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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
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M.T. Bonnybridge FD33
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M.T. Bonnybridge FD33
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M.T. Blue Wave
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Captain Charles Walters
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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. St. Bartholomew – FD27

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 185300
Yard Number: 903
Completed: 1955
Launched: 1203/1955
Registered: 16/06/1955
Gross Tonnage: 421
Length: 137.6 ft
Breadth: 28.4 ft
Depth: 13.75 ft
Engine: 960bhp British Polar
Speed: 11.5 knots

History

1955: Completed by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley as St. BARTHOLOMEW (Yd. No. 903) for St Andrews Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood, as St. Bartholomew. Registered at Fleetwood (FD27).
25.10.1955: Christopher Porter (Mate) lost overboard and drowned.
01.01.1964: sold to Iago Steam Fishing Co, Fleetwood
04.1966: sold to Partrederiet Utheim, Kristiansund, Norway and renamed BJOGNA
Pre – 05.1966: left Fleetwood for Norway.
1966: Renamed BJOGNA.
1972: Owners name changed to Sigmund Utheim Partrederie
1977: sold to Per OG Reidar Smadal, Alesund
1980: sold to Kare Misje & Co, Alesund and renamed NAUTIK
1983: Name changed to NAUTIKA
1985: sold to Tamis Ltd, Aberdeen as stand by safety vessel
1990: sold to Cam Offshore Ltd Aberdeen and renamed CAM VANGUARD
1993: sold to John Crowson, Aberdeen and renamed JON PAUL
1998: renamed CAM VANGUARD
1999: Still in service
2013: Now laid up at the Cap Verde Islands.
Post 2014: Reported scrapped.

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M.T. St. Bartholomew FD27
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M.T. St. Bartholomew FD27
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M.T. St. Bartholomew FD27
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M.T. St. Bartholomew FD27
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M.T. St. Bartholomew FD27
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Changelog
12/09/2016: Page re-published after site problems.
26/01/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
17/05/2022: Updated history.

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
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M.T. Hildina H222
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Skipper George Clarkson
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Changelog
11/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
08/05/2020: Added an image.

M.T. SSAFA – FD155

Additional information courtesy of Barry Banham and David Slinger
Technical

Official Number: 187863
Yard Number: 509
Completed: 1958
Gross Tonnage: 426
Net Tonnage: 139
Length: 137 ft
Breadth: 28 ft
Depth 14.25 ft
Oil Engine: 1000bhp 8 cyl by Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Ltd, Stockport

