LORD RODNEY LT79 / A50

 

John Stevenson Collection

{See below for photograph as LT79]

Official No:  149211   Port Number and Year:  Lowestoft, 1927 (LT390)

                                                                             Lowestoft, 1949 (LT79)

                                                                             Aberdeen, 1960 (A50)

Description: Steel side drifter trawler, steam, coal fired, single screw. Ketch rigged.

Crew:

Built: 1928, by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairs, Goole. (Yard no. 280)

Tonnage: 104  grt  45 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 88 / 19.1 / 9

Engine: T.3-Cyl., 44 rhp.; by Charles David Holmes & Co., Hull.

Owners:

 

Jun 1928: Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters, Lowestoft

 

1943: St. Andrew's Steam Fishing Co., Hull

Manager: B. A. Parkes.

 

Renamed EUGENINIUSZ

1947: Polish government.

 

1949: R. A. Cook, Lowestoft.

1950: Renamed LORD RODNEY LT79

 

1958: Ronald C. Cook & Others, Hollywood Park Rd., Lowestoft.

 

As A50

1960: Craigwood Ltd., Aberdeen.

 

1970: Thomas J. Griffiths & Nellie M. Porter, Swansea.

Manager: Peter Wright, Docks, Milford

 

1973: Guiseppe Antoniazzi, Docks, Milford

 

1974: Bruno Linke, Milford. (Linke Trawling Co., Neyland.)

[In Olsen's 1976; not in 1884 edition.]

 

Landed at Milford: 22 Mar 1929 - 25 Sep 1935; 1970 - 1976+

Skippers:  Harry John (1970)

Notes: Sep 1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to a minesweeper. (P.no. FY877)

Feb 1946:  Returned to owners.

 

John Stevenson Collection

Accidents and Incidents

From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 26th June 1970:

 

    Sturgeon Caught

 

    A sturgeon, rare catch at Milford Haven in recent years, was landed on Wednesday by the Swansea trawler Lord Rodney.  The 8-stone six-foot long fish fetched £25.  The Lord Rodney is skippered by Mr. Harry John, Cromwell Road, and is managed locally by Mr. Peter Wright.  The sturgeon, caught off Lundy, is considered a "royal fish" and in years gone by they were first offered to Buckingham Palace.

 

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From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 9th August 1974:

 

    TRAWLERS CHANGE HANDS

 

    Two Milford Haven trawlers this week changed hands at a time when the Milford fishing industry is struggling to put trawlers to sea, due to spiralling costs.

    After weeks of rumour, Norrard Trawlers, the largest trawler owners in the town, confirmed that they have sold their trawler Constant Star to a Scottish firm in Peterhead.

    The "Star" has been fishing out of the port since the early 60's.  A crew from Peterhead arrived in Milford on Wednesday to take her to her new mooring.

    Another trawler, the Lord Rodney, has been sold by Mr. Pino Antoniazzi to one of Milford's top skippers, Mr. Bruno Linke, who has left a shore-based job to go back to sea.

 

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From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 22nd November 1974:

 

    The trawler "Lord Rodney" dashed back to port to land the mate, Mr. Bill Reynolds, Stratford Road, Milford, who was taken seriously ill at sea.  He was taken to the County Hospital, where he underwent surgery on Thursday.

 

   

 

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