TENBY M161

Official No:  128764     Port Number and Year:  1st in Milford, 1913                                                                                  -  in Grimsby, 1919 (GY353)

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

Crew:  9 men

Registered at Milford: 22 Jan 1913

Built: 1913 by Smith's Dock Co., Middlesborough.  (Yard no. 540)

Tonnage: 215.08 grt  84.49 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 117.4 / 22 / 11.75

Engine: T 3-Cyl. 74 rhp.  Engine and boiler by builders.

Owners:   23 Feb 1909: Thomas George Hancock, 'Hill House', Hill St., Hakin  (22/64) John Davies Harries, Hamilton Tce., Milford  (21/64) Thomas Cooper, Hamilton Tce., Milford  (21/64) (22 Feb 1915:  William Bowden Cooper, 1 High St., Runcorn.  (21/64) ) Manager: T. G. Hancock   Renamed LORD PALMERSTON GY353 17 Apr 1918: Henry Carl Smethurst   ) John Wintingham Smethurst                )  Fish Docks, Grimsby William Smethurst                               ) William Holloigsworth Johnston           )   Aug 1924: Newport Mon. Steam Trawling   Aug 1928:  Consolidated Fishing, Grimsby.   Renamed EWALD Jul 1929: Vereenigde Steenkolenhandel, Ymuiden.

Landed at Milford:  28 Jan 1913 - 30 May 1915

Skippers: James D. Bryant cert. 8257, age 31, born Lowestoft; residing Gwili Rd., Hakin; signed on 11 Jan 1913.

Notes: Jun 1915: Requisitioned by Admiralty as minesweeper TENBY (Admy. No.2579). 1 x 12 pdr.  Fitted with hydrophones. 1919: Returned to owners. Jun 1940: Hired from Dutch owners by Admiralty as minesweeper EWALD (P. No. FY.1733). Dutch crew. 1945: Returned to owners.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 2 Jun 1919.  Vessel transferred to the port of Grimsby

 Accidents and Incidents

From the Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph, Wednesday, 15^th February 1913:

 

    The steam trawler Tenby arrived in dock with her maiden trip of fish on Wednesday.  She was built by the order of Messrs. Hancock & Harries at the Middlesborough yard of Smith's Dock Trust, Ltd., and is the first steam trawler to be engined by the well-known firm.  The vessel is of an especially pretty design, and her lines were much admired.  Her dimensions are 117 feet by 22 feet beam, and she is fitted with the most modern appliances and gear.  The skipper is Mr. J. D. Bryant, and her first catch grossed £150.  She is a very welcome addition, not only to this firm's growing fleet, but also to the port of Milford.

 

 

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