Milford Trawlers Registered in Other Ports, 1888-1988
A - H
Trawlers berthed alongside the fish market, just before the Great War
From McKay and Springer (1999): Milford Haven - Waterway and Town
Port Identification Letters:
A Aberdeen
LL Liverpool BL Bristol
LO London
BM Brixham LT Lowestoft
CF Cardiff
NE Newcastle
FR Fraserburgh
P Portsmouth
GN Granton
R Ramsgate
GY Grimsby
SA Swansea
H Hull
SN North Shields
HL Hartlepool
SSS South Shields
KY Kirkcaldy
YH Yarmouth
Abbreviations & Symbols:
< formerly
LU laid up
> later or became
Mgr. Manager = renamed
ST / STC Steam Trawler/ Steam Trawler Company
BU broken up
Xf transferred to
Names or wording shown THUS are linked to pages of "Losses" or "Accidents and Incidents". Unless otherwise stated, transcriptions are from the Les Jones Archive. Names shown THUS are linked to pages which include photographs of the trawler. ● Indicates that a photograph of the crew is included.
Name
Official / Register No.
Built / GRT
Period at Milford
Milford Owners / Managers and fate
106676/LT 123
1896/69
1937-41
Yolland & Llewellyn > United Trawlers (17.3.39) Sunk by enemy a/c in Cardigan Bay, 11.03.41
ABRENTE 398099/FH525 1975/194 c.1988 Interpesco Securities, Milford. AFRICA 84878/SN1397
1883/122 1889-93 Chas. Dyble, N.Shields >Thos. Hooper, Swansea (1.01.91) > SA15. (Converted to a tug, 1896) AGATE 99546/H 179 1891/156 1902-03 Kingston STC, Hull. Foundered 10.31 AGNES ALLEN 182177/BM 21 1947/109 1960-61 Torbay Tawlers (WH Kerr, Mgr). ALAMEIN 149058/ H 283 1926/358 1950-52 Yolland Bros.=LADY OLWEN Sold to Grimsby owners 03.52. Wrecked, Faroe Is., 28.04.55 144536/LO 361
1917/275
1919-1956
Jenkerson & Jones. (Adm WW2) Laid up 07.04.56. BU Wards Yard, Castle Pill
118610/LT 109
1918/94
1947-54
Yolland Bros.. BU Antwerp.
163097/H 415
1932/287
1948-62
Milford Fisheries
127091/BL 15
1912/236
1912-19
Western STC. Xf. Fleetwood.
123260 H 887
1906/176
1935-39
Brand & Curzon. Xf.Hull. Missing, N.Sea, 13.01.44
143948/H 52
1918/279
1946-47
Milford Fisheries. Xf.Aberdeen.
108301/LO 161 1898/155
1898-1904
>SA23 Castle Steam Trawlers, Swansea. Sold to Dutch.
108493/GY 474
1898/173
1903
Milford Haven STC 10.05.03. Lost off Yokane, Co.Cork, 24.09.03.
ANGUILLA 301511/LT 67 1959/228 1987-92 Southard Trawlers. BU Pembroke Dock 08.92 120473/LO 186
1904/196
1904-08
GHD Birt.
ANTICIPATOR 131926/BM 306 1911/52 1916-18 EJ Hellings.Xf. Lowestoft 1919. (=LT432) [Wooden smack] 1923: Burnt near North Hinder L.V. ANTIGUA 187025/LT 150 1957/204 1987-92 Southard Trawlers. BU Pembroke Dock 08.92 123743/LO 251
1906/211
1906-13
GHD Birt. Sold to Dutch 13.04.13
ARIEL 121091/H 843 1905/174 1927 Vanessa (Butterfly) Fishing Co. Sank after collision off IoM, 02.08.45 376327/LT 27
1960/66
1978-85
D Sanders > Alan Dell Trawlers
ASCONA ●
149226/LT 108
1930/138
1953-1970
Norrard Trawlers BU Blythe 06.70
ATLANTIC SEAL 302796/LO 106 1961/286 1961-62 Storgram Trawlers (Fred Ingram, mgr.) Xf.Grimsby AUTUMN SWALLOW 302398/LT363 1961/196 1986-88+ <CARLTON QUEEN. Laira Fishing 143898/A 826
1918/202
1943-46
Haven Trawlers
136210/H 551
1914/263
1946-52
United Trawlers. BU Ward’s, Castle Pill 1952.
