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Technical
Gross tonnage : 16
History
Converted from a sailing smack.
Ran onto Pilling sands and was lost.
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mfv Hard Lines FD6
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Technical
Gross Tonnage: 36
Net Tonnage: 19
Engine: 114hp
History
1965: Owner Tom Sleight Ltd, Grimsby. Registered as EASTARDS (FD72)
1970: Owner Delga Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby. Registered as EASTARDS (FD72)
19/10/1982: Stranded at Thyboron, Denmark.
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mfv Eastards FD72
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mfv Eastards FD72
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mfv Eastards FD72
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Technical
Engine: 22hp Lister Blackstone JP2
Built: Crossfield’s, Arnside
History
Notes: Courtesy of Dick Massey
ANNIE was very different in the hull shape to the regular prawners. Some time after the war she was returned to her builders (Crossfields at Arnside), for a complete rebuild.
The vessels side planking was raised two planks higher, the stern was changed from the traditional low counter stern to a fine cruiser stern, like Scottish seiners.
On deck the layout was the traditional, longish fore deck with the new trawl winch mounted offset to port, forward of the very stout main mast. Most prawners used a capstan instead of a true double drum trawl winch, as now fitted to ANNIE.
The new engine was a Lister Blackstone JP2 of 22 hp. This engine being a real marine engine, had a dry sump.
The sump oil was contained in a separate tank fitted on a shelf on the port side of the engine room. Starting was by hand crank, later an electric start was fitted. The propeller shaft went out on the starboard quarter.
As ANNIE had originally been built for sail, her lights burned oil, later converted to electric. The best mast head lights were reputed to be made from a Rose’s marmalade jar as it had many sides and this gave a better light.
Annie was very modern compared to most of the older vessels being forty feet long, but with a little shelter doghouse just aft of the mast, above the engine. Then a long cockpit to within six feet of the stern.
The trawl was worked on the port side, but when the cod end was lifted aboard with a tackle from the head of the mast, the fish were landed on to the starboard side deck. After the net was shot away again, gutting and the sorting of the fish took place with the crew standing in the cockpit, the gutted fish was sorted in to five stone baskets.
Up until 1978 ANNIE was laid in the dock at Birkenhead in a very neglected state.
To get ANNIE from the Mersey to the Isle of Man, was a problem considering the state she was in, but a fishing vessel the ROS CARBRIE, was employed to carry a cargo of fibre-glass resin to Douglas. So Tank, her skipper, agreed to tow ANNIE for the sum of £100 cash. So my first trip on the vessel was on the end of a rope.
With the ANNIE in Douglas, I was then skipper of the CAIRNGORM, work was commenced to refurbish the old boat again.
The engine was fully overhauled with a new prop shaft and propeller fitted, a new wooden rudder built and fitted and the old large mast was removed and gifted to another old prawner.
Two new masts were fitted, along with an after wheel house. When the work was finished the old boat looked like any other small Scotch fishing vessel.
After the rebuild, she was worked trawling for fish and queenies, scalloping with two four ft. dredges. A hydraulic line hauler was fitted for long lining for dog fish.
ANNIE was sold to Rathlin Island, County Antrim, N.I.
After the sale I delivered ANNIE back to her old berth at Fleetwood, this was for the new owner to clear customs for the export of the boat, ANNIE was still FD 108.
The old Lister engine pushed ANNIE to her new home, here she laid on a mooring as there was no harbour.
In a bad storm she broke adrift and went ashore, to be smashed up on the rocky shore, when the storm was over all that the owner could find was the long iron keel.
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mfv Annie FD108
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Technical
Builder: MacTay Marine, Wirral
Owner R. Bond, Fleetwood
History
Undated: Renamed PROGRESS FR103.
2000: Sank due to flooding from failed pipework (no casualties).
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M.T. MDB FD157
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M.T. MDB FD157
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M.T. MDB FD157
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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
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M.T. Maretta FD245
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M.T. Maretta FD245
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M.T. Maretta FD245
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M.T. Maretta FD245
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M.T. Maretta FD245,
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M.T. Maretta FD245
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M.T. Maretta FD245
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Technical
Official Number: 301889
Gross Tonnage: 22
Net Tonnage: 6
Engine: 76HP
Built: J&J Harrisons, Amble, 1961
History
1961: Built for Charlie Scott in Fleetwood
1982: Bought by Charlie Overett from Morecambe.
03.08.1987: Moved inshore to dump debris clear of the fishing area and struck a half submerged rock and became stranded at Brighouse Bay, two miles west of Little Rock. Vessel written off as a total loss.
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mfv Onward Fisher FD202
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mfv Onward Fisher FD202
mfv Onward Fisher FD202
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Technical
Official Number: 166649
Yard Number: 364
Completed: 1946
Gross Tonnage: 111.89
Net Tonnage: 36.31
Length: 87.2 ft
Breadth: 22.25
Depth: 8.0 ft
Built: East Anglian Constructors Ltd, Lowestoft
Engine: 240bhp 4-cyl 2 stroke oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Openshaw, Manchester.
