Monthly Archives: November 2016

iv Zora FD- 27

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i.v. Zora FD27

i.v. Zora FD27
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iv Zora FD27

iv Zora FD27
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iv Zora FD27

iv Zora FD27
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M.T. Kingfish – LT186

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Technical

Official Number: 187001
Yard Number: 901
Completed: August 1955
Gross Tonnage: 151
Net Tonnage: 49
Length: 28.81m
Breadth: 6.56m
LR Number: 5187695
Call Sign: MVZD
Built: Richard Dunston, Thorne
Engine: 360hp Ruston & Hornsby Engine
Owner: Claridge Trawlers, Lowestoft

History

1976: Converted to stand-by safety vessel
1982/3: Still listed by Lloyds Register

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M.T. Kingfish LT186

M.T. Kingfish LT186
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M.T. Kingfish LT186

M.T. Kingfish LT186

M.T. Kingfish LT186

M.T. Kingfish LT186
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M.T. Kingfish LT186

M.T. Kingfish LT186

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M.T. Antares – LH434

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Technical

Callsign: MJBU
Gross Tonnage: 34
Length: 54 ft
Built: Sandhaven 1965

History

1965: Built at Sandhaven. In the 1968 and 1980 Olsen’s she is shown as owned by the Fishermens’ Mutual Assoc. (Eyemouth) Ltd, Eyemouth and others In the 1987 Olsen’s the owner is shown as David C. Rainford and William A. Chard, Fleetwood
22.11.1990: ANTARES left her home port of Carradale to fish in Bute Sound, northeast of the Isle of Arran, with a crew of four.
22.11.1990: Shortly after 0200 hrs TRENCHANT was in Bute Sound, submerged at a depth of 60 metres and steering a course of northwest at about six knots. An exercise series had just been completed and the Duty Captain was preparing to hand over to the next student, who was with him in the control room.The Captain and Course Commander were in the wardroom, discussing the Duty Captain’s performance. TRENCHANT was detecting surface vessels by means of her passive sonar.
At 0217 hrs TRENCHANT had a close sonar contact to starboard and turned to port to avoid it. Banging noises were then heard in the submarine and it was assumed by those in the control room that a fishing trawl had been snagged. On regaining periscope depth, two fishing vessels were seen, apparently engaged in
normal fishing. TRENCHANT surfaced at about 0300 hrs and a trawl wire was discovered fouled on the submarine casing. Attempts by the submarine to contact the two fishing vessels by radio were unsuccessful. Since everything on the surface appeared normal, TRENCHANT reported the incident to Faslane base and continued with her exercises.
Later in the morning it was reported that ANTARES was missing and a full scale search operation, coordinated by Clyde Coastguard, was mounted. The wreck of ANTARES was located on the sea bed in the early afternoon, the position was where the collision with the trawl had occurred. The wreck was salvaged on 10 December. It was found that the starboard trawl warp had parted and the broken end matched the section of wire found on TRENCHANT’s casing.
The bodies of the four crew of ANTARES have been recovered.

MISTAKES by a submarine’s command team led to the sinking of a Scottish trawler with the loss of its four-man crew, according to an official accident report published yesterday.

The report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch said there had been ‘a partial breakdown in the watchkeeping structure and standards’ on board HMS Trenchant, a nuclear- powered submarine. It also said incorrect reports from Trenchant led to an eight-and-a-half-hour delay in mounting a search and rescue operation ‘which may have contributed to the loss of life’.

The crew of the trawler Antares died on 22 November 1990 when the Trafalgar class submarine snagged its nets in the Bute Sound, north of Arran. Trenchant had been engaged in a submarine command exercise, known as a ‘perishers’ course.

Control of the submarine passed from Trenchant’s captain, to the captain of the command course, and to the student being assessed, referred to in the report as the duty captain. The collision happened when the duty captain was about to hand over to another student. Surface vessels in the area were being detected by Trenchant’s passive sonar.

The report, perhaps more critical of the performance of Trenchant’s command than had been expected, states: ‘The command team on board Trenchant had no clear appreciation of the surface contacts held on sonar during the period between the completion of the exercise and the collision.’

It also says that the Trenchant team ‘did not fully appreciate’ that there were two vessels within sonar contact relevant to the collision ‘going in opposite directions’.

Too much attention was being given to the position of the Royal Navy vessel, Charybdis, taking part in the exercise, and the concentration of the duty captain was ‘impaired due to his conversation with the next duty captain in the minutes before the collision’, the report says. The command team on the submarine is described as having a ‘false sense of security’, making ‘incorrect assumptions’ and failing to properly assess what might have happened on the surface subsequent to the collision. (Banging noises had been heard in the submarine and it was assumed in the control room that a net had been snagged.)

Attempts by Trenchant to establish contact with fishing boats after it surfaced were described as ‘not adequate’. Trenchant is described as having resumed its exercise with ‘a lack of appreciation of the reality of the situation’.

A fatal accident inquiry, the Scottish equivalent of an inquest, was also critical of the submarine’s understanding of where it was in relation to other vessels, and of what if had actually done.

A formal naval court martial last month reprimanded the student officer in charge of Trenchant. Further courts martial have not been ruled out.

