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M.T. Fleetwood Lady – FD1

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 185296
Yard Number: 1394
Completed: 1954
Gross Tonnage: 370
Net Tonnage: 126
Length: 128.5 ft
Breadth: 26.7 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Engine: 2 stroke 5-cyl oil engine 700bhp by British Polar Engines Ltd, Govan, Glasgow

History

06.03.1954: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1394) for Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood as FLEETWOOD LADY.
09.09.1954: Completed.
07.09.1954 Registered at Fleetwood.
30.11.1955: Company re-styled Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood.
07.03.1956: Sailed Fleetwood on morning tide for Muckle Flugga fishing grounds (Sk. Reginald Wright); fifteen crew. During afternoon anchored in Ramsey Bay to allow three Manx crewmen, the Lyall brothers and Allan Bradford, to visit families. At 4.00 pm. seven crew members left in the ship’s boat for Ramsey. At 7.00 pm four crew returned in ship’s boat leaving Sk. Reginald Wright, Allan Bradford and Eric Lyall ashore. At about 1030 pm. a small 13ft boat with six occupants left Ramsey to return onboard. At some time later the boat capsized and all occupants were thrown into the water. Alarm was raised after a body was seen floating just offshore and Ramsey lifeboat THOMAS CORBETT (Cox Cottier) was launched to search the area. Only bottom boards, identified as from the boat, were found. All bodies were recovered from the shoreline except that of Sk. Wright which was not found until two weeks later.
8.3.1956: Sailed Ramsey Bay for Fleetwood (Mate Ronald Slapp).
22.04.1961: At Fleetwood, having left lock for fishing grounds (Sk. Ken Beavers), in collision with trawler IRVANA (FD152) (Sk. E. Harris) which was ahead and had grounded on Tiger’s Tail and was backing off. Sustained damage to gallows, etc and returned to dock.
25.04.1961: Following repairs sailed for fishing grounds.
21.02.1962: Fleetwood registry closed.
01.03.1962: Sold to Acadia Fisheries Ltd, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada.
03.1962: Registered at St John’s, Newfoundland as ACADIA KINGFISHER.
21.10.1968: In heavy weather in Gulf of St. Lawrence started to take in water and abandoned by crew to other company trawler.
22.10.1968: Company trawler connected and commenced tow but started to settle and foundered in approx position 48.50N 62.35W.
1968: St John’s registry closed.

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M.T. Fleetwood Lady FD1
Picture courtesy of Len Charnley

M.T. Fleetwood Lady FD1

M.T. Fleetwood Lady FD1
Picture courtesy of Peter Hearn

M.T. Acadia Kingfisher

M.T. Acadia Kingfisher
Sinking in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Changelog
12/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.

M.T. St Leonard – FD179

Technical

Official Number: 185289
Yard Number: 1382
Completed: 1953
Gross Tonnage: 275
Net Tonnage: 101
Length: 115 ft
Breadth: 25.1 ft
Depth: 11.1 ft
Engine: 600bhp x 8-cyl Crossley
Built: Cochrane &Sons Ltd, Selby
Speed: 12 knots
Built by: Cochrane &Sons Ltd, Selby, 1953
Owner: Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood

History

1953: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd No. 1382) for St. Andrews Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
27.02.1953 Registered at Fleetwood as St LEONARD.
14.01.1955 sold to Great Western Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
1955 transferred to Grimsby.
04.07.1956 sold to W A Phillips, Anderson & Co Ltd London (FD179).
01.1957 Transferred to Fleetwood.
08.02.1960 sold to Fishery Products Ltd St. John’s Newfoundland.
09.02.1960 Sailed for Canada.
10.02.1960 Fleetwood registry closed.
02.1960 registered at St. John’s as ZEBRA. Noted Class withdrawn at owners request 5/61.
12.12.1966 Vessel went aground one mile from Ile Aux Morts, Newfoundland and became a total loss. One crew lost.

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M.T. St Leonard FD179
Picture courtesy of Jan Harteveld

M.T. St Leonard FD179
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

Changelog
12/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.

