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

ABERDEEN

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

ALEXANDER SCOTT

144536/LO 361

1917/275

1919-1956

Jenkerson & Jones.  (Adm WW2)  Laid up 07.04.56.  BU Wards Yard, Castle Pill

ALLOCHY

118610/LT 109

1918/94

1947-54

Yolland Bros..  BU Antwerp.

ALMANDINE

163097/H 415

1932/287

1948-62

Milford Fisheries

ALNMOUTH

127091/BL 15

1912/236

1912-19

Western STC.  Xf. Fleetwood.

ALONSO

123260 H 887

1906/176

1935-39

Brand & Curzon. Xf.Hull.  Missing, N.Sea, 13.01.44

ALVIS

143948/H 52

1918/279

1946-47

Milford Fisheries.  Xf.Aberdeen.

AMROTH CASTLE

108301/LO 161

1898/155

1898-1904

>SA23 Castle Steam Trawlers, Swansea. Sold to Dutch.

ANGLESEY

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

ANGLIA

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

ARABIA

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

ARTHUR HARVEY

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

AVONDEE

143898/A 826

1918/202

1943-46

Haven Trawlers

AVONSTAR

136210/H 551

1914/263

1946-52

United Trawlers.  BU Ward’s, Castle Pill 1952.

BAHAMA

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)

BASS ROCK

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]

BELLEROPHON

125083/LT 396

1907/184

1939-45

Consolidated Fisheries, Swansea.  > H. Westenborg  > Pair Fishing Co.

BERENGA

139782/GY 366

1917/263

1946-51

United Trawlers > Atlantic Trawlers  =SPRINGLEIGH M192 17.10.51

BIANCA

121093/H 907

1905/174

1936-41

N.I.Chamberlain  > Llewellyn Bros.  Torpedoed by enemy a/c, Irish Sea, 20.03.41

BLANCHE

124735/H 928

1907/173

1920-32

Brand & Curzon

BOSTON COMET 302385/LT 183 1960/137 1970-72 WH Kerr. Xf. Lowestoft 04.72

BOSTON HERON

162133/FD 48

1939/314

1958-62

< AKITA / CF 4.  Milford Fisheries.  Wrecked off Glas Is., Outer Hebrides, 03.12.62

BOURNEMOUTH

93107/BL 2

1887/135

1889-1911

Western STC Sold to Swedish owners 1912.

BRACONLEA

137620/A 227

1920/200

1945-46

Haven Trawlers.  Foundered, Shetland, 07.10.52

BRENDA WILSON

184001/LT 80

1954/181

1970-84+?

H.Jones (Trawlers) Ltd.

BRITANNIA

125617/ LO 271

1907/223

1907-13

GHD Birt

BRYHER

302404/LT 371

1961/166

1969-91

W.H.Podd > Norrard Trawlers > A Glover. 

BURNHAVEN

137722/LT 164

1918/96

1947-52

Jackora > Merchants (Milford Haven)

CAIRO

116071/H 843

1902/172

1931-38

<H 550. Brand & Curzon.  Xf.Fleetwood 1939. >LT 154

CALLIOPSIS

144788/ KY 223

1918/94

1944-46

<NEBULA (RN Drifter, Harbour Service) Yolland & Llewellin > Yolland Bros. Sold 04.09.46

CAPE TOWN

128121/H 998

1908/188

1936-45

CH Brand > W Wilcox (1938) > RP Lewis (1940)

CAREW CASTLE

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

CASSIOPEIA

144790/LT 86

1920/94

1946-49

Yolland & Llewellin > Yolland Bros (01.01.46)

CASWELL

136143/SA 70

1917/276

1946-53

Milford Fisheries.  BU Wards, Castle Pill 1953

CHARDE

137714 / A 46

1919/94

1927-39

Char Steam Trawling, Ramsgate. (HE Rees, Manager).  Sunk in collision, Portsmouth, 21.06.40

CHARLES BOYES

143886/LO 334

1918/290

1921-32

Brand & Curzon.  Mined, N.Sea, 25.05.40

CHASSIRON

165245/A 435

1913/253

1945-47

Milford Fisheries

CICELY BLANCHE       See PETER CAREY

CICERO

124742/H 931

1907/173

1922-29

Brand & Curzon

CLOUGHSTONE

125044/H 374

1907/233

1948-55

Milford Fisheries.  BU 1955

CLYNE CASTLE

143997/SA 1

1929/308

1956-59

P.Hancock & Sons. >Admiralty charter   BU Pembroke Dock 1960

COMMODATOR

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.

