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Technical

Net Tonnage: 12.70
Length: 34′ 5″
Breadth: 10′ 8″
Depth: 5′ 8″

History

1908: Built at Arnside as ALBION for Frank Parr of 2 Princes Street, Blackpool.
10/10/1908: Registered by owner at Fleetwood (FD224).
29/07/1913: Sold to new owners in New Ferry and registered at Liverpool (LL145).
09/04/1923: Reported as having an auxiliary motor fitted.
22/11/1937: Purchased by Ernest George Wright of 76 Promenade Road, Fleetwood and registered at Fleetwood (FD224).
29/07/1944: Sold to Oskar William Dodd of 264 Pickering Place, Hull and John Nelson of 4 Old Road Conwy.
22/01/1946: Sold to George Edward Evans of Rhyl, and registered at Chester (CH33) who sold her on an unknown date to Albert Peters of 14 Mostyn Gardens, Parkgate.
24/05/1951: Sold to the Wright family of Rock Ferry and registration cancelled.
28/07/1958: Sold to George Slack of 52 Canterbury Place, Garston, registered at Liverpool (LL30) and moored in the Cocklehole, Liverpool.
10/12/1973: Fishing registration cancelled and sold to become a yacht owned by Eddie Lee for seventeen years racing in the annual nobby races at Liverpool and Conwy.

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iv Albion FD224
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Technical

Official Number: 182476
Net Tonnage: 8.77
Length: 32′
Breadth: 9’ 8”
Depth: 3’ 2”

History

1914: Built at Arnside as ANNIE for Joseph Parkinson of 19 Townley Street, Morecambe.
10/10/1908: Registered by owner at Lancaster (LR7).
1926: Reported as having an auxiliary motor fitted.
28/07/1932: Sold to Herbert Jones of 15 Chapel Road, Hoylake and registered at Liverpool (LL94).
25/07/1941: Sold to Robert Charles Meuse of 60 Cornish Avenue, Fleetwood.
13/04/1942: Sold to Alexander Jones and Alfred Jones of Meols, Wirral.
11/06/1947: Sold to Charles Robertson of 40 Richland Road, Liverpool and moored in the River Mersey.
21/03/1949: Repurchased by Alfred Jones of 9 Bispham Drive, Meols.
26/10/1949: Sold to Harry Ainsworth of Springbank, Wyreside, Knott End.
10/11/1949: Registered by owner at Fleetwood (FD51) under new name CARL ROSA.
20/01/1950: Passed to William Henry Ainsworth of Spring Bank Wyreside, Knott End and Harry Ainsworth of 55 Park Lane, Preesall, Lancaster.
01/03/1955: Sold to George Walter Lombard of 42 Westgate, Fleetwood.
19/06/1964: Sold to John Kellet of 24 Osborne Grove and Fred Milner of 37 Hestham Avenue, Morecambe and registered at Lancaster (LR133).
08/04/1970: Sold to Robert Birkett of 1 Ausby Road, Westgate.
30/04/1971: Sold to Fred Gates of Maryport and registered at Maryport (MT33) under new name CHRISTINE.
1997: Sold as a yacht to Paul Cracknell and moved to West Kirby under new name ELIZABETH .

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iv Christine LR133
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Technical

Official Number: 187849
Completed: 1956
Gross Tonnage: 56
Net Tonnage: 26
Length: 59.5 ft
Breadth: 19.1 ft
Depth: 8.4 ft
Engine: 132bhp oil engine by Lister Engines Ltd, Patricroft, Manchester

History

1956: Completed at Fraserburgh for Brixham Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood as GOSHAWK. Registered at Fleetwood (FD118) (Ralph S. Dugdall, manager).
1.8.1959: Company taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood (Arthur J. Lewis, manager).
1959: Sold to William J. Taylor, Cleveleys.

