SEA HAWK M138

Official No:    108428  Port Number and Year: - in Milford, 1898                                                                              - in Swansea, 1900 (SA1)                                                                              - in Granton, 1906 (GN37)                                                                              - in Grimsby, 1918 (GY1073)

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

Crew: 8 men

Registered at Milford: 22 Jan 1898

Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co., Aberdeen,1898.  (Yard no. 192)

Tonnage: 169 gross 64 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  108.4 / 20.8 / 11.1

Engine: C-2Cyl 52 rhp., by Hall Russell & Co., Aberdeen

Owners:   22 Jan 1898:  Castle Steam Trawlers (Thomas Ridley Oswald, Castle Hall, Castle Pill.)   As SA1 23 Mar 1900: Swansea Steam Trawling & Cold Storage Co., Swansea   21 Feb 1906: Swansea Fishing & Ice Co., Swansea.   As GN37 Dec 1906: Samuel J  Drennan, 23 Starbank Rd., Trinity, Leith.   As GY1073 26 Jun 1917:  W. Ellis, Grimsby   Sep 1918: J Coombes, Grimsby    Sep 1925: Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co., Fleetwood   Manager: F. Parkes   Apr 1928: E. A. Sheldon, Portsmouth   Post 1930: J. Chant, Plymouth    1936: Plymouth Trawlers,  Plymouth Manager: J. Chant          May 1937: To Dutch owners.

Landed at Milford: 7 Feb 1898 - 11 Jun 1902

Skippers: James Kilby cert 1427, age 35, born Hull; signed on 26 Jan 1898 Richard Russell 2857, 32, Bradford; 7 Jul 1898 William Thomas 1234, 38, Hull; 12 Aug 1898; 6 Jan 1899 Robert Hastings 5529, 32, London; 13 Feb 1899 James S. Gray 996, 45, Woodbridge; 1 May 1899 R. Cladingbone 4386, 30, Ramsgate; residing 58 Robert St., Milford; 4 Jul 1899 Peter Ebbesen 0169874, 45, Horsen, Norway; 4 Aug 1899 Henry Dodd 5287, 38, Grimsby; 15 Sep 1899.

Notes: 30 Aug 1909: When hauling 50 miles E of May Island, mainmast collapsed when lifting bag of fish. Returned to Granton. 29 May 1917: Requisitioned as Fishery Reserve Vessel 1919: Returned to Owners      ( New Boiler Fitted) May 1937: Broken up in the Netherlands. [Information kindly supplied by Andy Hall, via Gil Mayes.]

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 23 Mar 1900.  Vessel transferred to the port of Swansea.

 Accidents and Incidents:

From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 26th December 1890:

 

    The Italian barque Sant Erasmo, 4,000 tons, from Cardiff to Genda, with coal, was picked up in a disabled condition off St. Ann's Head, and brought into Milford on Saturday by the steam trawler "Sea Hawk", Captain G. Nicholls of Swansea Steam Trawling Company.

    The San Erasmo left Cardiff during the early part of the week, and encountered the gale which carried away most of her sails and did other damage. Some of the crew were disabled by accidents received during the gale. The San Erasmo was drifting helplessly, and before the wind and tide, flying a flag of distress when sighted by the "Sea Hawk".

 

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From the Western Mail of Tuesday 10th December 1901:

 

    The 'Seahawk' put back into Swansea, having lost her boat and some gear, in heavy seas off Lundy.

 

   

     

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