GWENLLIAN M70
As HMT GWENLLIAN FY.544
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Official No: 128752 Port Number and Year: 5th in Milford, 1911
- in Fleetwood, 1919 (FD102)
Description: Steel side / beam trawler; steam screw; coal burner. Ketch rigged: foresail and mizzen
Crew: 9 men
Registered at Milford: 15 May 1911
Built: Smith Docks Co., South Bank on Tees, Middlesborough, 1911. (Yard No. 467)
Tonnage: 219.69 gross 84.82 net
Length / breadth / depth (feet): 116 (amended to 117.4, 31 May 1911) / 21.6 / 11.8
Engine: T.3-cyl. 76 nhp. 1911, by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough
Boiler: 1910, by S. B. Richardson, Westgarth & Co., Middlesborough
Owners:
As M70
17 May 1911: Morgan Watkin Howell, 29 Hamilton Tce., Milford
11 Apr 1918: Henry Cecil Smethurst )
John Smethurst ) Fish Docks, Grimsby
William Winbringham )
As FD102
24 Mar 1919: New Docks Steam Trawling Co., Siding Rd., Fleetwood.
Managers: Taylor & Tomlinson (until 1924)
1939: Clifton Steam Trawlers, Fleetwood.
Landed at Milford: 25 May 1911 - 11 Aug 1914
Skippers: H. Hewer cert. 6526, age 36, born Gorleston:, signed on 1 Jan 1912
George C. Nichols 05538, 46, Stamford; 10 Feb, 1 Jul 1912; 11 jan 1913
B. Bryant 4468, 40, Yarmouth; 18 Feb 1913
Robert M. Limbrick 7616, 51, London; 9 Apr 1913
Notes: Aug 1914: Requisitioned for war service and converted to a minesweeper (Ad.No.354)
1919: Returned to owners.
Nov 1939: Requisitioned for war service and converted to a minesweeper (P.No.FY.544)
Jan 1946: Returned to owners.
Jul 1946: Sold for breaking up.
Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 24 Mar 1919
Accidents and Incidents:
From the Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 31st May 1911:
NEW VESSELS ARRIVE
There has for some time been a suspension in the addition of new trawlers to the port. Indeed for some months past matters have been moving in the opposite direction and several vessels have been sold, chiefly to foreign owners, the latest to change being the "Alpha", owned by Messrs. Blethyn, Gill and Kinnard, which is to follow the "Reliance" to Dieppe. However, this week has seen the arrival of two new vessels of a modern type. On Thursday the "Gwenllian", built by the Smiths Dock Trust, at South Bank, for Mr. M. W. Howell, landed her maiden catch, which grossed £125 with markets down. She was brought round by Captain G. Nicholls and her skipper will be Captain H. Hewer.
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From the Haverfordwest and Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 14th February 1912:
A couple of rather serious cases of trawlermen being taken so ill at sea that the vessels had to return to Milford with all speed are reported on Friday night. Mr William Pain, Chief Engineer of the steam trawler 'Gwenllian', was brought ashore suffering from pleurisy, and it was necessary to convey him to his home in Brooke Avenue on the ambulance. .................
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