RUBY M204
As IDA ADAMS FD327 (1919-30)
Courtesy of Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust and The Bosun's Watch
Official No: 121615 Port Number and Year: 3rd in Milford, 1906
- in Grimsby, 1914 (GY58)
- in Fleetwood, 1919 (FD327)
Description: Steel side / beam trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Ketch rigged: foresail, mainsail and mizzen
Crew: 9 men
Registered at Milford: 16 Mar 1907
Built: 1907 by Cochrane & Sons, Selby. (Yard no. 397)
Tonnage: 275.34 grt 103.73 net (1 Jan 1914: Amended by BoT to 109.21 net)
Length / breadth / depth (feet):125 / 22.5 / 11.92
Engine: T 3-cyl. 83 nhp.; engine and boiler by Amos & Smith, Hull
Owners:
As M204
16 Mar 1907: Robert Cole ) 117 Charles St., Milford. (Builder)
Bernard Henry Galvin ) Dewsland St., Milford
Erel Edwin Carter ) 20 Greville Rd., Milford (Coal merchant)
17 Feb 1910: Robert Cole ) 117 Charles St., Milford. (Builder)
Erel Edwin Carter ) 20 Greville Rd., Milford (Coal merchant)
David Gwilliam Jones ) 83 Park St., Pembroke Dock
12 Oct 1911: Robert Cole )
) Docks, Milford
David Gwilliam Jones )
Renamed IDA ADAMS GY58
6 Apr 1914: John Edward Rushworth ) Fish Docks, Grimsby
Herbert Lee ) 12 Princess Rd., Wimbledon, London
As FD327
20 Jul 1919: Vulcan Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood
Managers: New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood)
1920: E. Noble, Fleetwood
Manager: Joseph A. Taylor
1922: Fleetwood Fish Selling Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
Landed at Milford: 10 Apr 1907 - 24 Mar 1914
Skippers: B. H. Galvin cert. 3858; age 43, born Bradford; signed on 27 Mar, 1 Jul, 12 Oct 1907; 15 Jan, 2 Jul, 19 Aug 1908; 14 Jan 1909; 8 Jan 1910
B. H. G. Cooke 3842, 43, Hull; 11 Jul, 6 Aug, 16 Sep 1907
T. C. Jobson 6950, 29, Newcastle on Tyne; 30 Sep 1907
William Harrison 4405, 36, Hull; 30 Apr 1908
Walter Smith 7150, 38, Nottingham; 15 Jun 1909
James MacDonald 7989, 26, Hull; 11 Mar, 15 Jul 1910
Fred Hardisty 1891, 41, Barton; residing 20 Greville Rd., Milford; 22 Dec 1910; 16 Jan 1911
John L. Stroud 02471, 50, Ramsgate; 62 Charles St., Milford; 28 Mar, 12 Jul 1911; 8 Jan 1912
George Owston 7364, 41 Scarborough; Albion St., Milford; 18 Feb, 8 Jul, 1 Oct 1912; 2 Jan, 25 May 1913
William Davies 9261, 32, Milford; 30 Jul 1912
J. R. S. King 8265, 31, Gorleston; 13 Mar 1913.
Notes: Aug 1914: Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (Admy.No.252). 1 x 4 in and 1 x 7.5 in. bomb thrower. 1919: Returned to owners.
21 Nov 1930: Left Oban; ran aground in thick fog on Frenchman's Rock, NW of Portnahaven, Rinns of Islay. Despite crew efforts vessel flooded and was abandoned, subsequently sinking after slipping off rocks. [Information courtesy of Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust and The Bosun's Watch.]
Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 6 Apr 1914. Vessel transferred to the port of Grimsby
Accidents and Incidents
From the Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 23rd October 1907:
The steam trawler "Ruby", belonging to Messrs. Cole, Carter and Galvin, arrived in port on Monday night, and the crew related a rough experience at sea. In running about 200 miles to the westward, the vessel shipped a heavy sea aft, which carried away her large boat, burst the mizzen and damaged the sails. Fortunately the ship is one of the largest and best in the port, because a smaller craft would have experienced considerable difficulty in safely emerging from the dangerous predicament.
[ See log book entry below. ]
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Log book entries:
18.10.1907
About 240 miles W from St Ann's Head
Shipped a heavy sea, lost boat and other smaller damage.
B. H. Galvin (Skipper)
02.07.1909
Arthur Ra [ ? ], age 24,Second Engineer; British, born Hyde, residing Milford.
Ruptured cleaning boiler tubes.
Walter Smith (Skipper)
14.03.1911
Lat 48N Long 3.50W
Bottom of High Pressure Cylinder blown out. Cause unknown.
F. Hardisty (Skipper)
John Gale (Mate 1771)
10.03.1912
250 miles W by S from St Ann's Head
Damaged large and small pinion wheels of winch. Cause - gear coming fast.
G. Owston (Skipper)
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