Tag: 1954

She was bulit by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen 18/10/1919 for the Admiralty as WATERSHED
24/10/1919 Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London for disposal.
23/12/1919 Registered at Lowestoft LT628
27/07/1921 Lowestoft registry closed By Order of Chief Registrar of Shipping. “To be registered under Part I in London”.
07/1921 Registered at London (No.401 of 1921) as a commercial vessel.
09/1921 Sold to Savoy Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
09/1921 London registry closed.
12/9/1921 Registered at Grimsby GY1302
26/06/1922 Registered at Grimsby as SALVIAN GY1302
04/1923 Sold to Havre Pêcheries Co, Havre.
07/05/1923 Grimsby registry closed.
05/1923 Registered at Le Havre as SANVIE.
1924 Sold to James Ritchie, Gardenstown & others. Le Havre registry closed. Registered at Banff as CONVALLARIA BF51
27/11/1930 Sold to George Hitcham Catchpole, Lowestoft.
11/1930 Banff registry closed.
27/11/1930 Registered at Lowestoft LT247
09/07/1931 Sold to Stanley Edward Catchpole, Lowestoft.
1930 Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
30/03/1937 Re-possessed by mortgagee Peacock & Co (Lowestoft) Ltd, Lowestoft (Frederick Beane, manager).
12/08/1938 Sold to James Ritchie, Fraserburgh.
22/08/1938 Lowestoft registry closed.
03/09/1938 Registered at Banff BF497
1939 Sold to Mrs Jane A. Ritchie, Fraserburgh & others.
10/04/1940 requisitioned for war service on harbour defence patrol (Hire rate £17.17.10d/month).
10/1943 Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
1946 Sold to Albert Sutton & A. R. Sutton, Scarborough.
26/03/1946 Returned to owners. Fishing from Lowestoft.

Her details are 

• Official Number 146044
• Yard Number 568
• Admiralty Number 4127
• GT 96 NT 41
• Dimensions 86.2 x 18.5 x 9.2
• Engines T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

1954 Sold for breaking up

Eton Built 1897 Mackie & Thomson Govan for Great Northern SS Fishing Co. Ltd Hull
1945 Sold to the Anglo Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby

Her Details are

• Official Number 106780
• Yard Number 159
• GT 156 NT 59
• Dimensions 104.2 x 21 x 10.7
• Quarter deck 17 Foc’sle 18

Scrapped in 1954

Cambridgeshire Built 02/07/1935 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Cambridgeshire Fishing Co. Ltd  Grimsby
Ten-year-old Margaret Cook performed the launching ceremony. She was the youngest person to ever christen a vessel at the shipyard and was chosen for the honour because her father, Frank Cook was one of the partners and a director of Markham Cook Ltd
05/1939 Requisitioned as an anti-submarine vessel  
1945 Returned to owners
Bought by Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd Hull Renamed Kingston Sapphire and registered as H 206

Her Details are 

• Official Number: 164391
• Yard Number 987 
• Admiralty Number FY 142
• Armament 1-4pdr
• GT 443 NT 161 
• Dimensions 162.3 x 26.7 x 14.4  
• Quarter deck 84 Foc’sle 32 
• Engines 99 HP

Scrapped 1954

Bellerophron built 24/08/1907 by Cochrane & Son Selby for Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Grimsby
08/1914 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
02/1915 Renamed as Bellerophon II 
1919 Returned to owners and reverted to her former name
06/1928 Transferred to Lowestoft and registered as LT 396
1949 Ownership passed to Walton Fishing Co Ltd manager J C Llewellin Milford Haven but the vessel remained registered in Lowestoft

Her Details are

• Official Number 125083
• Yard Number 417
• Admiralty number FY 5 FY 168
• Armament 1-12 pdr
• Call Sign GLVB
• GT 184 NT 88
• Quarter Deck 62 Foc’sle 15
• Dimensions 105 x 21.5 x 11.1
• Engines  Triple expansion 11.5, 19.5, 32 in x 23 in 57 HP by C D Holmes & Co Hull

Scrapped in 1954