GENERAL JOFFRE SN123

SOUTHLEIGH M158

LETTERSTON M158

As GENERAL JOFFRE SN123

John Stevenson Collection

Official No:  137364    Port Number and Year: 21st in North Shields, 1914 (SN123)                                                                                  4th in Milford, 1951

Description: Steel side trawler; steam screw, coal burning. Pareja (Spanish) method. Ketch rigged: mizzen sail.

Crew:  9 men (1951).

Registered at Milford: 18 Jul 1951

Built: 1914 by J.S.T. Eltringhan & Co., Willington Quay on Tyne.  (Yard no. 307)

Tonnage: 194.05 grt  85.58 net.

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 115.5 / 22.08 / 11.9  (By 1951: 13.42)

Engine: T 3-Cyl. 75 nhp. 10.5 kts.  Engine: 1914, by builders; boiler: 1914, Palmers Ship Building and Iron Co., Hebburn on Tyne

Owners:   As GENERAL JOFFRE SN123 16 Nov 1914: Robert Boyle, 16 Military Rd., North Shields. Managing owner.   1919: Rayner & Boyle, Ltd., Fish Quay, North Shields. Manager: Robert Boyle. (Same address.)   By 1922: Richard Irvin, The Grove, North Shields. Managing owner.   1940: Tyne Trawlers, North Shields. Manager: R. Irvin.   1941: Reed, Phillips & Co. Ltd., North Shields.   As SOUTHLEIGH M158 18 Jul 1951: Atlantic Trawlers Ltd., 3 Howe St., Edinburgh 3. Manager: Henry James Richards, Bulford Rd., Johnston.   19 Feb 1953: W. H. Kerr (Ships Chandlers), Ltd., The Docks, Milford. Managing owner: William H. Kerr, Shakespeare Ave., Milford.   5 May 1953: South Western Trawlers, The Docks, Milford Manager: John Charles Llewellin,  Crundale, Haverfordwest. 9 Sep 1953: As LETTERSTON M158

Landed at Milford: As GENERAL JOFFRE: 20 Sep - 29 Nov 1950; 8 Jan - 19 Jul 1951. As SOUTHLEIGH: 1 Aug 1951 - 30 Oct 1952. As LETTERSTON: 26 Mar 1954 - 14 Apr 1955

Skippers:

Notes:  General Joffre was chief of the French General Staff in 1911, and played a major role during the Great War until December 1916. Letterston is a village between Haverfordwest and Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Apr 1915: Requisitioned for war service and converted to a minesweeper. (Admy.No. 1455). 1 x 6 pdr. 1919: Returned to owners

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 13 Jun 1955.  Broken up at Antwerp.

 Accidents and Incidents

From the West Wales Guardian of Friday 11th July 1952:

 

    The trawler Westleigh, belonging to Goodleigh Fisheries, has been sold to Plymouth.  She has been paired with the Southleigh, which will now be used as a spare while the rest of the pair fleet have their annual refit.

    We understand that the firm will probably be buying another ship later in the year to pair up.

 

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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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