M.T. Boston Firefly FD182

Technical

Official Number: 185290
Yard Number: 231
Completed: 1953
Gross Tonnage: 318
Length: 124′ 7″
Breadth: 25′ 2″
Depth: 12′ 5″
Built: J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen
Engine: Number 303, built by Messrs Mirlees, Bickerton & Day
Owner: Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd

History

1953: To Fleetwood as a new vessel.
1958: Sold to Canada as ACADIA SEAHAWK.
01.12.1964: On a voyage from Canso, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia (Sk. Ronald Mosher, 14 crew*) posted missing believed lost off Sable Island during a Storm.
She was last reported on December 2nd in approximately 43-30N, 61-10W, to the south and west of Sable Island.
7.12.64: SAR aircraft reported a large oil slick and debris in the area believed lost.

*Lost: Capt. Ronald Mosher, Canso, N.S.; mate Maxwell Dodge, Timberlea, N.S. and Nfld; chief engineer Clayton Randall, Mulgrave and White Bay, Nfld.; second engineer Gurth MacKenzie and crew members Jerome Boudreau, Ted Boudreau, Raymond Boudreau, Eric Fanning, Tory Greencorn, Patrick O’Hearn and Wilson Dort, all of the Canso-Dover area of Nova Scotia; Thomas Grant, Canso and Bay d’Espoir, Nfld.; Wayne Granby, Halifax and Newfoundland, and cook Simeon Lawrence of Canso and Newfoundland.

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M.T. Boston Firefly FD182
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

M.T. Boston Firefly FD182
Picture courtesy of Greenday (TPF)

Changelog
12/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.

M.T. Bonnybridge – FD33

Technical

Official Number: 180339
Yard Number: S629
Completed: 1950
Gross tonnage: 289
Net Tonnage: 98
Completed: 1950
Length: 131.0 ft (143.6 loa)
Breadth: 25.1 ft
Depth: 12.1 ft
Built: Henry Scarr Ltd, Hessle
Engine: 4 stroke 7-cyl oil engine by Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Ltd, Stockport

History

28.06.1949: Launched by Henry Scarr Ltd, Hessle (Yd.No.S629) for The Great Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen as BONNYBRIDGE.
03.1950: Completed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD33). Basil Arthur Parkes designated manager. Fished initially as a liner as James Robertson & Sons Ltd, Fleetwood unable to supply trawl winch due to material shortfall. Lining at Labrador with part Faroese crew.
2.1951: Sold to Northlantic Fisheries Ltd, St. John’s, Newfoundland (Job Brothers & Co Ltd, managers). Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at St. John’s as BLUE WAVE (61).
1951: Sold to Bonavista Cold Storage Co Ltd, St. John’s, Newfoundland. Fishing out of Grand Bank, Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland.
09.02.1959: Homeward to Grand Bank from fishing grounds with approximately 850 10stone kits of fish (Sk. Charles Walters); sixteen crew all told. In the early hours with winds gusting 80mph and temperatures of -28°C, started to ice up. At about 3.30am when some 62 miles SE of Cape St. Mary’s, Newfoundland sent out a distress call after developing a heavy list from ice build up on deck and superstructure. Motor vessel BELLE ISLE II (1529grt/1944) (Capt Joseph Primm), five miles away responded and altered course to the given position also transmitting the position which was picked up by Cape Race WT Station. At 4.00am arrived in the area along with the Burgeo motor trawler TRITON (178grt/1936) (Sk. Bill Vardy) but no trace of the trawler. Within the hour several RCAF and USAF aircraft which had been searching some 180miles NE of Gander, Newfoundland for the missing Icelandic steam trawler JÚLÍ (GK21)*, arrived on the scene along with three + merchant ships but the search was hampered by heavy fog and snow.
10.02.1959: Company motor trawlers FORTUNE STAR (194grt/1946) and LUCKIMEE (200grt/1946), in part directed by aircraft, picked up two empty dories, a lifeboat, hatch cover and a flagstaff off Cape St. Mary’s, close to the last position the trawler had transmitted. Presumed capsized and foundered, overcome by icing and stress of weather. All crew lost. St. John’s registry closed

Lost: All from Grand Bank or Fortune, Newfoundland. Sk. Charles Walters, Herbert Price, John Walters, Arthur Kearley, Otto Dodge, Garfield Prior, Samuel Dodge, Michael Price, Reginald Baker, James Fizzard, Roy Baker, John Hillier, Abe John Barnes, John F. Barnes, George T. Miller, and Philip Fizzard.