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mfv Goshawk FD118

mfv Goshawk FD118

mfv Goshawk FD118

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Technical

Net Tonnage: 12.05
Length: 34′ 2″
Breadth: 11 ft
Depth: 5′ 5″

History

1910: Built by John Crossfield & Co., at Conwy as ELEANORA for Evan Harris of 57 Sand Street, Pwllheli.
1910: Completed.
10/10/1910: Registered by owner at Carnarvon (CO70).
17/10/1926: Sold to Rebecca Clark of the Fish Stores, Pwllheli.
17/12/1926: Reported as having an auxiliary motor fitted.
13/10/1931: Sold to John Walkin Owen of 43 Lleyn Street, Pwllheli.
11/08/1941: Registered at Fleetwood (FD184) by new owner William Henry Sawyers of 24 Lower Lune Street, Fleetwood.
29/07/1942: Purchased by Ernest Salthouse of 59 North Church Street, Fleetwood and skippered by James Grundy.
07/03/1944: Sold to William Stevenson of 231 Clifton Street, St Anne’s and skippered by Fred Price and John Richard Wright.
25/07/1944: Sold to Odafoam Limited of Liverpool and skippered by Cyril Sessions.
09/08/1946: Sold to William Stanley Clare and Sidney Vernon Brice of 1 Daisy Bank, Victoria Road, Cleveleys.
25/04/1947: Owned by Vernon Brice of 1 Daisy Bank, Victoria Road, Cleveleys.
13/10/1949: Owned by Charles Bellamy Bird of 6 Maple Avenue, Fleetwood.
12/04/1950: Sold to Arthur ‘Arty’ Swales of Fleetwood.
12/06/1969: Recorded as jointly owned by Arthur ‘Arty’ Swales and Kenneth Falkner of Fleetwood when Fishing registration was cancelled.
21/11/1972: Registered at Fleetwood (FD184) by owner Arthur Swales.
20/05/1985: Sold to Piers Martin of 40 West Road, Lancaster.
01/04/1989: Fishing registration cancelled and sold to become a yacht owned by Tom Dalton racing in the annual nobby races at Liverpool and Conwy.

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iv Eleanora FD184
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Technical

Net Tonnage: 8.25
Length: 37’ ft
Breadth: 11 ft
Depth: 4′ 6″

History

1931: Built by William Crossfield & Sons at Arnside as HANNAH HAMBLETON for the Hambleton family of 2 Heath Road, Widnes.
1931: Completed.
08/01/1932: Registered by owners at Runcorn (RN5).
12/06/1951: Purchased by Harry Wright of 124 London Street, Fleetwood and registered at Fleetwood (FD104).
02/05/1961: Boat sold and fishing registration cancelled.
17/08/1966: Purchased by Roy Sidney Mitchenson of 19 Hesketh Close, Fleetwood and registered at Fleetwood (FD260).
17/12/1974: Sold to Ronald McPherson of 67 Queen Street, Millom.
13/01/1976: Owned by John McPherson of 23 Huddleston Road, Millom and B Clark of Town Head Farm, Haverigg.
31/12/1980: Registered at Lancaster (LR177) by new owner Michael Green of 6 Oxford Street, Morecambe.
1982: Sold to Mr Ryding of 30 Cable Road, Hoylake, Wirral.
12/03/1985: Registered at Liverpool (LL40) by new owner William Spencer of Marine Road, Hoylake.
20/01/1986: Fishing registration cancelled as boat had gone ashore at Meols and was severely damaged. Wreck subsequently purchased and rebuilt as a yacht by Jim Roddick of Greasby, Wirral.

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iv Hannah Hambleton FD260
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iv Hannah Hambleton FD104
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Technical

