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mfv Wyre Star – FD151

Technical

Official Number: 378020
RSSNo.A16715
Part IV registered
Gross Tonnage: 41
Net Tonnage: 21
Length: 64′ 10” (19,75) (LOA) 59’-10”(18,25)
Breadth: 18′ 3” (5,55)
Depth: 7′ 10” (2,40) feet (metres)
Oil Engine: 114bhp 4 stroke 6-cyl by Gardner Engines Ltd, Patricroft, Manchester

History

1946: Completed by Walter Reekie, St. Monans (Admiralty MFV) for The Admiralty as MFV4.
1947: Sold to John McLemon, J. W. Robertson & others, Fraserburgh. Registered at Fraserburgh as ENDEAVOUR (FR208).
By 1964: Owned by Benjamin Noble, Fraserburgh & others.
1976: Sold to ??,??. Fraserburgh registry closed. Registered at Campbeltown (CN168).
1978: Sold to Tom Marginson & Charles Ellis, Fleetwood. Campbeltown registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood as WYRE STAR (FD151).
1983: Sold to Stephen Leach, St. Ives, Cornwall.
1995: Broken up in Cornwall. Fleetwood registry closed.

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mfv Wyre Star FD151

mfv Wyre Star FD151

mfv Wyre Star FD151

mfv Wyre Star FD151

mfv Wyre Star FD151

mfv Wyre Star FD151

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M.T. Rosa Maris – FD284

Technical

Official Number: 308727
Yard Number: 1277
Completed: 1970
Gross Tonnage: 109
Net Tonnage: 39
Length: 76′ 4″
Breadth: 21′ 0″
Depth: 9′ 5″
Built: R Dunston Ltd, Thorne
Engine: Oil engine 495bhp 4 stroke 6-cyl by Lister Blackstone Mirrlees Marine Ltd, Dursley

History

1970: Completed by Richard Dunston Ltd, Thorne (Yd.No.1277) for J. Marr & So Ltd, Fleetwood as ROSA MARIS. Registered at Fleetwood (FD284).
1973: Sold to John N. Ward & Son & Banks Ltd, Fleetwood (John N. Ward & Son Ltd, managers). Renamed ROSA MONDA (FD284).
1982: Sold to Arthur J. Wood & Others, Portknockie, Banff.
1984: Sold to Arthur J. Wood & James B. Robertson, Portknockie, Banff.
Late 1980s to Northern Ireland then back to Fleetwood owned by John Banks.
1999: Sold to Kate James and Friedl Willims for conversion to a private vessel. Fleetwood registration closed. Renamed LADYKATE.
July 2010: Based Fishguard. employed on dive charters and whale watching/ dolphin trips.

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M.T. Rosa Maris FD284

M.T. Rosa Maris FD284
Picture courtesy of John Banks

M.T. Rosa Maris FD284

M.T. Rosa Maris FD284
Picture courtesy of John Banks

M.T. Rosa Monda FD284

M.T. Rosa Monda FD284
Picture courtesy of Fred Baker

M.T. Rosa Monda B40

M.T. Rosa Monda B40
Picture courtesy of The John Worthington Collection.

M.T. Rosa Maris FD284

M.T. Rosa Maris FD284
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D.V. Lady Kate

D.V. LadyKate
Picture courtesy of Kate James

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18/02/2019: Added an image.

mfv Scarlet Thread – FD273

Technical and historical information needed about this vessel. Please contact info@fleetwood-fishing-industry.co.uk

History

Yard No:1 Tom Buchanan, Port Seaton
Renamed FIONNAGHAL (TT104)

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mfv Scarlet Thread LH423

mfv Scarlet Thread LH423

mfv Scarlet Thread LH423

mfv Scarlet Thread LH423

mfv Scarlet Thread LH423

mfv Scarlet Thread LH423

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mfv Lorna Marie – FD255

Information courtesy of Fishing Boat Heritage

Technical

Gross tonnage : 24
Gross Tonnage: 42.12
Net Tonnage: 42.12
Length: 54 ft
Breadth: 17.7 ft
Depth: 8.2 ft
Radio Call Sign: MBBP
Built: Wilson Noble, Fraserburgh
Engine: Gardner 114hp 6L3B diesel with 3/1 reduction gear box.

