THE NORMAN  M231 / CF30 / FD145

Official No:  128742     Port Number and Year: 11th in Milford, 1908                                                                                  -    in Cardiff, 1910 (CF30)                                                                                  -    in Fleetwood, 1919 (FD145)                                                                                  -    in Gothenburg, 1926 (GG ? )

Description:  Steel side / beam trawler; steam screw coal burner. Ketch rigged: foresail, mainsail, mizzen

Crew: 9 men

Registered at Milford: 16 Dec 1908

Built: 1908, Smith's Dock Co., North Shields.  (Yard no. 391)

Tonnage: 224.67 grt  86.09 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 120.5 / 21.6 / 11.65

Engine: T-3Cyl, 57 nhp; 10kts.  Engine and boiler by MacColl & Pollack, Sunderland.

Owners:   16 Dec 1908:  Wilfred Neale, 4 Boreton St., Cardiff  (Fish salesman) Howard Kingsley Neale, 14 Salisbury Ave., Penarth (Clerk) Joshua Symonds Neale,   )                                                    (Fish salesman) Morley Havelock Neale   )  Lynwood Park Rd., Penarth       (Fish salesman) Douglas Emery Neale      )                                                    (Ice salesman) Manager: James Thomas, 'Tredegar House', Great North Rd., Milford.   As CF30 15 Dec 1910: Neale & West, Hope St., Cardiff   1918: Hesketh Steam Trawlers, Fleetwood Managers: Taylor & Tomlinson. (1921: Joseph A. & Harold Taylor, Fleetwood.) 1919: As FD145   1924: Seafield Trawling Co, Fleetwood Manager: W. Morley   Renamed NORMAN  GG ? 1926: L. Häller, Gothenburg   c1928: Elfgrimernas Trål A/B, Gothenburg Manager: L. Häller   1944: A/B Doggersbankar, Gothenburg Manager: Carl G. Edquist   19??: Goteborgs Torskmjolsfabrik, Gothenburg. Manager: Ch. Stranne

Landed at Milford:  23 Dec 1908 - 25 Jul 1911; 13 Nov 1914 - 10 May 1915

Skippers: James MacDonald cert. 7989, age 24, born Hull; residing Hubberston Green; signed on 11 Dec 1908; 19 Jan, 12 Jul 1909 Fred Hardisty 1891, 40, Barton; 20 Greville Rd., Milford; 24 Jan 1910 A. Petherbridge 8776, 25, Hull; 11 Mar 1910.

Notes:  May 1915: Requisitioned by Admiralty and converted to a mine layer (Admy no. 1762) 24 mines; 1 x 6 pdr  AA. 1917: Converted to a minesweeper; 1x 6 pdr AA, 1 x 7.5" bomb thrower. 1919: Returned to owners c.1958: Broken up.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 15 Dec 1910. Transferred to the port of Cardiff.

 

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