Net Tonnage: 14.43
Length: 39′ 6″
Breadth: 10′
Depth: 5′

History

1910: Built at Arnside as HELEN II for George E Stonall of New Brighton, Cheshire.
1910: Completed.
24/11/1910: Registered by owner at Liverpool (LL43).
06/04/1935: Sold to Ludwig Kristin Anderson of Harbour House, Portmadoc and registered at Carnarvon (CO65).
03/03/1936: Sold to Miss Blodwen Lewis of 11 Terrace Road, Portmadoc.
20/06/1938: Sold to Edwin Hugh Roberts of Coer Plan, Penrhos, Pwllheli.
02/01/1943: Sold to John Griffiths of Seaside View, Gorth, Bangor.
04/10/1943: Sold to John Martin of 58 Dronsfield Road Fleetwood, renamed LUELLA after his wife and registered at Fleetwood (FD2).
15/02/1960: Sold and registration cancelled by new owner at Maryport.
21/12/1964: Owned by Kenneth Bee of 8 Albert Square, Fleetwood.
31/12/1968: Sold to Michael John Yarwood of 59 Woodland Avenue, Thornton.
08/04/1969: Sold to David Warren of 7 Glenfield Avenue, Blackpool and Robert Wright of 1 Longwood Lane, Pilling.
20/01/1972: Sold to Arthur Irwin of 21 Huddleston Road, Millom and registered at Fleetwood (FD216).
14/05/1973: Fishing registration cancelled boat transferred to Workington.
1989: Purchased by Mike Griffiths of Liverpool from Mr Chilton of Workington.
1994: Sold to Mr Falshaw and renamed ANNA.
1999: Obtained by Jim Roddick for restoration and renamed HELEN II.
2010: Ownership converted to a Trust and handed to Conway County Council for conversion to a training ship.

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iv Luella FD2
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Technical

Official Number: 162991
Yard Number: 253
Completed: 1936
Gross Tonnage: 81
Net Tonnage: 33
Length: 75 ft
Breadth: 20′ 6″
Depth: 9′ 9″
Built: Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft
Engine: 150hp Ruston

History

1936: Launched by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft for L.T.(1934) Ltd, (W. F. Cockrell, manager). as GULA
19??: Registered at Lowestoft (LT179).
1946: Owned by Claridge Trawlers Ltd.
1949: Owned by Colne Fishing Co. Ltd.
1955: Colne Fishing Co. Ltd, became Dagon Fishing Co.
1955: Chartered to M. A. F. F. with ROTHA for pair trawling experiment.
1960: Extensively modified.
1973: Employed as ORSV.
1986: Sold en bloc with ROTHA and WILLA by The Colne Shipping Co Ltd (G. D. Claridge) to G. T. Services, Barking (George Tutt) for breaking up.
04.07.86: Sailed Lowestoft for the River Thames.
29.10.86: Lowestoft register closed.

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M.T. Gula LT179

ORSV Gula
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ORSV Gula

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Technical

Official Number: 162996
Yard Number: 255
Completed: 1937
Gross Tonnage: 81
Net Tonnage: 34
Length: 75.6 ft
Breadth: 20′ 7″
Depth: 7.5 ft
Engine: 5 cyl 4SA 150 bhp Ruston & Hornsby, Lincoln.
Built: Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft in 1937

History

1934: Completed by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd.No.255) for L.T.(1934) Ltd, Lowestoft as ROTHA.
07.06.1937: Registered at Lowestoft (LT208). William F. Cockerill Jnr appointed manager.
24.02.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a danlayer. (1-6pdr)(Hire rate £80.12.10d/month).
8.1940: Deployed as an auxiliary patrol drifter.
1941: Renamed ELFIN as base ship.
1946: Reverted to ROTHA (LT208). Paid off.
1946: Returned to owner at Lowestoft.
22.01.1947: Sold to Gordon David Claridge, Wheathamsted, Hertfordshire. Gordon David Claridge designated managing owner.
1948: Sold to Colne Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft. Gordon David Claridge appointed manager.
18.01.1949: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
1955: Lengthened to 82.0 feet remeasured 84grt.
1955: Re-engined with 5-cyl 220bhp oil engine by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln.
1955: Chartered by Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food (MAFF) along with GULA (LT179) to undertake trials with Spanish pareja trawl (pair trawling).
1940s – early 1950s: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood
05.1958: Mortgage (A) discharged.
13.05.1958: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (B).
1971: Company re-styled The Colne Shipping Co Ltd. Gordon David Claridge appointed manager.
1971: At Brooke Marine Ltd, Oulton Broad, whaleback and new wheelhouse and deck house fitted.
Early 1970s: Seasonal whitefish trawling from Fleetwood.
1976: Converted to offshore platform standby safety vessel.
1976: Employed on offshore platform standby safety duties. Fishing registry closed.
1986: Mortgage (B) discharged.
06.1986: Sold en bloc with GULA, 84grt/1936 (ex LT179) and WILLA, 84grt/1935, offshore platform support vessels, to G. T. Services, Barking for breaking up.
04.07.1986: Sailed Lowestoft for River Thames.
29.10.1986: Lowestoft registry closed.

