{"id":9534,"date":"2010-09-04T12:18:58","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T11:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=9534"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:42:56","slug":"s-t-marie-louise-o98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2010\/09\/s-t-marie-louise-o98\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Marie Louise O97"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wartime Visitor<\/em>
\n\u00a9 Maurice Voss<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Official Number: ??
\nYard Number: ??
\nCompleted: 1918
\nGross Tonnage: 271
\nNet Tonnage: 123
\nLength: 125.7 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.7 ft
\nBuilt: Polson Iron Works Co, Ontario
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Polson Ironworks Co, Toronto <\/p>\n

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

1.1917: Ordered. 1918: Launched by Polson Iron Works Co, Ontario, ON (Yd.No.- ) (Canadian \u201cCastle\u201d – \u201cT.R.\u201d class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR.18.
\n1.8.1918: Completed and commissioned in Royal Canadian Navy (1-12pdr).
\n31.1.1919: Paid off and laid up.
\n1920: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain D. J. Munro as agent) to bring drifters with trawlers as escorts to UK for lay-up in Muirtown Basin, Caledonian Canal, Inverness prior to sale and possible refit for classification as steam trawlers (The Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd letter dated 12 April 1920).
\n1921: Brought over at The Admiralty\u2019s expense.
\n1.1926: Still laid up.
\n2.1926: Rejected offer for all remaining trawlers at \u00a32,000 each (B. Allenby, Aberdeen letter dated 10 Feb 1926).
\n1926: Sold \u201cas is\u201d to Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Anonyme P\u00eacheries \u00e0 Vapeur, Ostend (John Bauwens, manager). Registered at Ostend as MARIE LOUISE (O97).
\n1926: Re measured 124.4 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet \u2013 258Bgt 48n.
\n13.3.1926: Crew from P\u00eacheries \u00e0 Vapeur sailed for England onboard steam trawler RAYMOND (O140) to take delivery.
\n19.3.1926: Arrived Ostend.
\n5.1933: Moved to Canal de d\u00e9rivation, Ostend to lay up (economic climate).
\n1939-1940: Landing at Fleetwood.
\n1940: Transferred to Belgian Economic Mission, London.
\n24.9.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel. (P.No.Z.238).
\n1.1946: Returned to owner.
\n1946: Ostend registry closed.
\n9.1946: Sold to Norway. FATE? <\/p>\n

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Changelog<\/em>
\n27\/04\/14: Information updated
\n09\/06\/2015: Picture added.
\n23\/09\/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wartime Visitor \u00a9 Maurice Voss Technical Official Number: ?? Yard Number: ?? Completed: 1918 Gross Tonnage: 271 Net Tonnage: 123 Length: 125.7 ft Breadth: 23.5 ft Depth: 12.7 ft Built: Polson Iron Works Co, Ontario Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Polson Ironworks Co, Toronto History 1.1917: Ordered. 1918: Launched by Polson Iron Works Co, Ontario, ON […]<\/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":[17,134],"class_list":["post-9534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","category-wartime-visitors","tag-castle","tag-wartime-visitor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9534","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=9534"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27067,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9534\/revisions\/27067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}