{"id":8831,"date":"2010-05-22T10:08:33","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T09:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=8831"},"modified":"2020-07-02T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T09:44:08","slug":"s-t-empire-fisher-lo351","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2010\/05\/s-t-empire-fisher-lo351\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Empire Fisher LO351"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 167620
\nYard Number: 549
\nCompleted: 1922
\nGross Tonnage: 235
\nNet Tonnage: 90
\nLength: 125.8 ft
\nBreadth: 24.2 ft
\nDepth: 9.6 ft
\nBuilt: Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg
\nEngine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg <\/p>\n

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

1922: Launched by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg (Yd.No.549) for Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei A.G., Cuxhaven as HERRLICHKEIT.
\n1922: Registered at Cuxhaven (HC-103).
\n1928: Lengthened to 42,73m (140.2ft) – 268g 105 n.
\nPre 1930: Sold to \u201cNordsee\u201d Deutsche Hochseefischerei, Bremen-Cuxhaven A.G., Bremen.
\n12.2.1940: Off Norway coast near Tromso (69.56N 16.49E) (or 68.24N 11.05E \u2013 Rosyth War Diary), stopped and captured by HMS GLASGOW (P.No.21). In poor material condition and capable of only 4-5 knots, escorted towards Aberdeen and in worsening weather taken in tow by GLASGOW.
\n17.2.1940: Due to stress of weather put into Fraserburgh.
\n21.2.1940: Arrived Aberdeen.
\n3.1940: Transferred as a prize to Ministry of Shipping, London.
\n7.1940: After essential repairs, renamed EMPIRE FISHER.
\n30.7.1940: Registered at London (LO315). Harry Markham Cook appointed manager.
\n27.3.1944\u20139.10.1944: Eight landings at Fleetwood (Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, agents).
\n10.1946: Transferred to Ministry of Transport, London.
\n3.2.1948: Sold to Hunter Fishing Co Ltd, Edinburgh.
\n26.2.1948: London registry closed.
\n6.3.1948: Registered at Leith (LH251). Robert Souza, Newhaven appointed manager.
\n31.3.1948: Mortgaged to The Clydesdale Bank Ltd, Glasgow (A).
\n3.2.1950: Following survey at Leith 284g 120n.
\n12.8.1950: George Hunter appointed manager.
\n1952: Laid up at Granton and stripped of useable parts.
\n12.3.1952: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n26.3.1952: Sold to William Joseph Sweeney, Achill Sound, Co. Mayo (managing owner).
\n16.4.1952: Leith registry closed. Registered at Dublin (D315).
\n1952: Sold to Haulbowline Industries Ltd, Passage West, Co. Cork for breaking up. <\/p>\n

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

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Empirefisher LH251
Picture courtesy of Capt Walter Hume & Granton Trawlers<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em><\/p>\n

22\/05\/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n30\/07\/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from image.
\n02\/07\/2020: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 167620 Yard Number: 549 Completed: 1922 Gross Tonnage: 235 Net Tonnage: 90 Length: 125.8 ft Breadth: 24.2 ft Depth: 9.6 ft Built: Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg History 1922: Launched by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg (Yd.No.549) for Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei A.G., Cuxhaven […]<\/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":[204],"class_list":["post-8831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-no-fleetwood-owners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8831","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=8831"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25035,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8831\/revisions\/25035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}