{"id":8955,"date":"2010-06-10T08:51:24","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T07:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=8955"},"modified":"2019-07-28T08:49:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T07:49:05","slug":"s-t-avon-gy340","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2010\/06\/s-t-avon-gy340\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Avon GY340"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood<\/em>
\nAdditional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Mike Thompson<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: 125088
\nYard Number: 423
\nCompleted: 1907
\nGross Tonnage: 250
\nNet Tonnage: 111
\nLength: 125.0 ft
\nBreadth: 22.0 ft
\nDepth: 11.6 ft
\nBuilt: Cochrane & Sons, Selby
\nEngine: 450ihp T.3-cyl & boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull<\/p>\n

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

9.11.1907: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.423) for George William Jeffs (34\/64) & Harry Birch Jeffs (30\/64), Grimsby as AVON.
\n19.12.1907: Completed.
\n20.12.1907: Registered at Grimsby (GY340).
\n20.12.1907: George William Jeffs designated managing owner.
\n20.12.1907: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to William Somerville Letten and George Somerville Letten for the sum of \u00a33500 at 53\/4% interest (A).
\n20.9.1910: Mortgage (A) transferred to George Jeffs.
\n12.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.705).
\n1915: Dardanelles Campaign.
\n20.12.1915: Dardanelles (Gallipoli) evacuation completed. Redeployed.
\n7.1916: Renamed AVON II.
\n3.9.1916: George Jeffs died.
\n28.10.1916: Probate granted to Mrs Sarah Ann Jeffs,widow, Roland Fred Birch Jeffs and Miss Alice Madeline Jeffs (64\/64 joint owners).
\n1918: Based Portsmouth.
\nBy 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby and reverted to AVON (GY340).
\n30.8.1931: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n1.9.1921: Sold by George William Jeffs (34\/64) & Harry Birch Jeffs (30\/64) to St Malo Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby.
\n1.9.1921: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to to Mrs Sarah Ann Jeffs,widow, Roland Fred Birch Jeffs and Miss Alice Madeline Jeffs for the sum of \u00a33,500 at 5% interest (B).
\n1.9.1921: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to George William Jeffs, Arthur Jeffs and Harry Birch Jeffs for the sum of \u00a31500 at 5% (C).
\n8.9.1921: George William Jeffs designated managing owner.
\n24.4.1923: Mrs Sarah Ann Jeffs died. Probate granted to Roland Fred Birch Jeffs and Miss Alice Madeline Jeffs (64\/64 joint owners).
\n6.3.1930: Mortgage (B) discharged.
\n31.3.1930: Mortgage (C) discharged.
\n26.4.1930: Sold to Walter Garrett (16\/64); Walter A. Garrett (16\/64): Fred Birch Jeffs (16\/64) and George Ernest Jeffs (16\/64), all Grimsby.
\n26.4.1930: Walter Garrett designated managing owner.
\n18.8.1930: Walter Garrett (16\/64) shares mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (D).
\n3.9.1930: Walter A. Garrett (16\/64) shares, Fred Birch Jeffs (16\/64) shares and George Ernest Jeffs (16\/64) shares mortgaged to Barclays Bank Ltd (E, F, G resp).
\n15.12.1930: Fred Birch Jeffs designated managing owner.
\n11.8.1931: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgages (D, E, F, G) to Thomas William Baskcomb (64\/64), Grimsby.
\n11.8.1931: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (H).
\n14.8.1931: Thomas William Baskcomb designated managing owner.
\n22.10.1935: Sold by order of the mortgagee under mortgage (H) to Fred Parkes, Fleetwood & Blackpool.
\n24.10.1935: Sold to Dobson Ship Repairing Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby.
\n29.10.1935: Basil Arthur Parkes, Cleveleys appointed manager.
\n29.10.1935: Charles Dobson appointed manager.
\n14.11.1935: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (I).
\n31.05.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (1-6pdr) (P.No. 4.177) (Hire rate \u00a362.10.0d\/month).
\n31.12.1941: Returned to owner.
\n4.8.1942: Mortgage (I) discharged.
\n8.1942: Sold to Charleston-Smith Trawlers Ltd (16\/64)\/Henriksen & Co Ltd (16\/64)\/Newington Steam Trawling Co Ltd (16\/64)\/West Dock Steam Fishing Co Ltd (16\/64), all Hull.
\n11.8.1942: Ernest Wilfrid Robins appointed manager.
\n18.8.1942: Grimsby registry closed.
\n20.8.1942: Registered at Hull (H541).
\n20.8.1942: Ernest Wilfrid Robins appointed manager on transfer of registry from Grimsby.
\n1943: Landing at Hull from Iceland\/Faroe – 9 trips, 9,154kits.
\n30.4.1945: Sold to A. & B. Smith Ltd (64\/64), Hull (Sale sanctioned by MoWT ref M5252\/45 dated 28.4.1945).
\n30.4.1945: Alfred Bernard Cox appointed manager.
\n12.5.1945: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to National Provincial Bank Ltd, London (J).
\n8.10.1945: Mortgage (J) discharged.
\n7.11.1945: Sold to The Wembley Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd (64\/64), Fleetwood (Sale sanctioned by MoWT ref M5252\/45 dated 6.11.1945).
\n1.12.1945: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (K).
\n26.11.1945: Arthur Gladstone Hamer, Grimsby appointed manager.
\n4.5.1948: Sold to Associated Trawlers, (Great Yarmouth) Ltd (64\/64), Gt Yarmouth (Sale sanctioned by MoT ref GSP 8553 dated 30.4.1948).
\n14.5.1948: Mortgage (K) discharged.
\n18.5.1948: Albert Edward Bewley, Gorleston appointed manager.
\n31.5.1948: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (L).
\n6.1.1949: Mortgage (L) discharged.
\n20.1.1949: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (M).
\n26.6.1950: Mortgage (M) discharged.
\n2.1951: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Malcolm Brechin, Granton for breaking up.
\n19.3.1951: Hull registry closed. \u201cShip broken up\u201d.<\/p>\n

Click to enlarge image<\/strong>
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\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Avon H 541
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n10\/06\/2010: Page published. 2 updates since then.
\n09\/10\/2015: Information updated.
\n11\/10\/2015: Picture added.
\n06\/08\/2018: Removed FMHT watermark.
\n28\/07\/2019: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow and Mike Thompson Technical Official Number: 125088 Yard Number: 423 Completed: 1907 Gross Tonnage: 250 Net Tonnage: 111 Length: 125.0 ft Breadth: 22.0 ft Depth: 11.6 ft Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby Engine: 450ihp T.3-cyl & boiler by C. D. Holmes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[40,487],"class_list":["post-8955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","tag-parkes","tag-wembley-sfc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8955","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=8955"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24504,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8955\/revisions\/24504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}