ROSSLYN CASTLE M61

Official No:    106740  Port Number and Year:        -   in Hull 1897  (H350 )                                                                                  10th in Milford, 1904

Description: Steel side / beam trawler; steam screw; coal burner. Ketch rigged: foresail and mizzen

Crew: 9 men

Registered: 5 Nov 1904

Built: Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., Leith, 1897 (Yard no. 62)

Tonnage: 184.36 gross 53.88 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 112.5 / 21.1 / 11.15

Engine:

Owners:   As H350 1897:  James Albert Smith, Hull   1902: C. H. Fox, Hull   1902: William Brumby, Hull   As M61 5 Nov 1904:  William Jenkins, Milford A. D. James, Milford Andrew Ford, Neyland Thomas Griffiths, Neyland Isaac John Jenkins, Milford George Matthias, Milford Manager: John Pettit

Landed at Milford: 3 Nov 1904 - 26 Sep 1908

Skippers: Henry Hill cert. no. 3190, age -, born -; residing -; signed on  5 Nov 1904 William Henry Davies 5716, 27, Caerphilly; 'Laburnam House', Hazelbeach, Llanstadwell; 3 Jan 1905 W. Weyman - , 29, Torquay; 19 Jan 1905 James Gale 1771, 44, Hull; Brooke Ave., Milford; 6 Mar, 7 Jul 1905 William Kingston 2182 43, Riplingham; 9 Aug 1905; 3 Jan 1906 A. Taylor 5872, 34, Grimsby; 10 Mar 1906 Benjamin Bryant 4468, 32, Yarmouth; 12 Greville Rd., Milford; 27 Apr, 4 Jul 1906 William Kingston - , - , - ; 13 Greville Rd., Milford; 14 Jan 1908 Charles Isaac Wildridge 1847, 43, Hull; 16 Dartmouth Gardens, Milford; 22 Feb, 3 Jul 1908

Notes:   Sister ship of TANTALLON CASTLE

Cert. Cancelled & Registry Closed: 20 Aug 1911.  Vessel sold to Italian owners.

 Accidents and Incidents:

Log book entries:

 

16.11.1906

Milford Haven

Steam trawler 'Dorothy' ran into us.  Rail bent, two plates dented and cement started on deck.  'Dorothy' anchoring too close to us giving us a foul berth.

    Benjamin Bryant (Skipper)

 

16.09.1908

5 miles W of St Ann's Head

Small boat smashed - shipped sea over starboard quarter.

   Charles Isaac Wildridge (Skipper)

    H. Stedall (Mate)

 

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From the Haverfordwest and Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 15th February 1911:

 

    At the Lord Nelson on Wednesday afternoon Messrs. Evans and Roach put up a number of trawlers and other vessels for sale by auction.  There was a large attendance of gentlemen connected with local shipping.

    Three iron screw steam trawlers, which in their day have helped in the rise of Milford as a fishing port, were offered under instructions from the executors of the late Mr. Frederick Joseph Sellick. The "Comus", built in 1891, 96.5 ft. length x 20.3 ft. breadth, received a commencing bid of £100, but went no further than £275, and was withdrawn.  The "Circe", built in 1892, 100.5 ft. length x 20.4 ft. breadth, was started at £300, rising to £500, and then withdrawn.  The "Blue Jacket", built 1896, 101.0 ft. x 20.5 ft., was also started at £300, and looked like changing hands, but the reserve was not reached and she was withdrawn at £620. 

    The steam trawler "Rosslyn Castle" was next on offer.  She is owned by Messrs. William Jenkins, R. D. James, Ford, Mathias and I. Jenkins, and was built in 1897, tonnage 184, length 112 ft., beam 21 ft.  Only one bid of £150 was forthcoming, and the vessel was withdrawn.

 

    

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