CONCERTATOR

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]

CONSTANT STAR

132943/LT 1158

1911/98

1939-49

F Ingram > United Trawlers

COTSWOLD

143839/GY 77

1917/313

1925-53

D Pettit & Sons > AJ Tilbrooke (1946) > Yolland Bros (1949)

CRADOCK

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

CYCLAMEN

130033/LT 1136

1911/93

1925-45;48-57

AC Mitchell et al.  (Sailed from another port, 10.07.45-01.05.48)

CYGNET

99694/LO 131

1893/141

1907-1915

Brand & Curzon (Adm WW1)

DAGON

143502/GY 438

1920/282

1946-52

AJ Tilbrook.  Sold Aberdeen 01.02.52, =CASIMIR

DALE CASTLE

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)

DANDOLO

129341/A 29

1910/207

1941-52

SFJ & WD Uglow > Haven Trawlers (1948)

DANIA

120474/LO 187

1904/196

1905-07

GHD Birt

DANIEL CLOWDEN

141952/LO 129

1919/280

1928-30;46-48

Iago ST Co (Adm WW2) Haven Trawlers (1946)

DAVID OGILVIE

143930/LO 363

1917/276

1920-39

T Jenkerson &  DG Jones. (Adm WW2)

DAVID OGILVIE

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

DAWN WATERS

161631/LT 90

1930/124

1962-69

Norrard Trawlers.

DEE

99700/GY 513

1893/151

1914-15

Chas. Curzon.  Xf.Grimsby 12.05.15

DEELITE

161629/YH 29

1929/131

1955-73

< OCEAN LIFEBUOY  WH Kerr. BU Briton Ferry 10.09.73

DEELUX

161632/YH 84

1930/125

1955-75

< OCEAN LUX  WH Kerr.  BU Briton Ferry 04.03.75

DEESIDE

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)

DEESIDE

306591/LT 517

1966/174

1966-69

WH Kerr.  Xf. E.Coast 07.69

DELHI

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.

DELTA B

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.

DERESKE

110941/GY 1144

1900/200

1940-45

HE Rees

DIADEM

184005/LT 59

1954/166

1956-63

WH Kerr. Xf.Lowestoft 20.09.63

DICKETA

146438/LT 8

1922/97

1952-59

Scattan (AC Mitchell, manager)

DICKETA

306509/LT 463

1966/174

1966-70

WH Kerr 

DOLPHIN 91025/SA 8 1885/113 1889-1893 John Benson, Swansea

DON

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.

DON JUAN

165243/A 432

1936/134

1936-39

Yolland Bros. > Pair Fishing (1939). Sold to Spanish

DON QUIJOTE

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.

EAST COAST

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

EDDYSTONE

106764/H 368

1897/165

1914-17

C Curzon.

ELECTRA

93080/H 1498

1886/102

1889-95

F & T Ross, Hull

ELECTRIC

96212/GY 236

1890/183

1926-28

CH Bird > CA Munning et al (1928).  Foundered off Carnsore Pt.,  20.10.28

ELF

106756/H 362

1897/165

1914-17

CE Curzon. (Brought in bodies from LUSITANIA sinking.)

ELLESMERE

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)

EMBLEM

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

EMPEROR

116170/H 741

1903/181

1929-36

Robson, Locke & Co. (Mgrs: Brand & Curzon) > Westenborg et al (1935)

ENCORE

113594/LT 929

1900/164

1929-36

A.Mitchell (Mgr.)

EPINARD

113745/GY 346

1906/257

1930-37

RL Hancock

EQUITY

105090/H 315

1896/158

1914-17

C. Curzon.

EWB

130039/LT 1124

1911/95

1941-42;47-55

Yolland Bros.

EXETER

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.

