URANIA M217
Official No: 127402 Port Number and Year: 3rd in Milford, 1907
- in Ayr, 1914 (AR1)
- in Hull, 1922 (H519)
Description: Side / beam trawler, steel; steam screw, coal burning. Ketch rigged - foresail, mainsail and mizzen
Crew: 10 men
Registered at Milford: 11 Nov 1907
Built: 1907; Dundee Shipbuilding Co., Dundee. (Yard no. 193)
Tonnage: 141.03 grt 64.15 net. 1 Jan 1914: Amended by BoT to 221 grt 79 net.
Length / breadth / depth (feet):120 / 21.6 / 11.4
Engine: T 3-cyl. 71 nhp; 10 kts; by W.V.V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge, Glasgow
Owners:
11 Nov 1907: Pembrokeshire Steam Trawling Co., Docks, Milford
Manager: James Harries, 'Honeyborough House', 48 High St., Neyland
As AR1
7 Apr 1914: William Milne, 40 Old Wynd, Glasgow.
As H519
Jun 1922: Trident Steam Fishing Co., Hull
Manager: G. A. Ledger.
1927: Rederibolaget Charles Stranne
Manager: C. Stranne, 7 Gothenberg, Sweden.
Renamed HVASSAFEL EA 607
16 Sep1937: Utgerdarfelag K.E.A. h/f., Akureyri, Iceland.
(See note below.)
Landed at Milford: 24 Nov 1907 - 1 Apr 1914
Skippers: J. H. Gardner cert. 6417, age 28, born Brixham; residing 149 Robert St., Milford; signed on 10 Jan 1908
Benjamin Richards 4775, 35, Tenby; 'Newlyn House', Park Place, Tenby; 2 Jul 1909; 12 Jan 1910
J. Kilby 1427, 47, Hull; 17 Apr 1910
Henry Dodd 5287, 45, Yarmouth; 5 May, 6 Jul 1910
William Langdon 5282, 46, Plymouth; 42 Charles St., Neyland; 5 Nov 1910; 3 Jan 1911; 8 Jan 1913
William Henry Sheldon 05700, 54, Plymouth; 'Osbourne House', High St., Neyland; 18 Jan, 4 Jul 1911; 4 Jul 1912
Robert Woodgate 4187, 46, Beer; 28 Jan 1913.
Notes: Sister ship to HERO and SAXON
Dec 1914: Taken up by Admiralty (No. 960), and converted to minesweeper. 1 x 6 pdr.
15 Feb 1915 - 30 Dec 1918: Minesweeping out of Milford.
1919: Returned to owners.
18 Jun 1941: Ran aground on the east coast of Iceland. (See note below.)
Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 7 Apr 1914. Vessel transferred to the port of Ayr.
Accidents and Incidents
From the Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 4th December 1907:
Still they come, with more to follow. A record in the number of new trawlers arriving has to be chronicled this week. Last week three fine boats came round: on Monday, the steam trawler "Urania", built by the Dundee Ship Building Company for the Pembrokeshire Steam Trawling Company, in charge of Captain J. Gardner; on Wednesday the steam trawler "Cleopatra" from the Smith's Dock, for Messrs. D. Pettit and Company (Captain J. Blake); on Thursday, a trawler bearing the name "Hero" (Captain Hawkins) for Mrs. Harries, Neyland, also from Dundee. On Tuesday this week came the steam trawler "Dewsland" (Captain Ben Bryant) from the Selby Ship Building Company, to the order of Mr. W. Jenkins and Company, and today another for Mr. D. Pettit and Company, viz., the steam trawler "Calliope" is expected to be brought in by Captain J. Dove, whilst the steam trawler "Gloria", Messrs. Longthorp and James, is said to have left for the fishing grounds.
During the next few weeks further additions will arrive. It is well, under the circumstances, that the extension of the Market is proceeding so rapidly. Another length has been commenced, and will probably be completed by the end of this year.
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Log book entries:
20.02.1910
60 miles W of Fastnet
Carried away boat, and stern light smashed after fishing board and other trawling and fish pound boards and mizzen. Struck by sea while hove-to.
Ben Richards (Skipper)
William Burt (Second Hand)
01.11.1910
80 miles NNW of Blaskets
R. Churchill, age 29, Cook; British, born Gloster, residing Milford or Neyland.
Whilst 80 miles NNW of the Blaskets, between 7.30 and 8 a.m., we lost the cook. No one witness of the accident.
Henry Dodd (Skipper)
M. J. Joyce (Second Hand 5562)
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The company Utgerdarfelag K.E.A. h/f. Akureyri, Iceland, was the ship operating subsidiary of the local co-operative company, which operated over a broad field in wholesale and retail, and industrial production, mainly focusing on agricultural products, but also operated in the fisheries sector, mainly summer herring fisheries. She was not used as a trawler, but instead she was used for herring fishing during the herring season, and transport during the rest of the year. With the outbreak of WW2, she was used to transport fresh fish to Britain. On one such trip, she ran aground in thick fog at Gvendarsker, Faskrudsfjordur, on the east coast of Iceland, on 18 June 1941.
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