{"id":5554,"date":"2009-03-09T17:22:45","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T17:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=5554"},"modified":"2019-10-10T08:22:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T07:22:56","slug":"st-wyre-british-fd24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/03\/st-wyre-british-fd24\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Wyre British FD24"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 160993
\nYard Number: 547
\nCompleted: 1930
\nGross Tonnage: 406
\nNet Tonnage: 161
\nLength: 142.7 ft
\nBreadth: 25.1 ft
\nDepth: 14.1 ft
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley
\nEngine: 650ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
\nSpeed: 10.9 knots<\/p>\n

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

12.6.1930: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.547) for Edward Little (32\/64) & Einar Olgeirsson (32\/64), Grimsby as VINUR.
\n12.7.1930: Registered at Grimsby (GY249). Edward Little appointed manager.
\n16.7.1930: Completed.
\n7.8.1930: Sold to The Vinur Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby.
\n8.8.1930: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
\n9.8.1930: Edward Little appointed manager.
\n1.4.1936: Registered at Grimsby as BRITISH (GY249) (BoT Minute R.G.1114\/1936 dated 18.3.1936).
\n2.3.1937: Edwin John Johnson, Cleethorpes appointed manager.
\n27.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.506) (Hire rate \u00a3201.6.2d\/month).
\n1.1941: Based Grimsby with M\/S Group 21 (Sk. T. Smith RNR).
\n30.1.1942: Based Lowestoft (Lieut. I. Evans RNR). Returning from \u2018sweeping off Norfolk coast with six other minesweeping trawlers engaged German aircraft which subsequently crashed into the sea.
\n7.8.1942: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n14.8.1942: Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd (64\/64), London.
\n18.8.1942: William Alfred Bennett, Sanderstead appointed manager.
\n10.1.1946: Returned to owner.
\nPre1959: John Bennett appointed manager.
\n31.8.1953: Sailed Grimsby for Icelandic grounds (Sk.Albert W. Meech).
\n8.9.1953: Arrested off Glettinganes Cape, Iceland for alleged illegal fishing and escorted to Seydisfjordur.
\n10.9.1953: At police court in Seydisfjordur, Sk. Meech was fined \u00a31620 with catch and gear confiscated.
\n31.7.1954: Sold to Wyre Trawlers Ltd (64\/64), Fleetwood.
\n11.8.1954: First landing at Fleetwood, 857 boxes 60 baskets grossed \u00a32977.
\n25.8.1954: Grimsby registry closed.
\n25.8.1954: Leslie Wheildon appointed managers.
\n30.8.1954: Registered at Fleetwood (FD24).
\n10.1954: Registered at Fleetwood as WYRE BRITISH (FD24).
\n1954: Wyre Trawlers Ltd transferred to Associated Fisheries Group on purchase of Merchants (Fleetwood) Ltd.
\n10.1957: Sold to Van Heygen Freres S.A., Ghent for breaking up.
\n19.10.1957: Delivered Ghent from Fleetwood under own power.<\/p>\n

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

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S.T. British GY249
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. British GY249
Picture from the Internet<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Wyre British FD24 (as British)
\nPicture courtesy of the JJ Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n09\/03\/2009: Page published. 8 updates since then.
\n10\/10\/2019: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow Technical Official Number: 160993 Yard Number: 547 Completed: 1930 Gross Tonnage: 406 Net Tonnage: 161 Length: 142.7 ft Breadth: 25.1 ft Depth: 14.1 ft Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley Engine: 650ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull Speed: 10.9 knots History 12.6.1930: Launched by […]<\/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":[25],"class_list":["post-5554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-wyre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554","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=5554"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24635,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554\/revisions\/24635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}