History

26.10.1957: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.509) for Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood as SSAFA (Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association).
01.1958: Completed. First Fleetwood trawler fitted with a TV.
01.1958: Registered at Fleetwood (FD155). Basil Arthur Parkes appointed manager.
17.01.1961: Outward for the fishing grounds (Sk. Harry Pook); sixteen hands all told. In the early hours in heavy weather and a gale, stranded on rocks in Friesland Bay, Coll, Inner Hebrides. At 6.36 am. sent distress message which was received by Oban Radio and Fleetwood trawler PRINCESS ANN (FD) and Mallaig lifeboat responded but could not approach the vessel due to position. At 7.30am. distress cancelled as vessel although on rocks was not making water. Twelve crew pulled to safety by Coll lifesaving team and transferred to the lifeboat; skipper, mate, Ch Eng and radio operator remained onboard, but as the tide ebbed the vessel took a list to port and it was obvious that she was not going to come off. The four men were recovered by the lifesaving team and also transferred to the lifeboat which returned to Mallaig.
18.01.1961: Weather deteriorated and vessels pounded on rocks sustaining damage to shell plating, starboard side, lifeboat washed away, wheelhouse damaged and whole vessel flooded during more severe weather that followed.
07.04.1961: After ten weeks of work, weather permitting, vessel made watertight, pumped dry and with steam salvage ship PLANTAGENET (454grt/1939), Mr J. D. Outhwaite, Fleetwood Steam Trawlers’ Mutual Insurance Association Ltd and the surveyor, Mr G. Willey in attendance, attempted to refloat. Tide failed to make sufficiently and attempt abandoned.
18.04.1961: Successfully refloated by Metal Industries Ltd, steam tug METINDA III (593grt/1945) and beached at Tobermory to make ready for tow to the Clyde for docking and survey.
09.1961: At Glasgow completed Special Survey by Lloyd’s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler following repair and restoration on the Clyde.
10.1961: Arrived Fleetwood.
1965: Sold to Parbel-Smith Ltd, Aberdeen. Basil A. Parkes appointed manager. Continued to fish out of Fleetwood.
01.1968: Homeward from Iceland grounds (Sk. Charlie Pook); mate Stanley Treece-Birch on watch with two hands. Hit by a very heavy sea which smashed the bridge windows, swept over the casing taking away fittings and lifeboat and causing the generator to trip out. Wheelhouse personnel knocked over and skipper trapped in his cabin by furniture which had been dislodged. Lighting restored but compass, radio equipment and other electronics damage by water. On emergency transmitter contacted trawler ARMANA (FD) (Sk. Harold Daniels) which had also left the grounds for home and was about five miles astern. ARMANA responded, guiding SSAFA back to Iceland and after twelve hours arrived Reykjavik for temporary repair.
09.03.1968: Having left Wyre Dock for the fishing grounds took the ground outside the lock.
1969: Transferred to Canada in a survey role.
1970: Returned to Fleetwood. Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Hull. Basil Arthur Parkes appointed manager.
18.01.1971: Inbound after a 14 day trip (SK. Harry Pook) in thick fog in collision with EDWINA FD162 (Sk. George Beech Snr.) Both vessels entered port safely.
1971: Sold to Heward Trawlers Ltd, London & Fleetwood. Robert P. G. Hewett appointed manager.
12.11.1972: Arrived Fleetwood (Sk. John Dunne), with extensive damage to the wheelhouse caused by heavy seas.
01.1973: On Iceland grounds, cable to trawl winch burnt out. HMS LOWESTOFT (P.No.F103) on Fishery Protection Patrol supplied cable and a team to repair which was completed in eight hours.
07.1975: Sold to Huxley Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft.
31.07.1975: Arrived Lowestoft. Fleetwood registry closed.
15.08.1975: Registered at Lowestoft (LT73). J. Leggett appointed manager.
04.11.1977: Registered anew following conversion to offshore platform standby safety vessel. Fishing registration closed.
07.1987: Sold to Liguria Maritime Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent.
08.07.1987: Registered at Lowestoft as a 2nd Class fishing vessel (LT154).
12.07.1987: Sailed Lowestoft for Queenborough.
27.08.1987: Fishing registration closed. Broken up at Milton Creek, Sittingbourne.
06.11.1987: Lowestoft registry closed.

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M.T. SSAFA FD155
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M.T. SSAFA FD155
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M.T. SSAFA FD155
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M.T. SSAFA FD155
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M.T. SSAFA FD155
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M.T. SSAFA FD155
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M.T. SSAFA FD155
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M.T. SSAFA FD155
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M.T. SSAFA FD155
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M.T. SSAFA FD155
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M.T. SSAFA FD155
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SSAFA in drydock after stranding on Coll

M.T. SSAFA FD155
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Changelog
11/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
25/02/2017: Image added.
26/03/2017: Added information and removed FMHT logo.
15/08/2017: Added an image.
19/10/2017: Added an image.
29/08/2020: Added an image.
20/05/2022: Added images.

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
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Muriel Forbes Launching
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Muriel Forbes at 96
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M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433

M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433
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M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433
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M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433
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M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433

M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433
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M.T. Wyre Majestic FD433

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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
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M.T. Captain Inman LO62
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M.T. Captain Inman LO62
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M.T. Captain Inman LO62
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M.T. Lincoln CTA303
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M.T. Lincoln CT303
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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
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M.T. Captain Foley LO33
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M.T. Boston Tristar GY210
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M.T. St. Mark LO33
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M.T St Mark LT327
Picture courtesy of The Robert Durrant Collection

M.T St Mark LT327
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St. Mark
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Changelog
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26/08/2017: Removed FMHT watermark and added an image.
27/08/2020: Added an image.

M.T. Captain Fremantle – LO22

Technical

Official Number: 300828
Yard Number: 281
Completed: 1959
Gross Tonnage: 448
Net Tonnage: 147
Length: 136.1 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 14.3 ft
Built: John Lewis & Sons Ltd Aberdeen
Oil Engine: 960bhp 6-cyl M46M by British Polar Engines Ltd Glasgow (Engine No.351)

History

26.11.1958: Launched by John Lewis & Sons Ltd Aberdeen (Yd.No.281) for Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood as CAPTAIN FREMANTLE.
02.1959: Completed (Cdr. E. D. W. Lawford DSO, manager).
2.1959: Registered at London (LO 22).
1972: Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes manager).
1972: Renamed BOSTON ATTACKER.
1972: London registry closed.
1972: Registered at Fleetwood (FD 169).
11.09.1972: Experienced engine problems, motor trawler BOSTON EXPLORER (FD 15) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
1977: Owned by Liberia Fish Industrial Corporation, Panama.
1977: Renamed KATHIA. Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Panama.
By 1990: Renamed KATHIA I.
1998: Deleted from Lloyds register. “Vessel’s continued existence in doubt”.
1998: Reported broken up.

