WILLIAM CALDWELL LO374

Official No:  143882   Port and Year: London, 1919 (LO374)

                                                              Granton, 1948 (GN56)

                                                              Glasgow, 1955 (GW17)

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

Crew:  

Built: 1918,  Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley.  (Yard no. 395)

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:

 

As LO374

19 Jun 1920: E. Brand & John Henry Dove, London and Milford.

 

1923: John Henry Dove & Sons, Docks, Milford 

 

1935: Mrs G. E. Dove, Milford

 

1937: Pembroke Hake Fishing Co., Milford

Manager: Peter Llewellyn Hancock (1937: E. V. Pennington).

 

15 Sep 1939: Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co., Fleetwood

Manager: Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys.

 

Dec 1946: Inch Fishing Co., Edinburgh.

1948: As GN56.

 

1949: Clyde Fishing Co., Edinburgh

Managers: John S. Boyle Ltd, Glasgow.

 

As GW17

1955: Inch Fishing Co., Granton

Manager: Alexander A. Stuart, Glasgow.

 

Landed at Milford: 1 Jun 1920 - 3 Sep 1939
Skippers: Francis Folland (1922-23); William McLean (1925); Horace F. Setterfield (1927); William Hawkins.

Notes: 16 Nov 1918: Completed for the Admiralty (no.3719) as WILLIAM CALDWELL.  1 x 12pdr.

1919: On temporary loan to USN (North Sea Minesweeping Detachment); returned to RN on 6 Oct.

11 May 1919: Sold to Brand & Curzon, Milford, at auction, and retained same name.

Jan 1940: Purchased by the Admiralty and converted to a boom defence vessel (P.No. Z.142), based at Fort William.

Dec 1946: Sold to mercantile.

Jul 1957: Broken up at Granton

[Information supplied by Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust and the Bosun's Watch website.]

 

Accidents and Incidents

From an unknown local newspaper from the week beginning 11th May 1930:

 

    Three Milford trawlers were concerned in an exciting case of salvage off the Smalls on Sunday last.  A steam hopper and tender was towing a big dredger from the port of Southampton to the Isle of Man and encountered bad weather in the Channel.  In a strong wind, the towing warps parted and got entangled in the hopper's propeller and rendered the craft helpless.  She was now being driven alongside the dredger, and the two vessels were badly damaged through the bumping caused by the roll of the sea.  The Milford trawler "Ardent" (Pater Steam Trawling Company) came alongside and rendered assistance. She was followed by the steam trawler "E & F" (David Pettit, Limited), and the steam trawler "William Caldwell" (Mr. John Henry Dove).  The "William Caldwell" took hold of the hopper and towed her to Milford, and arrived that afternoon, whilst the other two trawlers held on to the dredger, and they arrived in the Haven about 5.30 p.m. that day  Both vessels were damaged and are now in Milford Docks undergoing repairs. 

 

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From an unknown local newspaper of c. 14th September 1939:

 

    It came as a surprise at Milford that negotiations were proceeding for the sale of two more Milford trawlers.  At the present time, trawlers are being taken by the Government, but Messrs. Parkes of Fleetwood, keen as ever for Milford trawlers, visited the port during the weekend, and we understand that the steam trawlers "Thomas Hankins" and "William Caldwell", belonging to the Pembrokeshire Hake Company, have changed hands.     They formerly belonged to the Brand and Curzon fleet, like so many of the other Castle trawlers.

 

 

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