Note: The BLUE WAVE was known to be a sluggish vessel in heavy weather and would lay over taking time to right herself.

Note *: The JÚLÍ was presumed to have foundered on or about 08.02.1959 in the same weather conditions that overcame BLUE WAVE; thirty crew lost. Icelandic trawlers on the Newfoundland grounds left for home and others on passage turned back.

Note + – US Coastguard Cutter CAMPBELL, motor fishing vessel PENNYLUCK (199grt/1951), ocean liner RMS SYLVANIA (21989grt/1951).

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M.T. Bonnybridge FD33
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

M.T. Bonnybridge FD33
Picture courtesy of The John Stevenson Collection

M.T. Bonnybridge FD33
Picture courtesy of The Osta Collection

M.T. Blue Wave
Picture courtesy of The Robert Stoodly Collection

Captain Charles Walters
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
12/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
23/02/2020: Updated information.
09/10/2020: Updated history and added images.
19/10/2020: Added an image.

M.T. Hildina – H222

PDF files courtesy of David Parkinson

Technical

Official Number: 185119
Yard number : 852
Completed: 1951
Gross tonnage : 296
Length : 128.2 ft
Beam : 26.6 ft
Depth : 12.2 ft
Built: Cook Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
Engine: 700bhp Mirlees, Bickerton & Day
Speed : 11 knots

History

August 21 1951: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.852) for City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as HILDINA.
April 29 1952: Registered at Hull (H222).
1953: Transferred to Fleetwood.
25.11.1953: Sailed Fleetwood for north-West of Scotland fishing grounde (Sk. George Goodwin Clarkson).
26/27.11.1953: Fishing halted for five hours due to problems with the winch power generating machinery.
29.11.1953: Trawl fast on sea bed. Cleared but came fast a second time. Cleared again but wind and sea state caused fishing to stop. Dodging.
30.11.1953: Conditions improved and trawl shot away with 350 fathoms of warp paid out. Between 07:55 and 08:00 the gear came fast again. Bosun Ernest Summers arrived at the winch within a minute. Deckhand knocked out and the bosun hove the forrard drum three or four turns and then both warps were hove in 25 fathoms.
The vessel had fallen off into the weather and shipped a heavy sea on the starboard side and began to list heavily to 40 degrees. On the order of the skipper the clutches were unshipped as the winch wouldn’t run back. The mate (John Moran) went to cut away the gear but couldn’t find an axe to do it with. Deckhand George Albert Hayes tried to shut the starboard accommodation door but was unable to do so.
01.12.1953: Vessel filled through deck openings and sank by the stern 50 miles north by west of Sule Skerry. The BOT inquiry into the loss received evidence from the survivors and was satisfied that the skipper and crew were competent, reliable and trustworthy.

Note: The remainder of the crew decided to try and launch the lifeboat but unfortunately it was damaged and floated away bottom up. The remaining crew went to the top of the bridge where the Nott buoyant apparatus was located. They managed to launch the Nott and eleven men managed to board. Unfortunately a big sea overturned the Nott and two men were carried away by the sea.

The Fleetwood vessel VELIA FD116 picked up the HILDINA’s SOS message at 8:12 a.m. The skipper of the VELIA Charlie Pennington hauled his gear and headed to the location of the stricken vessel arriving at about 9:00 a.m. On arriving at the location VELIA managed to pick up 10 men.

Two other trawlers where on hand to help ‘MONIMIA’ and ‘MARGARET’ who continued the search for any more survivors.

VELIA headed to Stornoway to land the survivors. Unfortunately one crew member died on the way in.