124720/FD 414
1907/270
1945-57
<LOUISE SA50. Pettit & Youds. . BU 1957
BARON RUZETTE 141964 /O 120 1910/214 1914-20 S.A. Pecheries d'Islande, Ostend. Belgian Fishery Trawler, 1914-20. =GELSINA FD431 (1923) 125476/A 759
1907/169
1930-40
WH East & Co (LU 21.02.36-15.01.37) Bombed by enemy a/c off Old Head of Kinsale 24.09.40
BEE ORCHIS 109278/BM 155 1894/45 1896-1915 R. Jackman, Brixham > R. E. White, Milford (1905) > J White (1911) [Wooden smack] 125083/LT 396
1907/184
1939-45
Consolidated Fisheries, Swansea. > H. Westenborg > Pair Fishing Co.
139782/GY 366
1917/263
1946-51
United Trawlers > Atlantic Trawlers =SPRINGLEIGH M192 17.10.51
121093/H 907
1905/174
1936-41
N.I.Chamberlain > Llewellyn Bros. Torpedoed by enemy a/c, Irish Sea, 20.03.41
124735/H 928
1907/173
1920-32
Brand & Curzon
BOSTON COMET 302385/LT 183 1960/137 1970-72 WH Kerr. Xf. Lowestoft 04.72 162133/FD 48
1939/314
1958-62
< AKITA / CF 4. Milford Fisheries. Wrecked off Glas Is., Outer Hebrides, 03.12.62
93107/BL 2
1887/135
1889-1911
Western STC Sold to Swedish owners 1912.
137620/A 227
1920/200
1945-46
Haven Trawlers. Foundered, Shetland, 07.10.52
184001/LT 80
1954/181
1970-84+?
H.Jones (Trawlers) Ltd.
125617/ LO 271
1907/223
1907-13
GHD Birt
302404/LT 371
1961/166
1969-91
W.H.Podd > Norrard Trawlers > A Glover.
137722/LT 164
1918/96
1947-52
Jackora > Merchants (Milford Haven)
116071/H 843
1902/172
1931-38
<H 550. Brand & Curzon. Xf.Fleetwood 1939. >LT 154
144788/ KY 223
1918/94
1944-46
<NEBULA (RN Drifter, Harbour Service) Yolland & Llewellin > Yolland Bros. Sold 04.09.46
128121/H 998
1908/188
1936-45
CH Brand > W Wilcox (1938) > RP Lewis (1940)
99080/LO 88
1892/138
1894-1904
<WESTWARD HO T.R. Oswald? > GHD Birt. >Castle Trawlers, Swansea, 1906.
CASHMERE 99051/LO 82 1892/142 1892-96 United Kingdom STC, London 144790/LT 86
1920/94
1946-49
Yolland & Llewellin > Yolland Bros (01.01.46)
136143/SA 70
1917/276
1946-53
Milford Fisheries. BU Wards, Castle Pill 1953
137714 / A 46
1919/94
1927-39
Char Steam Trawling, Ramsgate. (HE Rees, Manager). Sunk in collision, Portsmouth, 21.06.40
143886/LO 334
1918/290
1921-32
Brand & Curzon. Mined, N.Sea, 25.05.40
165245/A 435
1913/253
1945-47
Milford Fisheries
CICELY BLANCHE See PETER CAREY 124742/H 931
1907/173
1922-29
Brand & Curzon
125044/H 374
1907/233
1948-55
Milford Fisheries. BU 1955
143997/SA 1
1929/308
1956-59
P.Hancock & Sons. >Admiralty charter BU Pembroke Dock 1960
143809/GY 57
1918/282
1946-47
Don Trawling Co. =LYNANDI
COMMODORE 97551/GN 31 1890/126 1891-94 Newbon & Brocklebank COMTE HORACE VAN DEN BURGH - / O.55 1907/200 1914-1920 S.A. Pêcheries D'Islande. Belgian Fishery Trawler. 143964/GN 8
1917/276
1946-48
(<JOHN THORLING See Other Reg. I-P) J Yolland.