History
1946: Launched by East Anglian Constructors Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd.No.364) (Admiralty 95ft MFV) for The Admiralty as MFV1579. Order cancelled prior to completion.
16.5.1946: Sold to Aldred Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
9.1946: Completed as a fishing vessel.
24.9.1946: Registered at Grimsby as AYLESBY (GY329).
24.9.1946: Harry Markham Cook, Louth appointed manager.
6.12.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
10.12.1946: Company registered office transferred to Grimsby.
9.6.1948: Mortgage (A) discharged.
12.6.1948: Sold to Huxley Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
15.6.1948: Harry Markham Cook, Louth appointed manager.
19.6.1948: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
19.3.1951: Alteration of tonnage and other particulars following survey at Gt Yarmouth1 3.1951 – 41.39 net.
20.3.1951: Grimsby registry closed.
27.3.1951: Registered at Lowestoft (LT232). Harry Markham Cook, Louth appointed manager.
8.5.1951: At 2.00am. when some 70 miles NE by N of Smith’s Knoll caught fire. Crew taken off by steam trawler Isle of Wight (H852) (Sk. Charles Honeywood).
9.5.1951: Foundered while ablaze from stem to stern.
23.51951: Lowestoft registry closed “Vessel lost at sea”.
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M.T. Aylesby GY329
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Technical
Official Number: 301171
Yard Number: 960
Completed: 1960
Gross Tonnage: 228
Length: 105 ft
Breadth: 23.1 ft
Depth: 11.5 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Engine: Mirlees Bickerton & Day developing 484bhp
Speed: 12 knots
History
1960: Completed by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd. No. 960) for the Hewett Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood, as ROYALIST. Registered at London LO50.
1993: Owned by the Anglo-Spanish company Flagperry Ltd, Milford and operating as a netter after her conversion in Spain. Her operating base is shown as ‘Spain’ but we know that they had to land a certain number of catches in UK in order to comply with UK registration. The catch was then trucked to Spain.
23.01.2008: Flooded and sank during fishing operations when approximately 180nm off Dingle, Ireland. ROYALIST was about to shoot her nets when she was hit by a large wave on her port side, which caused her to heel to starboard. The vessel was starting to return to the upright when she was hit by a second wave, after which she took on a permanent list due to the amount of water on her main deck and within an accommodation alleyway.
The list increased as water continued to wash over the vessel’s submerged starboard gunwale and was able to progress into the engine room and aft accommodation, by way of an open net hatch. Although the crew attempted to stem the flow of water by closing the net hatch, the vessel started to sink.
At 1553, the skipper sent distress messages on Inmarsat C and VHF radio channels 13 and 16, and ordered his crew to abandon the vessel into the vessel’s two liferafts. The skipper of the French fishing vessel DAMAFRAN, which was fishing about 5 miles to the south, heard the distress message and immediately cut his nets and headed for the stricken vessel. At 1645, ROYALIST’S 18 crew were recovered by DAMAFRAN. ROYALIST sank by her stern 25 minutes later.
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M.T. Royalist LO50
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M.T. Royalist LO50
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M.T. Royalist LO50
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M.T. Royalist LO50
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M.T. Royalist FD24
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M.T. Royalist FD24
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M.T. Royalist LO50
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M.T. Royalist LO50
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M.T. Royalist FD24
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Technical
Official Number: 301881
Yard Number: 951
Completed: 1959
Launched: 07/09/1959
Registered: 09/01/1960
Gross Tonnage: 398
Length: 140 ft
Breadth: 28 ft
Depth: 14 ft
Engine: 860bhp Mirlees Bickerton & Day
Speed: 11.75 knots
History
1959: Completed by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd. No. 951) for Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood as WYRE VICTORY. Registered at Fleetwood (FD181).
17.12.1971: On an Iceland trip landed 916 kits of fish for 14 days (Sk. Tom Watson). Catch included 700 kits of cod and 150 of plaice for £10,207.
14.01.1976: Outward bound for Iceland vessel grounded on submerged reef at Mill Rocks, west of the Isle of Rhum in the Inner Hebrides.
At 6:45 Oban radio received a distress message stating that she had struck Mill Rocks to the SW of Oigh Sgeir Lighthouse (between Barra and Rum), and was badly holed forward and making water fast. At 07:14 the ferry IONA picked up a liferaft with the crew on board. The skipper and the radio operator stayed with the stricken vessel.
WYRE VICTORY’S sister ship, WYRE CONQUEROR, responded to her distress call and floated 3 liferafts across to her. At 07:22 Oban was advised that the wreck had been abandoned but had drifted off the rocks. WYRE CONQUEROR hoped to tow her to Canna but, after drifting with the tide, WYRE VICTORY sank.
