DORIS M137

Official No:    108426   Port Number and Year: 7th in Milford in 1897

Description:  Steel side / beam trawler; steam screw; coal burner. Schooner rigged: mainsail and mizzen 

Crew: 9 men

Registered at Milford: 2 Aug 1897

Built: by Duthie & Sons, Aberdeen,1897.  (Yard no. 191)

Tonnage: 164.95 gross 38.31 net 

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  105.6 / 20.7 / 11.25

Engine:

Owners:

 

2 Aug 1897:  Charles Thomas Blethyn, 117 Charles St., Milford

Robert Cole, 117 Charles St., Milford

Edgar Garnham, 117 Charles St., Milford

 

Landed at Milford: 19 Aug 1897 - 28 Dec 1902

Skippers: John Chamberlain cert. no. 0988, age 43, born Happisburgh (Norfolk), resided St. Annes Rd., Hakin (from 1900,  Priory Rd, Milford); signed on  10 Jan, 29 Feb, 14 Jul 1898; 13 Jan, 24 Jul 1899; 12 Jan, 27 Jul 1900; 26 Jan 1901

Henry John Dove 2301, 47, Great Clacton, - ; 1 Feb 1898

Edgar Garnham 1571, 35, Sittingbourne, St. Annes rd., Hakin; 2 Jul, 29 Jul 1901; 3 Jan 1902

Notes:  5 Jan 1903:  Foundered 10 miles south of Coningbeg Lightship  [See CAMELLIA's log book entry below]

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 6 Feb 1908

 Accidents and Incidents:

From The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post of Thursday, February 16, 1899; Issue 15840:

 

THE GALE

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    The steam Lough Fisher, with engines broken down and cargo shifted, bound from Garston to Penzance with coal, was towed into Waterford yesterday by the trawler Doris, of Milford.  The Lough Fisher broke down off St.Ives on Sunday, and drifted helplessly until picked up.

 

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From the Pembrokeshire Herald of Friday 4th January 1901:

 

The Storm

damage to trawlers

    Of the great storm last Thursday evening, the men working on the trawlers running out of the port speak with awe, and say that it was the worst experienced for many years.  The battered appearance of some of the boats that came in Friday and Saturday spoke volumes as to the severity of the tempest.

    The Doris, belonging to Messrs R. Cole and Blethyn, came in on Saturday morning, having had a terrible time of it, and Captain Chamberlain and his crew are to be congratulated on having escaped from a watery grave, and brought the vessel into port at all.  Between five and nine o'clock on Friday morning when about 40 miles off the Smalls, the sea was very rough, and twice the ship was carried over on her beam ends, and righted by succeeding seas.   Captain Chamberlain was badly knocked about, and in reply to a Herald reporter, yesterday said that in his long experience of seafaring life he had never seen such heavy seas as last Friday.  Fortunately for them the weather abated about noon, and they were able to reach Milford safely.  The ship was, however, badly battered about, and it would be quite another week before she could be ready for sea again.  Other members of the crew quite corroborated the skipper's statement and they seem to have have had a rough time indeed of it.

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    Other trawlers ran to various places for shelter, but as already stated, they all reached Milford safely.  After the holidays there was some difficulty experienced in getting the crew together.

 

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Log book entry from s.t CAMELLIA:

 

05.01.1903

Fishing grounds, North Saltees

Took crew of the steam trawler 'Doris' on board and brought them safely to Milford Haven.

    J. Gillard (Skipper)

 

From The Irish Times of 7th January 1903, p.7:

 

The steam trawler Doris, of Milford Haven foundered on Monday afternoon off the Saltees, Ireland.  The crew, numbering nine, took to the boats and were picked up by the trawler Camelia, which arrived at Milford yesterday.  A heavy gale prevailed when the Doris went down.

 

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