BEATRICE M212

As BERGEN IJM.16

Courtesy of Jan Harteveld via Gil Mayes

Official No:   127408   Port Number and Year: 16th in Milford, 1907                                                                                 -    in Grimsby, 1918 (GY1114)                                                                                 -    in Hartlepool, 1919 (HL16)

Description: Steel side / beam trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Ketch rigged: foresail, mainsail and mizzen

Crew: 9 men

Registered at Milford: 3 Nov 1907

Built: by Smiths Dock Co., North Shields in 1907.  (Yard no. 362)

Tonnage: 239.14 gross  72.63 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet):  120.3 / 21.6 / 11.65

Engine: T 3-Cyl. 57 hp. 10 kts. Engine & Boiler: 1907, MacColl & Pollock, Sunderland

Owners: 30 Nov 1907: John Thomas, Tredegar House, Great North Road, Milford. (64/64) Manager / Owner.   16 Oct 1917: The Wyre Steam Trawling Co., 114, Docks, Fleetwood.   As GY1114 8 Apr 1918: Walter Harold Beeley, Fish Docks, Grimsby.   As HL16 Apr 1919:  Middleton Steam Trawling Co., Hartlepool..   Renamed BERGEN  IJM16 1927: N.V. Vissch Maats Petten, Ijmuiden. Managers: L & J Schager

Landed at Milford: 15 Dec 1907 - 11 Aug 1914

Skippers: William Aldridge cert. 5849, age 29, born Newcastle, residing 57 Great North Road, Milford; signed on 11 Jan, 12 May, 8 Jul 1908; 8 Jan, 11 Jul 1910; 3 Jan, 13 Jan 1911. Edward Firth 7423, 33, Bradford, - ; 13 Apr 1908. G. Cooper 7765, 28, Reedham, - ; 19 Dec 1910 Henry James Hewer 6526, 36, Gorleston, 75 Waterloo Rd., Hakin; 9 Jul 1912; 6 Feb 1913 A. King 7776, 32, Gorleston, - ; 26 Nov 1911.

Notes:  Aug 1914: Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties, (Admy. no. 362). (Based on the Tyne.) Dec 1914: Renamed BEATRICE II in Dec 1914.  1919: Returned to owners. Jun 1940: Requisitioned for war service by Royal Netherlands Navy (P.No.6C). Aug 1940: Fitted out as minesweeper at Milford. Sep: 66th M/S Flotilla, Holyhead. (P.No.FY.932) Nov 1941: 66th M/S Flotilla, Milford 1 Jun 1942: 66th M/S Flotilla, Portsmouth.  May 1943: Fitted out as Single Line Gate Vessel, Southampton. 1945: Laid up in Southampton. 1947: Broken up. [Thanks to Gil Mayes and Peter Bell for information after 1918.]

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 8 Apr 1918.  Vessel transferred to the port of Grimsby.

 Accidents and Incidents

Log book entries:

 

22.11.1910

50 miles W from St. Ann's Head.

Main shaft of winch, spur wheel and brasses broken - cause unknown.

    W. Aldridge (Skipper)

 

12.12.1910

245 miles W 1 S from St. Ann's Head.

Rudder head broken and gratings washed away - cause, heavy gale.

    W. Aldridge (Skipper)

 

 

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