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M.T. Rotha LT208
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M.T. Rotha LT208

M.T. Rotha LT208
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SSV Rotha
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Technical

IMO Number: 7363138
RSS Number: B13822
Yard Number: 88
Completed: 1974
Licence Number: 44763 – 537.3 units
Gross Tonnage: 160
LOA: 32.19 m
Length: 27.51 m
Breadth: 7.40 m
Depth: 3.35 m
Engine: 551kW/739hp oil engine downgraded to 650hp by Alpha-Diesel A/S, Frederikshavn
Speed: 9.1 knots

History

1974: Completed by Ast. del Cadagua W. E. Gonzalez, Bilboa (Yd.No.88) for Gijon Tasuna SA, Bermeo as TXORITXU as a side fishing trawler. Registered at Bermeo.
1994: Sold to Seaflow Ltd London, Hooktone Ltd, Troon manager (Anglo Spanish principals). Converted to a netter/long liner. Registered at Ayr as PORT OF AYR (AR863).
1994: Remeasured after conversion 254g 112n 31,12 (loa) 28,18 x 7,35 x 3,75 metres.
200?: Remeasured 329g.
By 2009: Owned by Overend Ltd, Hooktone Ltd, Ayr managers (Anglo Spanish principals). Registered at Fleetwood as PORT OF AYR (FD527).
29.10.2009: On passage to the fishing grounds. When some 32nm NW of Shetland experienced loud bang from starboard side followed by heavy thumps. Engine stopped and checks found propeller shaft seized. Small ingress of water detected and shored; pumps coping. Disabled, Coastguard informed. Tug SHALDER (538gt/1983) despatched, connected and underway for Sullom Voe.
30.10.2009: Arrived Sullom Voe. Subsequent survey showed a heavy gauge monofilament line round shaft causing seizure and shell plating damage probably caused by granite/steel weight attached to line. Examination found failure of main gearbox pinions and clutch housing. None of the crew held a professional Certificate of Equivalent Competency (CEC) and there was no English speaker onboard. MAIB commended the crew on efficient post damage control action. Advised the owners to ensure that there is at least one English speaking officer on board its UK registered vessels and that officers hold the required CECs and other professional requirements laid down in the Marine Information Note 242 (M+F) – Certificates of Equivalent Competency – Amendment of Procedures.
2016: Still fishing.

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M.T. Port of Ayr FD527

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Technical

Official Number: Part IV registered
Net Tonnage: 28
Length: ?
Breadth: ?
Draught: ?
Engine: 54hp possibly a 4 stroke 4-cyl Gardner 4LW

History

1948: Launched by D. Alexander, Wick as GOOD HOPE Registered at Wick (WK209), Owners Robert A. C. Donn and Others of Latheronwheel, Caithness.
1961: Still Registered as GOOD HOPE WK209. Owner G. F. Donn, Port Dunbar, Wick.
1975: Fishing from Fleetwood. Owned by Wilfred Clark, Fleetwood.
1982: Sold to George R Wilson, Fleetwood.
1984?: Decommissioned
2010: Drylanded at Skippool Creek.

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mfv Good Hope FD354
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mfv Good Hope FD354
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mfv Good Hope FD354
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History

1949: Built as FRAGRANCE (INS259).
1970: Renamed SILVER LEAF registered at Fraserburgh (FR93).
Circa 1971: Ceased fishing and based in Liverpool marina.
21.09.13: Observed moving on the River Roach near Roachford, Essex. Converted for living aboard.

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mfv Silver Leaf FR93
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Technical

Part VII Registered
Gross Tonnage: 39
Net Tonnage: 39
Engine: Oil engine 4-cyl 4 stroke 4LW 60bhp by Gardner Engines Ltd, Patricroft, Manchester.

