M.T. Athabasca – FD242

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger

Technical

Official Number: 303793
Gross Tonnage: 74 grt
Net Tonnage: 46 nrt
LOA: 72.8 ft
Length: 70.5 ft
Breadth: 19.1 ft
Depth: 9.6 ft
Engine: 8-cyl 240bhp Kelvin Diesel Type Mod.T8 by The Bergius-Kelvin Co Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Herd and Mackenzie, Buckie, 1959

History

1958: Ordered by Vulmar Nielson from Herd & MacKenzie Ltd, Buckie.
1959: Completed for Bantry Fishing Co Ltd, Cleethorpes & others as YUKON STAR. Registered at Buckie (BCK98).
By 08.1960: Owners became Bantry Fishing Co Ltd, Cleethorpes and A. Phimister, Findochty.
By 08.1960: Re-measured under Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 – 55g 55n.
By 07.1964: Owners became Vulmar Nielson, Cleethorpes and A. Phimister, Findochty. Buckie registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD242).
1964: Registered at Fleetwood as ATHABASCA (FD242).
By 07.1968: Owners became Bantry Fishing Co Ltd and Strandby Fishing Co Ltd, Cleethorpes.
By 07.1968: Re-measured under Part I of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 – 74g 46n.
By 07.1974: Owners became Bantry Fishing Co Ltd, Cleethorpes. Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Grimsby as (GY288).
By 05.1975: Re-measured under Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 – 50g 50n.
Between 1976 -1980: Re-engined with oil engine 365bhp
By 06.1980: Owners became Bantry Fishing Co Ltd, Cleethorpes and Fylkir Ltd, Grimsby.
By 07.1984: Owners became Jack Robinson (Hull) Ltd, Driffield.
By 1985: Owners became Magnus J. Jamieson, Shetland & others. Registered at Grimsby as OUR VANCLARE (GY288).
10.1985: Sold to Peter Anthony Lees and Steve Dell (Good Hope Fishing Co Ltd), Fleetwood.
By 07.1988: Owners became Arbay Fishing Co Ltd, Lytham St. Anne’s.
By 1994: Laid up at Skippool.
1996: Decommissioned, stripped of useable parts and hulked. Grimsby registry closed.

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mfv Yukon Star BCK98
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mfv Athabasca GY288
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mfv Our Vanclare FD288
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mfv Athabasca FD242 Picture courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection

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03/11/2018: Updated information.
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M.T. Zonia – FD236

Technical

Official Number: 303794
Yard Number: 993
Completed: 1965
Gross Tonnage: 440
Net Tonnage: 149
Length: 135′ 2″
Breadth: 28′ 4″
Depth: 14′ 6″
Built: Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Beverley
Owner: J Marr & Son Ltd

History

To Fleetwood from new.
This class of trawler cost £169,000 to build and was a top trawler for her class under Victor Buschini
1965: Launched by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Beverley.
1977 sold to the Boyd Line, Hull and renamed ARCTIC BRIGAND
1979 sold to Aberdeen and renamed GRAMPIAN HUNTER (A85).
1987 sold to David Atkinson and renamed STELLA ORION and re-registered at Fleetwood as FD58.
1987: Sold to Spain and rebuilt with part shelterdeck.
2010: Berthed at Puerto de Santa Maria (as ROCHE) in the Cadiz province, after being used as a fish carrier out of Morocco.
2002: Still fishing.

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M.T. Zonia FD236
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M.T. Zonia FD236
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M.T. Zonia FD236
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M.T. Zonia FD236
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S.S.V. Grampian Hunter A85

M.T. Stella Orion FD58
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M.T. Stella Orion FD58
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M.T. Stella Orion FD58
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M.T. Roche

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mfv M.A. Kirk – FD232

Technical and historical information needed about this vessel. Please contact info@fleetwood-fishing-industry.co.uk

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mfv M.A. Kirk FD232
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M.T. Wyre Captain (2) – FD228

Additional information courtesy of David Slinger, David Buckley and Mike Thompson

Technical

Official Number: 185142
Yard Number: 1381
Completed: 1953
Gross Tonnage: 514
Net Tonnage: 184
Length: 161.1 ft
Breadth: 29.2 ft
Depth: 13.7 ft
Built: Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 960bhp Oil engine 8-cyl by Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester
Speed: 13.2 knots

