Technical

Official Number: 187845
Gross Tonnage: 34
Net Tonnage: 14
Length: 52.0 ft
Breadth: 15.5 ft
Depth: 7.1 ft
Oil Engine: 110bhp 4 stroke 6-cyl Type 6LX by Gardner Engines Ltd, Patricroft, Manchester
Built: Thomsons, Buckie

History

1956: Completed by Thomsons, Buckie for John N. Ward & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Sam Knight, manager) as NORTHARDS. Registered at Fleetwood (FD71).
1.1961: Sk. R. S. Carlsson awarded MBE for service in salvage operations for recovery of aircraft lost at sea.
By 1964: Sold to Delga Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
By 1970: Sold to Charles B. Bird & Brian C. Bird, Fleetwood.
1976: Registered Part IV 23g 23n RSSNo.A1224.
1974: Sold to John Cowell, Thornton & David C. Rainford, Fleetwood.
1976: Sold to John Cowell & David Cavanagh, Fleetwood. Registered at Fleetwood under Part IV (FD371). By 1979: Sold to John Cowell & David C. Rainford, Fleetwood.
1984: Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Leith (LH20).
By1993: Sold to John Arkle, Newbiggin, Northumberland.
2003: Sold to Scottish owners and laid at Montrose.
200?: Sank under tow on passage to Bridlington.

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M.F.V. Northards LH20
Picture courtesy of The George Westwood Collection

M.F.V. Northards FD71

M.F.V. Northards FD71

Technical

Official Number: 183993
Yard Number: 416
Completed: 1953
Gross Tonnage: 115
Net Tonnage: 46
Length: 87.8 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 9.5 ft
Oil Engine: 4 stroke 6-cyl 300BHP by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln
Built: Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft

History

30.6.1953: Launched by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd.No.416) for Small & Co (Lowestoft) Ltd, Lowestoft as YOUNG ELIZABETH.
8.1953: Completed (David F. Cartwright MC MBE, manager). Registered at Lowstoft (LT375).
By 1962: Hobsons (Lowestoft) Ltd designated managers.
1969: Sold to Offshore Oil Rig Services Ltd, St. Helier, Jersey (Gus Jenkins, Lowestoft). Lowestoft fishing register closed. Employed in offshore platform standby/safety role.
1977: Sold to Putford Enterprise Ltd, Lowestoft (Boston Putford Offshore Safety Ltd, managers).
1977: Converted to offshore platform standby/safety vessel.
1987: Sold to P. V. Rayner, Newmarket. Employed as a charter vessel.
3.1988: Laid up at Portsmouth.
9.1988: Reported sold but sale not concluded. Remained laid up at Portsmouth, registered as a private vessel (Yacht). Subsequently sold for conversion to a houseboat/live-aboard.
17.10.11: Berthed in Amsterdam

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M.D/T. Young Elizabeth LT375
Picture courtesy of Greenday (TPF)

M.D/T. Young Elizabeth LT375
Picture courtesy of Greenday (TPF)

M.D/T. Young Elizabeth LT375
Picture courtesy of Greenday (TPF)

M.D/T. Young Elizabeth LT375
Picture courtesy of The George Westwood Collection

M.D/T. Young Elizabeth LT375
Picture courtesy of The George Westwood Collection

Additional information courtesy of Mike Craine.

Technical

Official Number: 303795
Completed: 1938
RSS No.A1672
Gross Tonnage: 21
Net Tonnage: 9
Length: 45’-0” (13,76)
Breadth: 15’-6” (4,71)
Depth: 5’-7”(1,71) feet (metres)
Oil Engine: 66BHP 4 stoke 3-cyl by Kelvin Diesel Co Ltd, Glasgow

History

1938: Completed by William Weatherhead & Sons Ltd, Cockenzie for James Neill, Port Seton & others, as SUNBEAM III.
12.9.1938: Registered at Leith (LH215).
By 1969: Fleetwood owned. Leith registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD225).
1970: Sold to Alexander Cox, Bishop’s Stortford. Fishing from Lowestoft.
By 1972: Owned by Alexander Cox, Ipswich.
By 1974: Owned by John Sharman, Lowestoft & Thomas M. Peck, Gt. Yarmouth.
1975: Sold to George A. R. Teesdale, Dunstable.
By 1980: Sold to Garer Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft.
By 1993: Owned by Terence Lewis, Penzance.
1996: Not registered under this name.
By2000: Owned by William Stevenson, Newlyn. Converted to a Cornish lugger. Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Penzance (PZ101).
2011: Extant.

