Technical
Built: John Crossfield & Co, Conway, 1937
History
1937: Completed by John Crossfield & Co, Conway for Alan S. Kitchen, Heswall as LASSIE.
1.5.1937: Registered at Chester (CH5).
19??: Alan Kitchen moved with the boat to Fleetwood; became known as LASSIE FROM CHESTER and over time became LASSIE of CHESTER.
19??: Sold to Dick Wilson, Fleetwood. Chester registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD93).
19??: Sold to Brian Clayfield, Pwllheli.
19??: Sold back to Fleetwood.
28.7.1974: Attended by Fleetwood lifeboat and yacht JUANNE II.
1994: Sold for conversion to a yacht. Fleetwood registry closed.
1990s: Moored in the Menai Straits and rebuilt by owner, Scott Metcalf.
2007: Sold to Aidrian Farey, Denise Longley and Nick Perrin.
2009: Low coach roof added, interior re-fitted.
2011: Based Port Penrhyn.
Images
Lassie FD93 Picture courtesy of The George Westwood Collection
Lassie Picture courtesy The Nobby Owners Association
Fleetwood Trawler – Wild Cherry FD429
Completed: 1904
Length: 33.0 ft
Beam: 10′ 6” ft
Draught: 3” 9′ ft
Net Tonnage: 9.90 tons
Built: Lathom at Crossens
History
1/1904: Completed by Lathom at Crossens, Southport as WILD CHERRY for John Jones, Dee View Road, Connahs Quay.
1906: Registered at Chester (CH7).
1910: Sold to Ramsey IOM and re-registered as RY24.
30/12/1918: Sold to Arthur Walker, Oaklea, Whitehaven (Fished by Thomas Tubman).
1921: Fitted with an engine.
21/02/1922: Sold to Herbert Wilson Walker, Lingmell, Seascale.
28/11/1923: Sold to Charles Schofield, 72 Adelaide St, Fleetwood and registered as FD429.
3/12/1924: Suffered engine damage.
23/10/1926: Re-engined.
5/01/1940: Sold to William Schofield, Crown Hotel Fleetwood.
13/08/1940: Sold to Robert Anderson Blackledge, Hatfield Avenue, Fleetwood.
25/04/1945: Sold to Vernon Cowpe, 81 Bold St Fleetwood (Fished by Fred Price)
13/11/1946: Sold to Herbert Rawcliffe, 39 Poulton Rd Fleetwood.
19/5/1954: Sold to Ernest Wilson, 43 Poulton Rd Fleetwood.
14/6/1955: Sold to Willie Wilkinson, Lytham St Annes.
1958: Laid up at Allansons Boatyard Freckleton.
19/5/1959: Sold to John Coulton, Long Lane, Banks for £90 and re-registered at Preston PN34.
1959-60: Rebuilt (redecked, new wheelhouse, new upper stem, rewired) at Crossens Sluice by owner. Fowler diesel 1:1 gearbox fitted. On completion moored at Southport and Hesketh Bank and fished with Peter Rimmer, Marshside.
9/7/1962: Sold to FW Coward, Fernyhalgh Lane, Fulwood, Preston for £500.
9/7/1969: Sold to Arthur Mervyn Filton, Burnley (Fished in 1971 by FW Groden, Fleetwood).
1/11/1973: Sold to Tom Gorew and fishing registry closed.
27/7/81: Returned to fishing under ownership of Michael Stephens of Rochdale.
27/7/1986: sold to K Lyne, Ashton under Lyne.
17/11/1988: Fishing registration removed under Merchant Shipping Act 1988.
1994: Rebuilt at Liverpool Marina by Jim Weir.
19??: Sold to Fiddlers Ferry.
12/1998: Parted moorings off Rock Ferry and struck Rock Ferry Pier losing lower stem, breaking keel and capsizing.
1/1999: Aground upside down alongside Tranmere Oil Terminal, eventually destroyed by wind and tide. Iron keel recovered.
Wild Cherry FD429
Images
Fleetwood Trawler – Zora FD27
Images
M.F.V. Zora FD27 - Picture courtesy of Paul Ashworth
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