HESTO M30

Official No:  99163  Port Number and Year:     -   in Grimsby, 1891 (GY332)                                                                             8th in Milford, 1899

Description: Iron side / beam trawler; single screw; coal burner. Ketch rigged: two masts, mainsail and mizzen.

Crew: 9 men

Registered at Milford: 29 Aug 1899

Built: Earle's, Hull, in 1891.  (Yard no. 348)

Tonnage: 134.96 grt  53.72 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 96.4 / 20.2 / 10.43

Engine: T 3-Cyl.   Engine by builders

Owners:   As GY332 Jun 1891: White Star Steam Fishing Co., Grimsby   As M30 29 Aug 1899: C. J. Blethyn, 117 Charles St., Milford (Ironmonger) D. D. Roach.   1902: Unknown Dutch owners.

Landed at Milford:  27 Aug 1899 - 29 Aug 1902

Skippers: W.H. Smith cert 756, age 40, born Granton; signed on 11 Jul 1898 G. A. Ridley 3185, 31, London; 30 Jul 1898 E. S. Throws 4639, 25, Grimsby; 4 Oct 1898 J. H. Lidgard 2365, 32, Cleethorpes; 29 Dec 1898; 7 Jan 1899 J. Tezir 164, 45, Hull; 21 Feb 1899 James S. Grey 996, 45, Woodbridge, residing Great Eastern Hotel, Hakin; 14 Aug 1899; 30 Jun, 7 Jul 1900 T. Rowland 4144, 33, Plymouth; 12 Dec 1899 William R. Summers 6697, 46, Brixham; 17 Oct 1900; 22 Jan, 16 Jul 1901; 8 Jan 1902 C. Garnish 3728, 34, London; 1 Apr 1901

Notes: Laid up 20 May - 30 Jun 1902

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 5 Sep 1902. Vessel sold to Dutch owners.

 Accidents and Incidents

Log book entries:

 

23.10.1898

220 miles NE from Spurn.

Martin Tighe age 36, Second Engineer; born Hull, residing 119 Nelson Avenue, Grimsby.

Arms and hands, legs and left side of body burnt.  Patch on main boiler burst causing part of the fire to be thrown on the Second.

    J. H. Lidgard (Skipper)

 

27.05.1901

While making for Milford about 8 a.m. during a dense fog the vessel ran onto the N side of Skomer Island and steamed off again immediately.

    W. R. Summers (Skipper)

 

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