UHDEA M200

CORNELIA M200

Official No:  121613    Port Number and Year: 10th in Milford, 1906

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

Crew:  9 / 10 men

Registered at Milford: 21 Dec 1906 

Built: 1906 by Dundee Shipbuilding, Dundee. (Yard no. 170)

Tonnage: 190.94 grt  53.59 net (1 Jan 1914: amended by Board of Trade to 74.54 net.)

Length / breadth / depth (feet):115 / 21.4 / 11.4

Engine: T 3-cyl. 65 hp.;  by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge, Glasgow.

Owners:

 

21 Dec 1906: As UHDEA

Southern Steam Trawling, 127 Quay, Waterford.

Manager: Cornelius Cecil Morley, Docks, Milford

 

1919: William Edgar Kelway, 'Craiglands', Hakin

George Stuart Kelway, 'Rathgarth', The Rath, Milford

Manager: David Pettit

 

26 May 1923:  Renamed CORNELIA

David Pettit, Docks, Milford

Manager David Pettit, 'Westcliff', Wellington Rd., Hakin

 

1933: David Pettit, Docks, Milford

Manager: Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Heck Pettit, 'Westcliff', Wellington Rd., Hakin

 

7 Nov 1934: Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Factory, 232 Dock St., Fleetwood

Manager: F. Parker

 

Landed at Milford:   30 Dec 1906 - 26 Nov 1912; 12 Jan - 2 Mar 1914

13 Jul 1919 - 15 Oct 1932

Skippers: B. Foster cert. 1608, age 50, born Greenwich; signed on 18 Mar 1906; 1 Jan 1907

Alfred Lednor 3968, 25, Ramsgate; 9 Apr 1907

Robert Samuel Longthorpe 2536, 40, Hull; 12 Jun, 14 Jul 1907

Thaomas Salter 5349, 30, Exeter; 22 Nov 1907

W. F. Reynolds 7337, 26, Scarborough; 17 Jan 1908

George Medway 6777, 27, Brixham; 14 Feb 1908

Alfred James Lednor 7961, 37, Eppleton [?]; 10 Jul 1908

W. Brett 6783, 36, London; 5 Sep 1908

Thomas Roach 7077, 28, Milford; 26 Sep 1908

W. Blewett 3137, 40, Hull; 6 Jan 1909

F. Hardisty 1891, 39, Barton; 19 Jan, 2 Jul 1909

C. H. Brown - ; 42, Milford; 6 Oct 1909

H. Clarke 6177, 29, Hull; 28 Dec 1909; 10 Jan 1910

W. Corbett 7156, 26, Cardiff; 26 Jan 1910

George Owston 7364, 39, Scarborough; 2 Jul 1910

Alfred James Kersey 7748, 28, Stockton; 5 Oct 1910; 5 Jan 1911

W. Kay 3058, 41, Hull; 17 Jan 1911

G. Mills 6165, 27, Oxford; (residing 14 Vicary St., Milford) 10 Mar, 7 Jul 1911

G. H. Thomas 7680, 34, Rutland; 13 Aug 1911; 13 Jan, 28 Apr, 1 Jul 1912

William Jones 6707,39,Peterborough; 7 Feb, 1 Jul 1912

George Masters 5545, 42, London; 10 Jan 1913

Notes: Aug 1914: Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.124). 

Sep 1915: Converted for boom defence duties.

1919: Returned to owners.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 25 Mar 1935.  Broken up in Mostyn, Flints.

 Accidents and Incidents

Log book entries:

 

06.10.1908

Milford Docks

Collision with the steam trawler "Life Brigade" going out of dock, which we were also doing, for Lock Pits.  We were going astern and way stopped when we touched "Life Brigade" with our stem

    T. Roach (Skipper)

    J. M. Ammett (Witness)

 

08.04.1909

12 miles W from St Ann's Head

W. Thomas, age 28, First Engineer; British, born Milford, residing Milford.

Feeling round engine, smashed his finger.

    F. Hardisty (Skipper)

    G. Foster (Second Hand 5561)

 

16.12.1910

160 miles W 1 S of St Ann's Head

Blowing gale from west.  Whilst steaming dead slow we shipped a sea over the port quarter, knocking boat down on deck, and before we could lash it she took another sea which took boat over the side.

    Alfred James Kersey (Skipper)

 

 

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From the Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 11th September 1912:

 

    The crisis in the Milford fish trade is the one topic of conversation in the town and port.  The exodus has already commenced, and grave concern is being expressed as to what will be the end of it all.  Of the intentions of Messrs. Sellick, Morley and Price, our readers are fully cognisant, yet there is hope that developments may take place which will be the means of preventing the loss of the entire fleet to Milford.  Much of course depends upon the results of the trading to Fleetwood by the six trawlers which have been transferred.

    The boats which have left for sea during the last few days, and which will run for the next three months to Fleetwood, are the steam trawlers "Teesmouth", "Tacsonia", "Sidmouth", "Uhdea", "Essex" and "Syringa".  Messrs. F. B. Rees and A. Rainbow, manager and salesman, have also left, together with Mr. W. Lewis as shoreman.  The firm have taken offices at Fleetwood, and all arrangements have been completed for the transfer of the business.

 

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From the Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 18th June 1919:

 

    Some excitement was manifested on the Milford Docks during last week when it became known that Messrs. Sellick, Morley and Price were disposing of their fleet of steam trawlers.  For a considerable time negotiations had been proceeding with the Consolidation Company of Grimsby, but these recently fell through.  It is gratifying to know that the greater portion of the fleet has been retained for the port, as will be seen from the following list.  Several local gentlemen having come forward, the competition was very keen.

    The Alnmouth, Weigelia, and Exmouth have been sold to Fleetwood firms, while the Charmouth, Macaw, Tacsonia, Rosa, Xylopia, Essex, Uhdea, Petunia, Lynmouth, Kalmia, Portsmouth, Weymouth, Syringa, Yarmouth and Magnolia have all found local buyers.

    This opens out the question of the need for local trades people and others to invest in the staple industry of this fishing port, as has been done in competing fishing centres.

 

 

 

 

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