Crew Lost
James Benson – Missing
Jim Bond – Missing
George Clarkson – Missing
Fenwick Dell – Missing
Robert M Robertson – Missing
T D W Webb – Died after being picked up

Crew Rescued
George Hayes
Ernest Summers/Sumner
John Moran
F. Heidstra, chief engineer, of Goole
Joseph Henry Tranmer, 2nd engineer of Hull
S. Acton, greaser of Fleetwood
D. Atkinson
J. Gardner
W. Wilson
All deckhands of Fleetwood.

Click these links to download the inquiry documents relating to the loss of Hildina
Document 1
Document 2
Document 3
Document 4
Document 5
Document 6
Document 7

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M.T. Hildina H222
Picture from the Internet

M.T. Hildina H222
Picture courtesy of The Fred Baker Collection

Skipper George Clarkson
Picture courtesy of Adrian George

Changelog
11/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
08/05/2020: Added an image.

M.T. Wyre Majestic – FD433

Technical

Official Number : 187853
Yard Number: 1414
Completed: 1956
Gross Tonnage: 338
Net Tonnage: 119
Length: 127.5 ft
Breadth: 27.0 ft
Depth: 13.5 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 736bhp 7-cyl Mirlees
Speed: 11.25 knots

History

12.05.1956: Launched at Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby by Muriel Forbes for Wyre Trawlers Ltd as WYRE MAJESTIC.
11.12.1956: Registered at Fleetwood (FD433).
19.02.1958: Sailed Fleetwood for home water fishing grounds (Sk. John Kelly, 15 crew). 18:30hrs, bosun relieved by Norman Southern (Mate). At 21:00hrs stranded on the Mull of Galloway, one mile to the west of the light. Refloated and returned to Fleetwood.
24.05.1958: BOT formal inquiry found that the stranding was due to the fault or default of the mate, Norman Southern and his certificate was suspended for eighteen months.
24.08.1963: Stranded at Knott End. Refloated on the tide.
01.07. 1969: Became part of British United Trawlers fleet.
1974: Converted for pair trawling (for Herring) with the WYRE DEFENCE.
18.10.1974: Homeward bound. Unable to berth at Oban so decided to return to Fleetwood. On passage through the sound of Islay (Sk. Derek Reader) in company with the WYRE DEFENCE. Set off course by strong currents and ran full speed (18 knots) onto rocks at Rhuba a’ Mhaill and was badly holed and filling with water, fuel tanks ruptured.
WYRE DEFENCE attempted to tow WYRE MAJESTIC clear but was unable to do so.
All subsequent salvage attempts failed and on the 01.11.1974 she was declared a CTL in approx position 55º 52.9’N 006º 07.2’W and left on the rocks.
20.12.1974 Fleetwood registry closed.

Note: At the time of the stranding the skipper was below and the bosun at the wheel. The skipper’s certificate was suspended and the bosun admitted to having been drinking.

Download the Inquiry report in .pdf format HERE

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M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433
Picture courtesy of Colin Forbes

Muriel Forbes Launching
Picture courtesy of Colin Forbes

Muriel Forbes at 96
Picture courtesy of Colin Forbes

M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433

M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433
Picture courtesy of The Osta Collection

M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433
Picture from the Internet

M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433
Picture courtesy of Mark Stopper

M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433

M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433
Picture courtesy of George Carr

M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433

Changelog
11/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
17/02/2018: Removed FMHT watermark and added information.
27/11/2018: Added an image.

M.T. Captain Inman – LO62

Technical

Official Number: 302960
Yard Number: 332
IMO 5062833
Gross Tonnage: 437
Net Tonnage: 147
Length: 139′ 8″
Breadth: 28′ 4″
Depth: 14′ 6″
Oil Engine: 4 stroke 7-cyl (1281bhp) by Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Ltd, Stockport

History

23.1.1962: Launched by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.332) for Iago Steam Trawling Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood (Cdr E. D.W. Lawford DSO, manager) as Captain Inman.
4.1962: Completed. Registered at London (LO62).
1963: Iago Steam Trawling Co Ltd taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood.
9.1968: Sold to Irvin & Johnson Ltd, Cape Town. London registry closed. Registered at Cape Town (CTA303).
1985: Sold to Pat-King Fishing Co (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town.
1988: Converted for stern fishing. Re-measured 414g 143n
1989: Renamed LINCOLN (CTA303).
2007: Still in Lloyd’s Register.
26.03.2009: Seen in Cape Town, modified with extended shelter deck port side.
2011: Still working from Cape Town.
27.09.2015: Swamped 20 miles south of Hangklip. Nine crew lost, three missing and nine survived.
Undated: Salved and returned to service and is still fishing.

