Additional information courtesy of Jan Harteveld, Barry Banham, Mike Thompson, Bob Durrant and Bob Mitchell

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
Picture courtesy of The Dave Buckley Collection

M.T. St Georges LT402
Picture courtesy of The Billy Worrall Collection

M.T. Thorina H318
Picture courtesy of The Alan Hirst Collection

M.T. Thorina H318
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

M.T. Thorina IJM33
Picture from the Internet

M.T. Thorina IJM33
Picture courtesy of Jan Harteveld

M.T. Thorina H318
Artwork by Jaap De Veies

Thorina Model
Used in the James Bond film “For Your Eyes Only”

Changelog
16/11/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
17/01/2017: Added artwork.
21/04/2017: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.
11/11/2017: Added an image.
06/05/2020: Added an image.

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

M.T. Port of Ayr FD527

Changelog
15/11/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.

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
Launch picture from the Internet

M.T. Rotha LT208
Picture courtesy of Peter Green

M.T. Rotha LT208
Picture from the Internet

M.T. Rotha LT208
Picture courtesy of Fred Baker

M.T. Rotha LT208
Picture courtesy of The Keith Mayall Collection

SSV Rotha
Picture courtesy of Trevor Snowling

Changelog
14/11/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
15/11/2016: Information updated.
21/10/2018: Added an image and removed FMHT watermark.
29/12/2022: Added an image.

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
Picture courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection

M.T. Gula LT179
Picture from the Internet

ORSV Gula
Picture courtesy of The Trevor Snowling Collection

ORSV Gula
Picture from the Internet

ORSV Gula LT179
Picture from the Internet

Changelog

14/11/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
11/02/2019: Removed FMHT watermark from image and added a picture.
16/08/2020: Added an image.