KENSINGTON M208

Aground on Stack Rock, November 1937 (see below)

John Stevenson Collection

Official No:  113163    Port Number and Year:  35th in  Grimsby, 1900,  GY1156                                                                               8th in Milford, 1928

Description: Iron side trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Ketch rigged.  Wheelhouse aft.

Crew:  9 men

Registered at Milford: 8 Jul 1928

Built: 1900 by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley.  (Yard no. 279)

Tonnage: 171.58 grt  66.74 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 100.7 / 21 / 11

Engine: T 3-Cyl. 57 nhp.10.5 kts.  Engine by John Cran & Co., South Shields, and boiler: by J. T. Eltringham & Co., South Shields

Owners:   As GY1156 May 1900: Queens Steam Fishing Co., Fish Docks, Grimsby   Sep 1925:  W. Hollingsworth, Grimsby.   Sep 1926:  Orontes Steam Fishing Co., Fish Docks, Grimsby   As M208 8 Jul 1928: Robert Gardner Yabsley, 49 Charles St., Milford Carl Rasmus Ebbessen, 30 Shakespeare Ave., Milford Manager: David Pettit.   9 Nov 1934: Dorothy Penrose Beryl Pettit, 5 Charles St., Milford Manager: J. H. Gough   9 Oct 1935:  Andrew Hanniford Wood Clark, 5 Charles St., Milford Manager: G. H. Gough

Landed at Milford: 26 Jul 1928 - 29 Oct 1937

Skippers:

Notes:  Nov 1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty. (Admy. no. 687) 1919: Returned to owners. 19 Nov 1936 - 5 Feb 1937: Laid up. Nov 1937: Ran aground on Stack Rock [see photo above, and story below.]

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 10 Mar 1938.  Broken up.

Accidents and Incidents:

From a local newspaper dated around 4th November 1937:

 

    In the early hours of Thursday morning the Milford steam Trawler "Kensington", owned by Mr A. Clarke, ran aground on Stack Rock, while steaming down the Harbour on her way to the fishing grounds. Though the vessel struck with a terrific crash it was found on inspection that she was not making water. The Skipper, Mr W. James, Hakin, sent up distress flares, and his signals were seen by the watch on H.M.S. "Glasgow", anchored not far away in Dale Roads, not more than a few cables length from Stack Rock itself. Immediately the Cruiser's search lights were brought to bear on the trawler "Kensington", and a pinnace put off to assist the crew.

    The "Kensington" was left high and dry as the tide receded, and canted over on the rocks. Skipper James and his crew of nine hands however decided to spend the night on the trawler.  At intervals during the darkness of the night, the cruiser "Glasgow" turned her search lights on the Stack Rock to keep a watch on any movements of the stranded ship. The trawler was floated off on the noon-day tide on Thursday and towed to Milford were she was taken into the Dry Dock. The trawler is managed by Mr. J. H. Gough, Dewsland Street.

 

 

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