CASWELL SA70
John Stevenson Collection
Official No: 136143 Port and Year: Swansea, 1917
Description: Castle Class steel side trawler; single screw, coal burning. Ketch rigged.
Crew: 11
Built: 1917, Smiths Docks Co., Southbank-on-Tees. (Yard no. 661)
Tonnage: 276 grt 107 net.
Length / breadth / depth (feet): 125.5 / 23.4 / 12.8
Engine: T 3-Cyl. 88 rhp. Engine by builders.
Owners:
1917: Rhondda Fishing Co., Swansea
Managers: Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co., Grimsby
1944: A. & M. Smith, Hull.
1945: Caswell Trawlers, Docks, Milford.
Manager: Owen Willie Limbrick.
1946: Milford Fisheries, Docks, Milford
Manager: Owen Willie Limbrick
Landed at Milford: 5 Sep 1946 - 29 Jun 1953
Skippers: Notes: Jan 1917: Requisitioned by the Admiralty (No. 3323), and converted to a minesweeper. 1 x 6 pdr. AA
1919: Returned to owners.
Feb 1940: Requisitioned by the Admiralty (P.No. FY.500), and converted to a minesweeper.
Jul 1946: Returned to owners.
1953: Broken up at Wards Yard, Castle Pill.
Accidents and Incidents
From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 11th August 1950:
The number of ships held up in the docks has dwindled from the 32 of recent weeks to 18, and two of these, the Paramount and Caswell, are expected to return to sea this weekend. The St. Vincent, which has been laid up for many months, leaves on Saturday in charge of Skipper E. Satchell.
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From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 12th January 1951:
When the trawler "Caswell" (Milford Fisheries) got into difficulties on the northern fishing grounds earlier this week, another fishing vessel, the "Gunner" (United Trawlers), went to her aid.
The "Caswell", in charge of Skipper Jack Scoble, developed engine trouble and was taken in tow by the "Gunner", Skipper Alf Whisby. They met bad weather on Wednesday night on the 300 mile tow to their home port. Latest news is that the trawler left Belfast Loch at 8 o'clock this morning (Friday), and are expected to reach Milford tomorrow.
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