VAL M72

 

John Stevenson Collection

Official No:  129269    Port Number and Year: 16th in Hull, 1910 (H ? )

                                                                               3rd in Milford, 1912

                                                                                  -  in Banff, 1929? (BF19)

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

Crew: 8 men

Registered at Milford: 25 Mar 1912

Built: 1909, Charlton & Doughty, Grimsby.

Tonnage: 92.53 grt  32.34 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 86 / 18.6 / 8.75

Engine: C-3Cyl; 28 rhp; 9 kts; by builders.

Owners:

 

1909: Hull owners

 

25 Mar 1912: John Brown, 'Berlyn Villa', Wellington Rd., Hakin

James Hellings, 25 Hamilton Tce., Milford

Francis Percival Locke, Picton Rd., Hakin

 

23 Nov 1912:  Sarah Jane Hellings, 25 Hamilton Tce., Milford

 

As BF19

17 Jan 1929: G. G. McRobie & Others, Portsoy, Banff

 

Landed at Milford: 18 Jan 1912 - 1 Oct 1915; 3 Apr 1919 - 25 May 1928.

Skipper:

Notes: Apr 1915: Broke the port's record for the highest priced catch of £241.

Jan 1916: Taken up by Admiralty (No. 2720), as net layer, harbour service. 1 x 3 pdr. AA.

1919: Returned to owners.

Cert. Cancelled & Registry Closed: 3 Apr 1929?

Accidents and Incidents

From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 8th April 1921:

 

    There is every possibility of a resuscitation of the fishing trade at Neyland.  We understand that mackerel drifters, which in other years landed their catches at Milford Haven, will this year land at Neyland.

    The steam liner "Val", which usually fishes out of Milford Haven, landed her catch of fish at Neyland on Thursday last.  The proposed development of the ice factory at Neyland will undoubtedly tend to draw trade there, and we understand that the Great Western Railway Company have recently received a deputation on this matter.

 

As BF19

Barry Banham Photo Collection

   

 

 

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