RICHMOND GY255 / LT135
John Stevenson Collection
Official No: 108455 Port and Year: Grimsby, 1897 (GY255)
Lowestoft, 1925 (LT135)
Description: Steel side trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Yawl rigged. Wheelhouse aft.
Crew:
Built: 1897; by Mackie & Thomson, Govan. (Yard no. 138)
Tonnage: 161 grt 63 net
Length / breadth / depth (feet): 104.2 / 20.5 / 10.7
Engine: T.3-cyl; 45 rhp; by Muir & Houston, Glasgow
Owners:
As GY255
Mar 1897: Hagerup & Doughty, Grimsby
Apr 1906 Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co., Grimsby
As LT135c.1927: Waterloo Steam Trawling Co., Docks, Milford
Manager: John McLeod, Victoria Rd., Milford.
Landed at Milford: As GY255: 30 Oct 1914 - 22 Feb 1915
As LT135: 1 Nov 1927 - 5 May 1935
Skippers:
Notes: 1917: Requisitioned by the Admiralty into the Fishery Reserve.
1919: Returned to owners.
17 May - Sep 1935: Laid up at Milford
1935: Broken up.
Accidents and Incidents
From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 23rd September 1932:
On Saturday morning, September 17th, when the steam trawler 'Richmond' was preparing to go to sea, the forward door of the condenser burst, releasing a quantity of hot water. The chief engineer, Mr. A. J. Utting, who was in the vicinity, was scalded on the legs. He proceeded to Dr. Darling's surgery, where his legs were dressed. Fortunately, the injuries are not of a severe nature, but they are certainly very painful, and unfortunately ill-timed for the sufferer, for Mr. Utting has been laid up for a long time, the result of a previous accident.
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