{"id":8933,"date":"2010-06-08T09:09:28","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T08:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=8933"},"modified":"2020-12-13T11:33:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T11:33:37","slug":"s-t-southcoates-h5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2010\/06\/s-t-southcoates-h5\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Southcoates H5"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Admiralty Number: 3683
\nOfficial Number: 145134
\nYard Number: 363
\nCompleted: 1918
\nGross Tonnage: 276
\nNet Tonnage: 108
\nLength: 125.6 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.8 ft
\nBuilt: Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Fawcett, Preston & Co Ltd, Liverpool<\/p>\n

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

1918: Launched by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley (Yd.No.363) (\u201cCastle\u201d Class) for The Admiralty as SAMUEL DRAKE (Ad.No.3683).
\n26.11.1918: Completed as a minesweeper (1-12pdr & W\/T).
\n13.8.1920: Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
\n12.1920: Allocated to the Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
\n18.01.1921: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part 1 & IV) as SAMUEL DRAKE O.N.145134 (LO495). Laid up at Brightlingsea.
\n6.1921: At Brightlingsea completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd\u2019s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Brightlingsea. Laid up.
\n13.8.1920: Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
\n1.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of \u00a3100,000 having not been subscribed.
\n18.1.1924: Inspected at Brightlingsea by Capt. William John Lown & Lawrence Spring (directors \u2013 Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd). Purchased at asking price \u00a35,500 (Others inspected and purchased at \u00a35500 each \u2013 ARTHUR LESSIMORE, ANDREW SACK, JAMES PEAKE & JOHN DORMOND).
\n8.2.1924: Arrived Hull from Brightlingsea for fit out.
\n9.2.1924: Registered to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
\n9.2.1924: London registry closed.
\n2.1934: Estimated cost including fitting out and classification \u00a38900.
\n21.2.1924: Registered at Hull (H5). Walter Scott designated manager.
\n28.2.1924: Sailed Hull on first trip.
\n5.3.1924: Registered at Hull as RHODOLITE (H5).
\n13.3.1924: At Hull landed 541 kits \u00a3765 gross.
\n24.3.1925: William John Lown designated manager.
\n18.2.1935: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for \u00a33800.
\n4.11.1935: Registered at Hull as SOUTHCOATES (H5). Edward Towne designated manager.
\n12.1937: Transferred to fish out of Fleetwood.
\n14.11.1939: Sold to The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (J. Marr & Son Ltd). Leslie James Marr, Fleetwood designated manager.
\n31.5.1940: At Hull last landing before requisitioning. Faroe trip, 14 days – 441kits \u00a3834 gross.
\n2.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (P.No.4.140) (Hire rate \u00a382.16.0d\/month).
\n1940: Based North Shields (Ty\/Sk. E. L. Creaser RNR).
\n1942: Based Leith.
\n1.11.1945: Returned to owner.
\n21.1.1946: Sold to to John R. Hepworth & Co Ltd, Paull for breaking up.
\n31.5.1946: Hull registry closed.<\/p>\n

(Samuel Drake, OS (Vol), age 32, b. Essex – VICTORY (SB226))<\/p>\n

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

\"HMT<\/a>

HMT Samuel Drake
Picture courtesy of The Bill Blow Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"HMT<\/a>

HMT Samuel Drake
Picture reproduced under IWM Non-Commercial Licence<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Southcoates H5
\nPicture courtesy of Alan Hirst<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Rhodolite H5
\nPicture courtesy of The Mike Thompson Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n08\/06\/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n22\/01\/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
\n11\/12\/2020: Updated history and added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Admiralty Number: 3683 Official Number: 145134 Yard Number: 363 Completed: 1918 Gross Tonnage: 276 Net Tonnage: 108 Length: 125.6 ft Breadth: 23.5 ft Depth: 12.8 ft Built: Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by Fawcett, Preston & Co Ltd, Liverpool History 1918: Launched by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, […]<\/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":[17,19],"class_list":["post-8933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-castle","tag-marr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8933","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=8933"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26235,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8933\/revisions\/26235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}