G.M.   M47

As PASADENA FD103, 1919-32 - also see below

Courtesy of Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust and The Bosun's Watch

Official No:    128750     Port Number and Year: 2nd in Milford, 1910                                                                                  -    in Fleetwood, 1919 (FD103)

Description:  Steel side / beam trawler; steam screw; coal burner. Ketch rigged: two masts

Crew: 9 men

Registered at Milford: 19 Jul 1910

Built: Smith Docks Co., North Shields 1910. (Yard no. 420)

Tonnage: 225.06 gross 88.6 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  120 / 21.5 / 11.75

Engine: T.3-cyl. 74 nhp.  1910, by Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co., North Shields.               Boiler: 1910, by J. T. Eltringham & Co., South Shields

Owners:   19 Jul 1910: John Henry Dove, 147 Charles St., Milford   As FD103 24 Mar 1919: Tudor Steam Trawlers, Fleetwood  Manager: Joseph A. Taylor (1924: New Docks Steam Trawling Co.)   1925: Frank Thornley, Blackpool 1 Feb 1927: Renamed PASADENA FD103.

Landed at Milford: 19 Jul 1910 - 7 Aug 1914

Skippers: James Clarke cert. 3689, age 47, born Hull, residing Greville Rd., Milford; signed on 12 Jul, 28 Dec 1911 John Henry Dove 2287, 44, Hull; 26 Jul 1911; 17 Jan, 4 Jul 1912; 21 Feb, 28 Aug 1913 Francis Moxey Hawkings 8233, 26, Brixham, 61 Priory Rd., Milford; 20 Dec 1912; 3 Jan, 7 Jul 1913 Edgar Garnham 1571, 48, Sittingbourne; 26 Sep 1913 John Foreman 05379, 50, Whitstable; 24 Dec 1913

Notes:   Aug 1914: Requisitioned for war service and converted to a minesweeper (Ad.No.308) 1919: Returned to owners. 3 Oct 1932: Stranded off Glengad Head, Co. Donegal. Declared total loss.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 24 Mar 1919

 Accidents and Incidents:

From the Haverfordwest and Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 12th April 1911:

 

    The steam trawler 'G.M', skipper and owner John Dove, came up the harbour at 1 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, blowing for medical assistance.  Doctor W. S. Griffiths was sent for and put off to the vessel with all speed.  On going aboard he ascertained that the cook, named William French, had been taken seriously ill.  The Doctor, after examination, ordered the man to be taken home at once, and as this happened to be Neyland, the Skipper steamed up to that place.  The poor fellow died very shortly after being taken to his house.  He was around 50 years of age and leaves a wife and family.

 

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From the Haverfordwest and Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 24th April 1912:

 

    About 9 o'clock on Monday night, the steam trawler 'G.M.' (Captain John Henry Dove), arrived at Milford and landed the Chief Officer Westmore and ten of the crew of the steamship 'Ashantee' of Liverpool, owned by Messrs. Elder Dempster Ltd.  The men had been rowing hard all day and on landing were taken to the Bethel, where Mrs. Batestone and staff did all in their power to make them comfortable. 

    Some of the crew seen by our representative on Tuesday morning at the Bethel stated the 'Ashantee' was homeward bound to Liverpool from the West Coast of Africa, their last port of call being Las Palmas.  On Sunday, when off the Bishops, the main shaft broke and the propeller being rendered useless the ship became totally disabled.  Early on Monday morning, ten of the crew volunteered to man the lifeboat along with Chief Officer Westmore in order to go off and seek assistance, although in the track of Atlantic traffic not a vessel could be seen, and the men had perforce to row on the open sea all day long until picked up by the trawler off St. Ann's Head.  The same night a message was once sent to Liverpool for assistance if the 'Ashantee' had not already been sighted by any vessel.  A tug from Liverpool had reached her ere now.  The men had a trying experience and were glad to find port.  The 'Ashantee' carried a crew of thirty hands and the Captain is Mr J. Jones, of Carnarvon.

 

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From the Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 11th September 1912:

 

    Supplies have been on a fairly liberal scale all the week and prices especially good, the result being that some of the trawlers have done remarkably well.  Hake ranged from 52/6d to 36/- during the week; herrings from 18/6d to 10/6d, while other kinds made a fair average.  ..................  Another excellent trip was recorded by Captain J. H. Dove of the steam trawler "G M", whose 7 days fishing resulted in a sale of £270.  A continuance of such voyages will do much good in re-establishing the prestige of the port of Milford.

 

Courtesy of Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust and The Bosun's Watch

 

 

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