History

1940: Built by Wilson Noble, Fraserburgh (also recorded as built 1940 Forbes Sandhaven) as GIRL DAISY PD47.
1948: In ownership of James Mair (Skipper) 8, Carney Street, James Abel 18 Church Street, John Wiseman 33 Clergy Street, all of Macduff in the County of Banff; and John Runcie of 11 Morgan Street, Aberdeen in the County of Aberdeen. Registered as BF280
1953: In ownership of John Watt of 11 Fernie Brae (Skipper) and William James Shand of 76 Denside both of Gardenstown in the County of Banff, Fishermen; William Mackie Thomson of 34 Queen’s Road, Manager and George Flett Duthie jnr. of Saltoun Place, Student, both of Fraserburgh in the County of Aberdeen. Registered as BF419 SILVER GAIN.
1956: In ownership of John Dougal of Marywell. James Dougal of Eyecliff and George Alexander Simpson of Killicknowe all of Eyemouth in the County of Berwick, Fishermen and Richard Irvin and Sons Ltd. of Fish Quay, North Shields. Registered as BK79 SILVER GAIN.
1973: Owned by David Blinkhorn. Registered at Fleetwood as LORNA MARIE FD255

Change Details
1940: Completed and registered PD 47 Girl Daisy
1948: Peterhead registry closed, vessel sold to Macduff
1948: September 14th registered BF 280 Girl Daisy
1951 February 17th Banff registry closed vessel sold to Fraserburgh
1951: February registered FR 198 Girl Daisy
1953: October Fraserburgh registry closed, vessel sold to Gardenstown
1953: October 8th registered BF 419 Girl Daisy
1953: Name changed to BF 419 Silver Gain
1956: May 12th Banff registry closed, vessel sold to Eyemouth
1956: May registered BK 79 Silver Gain
1973: Berwick registry closed vessel sold to Fleetwood
1973: Registered FD 255 Lorna Marie.

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mfv Lorna Marie FD255

mfv Lorna Marie FD255
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mfv SIlver Gain BK79

mfv SIlver Gain BK79
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mfv Lorna Marie FD255

mfv Lorna Marie FD255

Changelog

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23/04/2021: Updated history and technical details and added an image.

mfv Our Golden Promise – FD246

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mfv Our Golden Promise FD246

mfv Our Golden Promise FD246
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mfv Golden Promise FD246

mfv Our Golden Promise FD246
Picture courtesy of Phil Smith

mfv Golden Promise FD246

mfv Our Golden Promise FD246
Picture courtesy of Fred Baker

Changelog
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25/08/2023: Added an image.

M.T. Maretta – FD245

Technical

Official Number: 303787
Yard Number: 994
Completed: 1965
Gross Tonnage: 439
Net Tonnage: 149
Length: 135′ 2″
Breadth: 28′ 4″
Depth: 14′ 6″
Built: Beverley 1965 by C D Holmes & Co Ltd
Owner: J Marr & Son Ltd

History

1965: To Fleetwood as a new vessel. Top Fleetwood trawler for her class under Sid Christy.
06.07.1977: Sold to Kalealo Enterprises, Tema, Ghana and renamed MADDEN MARR.
1979: The trawler was declared a total loss after running aground during a dramatic rescue bid off the Ghanian coast. The ship hit a bar near the entrance to Tema harbour whilst attempting to help another trawler being operated by the same company. The other trawler involved was the ‘SEA EAGLE’, a former Polish trawler. This vessel was reported to be on fire and in need of assistance. MARETTA attempted to rescue the ship but in doing so she herself ran into difficulties. As a result she ended up a total loss.

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M.T. Maretta FD245

M.T. Maretta FD245
Picture courtesy of The Ted Hammill Collection

M.T. Maretta FD245

M.T. Maretta FD245
Picture courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection

M.T. Maretta FD245

M.T. Maretta FD245
Picture courtesy of The David Buckley Collection

M.T. Maretta FD245

M.T. Maretta FD245
Picture courtesy of The Les Howard Collection

M.T. Maretta FD245

M.T. Maretta FD245
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

M.T. Maretta FD245

M.T. Maretta FD245,
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M.T. Maretta FD245

M.T. Maretta FD245
Picture courtesy of The Frank Pook Collection

M.T. Maretta FD245

M.T. Maretta FD245
Picture courtesy of The John Worthington Collection

Changelog
10/10/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
30/03/2017: Added image and removed FMHT watermarks.
07/09/2017: Added an image.
28/06/2020: Added a picture.
21/08/2020: Added an image.
15/03/2021: Added an image.

M.T. Athabasca – FD242

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 303793
Gross Tonnage: 74 grt
Net Tonnage: 46 nrt
LOA: 72.8 ft
Length: 70.5 ft
Breadth: 19.1 ft
Depth: 9.6 ft
Engine: 8-cyl 240bhp Kelvin Diesel Type Mod.T8 by The Bergius-Kelvin Co Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Herd and Mackenzie, Buckie, 1959