Note South African 42-meter trawler LINCOLN issued distress signal at 1806 LT Sep 27, in reportedly, False Bay, south of Cape Town. 21 crew reported abandoning sinking vessel after it started to take in water, in heavy weather. According to National Sea Rescue Institute SAR latest update, 9 crew confirmed dead, 9 rescued, 3 still missing. A large-scale search and rescue operation under way.

On Sunday evening a fishing trawler started taking in water near Kleinmond during heavy swells prompting the crew to abandon ship. At least 11 fishermen drowned while nine others survived.
Survivors were reunited with their families at Viking Fishing Company’s headquarters yesterday.
The company’s Rory Williams says they’re shocked and saddened by the deaths of the fishermen.
He says nine crew members who survived are receiving counseling to help them cope with the traumatic experience.
Williams says the company abides by the industry’s strict safety regulations and has not had a fatal incident in over a decade.
From EWM
ROUGH SEAS
Residents from local fishing communities along the False Bay Coast say boats were prevented from going out over the weekend due to the adverse weather conditions.
Longtime Hermanus fisherman Francois Marais says he’s baffled as to why the trawler went out to sea in the first place.
“It was very bad, I can’t think or imagine how the captain had gone on sea in those conditions.”
The fishing company says an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the tragedy has been prioritised.

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M.T. Captain Inman LO62
Picture courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection

M.T. Captain Inman LO62
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

M.T. Captain Inman LO62
Picture courtesy of The Len Charnley Collection

M.T. Captain Inman LO62
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

M.T. Lincoln CTA303
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

M.T. Lincoln CT303
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
10/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
28/08/2020: Added an image.
30/01/2022: Added an image and updated history.

M.T. Captain Foley LO33

Technical
Official Number: 302523
Yard Number: 294
Completed: 1960
Gross Tonnage: 434
Length: 140 ft
Breadth: 28 ft
Depth: 13 ft
Engine: 6 cylinder 1230bhp British Polar
Speed: 12.8 knots

History

1960: To Fleetwood as a new vessel.
1972: Became BOSTON TRISTAR GY210 after Iago was acquired by Boston.
1975: Arrived at Richards shipyard, Lowestoft.
1976: Sold to Colne Fishing Co Ltd and renamed ST MARK LT327.
1980: Converted for oil rig safety work.
August 06 1990: Sank off Cromer after a collision with the tug VIKINGBANK which was towing a heavily ballasted and unlit barge. The barge was so low that the radar failed to pick it up and a 40 ft hole was ripped in St. MARK’S portside, from aft to midships. She sank in 6 minutes with no loss of life.

Notes

The Cromer lifeboat, RUBY and ARTHUR REED II, was called to ST. MARK shortly before she sank on 6 August 1990. The lifeboat had been launched at 1620 Following a Mayday call from the vessel which had been in collision with a tug towing barges about 6 miles north east of the station.
The ten men aboard taken to her own lifeboats and were picked up by another vessel which had been only four miles away when the collision occurred.

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M.T. Captain Foley LO33
Picture courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection

M.T. Captain Foley LO33
Picture courtesy of The Len Charnley Collection

M.T. Boston Tristar GY210
Picture courtesy of The Frank Pook Collection

M.T. St. Mark LO33
Picture from the Internet

M.T St Mark LT327
Picture courtesy of The Robert Durrant Collection

M.T St Mark LT327
Picture courtesy of The Barry Saw Collection

St. Mark
Document courtesy of Barry Saw

Changelog
10/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
26/08/2017: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.
27/08/2020: Added an image.

M.T. Red Crest – LO34

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 186293
Yard Number: 252
Completed: 1955
Gross Tonnage: 407
Length: 138 ft
Breadth: 26.99 ft
Depth: 13.25 ft
Engine: Number 322, 800hp 2 stroke x 5 cyl British Polar Engines.

