THOMAS ALTOFT H132

Official No:  144027            Port and Year: Hull, 1920

Description: Castle Class steel side trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Ketch rigged

Crew:

Built: 1920, by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley.  (Yard no. 416)

Tonnage: 290 grt 127 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  125.5  / 23.5 / 12.7

Engine: T.3-Cyl; 86 rhp; by Amos & Smith, Hull

Owners:   1920: Iago Steam Fishing Co., Docks, Milford Manager: Edward D. W. Lawford.   28 Nov 1922: Albion Steam Fishing Co., 92 West Dock Avenue, Hull Manager: George H. Brown.   7 Feb 1939: Mills Steam Ships Co., London Managers: Brand & Curzon, Milford   15 Jan 1942: J. Marr & Son, Fleetwood.

Landed at Milford: 10 Jan - 1 Sep1922

Skippers:

Notes: 1 Jul 1920: Built for the Admiralty (Admy.no.4300) as a minesweeper, but completed as a fishing vessel. 1920: Sold to mercantile. 30 Aug 1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted for minesweeping duties (P.No.FY.552). Based Aberdeen with 41st MS Group. 9 Feb 1940: Attacked while minesweeping 20 miles NE of Aberdeen by two Heinkel IIIs.  Two of the four minesweepers in the group were sunk, but the ALTOFT escaped serious damage. 22 Apr 1946: Returned to owners. 8 Nov 1947: Stranded on rocks off Eilean Glas, Harris.  All crew saved; constructive total loss.

Accidents and Incidents

From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 29th April 1921 :

 

    MILFORD TRAWLER'S SERVICES

LIBERAL SALVAGE AWARD

 

    Mr. Justice Hill in the Admiralty Court on Thursday heard a claim to salvage remuneration brought by the trawler Thomas Altoft, belonging to the Iago Steam Trawler Co. (Limited) of Milford Haven, for services rendered to the French steamship, La Salle, which was found disabled and with her rudder gone ofthe Irish coast of March 12th of last year.

    The tug Flying Foam also made a claim.

    Mr. Batten, K.C., appeared for the plaintiffs, with Mr. J. G. Trapnell for the Thomas Altoft  ... and Mr. Eustace W. Brightman for the Flying Foam ...; and Mr. Stephens K.C., and Mr Alfred Bucknill appeared for the defendants ...

    His Lordship said he should give a liberal award because he thought trawlers on the fishing ground should be encouraged to give up their fishing and assist vessels in distress, without making a nice calculation as to whether they would lose money by it He gave the trawler £950 and the tug Flying Foam £100

   

   

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