CONSERVATIVE 88129/ H 1355 1883/82 1889-93 W. Wolfe. Foundered off the Smalls, 13.05.1893 [Wooden smack - ketch rig] 132943/LT 1158
1911/98
1939-49
F Ingram > United Trawlers
143839/GY 77
1917/313
1925-53
D Pettit & Sons > AJ Tilbrooke (1946) > Yolland Bros (1949)
139348/LT 591
1919/203
1921-38
Vanessa (Butterfly) Fishing Co. Sunk by enemy a/c off St.Abb's Hd, 08.11.41
CURLEW 120051/BM 227 1904/51 1911-16 J. Whicher. Scuttled by UC-17, S. of Berry Hd., 22.03.1917 130033/LT 1136
1911/93
1925-45;48-57
AC Mitchell et al. (Sailed from another port, 10.07.45-01.05.48)
99694/LO 131
1893/141
1907-1915
Brand & Curzon (Adm WW1)
143502/GY 438
1920/282
1946-52
AJ Tilbrook. Sold Aberdeen 01.02.52, =CASIMIR
99568/H 195
1892/148
1892-1904
GHD Birt. > Castle Steam Fishing, LO149 (1897) Sold to French 10.06.04
DAMITO ●
143462/LO 81
1917/275
1929-56
<TEALBY. T.Jenkerson et al. (Adm WW2)
129341/A 29
1910/207
1941-52
SFJ & WD Uglow > Haven Trawlers (1948)
120474/LO 187
1904/196
1905-07
GHD Birt
141952/LO 129
1919/280
1928-30;46-48
Iago ST Co (Adm WW2) Haven Trawlers (1946)
143930/LO 363
1917/276
1920-39
T Jenkerson & DG Jones. (Adm WW2)
182855/LO 363
1948/341
1948-56
Jenkerson & Jones
DAWN SPRAY 185677/LT 465 1952/114 1987-91 Norrard Trawlers. Sold to Irish owners 03.93 161631/LT 90
1930/124
1962-69
Norrard Trawlers.
99700/GY 513
1893/151
1914-15
Chas. Curzon. Xf.Grimsby 12.05.15
161629/YH 29
1929/131
1955-73
< OCEAN LIFEBUOY WH Kerr. BU Briton Ferry 10.09.73
161632/YH 84
1930/125
1955-75
< OCEAN LUX WH Kerr. BU Briton Ferry 04.03.75
121048/A 140
1905/171
1930-45;53-56
EM Morris (LU 23.06.33-23.09.34) > HJ Richards (1941). (Xf.Lowestoft 1946-53) >WH Kerr (1953)
306591/LT 517
1966/174
1966-69
WH Kerr. Xf. E.Coast 07.69
118751/LT 111
1903/171
1933-57
<H 742 W.James > A Ritchie et al (1948) > WH Kerr (1949). BU Wards, Castle Pill 1957
DELTA A n/a / O 170 1908/241 1914-16 Delta SA, Ostend. Belgian crew, resident in Milford. Sunk by U-19, 21.04.18. n/a / O 171
1908/220
1914-15
Delta SA, Ostend. Belgian crew, resident in Milford. Sunk by U-34, 01.06.15.
DEODAR 131932/BM 313 1911/52 1911-19 J & EJ Hellings. Xf. Lowestoft. [Wooden smack]. Currently restored by Swedish owners. 110941/GY 1144
1900/200
1940-45
HE Rees
DIADEM ●
184005/LT 59
1954/166
1956-63
WH Kerr. Xf.Lowestoft 20.09.63
146438/LT 8
1922/97
1952-59
Scattan (AC Mitchell, manager)
306509/LT 463
1966/174
1966-70
WH Kerr
DOLPHIN 91025/SA 8 1885/113 1889-1893 John Benson, Swansea 99701/GY 151
1893/151
1914-15
Chas. Curzon. Xf. Grimsby 30.03.15. Mined 100 miles E by S of Spurn Point, 06.05.15. All hands lost.
165243/A 432
1936/134
1936-39
Yolland Bros. > Pair Fishing (1939). Sold to Spanish
165242/A 431
1936/134
1936-39
Yolland Bros > Pair Fishing (1939). Sold to Spanish, 08.39.
DOVE 106595/BM 130 1897/48 1904-14 T.Hitchings ?, "Hearts of Oak", Hill St., Hakin. 123378/A 935
1907/192
1945-55
WH East > Don Trawling. Foundered off Ballycotton 07.11.47; salvaged. BU Wards, Castle Pill 1958.