History

1955: Completed by J Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No. 252) for the Iago Steam Trawling Co Ltd Fleetwood. Registered at London (LO34).
14.12.1959: Off the Butt of Lewis and in squally weather, shipped a heavy sea and deckhand Frank Pratt was washed overboard and lost. The ship was brought about and a search carried out to no avail.
1963: Sold to Acadia Fisheries Ltd, Canso, St. John’s as ACADIA CREST following the takeover of Iago by the Boston Group.
1973: in ownership of the Canadian Government as ACADIA CREST.
1973: In ownership of Canso Seafoods Ltd
1975: Sold to Pez Exports SA, Argentina as ACADIA CREST. Renamed ANA CHRISTINA.
09.09.1989: Sank in Mar del Plata harbour, Argentina.
1989: Deleted from registry.

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M.T. Red Crest LO34
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M.T. Red Crest LO34
Picture courtesy of The Phillip Dell Collection

M.T. Red Crest LO34
Clipping courtesy of Geoff Davidson

Changelog
09/09/2016: Page re-published after site problems.
10/11/2017: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.
07/10/2019: Added an image.
10/06/2024: Added information.

M.T. Red Rose – LO36

Technical

Official Number: 186345
Yard Number: 254
Completed: 1956
Gross Tonnage: 407
Length: 138 ft
Breadth: 26.9 ft
Depth: 13.25 ft

History

1956: Completed by John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen as RED ROSE for the Iago Steam Trawling Co, Fleetwood. Registered at London (LO36).
1963: Bought by the Boston Group.
1972: Renamed BOSTON INVADER and registered at Fleetwood (FD161).
04 1973: Transferred to Lowestoft.
01.05.1973: First landing at Lowestoft.
February 1975: Sold to Safetyships Ltd and renamed INVERLOCHY for use as an oil rig standby vessel.
1979: Owned by George Craig & Sons Ltd (North Star Fishing Co Ltd, managers). Renamed GRAMPIAN LOCH and put on oil rig support work.
1986: Sold by North Star to T. Pardoe, Exmouth & others laid up at Torpoint and advertised for re-sale.
1991: Sold by A. Pardoe, Exmouth & S. Pepper, Rochdale to Western Ocean Towage Co Ltd, Plymouth (Capt S. Oates & others). Unofficially renamed MR CORNISHMAN.
09.1991: Renamed CORNISHMAN by St. Vincent & Grenadines flag associates of Western Ocean Towage Co Ltd, Plymouth (Capt S. Oates & others).
At the end of 1992 Silas Oates sold her to Spanish principals and the rumour was that she would go back fishing.
18.12.1992: On her delivery voyage to Vigo/Corunna, ran aground East of Faro Olhao Bar, Portugal and was subsequently abandoned.

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M.T. Red Rose LO36
Picture courtesy of The Ted Hammill Collection

M.T. Red Rose LO36
Picture courtesy of The Frans Schaap Collection

M.T. Red Rose LO36
Picture courtesy of The Len Charnley Collection

M.T. Boston Invader FD161
Picture courtesy of The Frank Pook Collection

M.T. Inverlochy FD161
Picture courtesy of The John Worthington Collection

S.S.V. Inverlochy FD161
Picture from the Internet

ORSV Inverlochy
Picture courtesy of The Frank Pook Collection

ORSV Grampian-Loch
Picture courtesy of The Frank Pook Collection

M.V. Cornishman
Picture courtesy of The Frank Pook Collection

Changelog
08/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
30/08/2017: Removed FMHT watermarks and added images.
16/06/2019: Added an image.
18/09/2020: Added an image.

Fleetwood Motor Trawlers

Part of The Bosun's Watch

Category Archives: Lost

M.T. Fleetwood Lady – FD1

M.T. St Leonard – FD179

M.T. Boston Firefly FD182

M.T. Bonnybridge – FD33

M.T. Hildina – H222

M.T. Wyre Majestic – FD433

M.T. Captain Inman – LO62

M.T. Captain Foley LO33

M.T. Red Crest – LO34

M.T. Red Rose – LO36