{"id":7487,"date":"2009-06-16T12:26:14","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T11:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=7487"},"modified":"2021-03-05T07:32:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T07:32:53","slug":"s-t-joseph-duhamel-h99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/06\/s-t-joseph-duhamel-h99\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Joseph Duhamel H99"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 171318
\nYard Number: 700
\nCompleted: 1929
\nGross Tonnage: 928
\nNet Tonnage: 363
\nLength: 191.5 ft
\nBreadth: 31.1 ft
\nDepth: 15.9 ft
\nBuilt: Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen <\/p>\n

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

1.11.1929: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.700) for Soc. Anon. P\u00eacheries de F\u00e9camp, F\u00e9camp as JOSEPH DUHAMEL.
\n12.1929: Completed. Cost to build c\u00a324,750. Registered at F\u00e9camp (F708).
\n23.2.1940: Sailed for Newfoundland fishery, subsequently based and landing into Saint-Pierrre.
\n29.6.1940: Fleet confined to port in Saint-Pierre.
\n15.12.1940: Ordered to sail for Casablanca.
\n26.12.1940: On passage to Casablanca (45 crew, 7 passengers), stopped by Ocean Boarding Vessel MARON (P.No.F.87) in position 34.30N 15.22W. Armed boarding party (Lt. Geoffrey Hobday RNR) placed on board and ordered to Gibraltar.
\n29.12.1940: Arrived Gibraltar. Seized by The Admiralty on behalf of French Administration, London.
\n17.1.1941: Offer to repatriate crew to Marseilles; twenty-two crew members volunteered to join the RN (as Free French).
\n1.1941: Proceeded to Hull via Belfast and Fleetwood. Requisitioned and transferred to ownership of MOWT (Hellyer Bros Ltd, Hull, managers). Fitted with 1-75mm, 1-20mm and 30mm AA armament. Employed as cargo\/fish carrier UK – Iceland. Free French Naval Force (FNFL) crew.
\n3.1941: Examined and assigned a loadline (1200dw). Employed coasting.
\n12.6.1941: Registered at Hull (H99).
\n30.6.1941: Returned to cargo\/fish carrying UK-Iceland.
\n9.1944: Transferred to French Administration, London.
\n29.9.1944: Fitting out for return to fishing. Based at Fleetwood under management of Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
\n11.1944: Sailed Fleetwood for Icelandic grounds (Sk. Andr\u00e9 Lecoeur).
\n28.11.1944: First landing at Fleetwood.
\n12.1944: Transferred to Hull.
\n6.1945: Demobilised and returned to owners, Soc. Anon. P\u00eacheries de F\u00e9camp, F\u00e9camp.
\n11.7.1945: Hull registry closed. Registered at F\u00e9camp (F708).
\n7.1945: Not practicable to use the port of F\u00e9camp.
\n13.7.1945: Returned to Le Havre. Landed armament.
\n22.8.1945: Completion of fit-out for fishing at Newfoundland.
\n25.8.1945: Sailed on first trip to Newfoundland Banks.
\n11.1950: Awarded the Croix de Geurre for War Service. Painted on funnel between red bands.
\n1951: Laid up.
\n1.1953: Sold for breaking up at Le Havre.<\/p>\n

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Changelog<\/em>
\n16\/06\/2009: Page published. 3 updates since then.
\n05\/03\/2017: Image added.
\n05\/03\/2021: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 171318 Yard Number: 700 Completed: 1929 Gross Tonnage: 928 Net Tonnage: 363 Length: 191.5 ft Breadth: 31.1 ft Depth: 15.9 ft Built: Hall Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen History 1.11.1929: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.700) for Soc. Anon. P\u00eacheries […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,452,133],"tags":[204,134],"class_list":["post-7487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","category-wartime-visitors","tag-no-fleetwood-owners","tag-wartime-visitor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7487","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=7487"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16278,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7487\/revisions\/16278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}