EMU  M83

Official No: 105534  Port Number and Year:  26th in Grimsby, 1895 (GY1)                                                                             7th in Milford, 1930.

Description: Iron side trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Ketch rigged: foresail, mainsail, mizzen

Crew:  9 men

Registered at Milford: 9 Apr 1930

Built: 1895, by Cochrane & Cooper, Beverley.  (Yard no. 138)

Tonnage: 153.71 grt  65.04 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet):102.7 / 20.5 / 11

Engine: T-3Cyl.  50 nhp.  10 kts.

Owners:   As GY1 Nov 1895: T. Bascombe and H. L. Taylor, Dockland Rd., Fish Docks, Grimsby   As M83 9 Apr 1930:  William Wilcox, 22 Greville Rd., Milford Manager: David Pettit 10 Sep 1934: Manager: H. Westenborg.

Landed at Milford:  20 Apr 1930 - 2 Jan 1937

Skippers:

Notes: 1914-18 Fishery trawler. 15 Jan 1937: Laid up in Milford Docks

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 15 Apr 1937. Broken up.

 Accidents and Incidents

From an unknown local newspaper dated c. 6th June 1935:

 

    The Milford steam trawler Emu (owner Mr William Wilcox) had a remarkable haul, which incidentally tested the vessel's strength to the utmost, whilst fishing 15 miles off the Coningbeg Bank in the Atlantic on Thursday morning.  Hauling in the trawl, the crew were amazed to find a huge steel mast in the net.  They endeavoured to haul it aboard by making fast to the Emu's mainmast which, owing to the severe strain, cracked off at the stem and crashed onto the trawler's deck.  Fortunately the men were able to get clear.  Simultaneously the steel mast, together with the fishing gear slipped back into the sea, and the "catch" was lost.

    "It was a most remarkable experience," said the Skipper of the trawler, Mr Charles Setterfield.  "I have fished over the same fishing ground numerous times without coming foul of this particular object.  The steel mast looked as clean as a new pin."

    The Emu landed at Milford's Fish Market on Friday morning, when this experience was reported.

 

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From an unknown local newspaper from the week beginning 18th October 1936:

 

    Four fine specimens of sturgeon were landed on Milford's Fish Market on Thursday last from the s.t. "Emu" (owner, W. Wilcox).  They weighed from 8 to 5 stone each and were caught in the Channel off Caldey Island.  They were the first of the Royal fish to be landed at Milford for some time. 

    They were bought for London by Messrs. Stanley Pibel, Ltd., and Messrs. H. Burrow and Co., Ltd.

 

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From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 19th February 1937:

 

    The steam trawler Emu, which formerly belonged to Mr. W. Wilcox, and has been lying idle for some time, has left the Dock in tow for the ship-breaking yard.

 

 

 

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