Further Reading (PDF Document)
The Report of the Official Enquiry

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M.T. Antares LH434

M.T. Antares LH434
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M.T. Antares LH434

M.T. Antares LH434
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M.T. Antares LH434

M.T. Antares LH434
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M.T. Antares LH434

M.T. Antares LH434
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mfv Lanho – FD39

Additional information courtesy of Gary Hicks Plymouth Merchant Ships

Technical

Official Number: 165879
Completed: 1922
Gross Tonnage: 16.04
Net Tonnage: 13.03
Length: 39.9 ft
Breadth: 13.3 ft
Depth: 6.2 ft
Rig: Ketch (aux motor)
Built: W. J. Richards, Porthleven, Cornwall
Engine: 30bhp Kelvin oil engine by Bergius Co Ltd, Glasgow

History

1922: Completed by W. J. Richards, Porthleven, Cornwall for ??, ?? as LANHO.
1922: Part IV registered.
1933: Fitted with 30bhp Kelvin oil engine by Bergius Co Ltd, Glasgow.
By 1938: Owned by Miss Florence Hunter Braddon (64/64), Moor Cottage, Bude. 29.3.1938: Registered at Plymouth. Official No. 165879.
10.5.1941: Sold to Ernest Lister (64/64), 43 King’s Street, Brixham.
8.6.1941: Registered at Plymouth (PH110).
24.6.1941: Ernest Lister designated managing owner.
1.1.1945: Sold to Albert Ezekiel Hayward and Annie Hayward, 328 Rossall Road, Fleetwood (joint owners 64/64).
8.1.1945: Albert Ezekiel Hayward designated managing owner.
8.1.1945: Plymouth registry closed.
25.1.1945: Registered at Fleetwood (FD39).
29.5.1946: Sold to Edwin Orme and Thomas Oswald Price, The Docks, Milford Haven (joint owners 64/64).
17.6.1949: Sold to W. F. Fishing Ltd, Ballyharty, Bridgetown, Co. Wexford.
12.10.1949: Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Wexford.

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mfv Mi Amor – M1189

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mfv Mi Amor P1189

mfv Mi Amor P1189
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mfv Mi Amor P1189

mfv Mi Amor P1189
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mfv Walpaul – GY589

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Information courtesy of Glyn Woods

Technical

Official Number: 168605
Call Sign: MBGH
Gross Tonnage: 36
Net Tonnage: 18
Length: 56 ft
Horse Power: 114
Built: Whitby Boatbuilding Co, 1958
Owner: Consolidated Fisheries (Seiners) Ltd., Grimsby

History

Based at Portavogie for several years then she was sold and ended up at Carrickfergis.

Owners –
1968 – Walney Fishing Co., Grimsby
1980 – Consolidated Fisheries (Seiners) Ltd., Grimsby
1987 – Tom Sleight Seiners Ltd., Grimsby

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mfv Walpaul GY589

mfv Walpaul GY589
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mfv Walpaul GY589

mfv Walpaul GY589
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mfv Walpaul GY589

mfv Walpaul GY589
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mfv Girl Joyce FD65

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mfv Girl Joyce FD65

mfv Girl Joyce FD65
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mfv Girl Joyce FD65

mfv Girl Joyce FD65
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M.T. Stephanie B – FD78

Historical information courtesy of Darren Purves

Technical

Official Number: B12435
RSS: B12435
Gross Tonnage: 25g
LOA: 13.95 m
Length: 11.92 m
Breadth: 5.50 m
Depth: 2.35 m
Engine: 154bhp Cummins

History

1991: Built at Padstow for the Bond family, Fleetwood (Bryan Bond, manager)
C.2000: Sold to Shoreham skipper Jack Bray. Wheelhouse control winch and a new 4 drum Northsea GF80 fitted Fishing for scallops.
2003: Sold to Frankie Horne of Peel, isle of man and renamed Manx Ranger PL.40. During this time she was fitted with a new Caterpillar 3406 main engine, her beaming derricks were replaced with conventional scallop poles and outriggers. She fished scallops and queenies in the Irish sea and west-coast Scotland. Her beam derricks were later re-fitted.
2007: Sold to Oceanfish ltd of Plymouth and re-registered as Manx Ranger FY.91. she underwent a big refit, her deck layout altered and was painted orange.

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M.T. Stephanie B FD78

M.T. Stephanie B FD78
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M.T. Stephanie B FD78

M.T. Stephanie B FD78
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M.T. Stephanie B FD78

M.T. Stephanie B FD78
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M.T. Manx Ranger FD78

M.T. Manx Ranger FD78
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M.T. Manx Ranger PL40

M.T. Manx Ranger PL40
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M.T. Manx Ranger PL40

M.T. Manx Ranger PL40
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M.T. Manx Ranger PL40

M.T. Manx Ranger PL40
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M.T. Manx Ranger PL40

M.T. Manx Ranger PL40
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M.T. Manx Ranger FY91

M.T. Manx Ranger FY91
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M.T. Twin B – FD407

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Technical

RSS No.B14859
Completed: 1997
Gross Tonnage: 22
Length: 11.94 m
Breadth: 5.32 m
Depth: 2.12 m
Engine: 296bhp Cummins KTM-855

History

1997: Built by C. Toms & Son Ltd, Polruan, Fowey for the Bond family Fleetwood (David Bond, manager).
Undated: Renamed KATIE CLAIRE, registered at Penzance (PZ87)

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M.T. Twin B FD407

M.T. Twin B FD407
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M.T. Twin B FD407

M.T. Twin B FD407
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M.T. Twin B FD407

M.T. Twin B FD407
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M.T. Katie Clare PZ87

M.T. Katie Clare PZ87
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M.T. Katie Clare PZ87

M.T. Katie Clare PZ87
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Katie Claire

Katie Claire
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