{"id":8928,"date":"2010-06-06T12:18:51","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T11:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=8928"},"modified":"2021-08-06T13:33:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T12:33:09","slug":"s-t-strathdevon-a539","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2010\/06\/s-t-strathdevon-a539\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Strathdevon A539"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Official Number: 137182
\nYard Number: 575
\nCompleted: 1915
\nGross Tonnage: 212
\nNet Tonnage: 91
\nLength: 115.7 ft
\nBreadth: 22.3 ft
\nDepth: 12.1 ft
\nBuilt: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen <\/p>\n

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

1915: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.575) for Aberdeen Steam Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as STRATHDEVON.
\n11.1915: Completed. John Brown designated manager. Requisitioned for war service from the builder.
\n2.12.1915: Registered at Aberdeen (A539). Fitted out as a minesweeper (1-3pdr, 1-7.5\u201d A\/S Howitzer). Based Dover.
\nBy 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Aberdeen.
\n1926: George Massie appointed manager.
\n1938: W. Rhind appointed manager.
\n25.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol vessel (P.No. FY1813) (Hire rate \u00a358.6.0d\/month) (Ad.No.1960).
\n12.1941: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
\n2.1942: Returned to owner.
\n17.12.1942: Sold to The Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, designated manager. Fishing out of Fleetwood.
\n5.5.1943: Typical wartime landing. 637 kits – hake-520, cod\/codling-3, ling\/coley-106, roker-4, dogs-4.
\n2.2.1945: Last landing at Fleetwood.
\n3.2.1945: Sold to River Ness Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen. George Craig designated manager.
\n8.9.1955: Sold to River Ness Fishing Co (1955) Ltd, Aberdeen. George Craig designated manager.
\n3.1958: Sold to Jacques Bakker en Zonen, Bruges for breaking up.
\n19.3.1958: Delivered Bruges.
\n1.4.1958: Aberdeen registry closed.<\/p>\n

Click to enlarge image<\/em>
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S.T. Strathdevon A539
\nPicture by Donald Smith courtesy of The Mark Stopper Collection<\/p><\/div> <\/p>\n

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

06\/06\/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n05\/08\/2018: Removed FMHT watermark.
\n06\/08\/2021: Updated history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 137182 Yard Number: 575 Completed: 1915 Gross Tonnage: 212 Net Tonnage: 91 Length: 115.7 ft Breadth: 22.3 ft Depth: 12.1 ft Built: Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen Engine: T.3-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen History 1915: Launched by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.575) for Aberdeen Steam Trawling […]<\/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":[40],"class_list":["post-8928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8928","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=8928"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25895,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8928\/revisions\/25895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}