EBOR 106755/H 360 1897/165 1914-20 Great Northern Steam Fishing, Hull. (Brand & Curzon, Mgrs.) Fishery trawler. Sank, Firth of Forth, 30.12.27 106764/H 368
1897/165
1914-17
C Curzon.
93080/H 1498
1886/102
1889-95
F & T Ross, Hull
96212/GY 236
1890/183
1926-28
CH Bird > CA Munning et al (1928). Foundered off Carnsore Pt., 20.10.28
106756/H 362
1897/165
1914-17
CE Curzon. (Brought in bodies from LUSITANIA sinking.)
118770/H 767
1903/183
1934-51
James Co. > Chamberlain & James (1935) > Crescent Co (1937). BU Wards, Castle Pill 1951
ELSIE 105100/H 320 1896/184 1903-04 Central Steam Fishing Co. (GHD Birt, Mgr) 105073/H 301
1895/157
1914-15
C.Curzon. Sunk by U-41 off Hoy, 25.07.15
EMMANUEL - /O.87 1912/218 1914-19 S.A. Pêcheries à Vapeur, Ostend 116170/H 741
1903/181
1929-36
Robson, Locke & Co. (Mgrs: Brand & Curzon) > Westenborg et al (1935)
113594/LT 929
1900/164
1929-36
A.Mitchell (Mgr.)
113745/GY 346
1906/257
1930-37
RL Hancock
105090/H 315
1896/158
1914-17
C. Curzon.
130039/LT 1124
1911/95
1941-42;47-55
Yolland Bros.
108482/LT 139
1897/165
1929-41
Pater Trawling (JH Gough et al.) > Yolland & Llewellyn (1939). Bombed by German a/c off Ballycotton, 29.03.41.
98825/BL 7
1891/96.5
1891-1911
Western STC > Sellick, Morley & Price (1906)
127096/BL 16
1912/236
1912-14
Sellick, Morley & Price. Stranded off Islay, 3 lost. CTL, 09.03.38
98827/BL 8
1891/133
1891-1908
Western STC. BU Milford 1909
127070/BL 12
1909/111
1909-14
Western STC. (Adm, WW1) Mined off Deal, 19.11.15
131882/LT 207
1924/129
1951-67
WH Kerr. Sold to Ghana.
132963/LT 122
1912/103
1935-38
>LT 1191 JV Breach, Lowestoft (Yolland Bros, Mgr?) (Adm,WW2)
120516/LO 209
1905/205
1905-15;20-21
GHD Birt (Phoenix Trawling Co.) LU 1918-20; Xf.Aberdeen 1925. Foundered, 22.12.36
FLORENCE 113207/GY 1201 1900/204 1903-04 Central SF, Grimsby. =HUNGATE 9/1904 GHD Birt (Phoenix Trawling Co.) Foundered 07.10.04 FLOWERET 125117/BM 281 1909/51 1917-18 Gwyneth STC > Bishop & Walters, Haverfordwest (1918) > JJ Polyblank, Milford (1918) 133214/LT 252
1900/169
1940;48-51
LT 252 (1940). Yolland Bros > GY 1. BU Wards, Castle Pill 1952.
FRIENDSHIP 120067/BM 244 1905/49 1906-17 EA Stockman (Brixham) > T. Jenkerson (1909) [Wooden smack] Sunk by U-65, 13.02.17 FROLIC 90962/DH104 1886/52 (net) 1890-93 W.S. Windass, Brixham. FURZE ●
132337/LT 95
1911/99
1948;50-55
Yolland Bros.
GABY - /O.82 1909/210 1914-19 S.A. des Pêcheries à Vapeur. Fishery Trawler 124108/LL 116
1907/238
1939-41
Yolland & Llewellyn.
93132/H 38
1888/142
1893-1906
W.Wolfe > J Pettit. Foundered off the Scillies 05.06.
