FALMOUTH M268
John Stevenson Collection
Official No: 108483 Port Number and Year: 58th in Grimsby, 1897 (GY428)
10th in Lowestoft, 1925 (LT143)
13th in Milford, 1938
- in Grimsby, 1945 (GY25)
Description: Steel side trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Pareja (pair) fishing. Yawl rigged. Wheelhouse aft.
Crew: 9 men (1897; 1925)
Registered at Milford: 2 Aug 1938
Built: 1897, by Mackie & Thomson, Govan, Glasgow. (Yard no. 161)
Tonnage: 165.05 grt 51.5 net (1914: 63.81 net.)
Length / breadth / depth (feet): 104.2 / 21.0 / 10.7
Engine: T 3-Cyl. 45 rhp., by builder; boiler by Muir & Houston, Glasgow
Owners:
As GY428
26 Oct 1897: Frederick E. Hagerup, Royal Dock Chambers, Grimsby.
Managing owner.
1898: Hagerup, Doughty & Co., Ltd., Grimsby.
Manager: Fred. E. Hagerup. (Same address.)
Apr 1906: Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co., (Grimsby), 1 Quality Court, London.
(By 1920: Auckland Rd., Grimsby.)
Manager: John D. Marsden, Fish Docks, Grimsby.
9 Jan 1925: As LT143. (Same firm and address.)
As M268
2 Aug 1938: Henry James Horwood, 6 Waterloo Rd., Hakin
Managing owner.
23 Aug 1939: Pair Fishing Co., Docks, Milford
Manager: H. J. Horwood (26 Feb 1941: Henry John Richards.)
6 Nov 1943: Standard Steam Fishing Co., Fish Docks, Grimsby
Manager: A.W. Butt.
Jan 1945: As GY25 [See note below.]
Landed at Milford: (LT143) 16 Jul 1938; (M268) 7 Aug 1938 - 5 Sep 1941; 8 Dec 1941 - 11 Feb 1944.
Skippers:
Notes:
Dec 1914: Requisitioned by Admiralty (Admy.no. 769) 1x6pdr.
Feb 1915: Renamed FALMOUTH II.
1919: Returned to owners, and renamed FALMOUTH.
8 Jan 1925: Grimsby Register closed.
27 Jul 1938: Lowestoft Register closed.
12 Apr 1945: Sunk by a mine, 6 miles ENE of No. 62F Buoy, off the Humber. (Probably by striking a British or Allied mine.)
Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 10 Jan 1945. Vessel transferred to the port of Grimsby
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