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M.F.V. Children's Friend FD225
Picture courtesy of Clione412 (TPF)

S.V. Children's Friend PZ101
Picture © Laurence Hartwell

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger.

Technical

Gross Tonnage: 22
Net Tonnage: 22
Length: 55 ft

History

1951: Completed in Poland.
1964: Sold to B. F. Zych, Grimsby. Registered at Grimsby as STAMILA (GY703).
1964: Re measured under Part IV – 22grt 22n 55ft
1970: Sold to Pawel Patrozalek, Newcastle upon Tyne. Grimsby registry closed. Registered at North Shields (SN10).
1975: Sold to Christopherson, Fleetwood & others.
1984: Not in Olsen’s.

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M.F.V. Stamila SN10
Picture courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: A14878
Completed: 1961
Gross Tonnage: 37.98bgt (Belgian gross tonnes) Length: 16,72 m
Breadth: 5,13 m
Depth: 2,05 m
Oil engine: 140bhp by Kromhout, Amsterdam
Built: Vennekens, Boom

History

1961: Completed by Vennekens, Boom for Gebr. Tuyp, Vollendam as ZES GEBROEDERS.
1962: Registered at Vollendam(VD19).
1965: Re engined with 310bhp oil engine by MAK. Kiel.
Pre 19??: Re engined with 240bhp/179kW by Cummins.
4.1972: Sold to T. Groen & J. Z. Vrolojk, Scheveningen. Vollendam registry closed. Registered at Scheveningen as ARIE DIRK (SCH19).
1974: Sold to T. R. Jackson, Lindal-in-Furness, Ulverston. Scheveningen registry closed. Registered at Barrow
(BW18). Landing at Fleetwood.
1974: Re measured under Part IV – 22grt 22n 17,76 (loa) x 16,49 x 5,10 x 1,68 metres
1986: Sold to Pieter Schaap, North Shields.
1988: Sold to D. J. E. Waldron, Lowestoft.
1993: Sold to Michael Latham, Paignton. Barrow registry closed. Registered at Brixham (BM180).
1998: Sold to Seafalke Shipping Co Ltd, Newhaven.
2001: Sold for use as a private vessel. Brixham fishing registry closed.
20.2.2009: Seen on London River.

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M.T. Arie Dirk SCH19
Picture courtesy of Maurice Voss

Official Number: Unknown
Completed: 1903
Net Tonnage: 50
Length: 69.4 ft
Breadth: 18.4 ft
Depth: 9.9 ft
Rig: Sail with auxiliary motor
Built: Wm. Fulton, Pittenweem

History

1903: Completed by Wm. Fulton, Pittenweem for George Flett & W. McKechnie, Pittenweem as IMPREGNABLE. Registered at Methil (ML24).
Pre 1910: Auxiliary motor fitted
5.1928: Sold to Frederick Kirkham?, Bispham Road, Blackpool. Methil registry closed.
22.5.1928: Registered at Fleetwood (FD178).
15.6.1928: Sold to Frederick Kirkham?, Bispham Road, Blackpool & ??, Fleetwood.
19.1.1929: Fleetwood registry closed “Sold to foreigners (Belgian subjects)”.

Images

Left: Impregnable FD178 Right: Annie FD105

History
1893: Completed by Singleton Brothers, Fleetwood for Henry Leadbetter, 44 Kent St, Fleetwood (Richard Leadbetter, manager) as HARRIET.

2.10.1893: Registered at Fleetwood (FD111).

5.12.1905: Sold to Henry Leadbetter & William Leadbetter, Fleetwood

Pre 1924: Sold to Mark Leadbetter, 36 Belmont Road, Fleetwood (managing owner).

