DOWLAIS M148
Official No: 112452 Port Number and Year: 11th in Milford, 1899
Description: Steel side / beam trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Ketch rigged, two masts: mainsail and mizzen
Crew: 9 men
Registered at Milford: 7 Nov 1899
Built: 1899, by J. Duthie & Sons, Aberdeen
Tonnage: 184.36 grt 65.37 net. 1 Jan 1914: Amended by Board of Trade to 73 net.
Length / breadth / depth (feet):180.5 / 20.7 / 11
Engine: T 3-cyl. 35 nhp. W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Glasgow.
Owners:
7 Nov 1899: John Jones, 'Dowlais House', Great North Rd., Milford
Manager Owner
Landed at Milford: 10 Dec 1899 - 25 Nov 1913
Skippers: Fred Hardisty cert. 1891; age 31, born Barton, residing Greville Rd., Milford; signed on 11 Dec 1899; 8 Jun, 10 Jul 1900; 10 Jan, 18 Jul 1901 (10 Priory Rd., Milford); 2 Jan, 23 Jul 1902; 3 Jan 1903.
Samuel Smith 2012, 33, Wenhaston, Suffolk; - ; 20 Mar 1901
B. Bryant 4678, 30 Yarmouth, - ; 5 Dec 1902
James S. Gray 996, 49, Woodbridge, Great Eastern Hotel, Point St., Hakin; 16 Apr 1903
R. H. Hooper 6686, 47, Plymouth, - ; 7 Jul 1903
R. Webb 5757, 35, Scarborough, - ; 29 Dec 1903
John Chamberlain 0889, 49, Hasbrough, 'Aston House', Priory Rd., Milford; 1 Jan 1904
Henry J. Dove 2301, 54, Great Clacton, - ; 11 Jun 1904
Jack Pratt 6106, 34, Hull, 3 Jan 1905
R. Woodgate 4178, 39, Beer, - ; 28 May, 8 Jul 1905
H. Hewer 6526, 29, Gorleston, - ; 21 Aug 1905
F. Riby 0821, 53, Scarborough, - ; 17 Nov 1905
George C. Nichols 5538, 40, Stamford, North Rd., (then St. David's Rd., Milford); 6 Dec 1905;10 Jan, 9 Jul 1906; 28 Jan 1908; 6 Jan 1909
Henry Scott 0231, 57, London, St. Annes Rd., Hakin;; 16 Jan 1908; 25 May, 19 Jul 1909; 10 Jan, 4 Jul 1911; 4 Jan 1912
B. Jackson 1431, 52, Yarmouth, - ; 8 May 1909
Harry Rich 4107, 43, Hull, - ; 17 Apr 1912
J. Goffin 7236, 41, Yarmouth, - ; 17 May 1912
Notes: Insured by John Jones in 1906 for £5,000
Laid up in Jul 1904 and 14 - 27 Dec 1911
Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 22 Apr 1914. Vessel sold to Dutch owners in Ymuiden and renamed FLAMINGO
Accidents and Incidents
Log book entries:
23.06.1900
60 miles W by S from St Ann's Head
Towed the steam trawler 'Brazilian' of Milford into Milford Haven, her engines being broken down.
Frederick Hardisty (Skipper)
28.02.1903
20 miles SSE from Mine Head, Ireland.
Broke rudder head. Gale of wind and bad iron.
Fred Hardisty (Skipper)
01.04.1908
Milford,6 a.m.
'Scotia' steam trawler. While 'Dowlais' was making for the lock pits, the 'Scotia' striking 'Dowlais' aft side port rigging a stern blow. Damage unknown.
George C. Nichols (Skipper)
G. H. Bennett (Mate)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the Haverfordwest and Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday, 22nd March 1905:
More sad intelligence was brought on Thursday morning with the arrival of the steam trawler 'Dowlais', owned by Mr. J. J. Jones. The Skipper narrated a thrilling experience in the storm, two of the crew being washed overboard and drowned, viz. the boatswain Joseph Smith, and the third hand Harry Walsh. Both men are very well known in the town, and have lived here for many years. The latter was a single man, but in the case of Smith it is rendered particularly sad in as much as he has left a wife and seven children, one of whom is blind, to mourn his loss, and it needs hardly be stated that profound sympathy is extended to the bereaved relatives.
Back to Trawlers 1888-1914