History

1958: Ordered by Vulmar Nielson from Herd & MacKenzie Ltd, Buckie.
1959: Completed for Bantry Fishing Co Ltd, Cleethorpes & others as YUKON STAR. Registered at Buckie (BCK98).
By 08.1960: Owners became Bantry Fishing Co Ltd, Cleethorpes and A. Phimister, Findochty.
By 08.1960: Re-measured under Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 – 55g 55n.
By 07.1964: Owners became Vulmar Nielson, Cleethorpes and A. Phimister, Findochty. Buckie registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD242).
1964: Registered at Fleetwood as ATHABASCA (FD242).
By 07.1968: Owners became Bantry Fishing Co Ltd and Strandby Fishing Co Ltd, Cleethorpes.
By 07.1968: Re-measured under Part I of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 – 74g 46n.
By 07.1974: Owners became Bantry Fishing Co Ltd, Cleethorpes. Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Grimsby as (GY288).
By 05.1975: Re-measured under Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 – 50g 50n.
Between 1976 -1980: Re-engined with oil engine 365bhp
By 06.1980: Owners became Bantry Fishing Co Ltd, Cleethorpes and Fylkir Ltd, Grimsby.
By 07.1984: Owners became Jack Robinson (Hull) Ltd, Driffield.
By 1985: Owners became Magnus J. Jamieson, Shetland & others. Registered at Grimsby as OUR VANCLARE (GY288).
10.1985: Sold to Peter Anthony Lees and Steve Dell (Good Hope Fishing Co Ltd), Fleetwood.
By 07.1988: Owners became Arbay Fishing Co Ltd, Lytham St. Anne’s.
By 1994: Laid up at Skippool.
1996: Decommissioned, stripped of useable parts and hulked. Grimsby registry closed.

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M.T. Yukon Star BCK98

mfv Yukon Star BCK98
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M.T. Yukon Star BCK98

mfv Yukon Star BCK98
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M.T. Athabasca FD242

mfv Athabasca GY288
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mfv Athabasca GY288

mfv Athabasca GY288
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mfv Our Vanclare FD288

mfv Our Vanclare FD288
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mfv Athabasca FD242

mfv Athabasca FD242 Picture courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection

Changelog
10/10/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
04/02/2017: Added images.
02/12/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
03/11/2018: Updated information.
05/10/2020: Added an image.

M.T. Zonia – FD236

Technical

Official Number: 303794
Yard Number: 993
Completed: 1965
Gross Tonnage: 440
Net Tonnage: 149
Length: 135′ 2″
Breadth: 28′ 4″
Depth: 14′ 6″
Built: Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Beverley
Owner: J Marr & Son Ltd

History

To Fleetwood from new.
This class of trawler cost £169,000 to build and was a top trawler for her class under Victor Buschini
1965: Launched by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Beverley.
1977 sold to the Boyd Line, Hull and renamed ARCTIC BRIGAND
1979 sold to Aberdeen and renamed GRAMPIAN HUNTER (A85).
1987 sold to David Atkinson and renamed STELLA ORION and re-registered at Fleetwood as FD58.
1987: Sold to Spain and rebuilt with part shelterdeck.
2010: Berthed at Puerto de Santa Maria (as ROCHE) in the Cadiz province, after being used as a fish carrier out of Morocco.
2002: Still fishing.

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M.T. Zonia FD236

M.T. Zonia FD236
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

M.T. Zonia FD236

M.T. Zonia FD236
Picture courtesy of The David Buckley Collection

M.T. Zonia FD236

M.T. Zonia FD236
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

M.T. Zonia FD236

M.T. Zonia FD236
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

S.S.V. Grampian Hunter A85

S.S.V. Grampian Hunter A85

M.T. Stella Orion FD58

M.T. Stella Orion FD58
Picture courtesy of The Frank Pook Collection

M.T. Stella Orion FD58

M.T. Stella Orion FD58
Picture from The Frank Pook Collection

M.T. Stella Orion FD58

M.T. Stella Orion FD58
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M.T. Roche

M.T. Roche

Changelog

10/10/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
31/03/2017: Image added and FMHT watermark removed.
11/06/2017: Image added.
01/09/2017: Added a picture.
27/12/2017: Added a picture.
12/02/2019: Added a picture.

M.T. Wyre Captain (2) – FD228

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger, David Buckley and Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 185142
Yard Number: 1381
Completed: 1953
Gross Tonnage: 514
Net Tonnage: 184
Length: 161.1 ft
Breadth: 29.2 ft
Depth: 13.7 ft
Built: Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 960bhp Oil engine 8-cyl by Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester
Speed: 13.2 knots