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M.T. Wyre Victory FD181
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M.T. Wyre Victory FD181
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M.T. Wyre Victory FD181
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M.T. Wyre Victory FD181
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M.T. Wyre Victory FD181
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M.T. Wyre Victory FD181
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M.T. Wyre Victory FD181
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M.T. Wyre Victory FD181
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Wyre Victory
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Technical
Official Number: 365784
Yard Number: 1564
Completed: 1976
Gross Tonnage: 393
Net Tonnage: 156
Length: 33.41 m
Breadth: 8.50 m
Depth: 4.66 m
Built: Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Beverley
Oil Engine: 1700bhp/1268kw 16-cyl by Mirrlees Blackstone Ltd, Dursley – CP propeller
Speed: 11 knots
Owner: J Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood
History
05.12.1975: Launched Beverley Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.1564) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as NAVENA.
5.05.1976: Completed.
02.07.1976: Registered at Fleetwood (FD323).
07.1982: All of the company’s remaining Fleetwood based trawlers (8) transferred to fish out of Hull.
01.1984: Landed at Aberdeen. Struck quay on sailing for Hull (Sk. Jeffrey Sumner); eleven crew.
26.01.1984: In severe weather off Flamborough Head started to take in water forward and developed a starboard list due to flooding of factory deck. Fearing that the trawler would capsize a distress call was sent and crew look to liferafts but skipper remained onboard to direct the rescue. Liferaft capsized and all crew picked up from the water by RAF helicopter. Sk. Sumner later picked up by helicopter. Hull tug YORKSHIREMAN (686gt/1978) engaged to take trawler in tow but in the meantime three Scarborough fishing vessels connected claiming salvage and CASSAMANDA (SH128) (49grt) commenced tow to Scarborough.
27.01.1984: Having been refused entry to harbour and directed to beach the vessel, put ashore south of the harbour and later capsized. Abandoned to the underwriters and United Towing Ltd, Hull engaged to refloat. Attended by salvage ship RECOVERY (484grt/1942), leak in engineroom sealed and loose gear removed.
03.1984: On spring tide failed to refloat and United withdrew following expiry of fixed term contract. Humber Diving Co, Hull engaged to refloat.
24/25.03.1984: Again failed to refloat on spring tide. Vessel now on her beam ends on beach.
04.1984: Sold by the underwriters to Rayner Shipping Ltd, Bradford.
Late 04.1984: Scarborough Council took possession of the wreck i.a.w. Merchant Shipping Act 1894. Hopper dredger SKARTHI (112grt/1952) beached alongside. Salvage company Neptun Salvage & Marine G.m.b.H, Hamburg engaged to refloat and deliver Middlesbrough.
23.05.1984: Fleetwood registry closed “Total Loss”.
25.05.1984: Salved by floating sheerlegs HEBELIFT 3 (3528grt/1976).
27.05.1984: Sailed Scarborough for Tees suspended from sheerlegs towed by tug ERLAND (309grt/1974). Slipped by Marine Partners Ltd, Middlesbrough for survey. Declared a Constructive Total Loss, unslipped and beached.
1984: Sold to Cherry Marine Ltd, Middlesbrough.
1985: Sold to S & S Sunderland Marine Ltd, Sunderland for possible repair.
07.03.1985: Refloated by tug CHERRY (62grt/1963).
18.03.1985: Sailed Tees for Sunderland in tow of tug CHERRY. At Sunderland docked to assess work involved in rebuild. Work commenced on machinery and removal of damaged steelwork.
Late 1985: Re-assessed. As vessel no longer registered, repairs would have to be in accordance with latest rules and specifications; project considered to be uneconomical. Laid up in South Docks.
05.1991: In process of being broken up at Sunderland.
Notes
Crew members from Fleetwood and Poulton who where aboard Navena when she was stranded at Scarborough.
J Sumner
H M Thomas
N Buston
William McAlpine
J Randals
Robert Tate
C A Wilson
Note
The three skippers were working in the approximate vicinity of NAVENA when the crew abandoned ship and the three took her skipper off before taking her in tow. The saga turned sour at the entrance to the port when the harbour master told them not to bring her into the harbour as intended. Instead he told them to beach her being mindful that she could have sunk in the harbour mouth.
In giving this instruction he cost the would be salvors about £300k each but the decision also put the onus onto the local authority thus costing the ratepayer £150k to get her lifted off by the giant shearlegs from Holland, after several failed attempts using other methods. There was no loss of life and something that is generally overlooked, but the crew were glad to be off her as they had to be picked from the sea after the liferaft capsized.
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M.T. Navena FD323
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M.T. Navena FD323
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M.T. Navena FD323
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M.T. Navena FD323
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M.T. Navena FD323
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M.T. Navena FD323
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M.T. Navena FD323
M.T. Navena FD323
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M.T. Navena FD323
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M.T. Navena FD323
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M.T. Navena FD323
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M.T. Navena FD323
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M.T. Navena FD323
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