VICTORIA M 117

 

As SH268

John Stevenson Collection

Official No:  128759   Port Number and Year: 1st in Milford, 1912

                                                                              -  in Fleetwood, 1919 (FD346)

                                                                              -  in Scarborough (SH268).

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

Crew:  9 men

Registered at Milford: 25 Mar 1901

Built: 1912, Smith's Docks Co., Middlesborough.  (Yard no. 504)

Tonnage: 221 grt  87 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 110.6 / 21.1 / 10.6

Engine: T-3Cyl; 61 nhp., by MacColl & Pollock, Sunderland

Owners:

 

25 Mar 1912: James Thomas, 'Tredegar House', Great North Rd., Milford

Manager Owner

 

16 Oct 1917:  Wyre Steam Trawling Co., Fleetwood

Manager: J. N. Ward & Son

11 Sep 1919: Registered as FD346

 

As SH268

26 Mar 1920:  Stepney Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Scarborough

Manager: A. Moore

 

1922:  Co-Operative Fishing Society, Scarborough

Manager: C. A. Oxley

 

1930:  Robert Taylor & Sons,  Dundee.

 

1934:  A. Brown, Edinburgh?

 

1937:  William H. Rutherford, Tynemouth.

 

Landed at Milford:  9 Apr 1901 - 18 Dec 1908

Skippers:  William Aldridge cert. 5849, age 34, born Newcastle; residing 'Crediton House', Great North Rd., Milford; signed on 22 Feb, 4 Jul 1912; 7 Jan 1913

H. J. Hewer (1914)

Notes: Apr1915: Requisitioned and converted to a minesweeper (Admy. No.1752). 1 x 6 pdr.

Jun 1915:  Renamed VICTORIA II.

1920: Returned to owners.

Mar 1940: Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties.

Jan 1945: Returned to owners.

1950:  Broken up

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 10 Sep 1919.  Vessel transferred to the port of Fleetwood

 Accidents and Incidents:

From the Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 28th February 1912:

 

    It is indeed pleasing to announce the arrival of two new steam trawlers during the week.  At intervals we have to record the departure of vessels which have been sold to foreign ports. These have invariable been of the older class, and doubtless there are others that will change hands.  Now, however, that larger and more modern craft have been delivered, everybody is hoping that the fishing prospects will brighten.  It has been a long and trying winter for owners, merchants, and all dependent upon the fishing trade, unparalleled for many years. 

    The first of the arrivals was the new steam trawler "Victoria", built for Mr. James Thomas by the British Dock Trust, North Shields.  She is a fine vessel, on up-to-date lines. Her maiden catch realised £241 at the sales.

 

 

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