History

Contract price £154,800 final £161,000
9.7.1952: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1381) for Saint Andrew’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull as PRINCE CHARLES.
6.1.1953: Completed.
28.1.1953: Registered at Hull (H249). Basil Arthur Parkes, North Ferriby appointed manager.
29.1.1953: Sailed Hull on first trip to Norway coast (Sk. Robert Alan Cook).
23.2.1953: At Hull landed 1585 kits, £4,928 gross.
9.12.1954: Sailed Hull on last trip from port for White Sea (Sk.Sidney Ness).
31.12.1954: Landed at Hull 1824 kits, £4,396 gross. Transferred to fish out of Grimsby.
1.1.1955: Henry Norman Rogers appointed skipper.
3.12.1955: Sailed Grimsby for Barents Sea grounds (Sk. Thomas H. Baskcomb); twenty-one crew.
22.12.1955: Set course for home.
23.12.1955: Picked up a pilot at Honningsvag for passage through Norwegian fjords.
23.12.1955: In darkness when some 60 miles west of Hammerfest in a snowstorm stranded on Karken Island. Norwegian motor vessel INGÖY (433grt/1950) rescued twelve crew from shore but nine men including the skipper and a Norwegian pilot were lost. HNoMS NORDKYN (P.No.F309) and Hull trawler KINGSTON TOPAZ (H145) stood by overnight in the hope of finding more survivors.
24.12.1955: At 0700 search abandoned and shortly after vessel capsized.
1956: During summer Norwegian salvors succeeded in refloating and towed to Tromso for survey.
6.1956: Sold to underwriters.
13.6.1956: Sold to The British Trawlers Reinsurance Association Ltd, Hull. Insurance value £148,000.
15.9.1956 : Sold to Loch Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Thomas Hudson manager).
3.10.1956: Arrived at Hull in tow of Norwegian salvage tug ULLER (319grt/1943). Survey on slip revealed extensive damage to shell plating port side and broken propeller blades. Humber St. Andrew’s Engineering Co Ltd, Hull entrusted with repairs.
03.1.1957: Registered at Hull as LOCH MELFORT.
6.1957: Re-engined with 8-cyl 1185bhp oil engine by Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Ltd, Stockport. 12.5knts.
15.06.1957: New Certificate of Registration issued on alteration of tonnage and other particulars following new engine installation. 490grt 170net.
10.3.1960: Outward for Norwegian Coast grounds (Sk. William Moon, Scarborough); twenty crew. In thick fog, in collision 65 miles off the mouth of the Humber with Indian motor vessel JALADHIR (6527grt/1957) sustaining heavy damage to fore end; no injuries to crew in either vessel. Returned to Hull stern first at 3 knots escorted by JALADHIR until met by Hull tug FOREMAN (227grt/1959) which connected and assisted to dock.
11.3.1960: Berthed in fish dock on afternoon tide. Repaired and returned to service.
26.5.1960 Company bought outright by Hellyer Bros Ltd.
10.12.1962 Hellyer Bros amalgamated with Associated Fisheries Ltd.
22.7.1964: Sailed Hull on last trip from port for Iceland (Sk. Henry Joseph Morgan).
11.8.1964: At Hull landed 1117 kits, 601 shelf, £4,621 gross.. Transferred within the Associated Fisheries Group to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
14.8.1964: Kenneth Owers appointed skipper.
18.8.1964: Sold to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Leslie Wheldon manager).
10.9.1964: Roy Belcher appointed skipper.
14.9.1966: Hull registry closed.
15.9.1966 Registered at Fleetwood (FD228).
03.04.1868: Outbound for fishing grounds (Sk. Ken Owers) in collision with Black Scar Perch, which was not lit, and demolished it. Grounded on Black Scar.
24.7.1968: Registered at Fleetwood as WYRE CAPTAIN (FD228).
1.7.1969: Became part of the B.U.T. fleet when Ross Group amalgamated with Associated Fisheries to form British United Trawlers Ltd. Book value £45,806.
1975: Laid up.
6.6.1976: Sold to Mayer Newman & Co Ltd, London and allocated to Porthleven Shipyard for breaking up.
10.6.1976: Arrived Porthleven in tow of tug OCEAN PULLER (145grt/1943).
1.1.1977: Fleetwood registry closed.

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M.T. Prince Charles H249
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M.T. Loch Melfort H249
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M.T. Loch Melfort FD228

M.T. Loch Melfort FD228
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M.T. Loch Melfort FD228
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M.T. Wyre Captain FD228
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M.T. Wyre Captain FD228

M.T. Wyre Captain FD228
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M.T. Wyre Captain FD228
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mfv Northfleet – FD226

Technical

Official Number: 303783
Length: 43 ft
Completed: 1962
Engine: 84hp

History

Owners –
1968 – John R. Patterson, Fleetwood
1980 – John Cowell & David C. Rainford, Fleetwood
1987 – Arthur E. Rogerson, Fleetwood

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mfv Northfleet FD226
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mfv Northfleet FD226
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mfv Northfleet FD226
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mfv Northfleet FD226
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mfv Northfleet FD226
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mfv Northfleet FD226

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mfv Childrens Friend – FD225

Additional information courtesy of Mike Craine

Technical

Official Number: 303795
RSS No.A1672
Gross Tonnage: 21
Net Tonnage: 9
Length: 45’ 0” (13.76 m)
Breadth: 15’ 6” (4.71 m)
Depth: 5’ 7” (1,71 m)
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.
By 2000: Owned by William Stevenson, Newlyn. Converted to a Cornish lugger. Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Penzance (PZ101).
2011: Extant.