History

1955: Completed by Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, Peterhead for Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, North Shields & others as AVOCA. Registered at Buckie (BCK40). 1975: Sold to David S. Wood, Buckie & others.
1977?: Sold to Whitehaven owners. Buckie registry closed. Registered at Whitehaven (WA43).
1978?: Sold to George A. McDonough, Fleetwood.
Post 1988?: Whitehaven registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD43). 1990: Sold to Maryport owners.
1993: Sold for breaking up.

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mfv Avoca FD43
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Technical

Official Number: 181277
Yard Number: 766
Completed: 1946
Gross Tonnage: 338.51
Net Tonnage: 116.23
Length: 136′ 8″
Breadth: 25′ 6″
Depth: 12′ 6″
Engine: 585bhp 8-cyl 4SA by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln
Built: Cook Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Speed: 10.5 knots

History

19.03.1946: Launched by Cooke, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.766) for Thornton Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood as THORINA.
02.10.1946: Registered at Hull (H318).
02.10.1946: Leslie James Marr appointed manager.
04.10.1946: Completed.
05.1947: Thornton Trawlers Ltd in voluntary liquidation.
06.1947: Sold by the Liquidator to N.V. Visscherijonderneming de VEM, IJmuiden, Holland (MoT ref; G.S.P.7403 dated 13.05.1947).
06.06.1947: Hull registry closed. Registered at IJmuiden (IJM33).
1958: Re-engined with a 6-cyl (720bhp) 4SA oil engine by WUMAG-Krupp, Görlitz, engine made 1944 (U-boat design).
12.01.1960: Sold to Visserijonderneming v/h J.C. Pronk, IJmuiden. Laid up at IJmuiden.
1964: Sold in an en bloc deal with motor trawler ALLAN WATER (IJM34) to Claridge Trawlers Ltd, Lowestoft (J. Leggett manager).
21.08.964: Arrived Lowestoft from IJmuiden with ALLAN WATER in tow (engine disabled due to fractured camshaft housing).
28.09.1964: Registered at Lowestoft (LT402).
04.05.1965: Registered at Lowestoft as ST. GEORGES (LT402) (Sanctioned 02.1965). First registered skipper R. G. Westgate.
17.10.1967: Surveyed after re-engined with a 6-cyl 1100bhp (derated to 954bhp) 4SA oil engine by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln.
09.1980: Chartered to Eon Productions, Pinewood Studios, London for James Bond film “For Your Eyes Only” (released 24.06.1981). Disguised as a Maltese trawler and assumed Valletta registration (VA402) for the purpose of the film and fictitiously mined and sunk in the Ionian Sea. On completion of filming returned to Lowestoft and fishing.
17.10.1983: Whilst fishing in heavy weather started to take in water and on return to Lowestoft surveyed and declared a constructive total loss (CTL).
05.1984: Sold to Henderson & Morez Ltd, Gravesend for breaking up.
07.06.1984: Sailed Lowestoft for London River in tow of tug PATMORE (69grt/1958).
23.07.1984: Lowestoft registry closed, vessel broken up.

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M.T. Thorina H318
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M.T. Thorina H318
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M.T. Thorina IJM33

M.T. Thorina IJM33
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Technical

Official Number: 166709
Yard Number: 1331
Completed: 1948
Gross Tonnage: 133
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 96.8 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 9.5 ft
Engine: 6-cyl 350bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Openshaw. Manchester (built1942)

History

16.9.1947: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1331) for Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as DAUNTLESS STAR.
07.01.1948: Registered at Lowestoft (LT371).
2.2.1948: Completed (Frederick E. Catchpole, manager).
4.2.1948: Arrived Lowestoft from builders.
9.11.1949: Prunier Trophy winner. At Lowestoft (Sk. Arthur Keable) landed 2671/4 crans of herring grossed £905.
30.8.1951: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
1951: Sold to Booth Fisheries Canadian Co Ltd, Winnipeg, Man (Hector Melhuish, manager). Re-engined with 6-cyl 375bhp Crossley (built 1942).
28.02.1952: Registered at Halifax, NS (‘H’ 43).
9.5.1951: Lowestoft registry cancelled.
1954: Registered at Halifax as as RED DIAMOND IV (‘H’43).
1960: Converted to cargo (refrigerated). Halifax registry closed. Registered at Panama.
1985: Vessel removed from Lloyd’s Register of Shipping “Continued existence in doubt”.

