GENERAL JOFFRE SN123
SOUTHLEIGH M158
LETTERSTON M158
As GENERAL JOFFRE SN123
John Stevenson Collection
Official No: 137364 Port Number and Year: 21st in North Shields, 1914 (SN123)
4th in Milford, 1951
Description: Steel side trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Pareja (Spanish) method. Ketch rigged: mizzen sail.
Crew: 9 men
Registered at Milford: 18 Jul 1951
Built: 1914 by J.S.T. Eltringhan & Co., Willington Quay on Tyne. (Yard no. 307)
Tonnage: 194.05 grt 85.58 net.
Length / breadth / depth (feet):115.5 / 22.08 / 13.1
Engine: T 3-Cyl. 79 nhp.10.5 kts. Engine: 1914, by builders; boiler: 1914, Palmers Ship Building and Iron Co., Hebburn on Tyne
Owners:
As GENERAL JOFFRE SN123
1914: R. Irvin, The Grove, North Shields.
c.1940s: Reed Phillips & Co., North Shields
Renamed SOUTHLEIGH M158
18 Jul 1951: Atlantic Trawlers, Docks, Milford.
Manager: Henry James Richards, 'Goodleigh House', Bulford House, Johnston.
Renamed LETTERSTON M158 (from 9 Sep 1953)
19 Feb 1953: W. H. Kerr (Ships Chandlers), Docks, Milford
Manager: William H. Kerr, 79 Shakespeare Ave., Milford
5 May 1953: South Western Trawlers, Docks, Milford
Manager: John Charles Llewellin, Fenton, Crundale, Haverfordwest.
Landed at Milford: As GENERAL JOFFRE: 30 Sep 1950 - 19 Jul 1951
As SOUTHLEIGH: 1 Aug 1951 - 30 Oct 1952
As LETTERSTON: 26 Mar 1954 - 14 Apr 1955
Skippers:
Notes: Apr 1915: Requisitioned for war service and converted to a minesweeper. (Admy.No.1455). 1 x 6 pdr.
1919: Returned to owners
Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 13 Jun 1955. Broken up at Antwerp.
Accidents and Incidents
From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 11th July 1952:
The trawler Westleigh, belonging to Goodleigh Fisheries, has been sold to Plymouth. She has been paired with the Southleigh, which will now be used as a spare while the rest of the pair fleet have their annual refit.
We understand that the firm will probably be buying another ship later in the year to pair up.
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From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 13th May 1955:
The former pair trawler Crundale arrived at Ward's Yard on Saturday, and her sister ship Lydstep, and the Letterston are expected to follow soon.
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