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M.T. Captain Fremantle LO22
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M.T. Captain Fremantle LO22
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M.T. Captain Fremantle LO22
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M.T. Captain Fremantle LO22
Picture courtesy of Stephen Myerscough

M.T. Boston Attacker FD169
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M.T. Boston Attacker FD169
Picture courtesy of The Ted Hammill Collection

M.T. Kathia
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10/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
29/07/2017: Added an image and removed FMHT watermark.
03/11/2017: Added an image.
05/11/2018: Added an image.
18/12/2018: Added an image.
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26/08/2020: Added 2 images.

M.T. Captain Hardy – LO96

Technical

Official Number: 300776
Yard Number: 278
Completed: 1958
Gross Tonnage: 444
Net Tonnage: 136
Length: 36 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 14.3 ft
Oil Engine: 960BHP 6-cyl M46M by British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow (Engine No.348)

History

1.7.1958: Launched by John Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.268) for Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood as CAPTAIN HARDY LO 96.
1958: Completed (Cdr. E. D. W. Lawford DSO, manager).
1958: Registered at London (LO 96).
1972: Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes manager).
1972: Renamed BOSTON MARAUDER.
1972: London registry closed.
1972: Registered at Fleetwood (FD 168).
1977: Owned by Liberia Fish Industrial Corporation, Panama.
1977: Renamed LINA VI. Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Panama.
1998: Deleted from Lloyds register. “Vessel’s continued existence in doubt”.
1998: Reported broken up.

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M.T. Captain Hardy LO96
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M.T. Captain Hardy LO96
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M.T. Captain Hardy LO96
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M.T. Captain Hardy LO96
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M.T. Boston Marauder FD168
Picture courtesy of The David Jackson Collection

M.T. Boston Marauder FD168
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M.T. Boston Marauder FD168
Picture courtesy of The Frans Schaap Collection

Changelog
10/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
17/05/2017: Added image and removed FMHT watermarks.
12/08/2017: Added an image.
03/04/2019: Added an image.

M.T. Captain Riou – LO72

Technical

Official Number: 187642
Yard Number: 268
Completed: 1957
Gross Tonnage: 391
Length: 115 ft
Breadth: 26 ft
Depth: 13 ft
Engine: Number 339, British Polar M45M

History

1957: Completed by John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen (Yd. No. 268) for Iago Steam Trawling Co. Fleetwood, as CAPTAIN RIOU. Registered at London (LO 72)
1959: Skipper Reginald Clarke committed suicide by drinking the contents of a fire extinguisher, around the 25th June off the Outer Hebrides, due to becoming depressed at losing £500 worth of fishing gear and having a bad catch. His body was returned to Fleetwood on his first wedding anniversary. He was aged 23.
July 1959: Inquest held into the death.
1972: Renamed BOSTON DEFENDER (FD163)on the takeover of Iago Steam Trawling Co. Fleetwood by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries.
1978: Renamed GRAMPIAN DEFENDER and employed as ORSV
7.8.89: Scrapped San Esteban de Pravia.

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M.T. Captain Riou LO72
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M.T. Captain Riou LO72
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M.T. Captain Riou LO72
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M.T. Captain Riou LO72
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M.T. Captain Riou LO72
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M.T. Boston Defender FD163
Picture courtesy of The Billy Worrall Collection

S.S.V. Grampian Defender
Picture from the Internet

Changelog
09/09/2016: Page re-published after site problems.
20/01/2017: Added image.
26/05/2017: Added an image and removed FMHT watermarks.
29/07/2017: Added an image.
22/02/2019: Added an image.
16/08/2019: Added an image.
31/08/2020: Added an image.
03/10/2020: Replaced an image.

Fleetwood Motor Trawlers

Part of The Bosun's Watch

Category Archives: Motor Trawler

M.T. Bonnybridge – FD33

M.T. St. Bartholomew – FD27

M.T. Hildina – H222

M.T. SSAFA – FD155

M.T. Wyre Majestic – FD433

M.T. Captain Inman – LO62

M.T. Captain Foley LO33

M.T. Captain Fremantle – LO22

M.T. Captain Hardy – LO96

M.T. Captain Riou – LO72