141953/FD 368
1919/290
1946-48
Yolland & Llewellin > Yolland Bros (01.01.46)
143459/LO179 1917/216 1920 Irish Trawler Co. Ltd., Larne Harbour, Co. Antrim. Unknown Milford manager. 141950/LO 66
1919/276
1946-48
<FD343 Haven Trawlers. Xf. Fleetwood 1948; >FD281
GEORGE FRENCH 143467/LO197 1918/205 1920-21 Irish Trawler Co. Ltd., Larne Harbour, Co. Antrim. Unknown Milford manager. 148957/H 186
1928/357
1948-53
<LOCH LEVEN United Trawlers.
162470/HL 10
1955/182
1970-78
Hubert Jones (Trawlers)
120624/LO 231
1905/207
1905-15
GHD Birt (Phoenix Trawling Co.) (Adm.WW1) Foundered off Buchan Ness, 19.09.34
GILMAR 302228/A 468 1960/215 1984-91 Southard Trawlers. BU at Castle Pill 08.92 89818/SA 13
1887? / 74
1890-92
<SN 1515 (In Milford, with Milford skipper, on census night 1891.)
108500/GY 162
1898/162
1900-08
J.Setterfield. Foundered 12 miles N. of Godrevy Is., St.Ives, 20.03.08
124111/LL 118
1908/238
1939-41
Llewellyn Bros. (Adm.WW2)
GOSSANDER Spelt thus in Olsens up to 1920; as GOOSANDER by 1934. 113639/H 545
1902/172
1930-39;41-45
Chas. Brand. LU 10.02.39 > Milford Fisheries. Mined off Old Head of Kinsale, 24.07.45
136226/H 224
1915/191
1936-41;44-46
Yolland & Llewellyn
98284/SSS 9
1891/142
1891-1907
Neale & West, Cardiff. Sank after collision, 08.09.11
113242/A 213
1903/213
1943-46
Milford Fisheries (OW Limbrick, Mgr.)
124759/H 947
1907/183
1936-41;44-45
Yolland & Llewellyn > Milford Fisheries. Mined off Old Head of Kinsale, 03.10.45
GROSBEAK ●
129281/LO 249
1910/192
1945-46;54-55
Don Trawlers. BU 1955
146905/GY 434
1927/351
1946-53
United Trawlers. Xf.Fleetwood 03.54.
120499/LO 210
1905/207
1905-1910
Welsh STC. Sold to Japanese, 01.11
99695/LO 132
1893/141
1908-15
Edward Brand. (Adm.WW1) Mined in the North Sea, 7.1919
168584/SA 121
1918/94
1949-53
Bristol Channel Fishing Co. BU Wards, Castle Pill 1955.
HANNAH WOODBRIDGE 141952/FD 355 See DANIEL CLOWDEN HARFAT CASTLE 114520 /LO 172 1902/192 1902-04 Castle STC, Swansea. (Xf Liverpool 1906 =GADWELL LL83) Sunk by U-41 off Hoy, 25.07.15 HATANO ●
148284/LO 177
1925/297
1930-39;46-55
T Jenkerson (Adm.WW2) LU 25.05.56; BU 1956
168596/SA 29
1945/133
1958-66
<MFV 1507. Owens Trawlers (F Ingram, Mgr.). Sold to New Zealand 09.67. (Starred in film The Inspector, 1962)
304294 /LO 143
1962/362
1962-64
Hector Trawlers (WH Kerr, Mgr.) Converted to Oil Rig Attendant Vessel. Foundered N.Sea 1965.
304385/LO 148
1962/362
1964-67
Hector Trawlers (WH Kerr, Mgr.)
109055/H 414
1898/169
1898-1904
Castle STC, Swansea. <HENE CASTLE /H414. >SA34 (1906) Sold to Japanese 1908.
123803/LO 266
1907/216
1907-14
GHD Birt (Phoenix Trawling Co.) (Adm.WW1)
105521/SN 30
1894/150
1904-06
<GY 775. Houston & Davies. Foundered off Saltees, 06.02.06
143791/LO 160
1918/203
1920-28;32
Vanessa Fishing Co. LU 1929-31 Foundered off Johnshaven, 12.08.38
123239/H 904
1906/174
1930-38
CH Brand. Foundered off St. Ann's Head 15.07.38
See THOMAS BARTLETT
HOSANNA ●
149242/LT 167
1930/132
1952-59
Haven Trawlers.
HUNGATE See FLORENCE HYPATIA 101960/LO 96 1893/143 1893-94 Newbon & Brocklebank. Foundered off Lambay Is., 1904