/01\/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
\n29\/01\/2016: Picture added.
\n25\/12\/2017: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
\n10\/10\/2020: Added an image and updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 118780 Yard Number: 35 Completed: 1903 Gross Tonnage: 261 Net Tonnage: 95 Length: 128.3 ft Breadth: 22.0 ft Depth: 12.0 ft Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley Engine: 70nhp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co, Hull Speed : 10.5 knots History 26.8.1903: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd.No.35) for […]<\/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":[37,19],"class_list":["post-4742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-lancashire-sfc","tag-marr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742","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=4742"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25212,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742\/revisions\/25212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}