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mfv Childrens Friend FD225

sv Childrens Friend PZ101
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mfv Faith Star – FD204

Additional information courtesy of Steven Brown
Technical

Official Number: 182380
Gross Tonnage: 24
Net Tonnage: 14
Length: 44 ft
Built: 1950, Slater and Barnard Boatbuilders, Lossiemouth
Engine: 66bhp Gardner

History

1950: Completed by Slater and Barnard Boatbuilders, Lossiemouth as FAITH STAR WY48, Owned by Richard Theaker.
1965: Owned by Robert W. Ashton & Ernest Sharrock. Registered as FAITH STAR FD204
1967: Owned by Kenneth P. Brown, Fleetwood. Engine replaced by a Lister, at Glasson Dock, after a crankshaft failure.
1973: Frame gantry fitted and the Lister engine replaced by a Gardiner 6LX.
1975: Steel wheelhouse fitted.
1976: Owned by George H. Lamb & Christopher C. Connor.
1976: To Maryport.
By 1980: She was back in Scotland, in Fife, and owned by Ian M. Anderson & Others.
By 1982: Owned by Peter R. Mowbray & Others still in Fife and still with her Fleetwood Registration.

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mfv Faith Star FD204
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mfv Faith Star FD204
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mfv Faith Star FD204
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M.T. Onward Fisher – FD202

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

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M.T. Thrifty – FD201

Technical

Official Number: 149228
Yard Number: 999
Gross Tonnage: 145
Length: 99 ft
Breadth: 20 ft
Depth: 10 ft
Engine: 1 x 3 cyl AKD

History

1916 Completed by Gebrs Boot Schps “de Hoop”, Leiderdorp (Yd.No.999) for De Witte Ster, IJmuiden as BALTIC. Registered at IJmuiden (IJM255).
1920: Sold to Société Anonyme Pêcheries à Vapeur “Zeester”, Ostend. IJmuiden registry closed. Registered at Ostend as FERNANDE (O214).
1925: Sold to Union des Pêcheries Maritimes S.A., Fécamp (Roger Peltier, manager). Ostend registry closed. Registered at Fécamp (F??).
1928: Sold to Limburgia-Visscherij Maatschappy, IJmuiden. Ostend registry closed. Registered at IJmuiden as LIMBURGIA (IJM54).
1929: Sold to S. Allerton, R. Read & Fred Spashett, Lowestoft.
1929: Re measured 100.4 x 20.5 x9.8 feet – 139g 68n.
2.1930: IJmuiden registry closed.
27.2.1930: Registered at Lowestoft as THRIFTY (LT152).
1930s: Seasonal fishing from Padstow, Milford and Fleetwood (Alex Keay managing agent).
12.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeping drifter (P.No.FY.1523) (Hire rate £33.10.0d/month).
6.1941: Based Portland (Ty/Sk. G. Corney RNR).
3.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
1.1944: Sold to Small & Co Ltd, Lowestoft.
4.1946: Returned to owner.
10.4.1946: Sold to Kittiwake Ltd, Lowestoft (R.H. Self, manager).
1956: Re-engined with 4 stroke 3-cyl oil engine 300bhp by A. K. Diesels Ltd, Lowestoft (engine made 1955).
1960: Sold to Alvis Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood. Lowestoft registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD201).
3.1967: Sold to Sk. Bert Andrews, Fleetwood (with White Fish Authority loan). Registered at Fleetwood as CATHERINE SHAUN (FD201).
1968: Re-possessed by White Fish Authority and offered for sale.
1969: Sold to W. H. Kerr Ltd, Milford Haven.
5.5.1969: Sailed Fleetwood for Castle Pill, Milford Haven in tow of motor trawler DAWN WATERS (LT90).
6.5.1969: Arrived Milford from Fleetwood. Engine removed and vessel stripped of usable parts.
1970: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Castle Pill, Milford Haven. Fleetwood registry closed.

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S.T. Thrifty FD201
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M.T. Thrifty LT152
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M.T. Thrifty FD201
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M.T. Catherine Shaun FD201
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M.T. Forards – FD200

Technical

Official Number: 301882
Gross Tonnage: 72
Net Tonnage:
Length: 22.55 m
Breadth: 6 m
Depth: 2.62 m
Engine: Lister Blackstone EVSM4, 264 bhp
Built: 1960 by Fairmile Construction Co. Ltd, Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Yard Number: B517
Owner: J N Ward & Son Ltd

History

21.01.1960: Completed by the Fairmile Construction Company Ltd, Berwick, for John Ward and Sons Ltd, Fleetwood.
1960: Registered at Fleetwood from new as FORARDS FD200.
1978: Sold to Robert Palmer, Portavogie and registration transferred to Belfast as B300.
09.01.2001: Ceased Fishing B300 registration closed.
08.2007: Seen laid up at Buncranna.

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M.T. Forards FD200
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M.T. Forards FD200
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M.T. Forards FD200
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Fleetwood Motor Trawlers

Part of The Bosun's Watch

M.T. Athabasca – FD242

M.T. Zonia – FD236

mfv M.A. Kirk – FD232

M.T. Wyre Captain (2) – FD228

mfv Northfleet – FD226

mfv Childrens Friend – FD225

mfv Faith Star – FD204

M.T. Onward Fisher – FD202

M.T. Thrifty – FD201

M.T. Forards – FD200