ZODIAC GY151

Official No:  96235     Port and Year: Grimsby, 1891 (GY296)

                                                              Grimsby, 1906 (GY151)

                                                               Lowestoft, 1925 (LT173)

Description: Iron side trawler; single screw; coal burner; yawl rigged

Crew:

Built: 1890, by Mackie & Thomson, Glasgow. (Yard no. 16)

Tonnage:  149 grt  48 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 100.5 / 20.5 / 10.7

Engine: T.3-Cyl; 45 rhp; by Muir & Houston, Glasgow

Owners:

 

As GY296

Jan 1891: Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co., Grimsby

 

Sep 1900: Unknown Norwegian owners.

 

As GY151

Jun 1906: Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co., Grimsby

 

Jun 1908: S. J. Green & D. James, St.Dogmaels.

 

Aug 1917: W. Would,  Grimsby

 

Apr 1920: Woodbury Steam Fishing Co., Grimsby

Manager: H. A. Jeffries

 

As LT173

Jan 1925: Consolidated Steam Fishing Co., Lowestoft.

Manager: Sir John D. Marsden

 

Landed at Milford:  21 Aug 1908 - 10 Dec 1911

Skippers: G. Merchant (1890); Goffin (1910)

Notes: 1914-19: Fishery Reserve, as ZODIAC II.

1933: Broken up.

Accidents and Incidents

From the Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 19th October 1910:

 

    Last week, the steam trawler 'Zodiac', Skipper Goffin, out of Milford, picked up a steamer named the 'City of Belfast', out in the Channel.  The steamer was disabled, her shaft broken.  The trawler went to her assistance, made fast and commenced to tow her to port, but it seems that the trawler did not have the necessary horse power and proved unequal to the task, the strain being too great, so she stood by her until a larger trawler from Fleetwood got fast of her and towed her into Waterford, Ireland.

 

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From the Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph of Wednesday 5th April 1911:

 

    At the Lord Nelson Hotel on Thursday afternoon Messrs. Evan and Roach offered the steam trawler "Zodiac" for sale by auction.  The owner is Mr. S. J. Green of Cardigan, and she has been trading at Milford for a couple of years.  The first bid was £350 and it moved briskly to £630, at which figure it was withdrawn.

 

 

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