1929: Same.

1930: Converted to auxiliary motor remeasured 42g 21n.

19.3.1930: Re-registered at Fleetwood as auxiliary motor.

1937: Owner David Helm, Fleetwood.

194?: Sold to George W. Fletcher, 22 Whinfield Ave, Fleetwood.

1948: Owner David Helm, Fleetwood & George Fletcher, Fleetwood.

1978: Ceased fishing. Sold to Mrs Josephine Barner, Little Langdale, Cumbria. Converted and moored at Millom as a hostel.

2010: Sold to Fleetwood Museum and is on display to the public.

Images

Harriet FD111 outbound. Picture courtesy of E V Todd

Harriet FD111 outbound with Ida and William & John FD162. Picture courtesy of E V Todd

Harriet FD111

Notes
Built as a sister smack to MARGARET

Last sailing trawler to operate from Fleetwood.

Official Number: ?
Yard Number: B542
Completed: 1960
Gross Tonnage: 50
Net Tonnage: 50
Length: 72.9 ft
Breadth: 19.5 ft
Depth: 8.3 ft
Engine: 264 BHP Lister Blackstone EVSM4
Built: Fairmile Construction Co. Ltd, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Owners: John H. Banks, Cleveleys & Others

History

1960: Completed by The Fairmile Construction Co. Ltd, Berwick-upon-Tweed (Yd. No. B542) for George Robb & Sons, Aberdeen as Clementina. Registered at Aberdeen (A511).
1965: Renamed WESTERDALE A511. Registered owners Bruces Stores (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen.
1973: Sold to John H. Banks, Cleveleys & Others.
1975: Fishing from Milford Haven.
1983: Sold to Linke Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven.
11.04.1984: Towed into Milford Docks on Friday morning by Angle lifeboat. The trawler’s nets had fouled her propeller near St. Govan’s Lightship, some 12 miles off the South Pembrokeshire coast. The Aberdeen-registered 50-ton trawler, with a four-man crew, radioed to coastguards for help because tides were causing her to drift out to sea. Angle lifeboat was launched and took the trawler in tow shortly after midnight.
1984: Decommissioned and broken up at Castle Pill, Milford.

Known Alterations
Whaleback added.

Images

Westerdale A511 - Photo courtesy of Scratcher

History
1958: Built for William Liston Ltd, Newhaven as Summer Isle LH69

1973: Renamed Fern BF205, Owners Gilbert Watt, Gardenstown & George Wood, Macduff.

1996: Ceased fishing and sold to David Normandale of Scarborough. David planned to emigrate to New Zealand and this he did after a refit was carried out on the vessel. His vessel and three crew went with him. He left Scarborough on the 14th November 1996.

3rd February 1997: Arrived in Whangarei, New Zealand. David Normandale planned to use the Fern for long line fishing. Unfortunately his plans did not work out and he sold the Fern to owners in the Solomon Islands who also planned to use her for long lining. Again this never happend and she ended up working as a cargo vessel.

David later re-possesed the Fern due to non payment from the owners he sold the vessel to. She was laid up in Tauranga before being sold on to Terry Smith of Tauranga who planned to use her for fishing Tuna.

As of 2010 the Fern is still fishing for Tuna.

Known Alterations
Whaleback added. 240hp Kelvin. New Wheelhouse. 320hp Kelvin. Gutting shelter that was later extended to a three quarter length shelterdeck.

Images

Summer Isle LH69 - Photo courtesy of Fred Baker

History
1961: Built for Bruces Stores Ltd, Aberdeen. Named Spinningdale A581

9 March 1961: Sea trials, average speed 10.2 knots.

1968: Renamed Migdale A581, Owner Unknown

1968: Renamed Vera Grace A581, Owner J Marr & Son Ltd, Aberdeen.

1972: Renamed Norsemans Bride K243, Owner Dave Reid.

January 1975: Run aground on the rocks half a mile west of the North Lighthouse of Fair Isle during a gale. All crew safe. Vessel was a total loss.

Known Alterations
330hp Lister Blackstone. Gutting Shelter.

Images
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