{"id":5155,"date":"2009-02-22T09:57:25","date_gmt":"2009-02-22T09:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=5155"},"modified":"2025-03-16T07:45:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T07:45:49","slug":"s-v-margaret-fd208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/02\/s-v-margaret-fd208\/","title":{"rendered":"s.v. Margaret FD208"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Henry Leadbetter.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 114301
\nCompleted: 1903
\nGross Tonnage: 51
\nNet Tonnage: 22
\nLength: 64.8 ft
\nBreadth: 17.7 ft
\nDepth: 9.85 ft
\nRig: Ketch\/Auxiliary motor ketch – trawling
\nBuilt: John Singleton & Co, Fleetwood<\/p>\n

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

1903: Built by John Singleton & Co, Fleetwood. 5.1903: Completed by Richard (\u2018Fish Dick\u2019) Leadbetter, Wyre Dock, Fleetwood for William Leadbetter, 33 North Church Street, Fleetwood (20\/64); Nanny Leadbetter, Fleetwood (2\/64); Harriet Leadbetter, Fleetwood (4\/64); Betty Wright, Fleetwood (8\/64); William Coulburn, Fleetwood (2\/64); John Coulburn. Fleetwood (2\/64); Thomas Rigby, Fleetwood (8\/64); George Butler Woods, Fleetwood (4\/64) and Richard Leadbetter (16\/64) (64 shares) as MARGARET.
\n29.5.1903: Registered at Fleetwood (FD208), William Leadbetter designated managing owner.
\n25.9.1903: Eight shares (W. Leadbetter) sold to Isaac Leadbetter, 40 St. Anne\u2019s Road West, St. Anne\u2019s-on-the-Sea and two shares (W. Leadbetter) sold to Edwin William Mann, 60 Claremont Terrace, Fleetwood.
\n30.1.1915: Fishing off Morecambe Bay (Sk. Leadbetter), picked up 23 survivors of steamer BEN CRUACHAN (3092grt\/1903) on passage Scapa Flow – Liverpool, stopped by U.boat (U21) 15 miles NW of Morecambe Bay Light Vessel and scuttled by explosive charges in position 53.36N 03.51W. Landed at Fleetwood.
\nPre 1924: Sold to William Leadbetter, 54 Sagar Terrace, Blakiston Street Fleetwood (managing owner).
\n1924: Converted to auxiliary motor at Skippool and fitted with a 4 stroke 4-cyl 56bhp oil engine by Gardner Engines Ltd, Patricroft, Manchester. Re-measured 56.87g 17.71 net.
\n10.10.1924: Registry closed and re-registered as auxiliary motor ketch. Owner William Leadbetter, 23 North Albert Street, Fleetwood (managing owner).
\n5.5.1939: Sold to John Wignall, 11 Walmsley Street, Fleetwood & others (John Wignall managing owner).
\n20.9.1941: Sold to William Winston Curwyn, Crawford Arms Hotel, Conway.
\n4.5.1944: Sold to James C. Screech, 10 Myrtle Street, Appledore.
\n27.6.1944: Sold to Hubert Jones, 30 The Grove, Uplands, Swansea.
\n10.12.1946: Sold to William Alfred & D. L. George, Swansea.
\n12\/??\/1949: Sold to James Robert Sheader, 20 Tennyson Terrace, Hartlepool. Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Hartlepool (HL92).
\n1961: Suffered engine explosion and subsequently abandoned near old Lifeboat Station.
\n1991: Buried when new Boathouse constructed to house Atlantic 21.<\/p>\n

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

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Changelog<\/em>
\n22\/02\/2009: Page published. 5 revisions since then.
\n15\/12\/2014: Information updated.
\n02\/07\/2015: Updated information and added picture.
\n14\/08\/2017: Removed FMHT watermark.
\n16\/03\/2025: Added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Henry Leadbetter. Technical Official Number: 114301 Completed: 1903 Gross Tonnage: 51 Net Tonnage: 22 Length: 64.8 ft Breadth: 17.7 ft Depth: 9.85 ft Rig: Ketch\/Auxiliary motor ketch – trawling Built: John Singleton & Co, Fleetwood History 1903: Built by John Singleton & Co, Fleetwood. 5.1903: Completed by Richard (\u2018Fish Dick\u2019) Leadbetter, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[346,143,345,347,255,283],"class_list":["post-5155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sailing-trawlers","tag-edwin-william-mann","tag-fleetwood","tag-john-singleton-co","tag-john-wignall","tag-ketch","tag-william-leadbetter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5155","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=5155"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27001,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5155\/revisions\/27001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}