SEA SWALLOW M128

Official No:    107046  Port Number and Year: 12th in Milford, 1896                                                                               -      in Swansea, 1903 (SA7)

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

Crew: 9 men

Registered at Milford: 26 Oct 1896

Built: John Duthie, Sons & Co., York Place, Aberdeen, 1896.  (Yard no. 186)

Tonnage: 153.7 gross 36.06 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  103.35 / 20.75 / 10.95

Engine: C-2Cyl, 39 rhp, by Hall, Russel & & Co., Aberdeen

Owners:   26 Oct 1896:  Castle Steam Trawlers (Thomas Ridley Oswald), Castle Hall, Castle Pill.   As SA7 23 Oct 1903:  Rhondda Steam Fishing Co., 57a Coleman St., London E.C.   Renamed ANITA 1913: Ana Huarte, San Sebastian   Later: renamed HERON   Renamed ARVIN 1920: R Vimont-Vicary, Marseilles   Renamed MARIUCCIA Later:  Melis & Puggiona, Spezia

Landed at Milford: 3 Nov 1896 - 11 May 1903

Skippers: William Thomas cert 1234, age 35, born Hull; residing 'Beech Cottage', Pill, Milford; signed on 8 Nov 1896; 3 Jan, 15 Jul 1897; 7 Jan 1898; 23 Feb, 20 Jul 1899; 6 Feb, 24 Jul 1900; 18 Jan, 18 Jul 1901; 4 Jan, 17 Jul 1902; 8 Jan, 9 Jun, 10 Jul 1903; 18 Jan, 11 May, 6 Jul 1904 John Gale 1771, 38, Hull; Greville Rd., Milford; 16 Jul 1898; 28 Dec 1899; 5 Jan 1900; 11 Feb 1903 C. Payne 05493, 45, Warminster; 10 Aug 1898 R. Russell 2857, 32, Bradford; 18 Aug 1898 J. Johnson 2459, 33, Nottingham; 8 Jubilee Tce., Milford; 11 Jan 1899. Benjamin Bryant 4678, 29, Yarmouth; Greville Rd., Milford; 8 Jan 1901 A. Taylor - , 32, Hull; 22 Sep 1903 R. Hooper 6686, 44, Plymouth; 18 Aug 1904 A. J. Kippin 5204, 24, Norwich; 23 Nov 1904

Notes: 27 Aug - 23 Nov 1903: Vessel laid up. 4 Dec - 30 Dec 1904: Vessel laid up. c. 1928: Broken up.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 23 Oct 1903.  Vessel transferred to the port of Swansea.

 Accidents and Incidents:

The Times, Monday, Apr 10, 1899; pg. 7; Issue 35799; col A

    wreck of the steamship cato

 

About 3 o' clock on Saturday afternoon the steam trawler Sea Swallow arrived at Milford Docks having on board the occupants of a small boat which had been found tossing at the mercy of the waves off the Longships.  Upon reaching Milford the shipwrecked sailors were immediately taken charge of by Mr. G. S. Kelway, acting for Messrs. Kelway and Sons, shipping agents, on behalf of the Shipwrecked Mariners and Fishermen's Society.  ......

 

The Times, Tuesday, May 02, 1899; pg. 4; Issue 35818; col D
     BRAVERY REWARDED.

 

The Board of Trade has rewarded a binocular glass to Mr. William Thomas, skipper of the steam trawler Sea Swallow, of Milford, in recognition of his humanity and kindness in rescuing part of the shipwrecked crew of the steamship Cato, of Bristol, which foundered off the Land's End on the 7th instant. 

 

 

 

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