{"id":4986,"date":"2009-02-18T10:59:38","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T10:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2016-05-29T09:25:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T08:25:51","slug":"sailing-trawler-louie-rigby-fd127","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/02\/sailing-trawler-louie-rigby-fd127\/","title":{"rendered":"sv Louie Rigby FD127"},"content":{"rendered":"

Captain Cap information courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesn\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 127580
\nCompleted: 1910
\nNet Tonnage: 23
\nLength: 76 ft
\nRig: Dandy – trawling
\nBuilt: J & J Armour, Fleetwood<\/p>\n

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

1910: Completed by Armour Bros, Fleetwood for Thomas Rigby, Adelaide Street, Fleetwood & others as LOUIE RIGBY.
\n26.11.1910: Registered at Fleetwood (FD127).
\n1911: Sold to William Preston, Adelaide St, Fleetwood (managing owner).
\n1921: Sold to Mrs Grace A. E. Cookman, Carbery Lodge, Ascot, Berks (John G. Cookman, manager).
\n7.1921: Transferred to fish from Milford.
\n18.6.1923: On Southern Irish coast grounds, stood by Milford smack MINNIE (BM90) (51grt\/1904)(Sk.Willard Richards), on fire in hold. Fire could not be contained. MINNIE attempted to run on to the Blackwater Bank off Wexford. Abandoned and crew picked up, vessel foundered shortly afterwards.
\n9.1923: Dismasted and in distress in heavy seas. Attended by Fleetwood steam trawler SOAR (FD155), connected and towed (18 hours) to Milford Haven.
\n1929: Same.
\n5.9.1930: Fleetwood registry closed. No longer fishing.
\n1935: Sold for conversion to a yacht.
\n1958: Further converted and renamed CAPTAIN CAP.
\n1962: Owned by Alain Bombard. Prepared for scientific expedition to the Mediterrenian \u2013 Sicily.
\n1970: Picked up abandoned schooner off Florida coast, towed for 72 hours and delivered safely.
\n6.1973: Advertised for sale in West Indies.
\n1975-76: Sold to D. Valin, Fort de France. Martinique for \u00a3129,365. Sailed from Grenada to Martinique. Operated by Martinique Charter et Services, Fort de France on day charters- 60 pax.
\n8.1979: In hurricane David grounded on coral in Fort de France Bay. Refloated by Travaux Sous-Marins Martinique (Jean-Paul Chesn\u00e9) and returned to service.
\n8.1980: In hurricane Allen grounded on beach in Fort de France Bay. Refloated by Travaux Sous-Marins Martinique (Jean-Paul Chesn\u00e9) with no damage.
\n1980: Sold to Travaux Sous-Marine Martinique, Fort de France, Martinique. After survey by French Marine Marchande (FMM) continued with day charter work.
\n1982: FMM surveyor required complete re-decking; completed in two weeks.
\n1983: FMM srveyor required new rudder; fabricated in steel.
\n1984: After four years charter work (10,000 pax\/year) vessel for sale. Sold to French owners owners in Grenada.
\n1986-87: Foundered after striking a reef in The Grenadines.
\nClick to enlarge images<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Sailing<\/a>

Sailing Trawler Louie Rigby
\nPicture courtesy of rossallbeach.co.uk<\/p><\/div>\n

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sv Louie Rigby FD127<\/p><\/div>\n

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sv Captain Cap, 1982 Martinique
\nPicture courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesne<\/p><\/div>\n

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sv Captain Cap at Martinique
\nPicture courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesne<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Captain<\/a>

Captain Cap, Martinique
\nPicture courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesne<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Captain<\/a>

Captain Cap, Martinique
\nPicture courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesne<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Captain<\/a>

Captain Cap, Martinique
\nPicture courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesne<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Captain<\/a>

Captain Cap, Martinique
\nPicture courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesne<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jean-Paul<\/a>

Jean-Paul & Annie Chesne
\nPicture courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesne<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n18\/02\/2009: Page published: 8 updates since then.
\n29\/05\/2016: Picture added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Captain Cap information courtesy of Jean-Paul and Annie Chesn\u00e9 Technical Official Number: 127580 Completed: 1910 Net Tonnage: 23 Length: 76 ft Rig: Dandy – trawling Built: J & J Armour, Fleetwood History 1910: Completed by Armour Bros, Fleetwood for Thomas Rigby, Adelaide Street, Fleetwood & others as LOUIE RIGBY. 26.11.1910: Registered at Fleetwood (FD127). 1911: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,5],"tags":[247,343,24,344,330],"class_list":["post-4986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-sailing-trawlers","tag-dandy","tag-j-j-armour","tag-lost","tag-thomas-rigby","tag-william-preston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986","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=4986"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20199,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions\/20199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}