EXMOUTH

98825/BL 7

1891/96.5

1891-1911

Western STC > Sellick, Morley & Price (1906)

EXMOUTH

127096/BL 16

1912/236

1912-14

Sellick, Morley & Price.  Stranded off Islay, 3 lost. CTL, 09.03.38

FALMOUTH

98827/BL 8

1891/133

1891-1908

Western STC.  BU Milford 1909

FALMOUTH

127070/BL 12

1909/111

1909-14

Western STC.  (Adm, WW1) Mined off Deal, 19.11.15

FEACO

131882/LT 207

1924/129

1951-67

WH Kerr.  Sold to Ghana.

FEASIBLE

132963/LT 122

1912/103

1935-38

>LT 1191   JV Breach, Lowestoft (Yolland Bros, Mgr?)  (Adm,WW2)

FISHERGATE

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)

FRAMLINGHAM

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

GALLINULE

124108/LL 116

1907/238

1939-41

Yolland & Llewellyn.

GENERAL ROBERTS

93132/H 38

1888/142

1893-1906

W.Wolfe > J Pettit.  Foundered off the Scillies 05.06.

GEORGE ADGELL

141953/FD 368

1919/290

1946-48

Yolland & Llewellin > Yolland Bros (01.01.46)

GEORGE BORTHWICK

143459/LO179 1917/216 1920 Irish Trawler Co. Ltd., Larne Harbour, Co. Antrim. Unknown Milford manager.

GEORGE COUSINS

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.

GEORGE HASTINGS

148957/H 186

1928/357

1948-53

<LOCH LEVEN  United Trawlers.  

GEORGINA WILSON

162470/HL 10

1955/182

1970-78

Hubert Jones (Trawlers)

GILLYGATE

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

GLEANER

89818/SA 13

1887? / 74

1890-92

<SN 1515 (In Milford, with Milford skipper, on census night 1891.)

GOLDFINDER

108500/GY 162

1898/162

1900-08

J.Setterfield.  Foundered 12 miles N. of Godrevy Is., St.Ives, 20.03.08

GOOSANDER

124111/LL 118

1908/238

1939-41

Llewellyn Bros.  (Adm.WW2)

GOSSANDER       Spelt thus in Olsens up to 1920; as GOOSANDER by 1934.

GOZO

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

GRACKLE

136226/H 224

1915/191

1936-41;44-46

Yolland & Llewellyn

GRASSHOLM

98284/SSS 9

1891/142

1891-1907

Neale & West, Cardiff.  Sank after collision, 08.09.11

GRATEFUL

113242/A 213

1903/213

1943-46

Milford Fisheries (OW Limbrick, Mgr.)

GRENADA

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

GUNNER

146905/GY 434

1927/351

1946-53

United Trawlers.  Xf.Fleetwood 03.54.

GWALIA

120499/LO 210

1905/207

1905-1910

Welsh STC.  Sold to Japanese, 01.11

HALCYON

99695/LO 132

1893/141

1908-15

Edward Brand. (Adm.WW1)  Mined in the North Sea, 7.1919

HALO

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

HEATHER GEORGE

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)

HECTOR GANNET

304294 /LO 143

1962/362

1962-64

Hector Trawlers (WH Kerr, Mgr.)  Converted to Oil Rig Attendant Vessel.  Foundered N.Sea 1965.

HECTOR GULL

304385/LO 148

1962/362

1964-67

Hector Trawlers (WH Kerr, Mgr.)

HENE CASTLE

109055/H 414

1898/169

1898-1904

Castle STC, Swansea. <HENE CASTLE /H414. >SA34 (1906) Sold to Japanese 1908.

HIBERNIA

123803/LO 266

1907/216

1907-14

GHD Birt (Phoenix Trawling Co.) (Adm.WW1)

HINDUSTAN

105521/SN 30

1894/150

1904-06

<GY 775. Houston & Davies.  Foundered off Saltees, 06.02.06 

HOOD

143791/LO 160

1918/203

1920-28;32

Vanessa Fishing Co.  LU 1929-31 Foundered off Johnshaven, 12.08.38

HORATIO

123239/H 904

1906/174

1930-38

CH Brand.  Foundered off St. Ann's Head 15.07.38

HORDERN

 

 

 

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

 

 

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