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M.T. Dauntless Star LT367
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M.T. Dauntless Star LT371
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M.T. Dauntless Star LT367

M.T. Red Diamond IV ‘H’43
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In Boston (Fleetwood) ownership. Did not sail from the port.

Technical

Official Number: 166711
Yard Number: 1332
Completed: 1948
Gross Tonnage: 133
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 96.8 ft
Breadth: 21.1 ft
Depth: 9.5 ft
Engine: 6-cyl 350bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Openshaw. Manchester

History

2.10.1947: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1332) for Frederick E Catchpole, Lowestoft, as SUNLIT WATERS.
7.2.1948: Registered at Lowestoft (LT377).
3.3.1948: Completed.
29.5.1951: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
1952: Re-engined with 6-cyl 440bhp oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Openshaw. Manchester.
8.5.1952: Registered at Lowestoft as BOSTON SWIFT(LT377).
3.9.1954: Sold to Mercury Fisheries Ltd, Halifax, NS (Paul Stockhamer, London, manager). Lowestoft registry closed.
21.9.1954: Lowestoft registry closed.
9.1954: Registered at Halifax, NS (‘H’11).
By end 1956: Owned by Minister of Trade & Industry, Halifax, NS.
3.1957: Sold to George Murray & Craig Stores (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen. Halifax registry closed.
6.3.1957: Registered at Aberdeen (A143).
30.4.1957: Registered at Aberdeen as SWIFTBURN (A143).
24.4.1958: Sold to Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Frederick E Catchpole, manager).
24.4.1958: Aberdeen registry closed.
26.4.1958: Registered at Lowestoft (LT367).
16.10.1958: Registered at Lowestoft as DAUNTLESS STAR (LT367).
21.10.1959: At Lowestoft (Sk George Draper) landed 1891/2 crans of herring caught 40 miles NxE of Haisborough Light. Prunier Trophy winner.
1965: Company and ships taken over by Boston Group, Hull.
10.1966: On charter to Triton Salvage & Towage Co Ltd for oil industry related work in North Sea.
12.2.1969: Sold to John R, Francis & Alexander Reid, Gardenstown and Frank West, Fraserburgh. Used as a herring carrier working with purse seiner BDELLIUM (FR185); not a success and laid up.
19.6.1971: Sold to J R Hashim, Frostenden, Suffolk.
4.12.19073: Sold to Warbler Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft.
4.8.1975: Sold to R. J. Brooks, Ipswich. Lowestoft fishing registry closed.
1977: Sailed Lowestoft for United Arab Emirates. In use as a water carrier for offshore installations.
21.12.1999: Part Four Lowestoft registry closed.
2008: Vessel removed from Lloyd’s Register of Shipping “Continued existence in doubt”.

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M.T. Sunlit Waters LT377

M.T. Dauntless Star LT367

M.T. Dauntless Star LT367
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Technical

Completed: 1933
Gross Tonnage: 56
Length: 28.76m (93.83 ft)
Breadth: 5.6m (18.37 ft)
Depth: 2m (6.56 ft)
Engine: Oil engine 100bhp by Kromhaut Motoren, Amsterdam

History

1933: Completed by Boot, Woubrugge for L. Kamper, Urk as GELABO. Registered at Urk (UK14).
1935: Re-registered at Urk (UK18).
1939: Sold to K. Post, Den Helder. Urk registry closed. Registered at Den Helder as DE JONGE JOCHEM (HD8).
About 11/12.5.1940: Sailed IJmuiden with refugees and picked up in the North Sea more refugees who were in rowing boats etc. on her way to England, total about 80 refugees among them were many children. The people from the rowing boats were very lucky because the weather worsened and they were sure that they will not have made it to Britain. The skipper Mr. Bertus van Loosen had no sea charts which could tell him where the minefields were, also he was on his own on board because a crew member, who was living in IJmuiden, refused to go with him, the rest of his crew were living in Den Helder and were at home. His idea was to take the people to England and then return to Holland. On arrival in England he was directed to Fleetwood.
1942: Re-engined with a 110bhp oil engine by Gardner & Co Ltd, Patricroft, Manchester.
1942-1945: Fishing from Fleetwood.
1945: Returned to Holland.
1953: Re-engined with a 150bhp oil engine by Kromhaut Motoren, Amsterdam.
7.10.1954: On a trip, five crew. During a NW storm the vessel was lost with all hand NW from Den Helder, skipper Bertus van Loosen was not on board this time.

