TRAWLER PRINCE M104
TRANIO M104
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Official No: 143862 Port Number and
Year: 630th in London, 1919 (LO ?)
6th in Milford, 1920
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Description:
Castle
Class steel side trawler; steam screw, coal
burning. Ketch rigged: foresail, mainsail, mizzen. |
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Crew:
10 men |
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Registered at Milford:
24 Jun
1920 |
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Built:
1918 by Hepple & Co., South Shields
(Yard no. 646) |
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Tonnage: 275.0 grt
109.22 net |
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Length / breadth / depth (feet):
125.1 /
23.4 / 12.65 |
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Engine: T
3-Cyl. 60.7 nhp.10 kts. Engine by
Bellis & Morcom, Birmingham, and boiler by Palmer
Shipbuilding & Iron Co., Hebburn on Tyne. |
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Owners:
As WILLIAM FLEMMING LO ?
1919:
The Admiralty, London.
Manager: The Secretary of the Admiralty,
Whitehall, London SW1.
As
WILLIAM FLEMMING M104
24 Jun 1920: Harry Eastoe
Rees, 14 Mirador Cres., Swansea.
Managing owner: H.E. Rees, Docks, Milford.
9 Aug 1920: TRAWLER PRINCE M104
23 Aug 1920: Swansea Steam Trawling Co., South Docks, Swansea.
(By 1932: Docks, Milford.)
Manager: Harry E. Rees,
14 Mirador Cres., Swansea. (By 1932: 'Mirador', The Rath,
Milford.)
25 Aug 1933: Harry Eastoe
Rees, 'Mirador', The Rath, Milford.
Managing
owner.
18
Aug 1938: As TRANIO M104
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Landed at Milford:
As
WILLIAM FLEMMING LO?: 28 Oct 1919; 20 May 1920. As TRAWLER PRINCE
M104: 18 Aug 1920 - 14 Aug 1938 As TRANIO M104: 28 Aug 1938 - 2 Sep 1939
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Skippers:
W. E. Wales 5484 (1920); Jno.
Coaker 4190 (1921); Albert E. Seeling (1933); J. W. Setterfield 3670
(1939) [See 1939 local
newspaper report below.] |
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Notes:
William Flemming, age 32, born Lynn, Norfolk;
Quartergunner, HMS POLYPHEMUS; at Trafalgar.
Tranio is a trusty servant in Shakespeare's
The
Taming of the Shrew.
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May 1918: Completed as WILLIAM FLEMMING and equipped with
listening hydrophones (Admy.
no. 3746). 1 x 12 pdr. 1 x 3.5" bomb thrower (A/S
howitzer) 1920: Registered at London
and sold to mercantile as WILLIAM FLEMMING then renamed TRAWLER PRINCE
when registered at Milford. [Information kindly
supplied by Gil Mayes.] Oct
1939: Requisitioned as TRANIO and converted to
a minesweeper.
21 May 1941: Shot down an enemy aircraft. [See
"The Times" report below.]
26 Jun 1941: Sunk by German aircraft
off Smith's Knoll whilst on tow in the
North Sea. (No casualties.) |
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Cert. Cancelled &
Milford Registry Closed: 9 Oct 1941. Vessel
lost on the 27 June 1941, whilst on Admiralty service.
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Accidents and
Incidents
From
The
Irish Times of Monday 7th March 1938, p.8:
MAY BECOME TOTAL WRECK
TRAWLER ASHORE OFF ARAN ISLANDS
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
GALWAY, Sunday
"It seems to be
most unlikely that they will be able to refloat her," said the first
mate of the Dun Aengus, on Saturday, when asked if he thought it would
be possible to save the steam trawler Tranio, of Milford Haven, which
went aground at Killiney, Aran Islands, on Friday night. Another
trawler, Prince, also from Milford Haven, is ready to render assistance.
Another effort to refloat her will be made on Monday with the help of
the Prince.
[The "PRINCE" referred to is
presumably TRAWLER PRINCE M104, which was renamed TRANIO M104, after the
stranding of TRANIO M196. See following newspaper report.]
From an unknown local newspaper, dated
c. 15th September 1938:
Some people were
rather mystified when they saw the steam trawler "Tranio" going out of dock
on Tuesday. Only last week it was reported that the "Tranio", which
went on the rocks on the west coast of Ireland some months ago had been
salvaged and sold. The explanation is that the steam trawler "Trawler
Prince" (owned by Messrs. H. E. Rees and Co.) has had her name changed to "Tranio".
She is now on her first voyage under the new name.
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From an unknown
local newspaper dated c. 26th January 1939:
Trawlers arriving in
the harbour on Tuesday afternoon and others entering the Milford Docks this
morning reported serious damage, and some of them presented full evidence of
their terrible experiences fighting the heavy seas in the Atlantic during
the weekend. Hardly a vessel escaped without some damage, and several
lost their boats.
Worst of all was the
experience of the 'Tranio' (formerly the 'Trawler Prince'), owners Messrs.
H. E. Rees & Co. This vessel presented a sorry sight, with her
wheelhouse practically washed away and the funnel badly dented, as well as
other damage. The Skipper, W. Setterfield, Vaynor Road, and the Mate,
Horace Setterfield, were on the bridge when a tremendous sea struck the
ship, and they were fortunate to escape death. As it was, the Skipper
was so seriously injured - spinal, it is feared - and cut, that he has had
to be conveyed to hospital.
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The Times, Wednesday, May 21, 1941; pg. 2; Issue 48931; col E
News in Brief
FOUR TRAWLERS DESTROY A HEINKEL
HONOURS SHARED
The following Admiralty statement was issued last night:-
On Monday night a Heinkel 111 was engaged and shot down off the East Coast by
H.M. trawlers Tranio (Lieutenant A. L. G. Gillies, R.N.R.), Caswell (Skipper J.
W. V. Jobson, R.N.R.), Thomas Leeds (Temporary Skipper R. A. Cook, R.N.R.), and
Stella Leonis (Acting Skipper Lieutenant W. Perritt, R.D., R.N.R.).
The enemy aircraft had previously been under fire and damaged by H.M.
Minesweeper Princess Elizabeth (Temporary Lieutenant F. A. Smyth, R.N.R.)
No casualty or damage was sustained by our ships.
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From
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4106-33JUN02.htm
Thursday, 26
June 1941
Minesweeping
trawler TRANIO (275grt, T/LT A.L.G. Gillies
RNR),
in tow, was sunk by German bombing near No. 57 Buoy (Smith's Knoll).
There were no
casualties on the trawler.