PROVIDER R19

Barry Banham Collection

Official No:  125533    Port and Year: Yarmouth, 1907 (YH999)                                                                  Lowestoft, 1916 (LT42)                                                                  Ramsgate, 1930 (R19)

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

Crew: 10 men (1916).

Built: Robert Cock & Sons, Appledore, in 1907

Tonnage:   98.8 grt  21.46 net.  (1 Jan 1914: 35.39 net.)

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 86.7 / 18.7 / 8.6

Engine: C-2cyl 25 hp Wm. Burrell, Victoria Works, Southtown, Great Yarmouth. Boiler by Riley Bros., Stockton on Tees.

Owners:   As YH999 8 Feb 1908: William Burrell, Victoria Works, Southtown, Great Yarmouth. Managing owner.   As LT42 22 Mar 1916 : C. & R. Harvey, Ltd., Lowestoft. Manager: Charles Harvey, 'Sea View', Kessingland, Suffolk.   As R19 28 Feb 1930: Stanley Rowden, 'Glenoye', Hatfield Rd., Ramsgate. Managing owner. (Seasonal manager: William H. Kerr, Docks, Milford.  See landings below.)   1950: Ronald W. Fielding, Leeds.

Landed at Milford: LT42 Seasonal :  8 Jun - Sep 9 1925; 21 Apr - 14 Sep 1926; 7 Apr - 23 Sep 1927; 18 Jul - 8 Sep 1928; 30 Jun - 16 Nov 1929.  R19 Seasonal: 26 Jun - 12 Sep 1935; 7 Apr - 7 Nov 1936; 29 Apr - 16 Oct 1937; 9 Apr - 6 Nov 1938; 8 Jun - 22 Nov 1940; 6 May - 12 Dec 1941; 20 Feb - 1 Nov 1942. R19 Regular: 13 Jan 1943 -  26 Nov 1944

Skippers:

Notes:  8 Nov 1910: After a collision with the dynamite-laden ketch MYSTERY, the crew abandoned PROVIDER, and were landed in Yarmouth, while the damaged drifter was towed to Lowestoft by a trawler.  The PROVIDER's nets, holding 8,000 mackerel, were found and taken aboard by a herring boat.  [The Times, Thursday 10th November 1910.] 11 Oct 1913: Stranded on South Beach, north of harbour entrance. Crew saved by breeches buoy; refloated next day. From the "Yorkshire Independent", with thanks to Richard Burton Jan 1916: Requisitioned  by the Admiralty as a net layer (Admy.no.1904) 1 x 3pdr. AA 1919: Returned to owners. 13 May 1940: Participated in troop evacuation from Dunkirk. 1952: Broken up at Ramsgate.  Last steam trawler to fish out of Ramsgate. [Information kindly supplied by Barry Banham and Richard John Burton.]

       Being broken up at Ramsgate.

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