History

Contract price £154,800 final £161,000
9.7.1952: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1381) for Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as PRINCE CHARLES.
6.1.1953: Completed.
28.1.1953: Registered at Hull (H249). Basil Arthur Parkes, North Ferriby appointed manager.
29.1.1953: Sailed Hull on first trip to Norway coast (Sk. Robert Alan Cook).
23.2.1953: At Hull landed 1585 kits, £4,928 gross.
9.12.1954: Sailed Hull on last trip from port for White Sea (Sk.Sidney Ness).
31.12.1954: Landed at Hull 1824 kits, £4,396 gross. Transferred to fish out of Grimsby.
1.1.1955: Henry Norman Rogers appointed skipper.
3.12.1955: Sailed Grimsby for Barents Sea grounds (Sk. Thomas H. Baskcomb); twenty-one crew.
22.12.1955: Set course for home.
23.12.1955: Picked up a pilot at Honningsvag for passage through Norwegian fjords.
23.12.1955: In darkness when some 60 miles west of Hammerfest in a snowstorm stranded on Karken Island. Norwegian motor vessel INGÖY (433grt/1950) rescued twelve crew from shore but nine men including the skipper and a Norwegian pilot were lost. HNoMS NORDKYN (P.No.F309) and Hull trawler KINGSTON TOPAZ (H145) stood by overnight in the hope of finding more survivors.
24.12.1955: At 0700 search abandoned and shortly after vessel capsized.
1956: During summer Norwegian salvors succeeded in refloating and towed to Tromso for survey.
6.1956: Sold to underwriters.
13.6.1956: Sold to The British Trawlers Reinsurance Association Ltd, Hull. Insurance value £148,000.
15.9.1956 : Sold to Loch Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Thomas Hudson manager).
3.10.1956: Arrived at Hull in tow of Norwegian salvage tug ULLER (319grt/1943). Survey on slip revealed extensive damage to shell plating port side and broken propeller blades. Humber St. Andrew’s Engineering Co Ltd, Hull entrusted with repairs.
03.1.1957: Registered at Hull as LOCH MELFORT.
6.1957: Re-engined with 8-cyl 1185bhp oil engine by Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Ltd, Stockport. 12.5knts.
15.06.1957: New Certificate of Registration issued on alteration of tonnage and other particulars following new engine installation. 490grt 170net.
10.3.1960: Outward for Norwegian Coast grounds (Sk. William Moon, Scarborough); twenty crew. In thick fog, in collision 65 miles off the mouth of the Humber with Indian motor vessel JALADHIR (6527grt/1957) sustaining heavy damage to fore end; no injuries to crew in either vessel. Returned to Hull stern first at 3 knots escorted by JALADHIR until met by Hull tug FOREMAN (227grt/1959) which connected and assisted to dock.
11.3.1960: Berthed in fish dock on afternoon tide. Repaired and returned to service.
26.5.1960 Company bought outright by Hellyer Bros Ltd.
10.12.1962 Hellyer Bros amalgamated with Associated Fisheries Ltd.
22.7.1964: Sailed Hull on last trip from port for Iceland (Sk. Henry Joseph Morgan).
11.8.1964: At Hull landed 1117 kits, 601 shelf, £4,621 gross.. Transferred within the Associated Fisheries Group to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
14.8.1964: Kenneth Owers appointed skipper.
18.8.1964: Sold to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Leslie Wheldon manager).
10.9.1964: Roy Belcher appointed skipper.
14.9.1966: Hull registry closed.
15.9.1966 Registered at Fleetwood (FD228).
03.04.1868: Outbound for fishing grounds (Sk. Ken Owers) in collision with Black Scar Perch, which was not lit, and demolished it. Grounded on Black Scar.
24.7.1968: Registered at Fleetwood as WYRE CAPTAIN (FD228).
1.7.1969: Became part of the B.U.T. fleet when Ross Group amalgamated with Associated Fisheries to form British United Trawlers Ltd. Book value £45,806.
1975: Laid up.
6.6.1976: Sold to Mayer Newman & Co Ltd, London and allocated to Porthleven Shipyard for breaking up.
10.6.1976: Arrived Porthleven in tow of tug OCEAN PULLER (145grt/1943).
1.1.1977: Fleetwood registry closed.

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M.T. Prince Charles H249

M.T. Prince Charles H249
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

M.T. Loch Melfort H249

M.T. Loch Melfort H249
Picture courtesy of David Slinger

M.T. Loch Melfort H249

M.T. Loch Melfort H249
Picture courtesy of David Slinger

M.T. Loch Melfort FD228

M.T. Loch Melfort FD228

M.T. Loch Melfort FD228

M.T. Loch Melfort FD228
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M.T. Loch Melfort FD228

M.T. Loch Melfort FD228
Picture courtesy of The David Buckley Collection

M.T. Wyre Captain FD228

M.T. Wyre Captain FD228
Picture courtesy of The Ted Hammill Collection

M.T. Wyre Captain FD228

M.T. Wyre Captain FD228

M.T. Wyre Captain FD228

M.T. Wyre Captain FD228
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M.T. Wyre Captain FD228

M.T. Wyre Captain FD228
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

Changelog
10/10/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
24/03/2017: Image added. FMHT logo removed from other images.
30/07/2017: Added an image.
04/01/2018: Added an image.