MANOR  M238

Alongside Hobbs Point, Pembroke Dock, with her new Milford number about to be painted.

George Westwood Collection

Official No:  132414    Port Number and Year:  45th  in Fleetwood, 1913 (FD174)                                                                                       -   in La Rochelle, 1924 (LR.2728)                                                                                   10th in Milford, 1929

Description: Steel side trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Ketch rigged: mizzen sail.

Crew:  10 men

Registered at Milford: 21 Feb 1928

Built: 1913, by John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co., Aberdeen.  (Yard no. 384)

Tonnage: 313.57 grt  128 net. (By 1938: 125.13 net.)

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  130.05  / 23.65 / 13.3

Engine: T 3-Cyl. 69.1  nhp.; engine and boiler by James Abernethy & Co., Aberdeen

Owners:   As MANOR FD174 4 Mar 1913: Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd., Fish Docks, Fleetwood Manager: Ernest Tomlinson, 9 Byron St., Fleetwood. (1913)                     Joseph A. Taylor & Ernest Tomlinson, Station Rd., Fleetwood. (1919)   As VERDUNOIS LR.2728 May 1924: H. Veron & Cie., 21 Rue Massiou, La Rochelle, France.   As MANOR M238 21 Feb 1938: Reginald Llewellyn Hancock, "Beachways", Milford. (64/64) Manager owner.   13 Sep 1938: Hancock's Ship Building Co. Ltd., (Pembroke), Pembroke Dock Manager: Reginald L. Hancock.   21 Apr 1939: Frederick Lovell Hancock, )       'Trevose', Alan Hancock,                                          ) 20 Great North Rd., Wilfred Lovell Hancock,                          )        Milford. Managing owner: Reginald Llewellyn Hancock, 'Beachways', Picton Rd., Hakin.   1 May 1941: J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd., London. Manager: William A. Bennett.

Landed at Milford: 20 Jan, 15 Feb, 1 Mar - 12 Apr; 20 Dec 1938; 3 Jan - 29 Aug 1939.

Skippers:

Notes:  Aug 1914: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Admy. no. 299) 1x12pdr. Based in Kirkwall. 2 Mar 1919: Returned to owners. 8 May 1924: Fleetwood registry closed. 29 Aug 1939: Requisitioned for war service and employed on miscellaneous duties. Later fitted out as an anti-submarine trawler (P.No.FY.333) May 1940: Operating on West coast of Ireland as decoy trawler towing/and in company with HMS/M H43. (The "Porpoise" class flag 'M' for the H43 submarine minelayer.) 9 Jul 1942: Torpedoed by German E-boat in Lyme Bay whilst escorting Convoy WP183 in the Channel (Skipper Benjamin Pile RNR). One survivor, 2nd Hand Cyril Foale, picked up by HMS RUBY (P.No.T24) (Ty. Lieut. Nicolas Leadley Brown RNR)  and landed at Yarmouth IoW. [Information kindly supplied by Gil Mayes.]

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 8 Oct 1943. “Vessel totally lost”.

Accidents and Incidents

From The Times, Saturday, 14 Nov 1942; pg. 6:

THE ROLL OF HONOUR

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H.M. TRAWLER MANOR

    The following casualties in H.M. Trawler Manor, the loss of which has already reported, are also announced:—

 

OFFICERS

MISSING PRESUMED KILLED

    Skipper B. Pile, R.N.R. (in command); T/Skipper J. Jaques, R.N.R.; Skipper J. Wood, R.N.R.

 

RATINGS

MISSING PRESUMED KILLED

    Beesley, T. M., Engmn.;  Bowles, A. J., Ord. S.;  Bryan, R. F., Smn.;  Bunting, F. R., Smn.;  Cato, W. A., Asst. Cook;  Davidson, R., Oes. Sig.;  Emmitt, W. L., Ldg. Smn.;  Evans, D. A., Smn.;  Evans L. G., Ord. Teleg.;  Forman, F. C., Ord. Sig.;  Greenhedge, A., Ord. Teleg.;  Gulliford, C.,  A/A.B.;  Harley, P., Cook;  Harrison, L. V., Smn.;  Harvey, E., Smn.;  Lines, A., Sto.;  Marven, E., Smn.;  Morton, J., Sto.;  Reddy, F. J., Smn.;  Rout K. W., Ord. S.;  Taylor, C. W. G., Smn.;  Thomas, S., Engmn.;  Walker, A. R., Sto.; Wren, C. C., Teleg., R.N.V.(W)R. 

 

 

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