Note – DE JONGE JOCHEM was the only Den Helder registered vessel that escaped to England.

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Technical

Official Number: 164411
Completed: 1936
Gross Tonnage: 56
Net Tonnage: 33
Length: 67 ft
Breadth: 18.8 ft
Depth: 8.6 ft
Built: J & W. Berg, Halso Sweden
Engine: 120bhp by Bolinder Munktell Ltd, Eskilstuna Sweden.

History

1936: Launched by J & W. Berg, Halso Sweden (Yd. No) for Marstrand Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Tom Moore manager) as FLORADORA.
1936: Completed.
20.05.1936: Registered at Grimsby (GY317).
1936: Owned by Marstrand Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Tom Moore manager).
19.05.1936: Mortgaged by Marstrand Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (A).
19.05.1936: Mortgagee: Bolinders Ltd, London (secure sum of £2542. 11s. 5d & interest @4.5%).
03.07.1936: Registered at Grimsby under Part 1 (57g).
27.08.1938: Bill of Sale (under mortgage (A)): Owned by Walter Holmes, Fleetwood.
27.08.1938: Margaret Newton Holmes appointed manager.
03.03.1939: Stranded in Clanyard Bay, Rhinns of Galloway in early hours and resting badly on rocks. Sister ship, motor trawler BOMEMIAN GIRL (GY311) in attendance. All crew taken off and onboard BOHEMIAN GIRL. At high water, 8.45 am. with BOHEMIAN GIRL connected, came afloat and after checks proceeding to Fleetwood.
04.03.1939: Arrived Fleetwood shortly after midnight.
28.05.1940: Bill of Sale: Owned by Alexander Hay, Aberdeen (owner/manager).
22.02.1943: Four Bills of Sale: Owned by Robert Bell; Elspeth Melville Boyd Bell; Mary Morris Bell & George Robert Cook, Leith Edinburgh.
22.02.1943: Four mortgages; Mortgaged by Robert Bell (B) ; Elspeth Melville Boyd Bell (C); Mary Morris Bell (D) & George Robert Cook (E), Leith Edinburgh.
22.02.1943: Mortgagee: Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh (secure amounts due & interest).
20.03.1943: Robert Bell appointed manager.
12.01.1945: Three Bills of Sale: Owned by Robert Bell; Elspeth Melville Boyd Bell; Mary Morris Bell, Leith Edinburgh.
24.01.1945: Mortgage (E) discharged.
25.01.1945: Three mortgages; Mortgaged by Robert Bell (F) ; Elspeth Melville Boyd Bell (G); Mary Morris Bell (H).
25.01.1945: Mortgagee: Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh (secure amounts due & interest).
04.03.1951: Elspeth Melville Boyd Bell deceased; Mary Morris Boyd Bell appointed executor.
27.07.1955: Grimsby registry closed.
07.1955: Registered at Leith (LH54).
20.05.1956: Owned by Robert Bell & Mary Morris Bell, Leith Edinburgh.
31.12.1956: Not on Lloyd’s Register.

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M.T. Floradora GY317
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History

Early 1960s: Owner C.J. Barbeary, Ilfracombe North Devon

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mfv Apt BS89
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Technical

Net Tonnage: 34
Length: 57 ft
Radio Call Sign: GBWL

History

1949: Built Lossiemouth by Slater & Barnard as CRUSADER for James Scott.
1966: Renamed GIRL LILLIAN BF387.
1968: Owners Joseph W. Wiseman & others, Gardenstown.
1980: Owners Laurence Bates, Cleveleys and Geoffrey Wright, Fleetwood.

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mfv Girl Lillian BF397
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mfv Girl Lillian BF397
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mfv Girl Lillian BF397
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mfv Girl Lillian BF397
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History

Built for Jeff & Ron Greenall

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mfv Jeron FD279
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