MILFORD CONSORT M39

John Stevenson Collection

Official No:  143896    Port Number and Year:        -  in London, 1920 (LO267)                                                                                     -  in Fleetwood, 1924 (FD25)                                                                                     -  in Boulogne, 1928                                                                                     -  in Fleetwood, 1952 (FD110)                                                                                   2nd in Milford, 1955

Description: Castle Class steel side trawler; steam screw, coal burning.

Crew:  14 men

Registered in Milford: 25 Apr 1955

Built: 1918, by Ailsa Ship Building Co., Ayr.  (Yard no. 343)

Tonnage: 283.96 grt 107.75 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  125.6 / 23.5 / 12.8

Engine: T 3-Cyl. 61.5 nhp. 10 kts. Engine by Fawcett Preston, 17 Yorke St., Liverpool; boiler by David Rowan & Co. Glasgow

Owners:   As JOHN GEOGHAN LO267 1924: Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood Manager: Fred Parkes 21 Nov 1924: Renamed MININGSBY FD25   28 Aug 1928:Pêcheries de la Morinie, Boulogne Manager: P. Ficheux Renamed CONGRÉ   By 1930: Zunequin & Cie., Boulogne.   1931: Sté. Boulonnaise d'Arm à la Pêche, Boulogne. Managers: Zunequin, Bouclet & Cie.   1934: Pêcheries de la Morinie, Boulogne. Manager: P. Ficheux.   Mar 1952: Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood Renamed BOSTON WAYFARER FD110   25 Apr 1955: Milford Steam Trawling Co., Docks, Milford Manager: Daniel Charles Bruton Renamed MILFORD CONSORT M39

Landed at Milford: 22 May 1955 - 8 Feb 1957

Skippers: Grenville Beckett

Notes: 25 Nov 1918: Completed for the Admiralty as  JOHN GEOGHAN (Admy.no. 3949). 1924: Sold to mercantile. Apr 1940: Escaped from France; requisitioned as CONGRÉ and converted to a minesweeper (P.No. FY 1919) 1944: Converted to Esso (Y7.17).  Employed on ferrying fuel to the Normandy beaches (Force G). Jan 1946: Returned to French owners.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 13 Apr 1957  Vessel broken up at Ward's yard, Castle Pill.

Accidents and Incidents

From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 6th January 1956:

 

TRIBUTE TO FISHING ABILITY

SKIPPER HARVEY 'TOPS' AGAIN

(He Has A New Challenger)

 

    OUTSTANDING FEATURE OF THE 1955 MILFORD FISHING LEAGUE WHICH WE PRESENT THIS WEEK IS THE ALL ROUND INCREASE IN TOTALS FOR THE CRABBER AND DRIFTER TRAWLER CLASSES.

    TRUE, THE FLEET IS SMALLER, BUT CATCHES AND PRICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR HAVE BEEN GENERALLY GOOD AND THE RESULTS ARE A TRIBUTE TO THE FISHING ABILITY OF THE MEN WHO MAN THE SHIPS.

    Milford Fisheries SKIPPER ARTHUR HARVEY, new chairman of the Skippers' and Mates' Sections of the Transport and General Workers' Union, and Captain of the super-Castle Almandine, has retained his 1954 position as the top-earning individual Skipper in the port in 1955, but he has been closely challenged by the excellent results produced by SKIPPER ALFRED BECKETT in the Milford Steam Trawling Company's vessel, Milford King.  Skipper Harvey's total of 23 trips fell £524 short of his 1954 total and was £1,755 ahead of Skipper Beckett's figure.  But the Milford King did not land her first trip in 1955 until February 21st, and made only 20 trips during the year.  So that Skipper Beckett's total based on that number of trips is in fact easily the highest individual record for the year and is without doubt the most outstanding feature of the "League" for 1955.

    Skipper Beckett, the younger brother of Skipper Grenville Beckett, Captain of the Steam Trawling Company's Milford Consort, reached fourth position in the Castle class in 1954, and will undoubtedly continue to challenge the port's present "Don", Skipper Arthur Harvey, who landed no fewer than £2000 and plus trips during the year.

 

 

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