CICERO H931

Official No:  124742     Port and Year:   Hull, 1906 (H931)                                                                             Aberdeen, 1934 (A146)

Description: Steel side trawler; steam screw; coal fired.  Ketch rigged

Crew: 10 men

Built: by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, in 1907.  (Yard no. 129)

Tonnage:   173 grt  53 net (1907) 68 net (1 Jan 1914.)

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 108.5 / 21.6 / 11.5

Engine: T 3-Cyl; 45 rhp; by Amos & Smith Co., Hull

Owners:   As H931 11 Feb 1907: Hellyer Steam Fishing Co., Hull. Manager: Charles Hellyer, St. Andrew's Dock, Hull.   31 Jul 1917: Charles Curzon, The Docks, Milford. Managing owner.   1926: Brand & Curzon, The Docks, Milford. Managers: Ernest Brand & Charles Curzon.   As BARNSNESS 16 Nov 1929: Trident Steam Fishing Co., St. Andrew's Dock, Hull Manager: George A. Ledger.   As A146 16 Oct 1934: Andrew Robertson (Jnr.), 'Bay View', Devenha Gdns. East, & Others, Aberdeen. Managing owner.   1939: Andrew King, 116 Burns Rd., Aberdeen. Managing owner.   1945: George Robb & Sons, Aberdeen.

Landed at Milford: 7 Jan 1922 - 5 Nov 1929

Skippers:

Notes:  Cicero was a Roman philosopher, politician and lawyer. Barns Ness [sic] Lighthouse is located 3.1 miles from Dunbar, south-east Scotland. Sep 1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty (Admy. No. 149); 1x12 pdr. Nov 1917: As CICERO II 1919: As to owners, and reverted to original name. 22 Feb 1940: Requisitioned as BARNSNESS by the Admiralty, as Barrage Balloon Vessel. (P.No. 4.443) 1944: Converted to an Esso. 30 Dec 1944: Returned to owners. Mar 1952: Broken up at Bo'ness

 

Accidents and Incidents

 

From The Scotsman of Friday 5th April 1929, p. 4:

SHIPPING NOTES

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British steamer ALMENARA reports by wireless, April 4 :― Collided with Hull trawler Cicero.  Damage both slight. Expect arrive Gourock Friday, 6 P.M.

 

[ALMENARA, ex-PAPELERA, 1851 grt; b.1922. Owners: Mossgiel Steamship Co., Glasgow.  Struck mine and sank SSE of Taranto,  20 Sep 1943.  41 men lost, 43 survivors.]

 

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