ROSELEIGH M166
CRUNDALE M166
As LOCH ESK (PL53) in 1942
Courtesy of Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust and The Bosun's Watch
Official No: 129374 Port Number and Year: 6th in Aberdeen, 1912 (A438)
2nd in Peele, IoM, 1942 (PL53) 21st in Fleetwood, 1949 (FD307) 5th in Milford, 1951 (M166)
Description: Steel side trawler; steam screw, coal burner. Spanish pair fishing (pareja). Ketch rigged: mainsail, mizzen.
Crew: 9 men (1912); 10 men (1924); 9 men (1929); 13 men (1951).
Registered at Milford: 20 Jul 1951
Built: by Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen, in 1912. (Yard no. 473)
Tonnage: 209.47 gross 78.41 net
Length / breadth / depth (feet): 115.6 / 22.5 / 12.4 (1951: 13.67)
Engine: T 3-cyl.. 66 nhp. 10 kts. Engine and boiler by builders.
Owners:
As DANIEL STROUD A438.
25 Jan 1912: Stroud's Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., 164 Market St., Aberdeen
Manager: Horace E. Stroud, 18 Caledonian Place, Aberdeen.
Jul 1914: Admiralty. (See note below.)
1919: Stroud's Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., 164 Market St., Aberdeen.
Manager: Horace E. Stroud, 18 Caledonian Place, Aberdeen.
As LOCH ESK A438
28 Sep 1929: Empire Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Albert Docks, Aberdeen.
Manager: Harry A. Holmes.
1935: Andrew Craib, 33 Jasmine Tce., Aberdeen
Manager: Alexander F. Wood, 223 Queen's Rd., Aberdeen.
1936: Isaac B. Wood, 23 Elmbank Tce., Aberdeen. (And others.)
Manager: Alexander F. Wood, 223 Queen's Rd., Aberdeen.
1939: John Grant, 1 Bon Accord Sq., Aberdeen.
[ Lloyd's Register, 1939-41: Regent Fishing Co., Aberdeen; Manager: T. Walker. ]
As PL53
2 Nov 1942: Mrs. Ellen Mary Marsh G. Cubbin, Douglas, IoM.
Manager: R. A. Colby Cubbin.
1948: Ribble Trawlers Ltd., Fleetwood.
Managers: Merchants (Fleetwood).
1949: As Fleetwood (FD307).
1950: Regent Steam Fishing Co (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen.
Manager: Thomas Walker.
As ROSELEIGH M166
20 Jul 1951: Goodleigh Fisheries Ltd., The Docks, Milford.
Manager: Henry John Richards, Bulford Rd., Johnston.
19 Feb 1953: William Henry Kerr, The Docks, Milford. (Ships' Chandler)
Managing owner.
5 May 1953: South Western Trawlers Ltd., Docks, Milford
Manager: John Charles Llewellin.
27 Jul 1953: As CRUNDALE M166
Landed at Milford: As ROSELEIGH 19 Aug 1951 - 14 Nov 1952;
As CRUNDALE 22 Aug 1953 - 13 Apr 1955.
Skippers:
Notes:
Loch Esk is a small corrie loch in the Grampians near the summit of Broad Cairn which is a source of one of the headstreams that forms the River South Esk.
Crundale is a village to the north east of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.
Jul 1914: Sold to the Admiralty (No.163) and converted to a minesweeper, as DANIEL STROUD. 1x12 pdr.
6 Feb 1915: Dragged anchor and stranded on west shore of South Bay, Peterhead; remained in that position as the crew were safe. [The Times, Monday, 8 Feb 1915.]
22 Aug 1930: Ashore at Kilminning, 1 mile south of Fifeness; crew landed by life-saving apparatus. (23 Aug: Towed off and proceeded under own steam.)
[The Times, Saturday, 23 Aug; Monday, 25 Aug 1930.]
3 Feb 1933: Bunkers caught fire on the fishing grounds; extinguished by fire brigade on arrival. [The Times, Saturday, 4 Feb 1933.]
Nov 1939: Requisitioned for war service as LOCH ESK and converted for minesweeping duties (P.No.FY.896).
21 May 1940: Returned to owners. [ Lenton (1998): "British & Empire Warships of the Second World War". ]
11 Jun 1950: Skipper James Richard Wayman, Fleetwood, shot in the left thigh from three Irish motor boats, of Portaleen, Donegal. [The Times, Monday, 12 Jun 1950.]
Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 13 Jun 1955. Broken up at Ward's Yard, Castle Pill, Milford
Accidents and Incidents:
From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 13th May 1955:
The former pair trawler Crundale arrived at Ward's Yard on Saturday, and her sister ship Lydstep, and the Letterston are expected to follow soon.
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