Trawlers Registered in Milford, 1915 – 1939
The fishing fleet laid up during the coal strike in July 1921
[From Warburton J (1984): Milford Haven in Old Postcards.]
Key:
Adm taken up by the Admiralty
BU broken up
CTL constructive total loss– when a ship is so damaged that the cost of salvage and repair would exceed the value when salvaged.
DSF Deep Sea Fishing
LV Light Vessel
MOWT Ministry of War Transport
ON official number
SFC Steam Fishing Company
ST(C) Steam Trawling (Company)
TC Trawling Company
Xf transferred to
= renamed
> became OR changed owners
< formerly
Names in GREEN are linked to technical and historical data; those in BLUE also include details of "Accidents and Incidents" or "Losses", while those in RED include one or more photographs. ● Indicates that a photograph of the crew is included. Unless otherwise stated, transcriptions and data are from the Les Jones Archive.
.JPG)
| Name | ON/Register No (M~) | Built/GRT | On Register | Owners and fate |
|
106703 / 3 |
1896/150 |
1919-21 |
(<H264 <CF22. See Other Registrations A-H) JM Knight. Sold to Spanish 29.8.21. |
|
|
127614 / 93 |
1908/82 |
1920-31 |
EJ Hellings et al. Unfit for service 31.12.31 |
|
|
127824 / 101 |
1908/245 |
1930-43 |
Laycock (D.Pettit, Mgr) >Pettit & Youds (1937). (Adm, WW2. Lost 10.43) |
|
|
137367 / 37 |
1915/194 |
1925-26 |
<SN 169. Swansea STC. Xf.Grimsby 19.03.26 |
|
|
110203 / 97 |
1899/159 |
1917-21 |
TG Hancock. Lost 3.11.21 |
|
|
143796 / 184 > 161 |
1918/277 |
1935-62 |
Ritchie & Davies. Originally LO 407, > M184 (1935); (Adm, WW2) 1946: Milford Fisheries (M 161). BU 10.02.62. [Represented Welsh fishermen at the 1935 Spithead Review in celebration of King George V Silver Jubilee.] |
|
| AVENTURE | 110893 / 9 | 1899/166 | 1929-36 | PL Hancock > CM Lloyd & AL Hancock (1929) > RL Hancock (1933). BU Pembroke Dock 19.06.36 |
| AVOLA | 132884 / 249 | 1913/255 | 1937-46 | RL Hancock. Xf.Hull 02.01.47 |
|
95766 / 54 |
1890/139 |
1915-25 |
(<BL4 See Other Trawlers A-H) DG Jones > JM Knight. (1919) (Sailing out of Grimsby 1920?) BU 1926 |
|
| BARDOLPH | 132856 / 276 | 1911/257 | 1938-43 | (<H181 See Other Trawlers A-H) Milford Fisheries. (Adm,WW2) |
|
CALDY ● |
127420 / 198 |
1906/222 |
1921-61 |
(<M228 See Trawlers 1888-1914) JS Pettit (10.05.21) > Hakin STC (JBB Huddleston Mgr) (1927) > Westward Trawlers Ltd (1937) BU Briton Ferry 21.10.61 |
| CALIBAN | 139347 / 277 | 1919/277 | 1938-47 | <H76 (See"Other Reg A-H".) Milford Fisheries. (Adm,WW2). Xf.Aberdeen =LYNBURN A 470 (1947) |
| CALIPH | 121610 / 234 | 1906/226 | 1937-41 | (See 1888-1914) EE Carter. Lost by enemy action 02.11.41 |
|
136159 / 254 |
1919/290 |
1922-25 |
H Westenborg et al. Xf.Hull 12.03.25 =DUNCAN MCRAE (1930) = MILFORD EARL (1936) |
|
|
143465 / 110 |
1918/277 |
1920-36 |
D.Pettit > Boston DSF, Fleetwood (1934). Xf.Granton 04.02.36 |
|
|
143847 / 243 |
1917/275 |
1921-38 |
<JAMES ROBERTSON >CAPSTONE (1922) D Pettit > Boston DSF, Fleetwood (1934) =WYRE CAPTAIN FD78 (1949) |
|
|
137762 / 32 |
1915/243 |
1915-23 |
D.Pettit. Missing from 22.02.23. |
|
|
145174 / 249 |
1918/277 |
1922-28 |
D. Pettit. Foundered, Porcupine Bank 01.11.28; crew picked up by CRESSWELL. |
|
| CETUS | 99714 / 35 | 1893/139 | 1929-32 | O.Curphy > EE Carter (1932 =DILYS). Sank after collision, English Channel 01.10.32 |
| CHARMOUTH | 127082 / 242 | 1910/195 | 1937-46 | <BL14. Pair Fishing Co. > Wm.Wilcox (1943) > Pair Fishing (1946) Sunk by mine 14.11.46 |
|
144537 / 118 |
1917/275 |
1920-38 |
D Pettit > Boston DSF, Fleetwood (1934). Xf.Hull 13.04.38 |
|
| CLEOPATRA II | 127404 / 235 | 1907/240 | 1937-60 | <CLEOPATRA M 213 (See Trawlers 1880-1914) EE Carter. BU Cork 21.03.60 |
|
128371 / 86 |
1908/83 |
1920-27 |
EC Edwards. CTL 02.05.27, after collision with St Patricks Bridge, Wexford |
|
|
143849 / 245 |
1917/275 |
1922-35 |
< THOMAS TWINEY. D Pettit > Boston DSF, Fleetwood (1934). CTL 21.10.35 |
|
| CODETTA | 137776 / 145 | 1903/181 | 1932-36 | AD Baldwin > RL Hancock (1934) BU Pembroke Dock 09.10.36 |
|
137765 / 158 |
1919/96 |
1920-22 |
J Kirk & EC Edwards. Sold to French 06.04.22 =MADELEINE JEANNE M 119 (1927) |
|
|
99715 / 2 |
1893/140 |
1924-36 |
PL Hancock & Sons. BU Pembroke Dock 19.02.36 |
|
|
137763 / 15 |
1915/243 |
1915-19 |
D.Pettit. (Adm, WW1. Lost on passage Tyne to Humber, 2.2.17) |
|
|
143818 / 244 |
1917/275 |
1922-48 |
< THOMAS GOBLE. D Pettit > Boston DSF, Fleetwood (1934) > JC Llewellyn et al (1945) Xf Fleetwood 06.10.48 |
|
|
144538 / 129 |
1917/275 |
1920-39 |
D Pettit. > Boston DSF, Fleetwood (1934). While sailing out of Fleetwood, sunk by U.boat gunfire 12.11.39, 18m NW by N of Flannan Is. Register closed 13.12.39 |
|
| CYLVIDA | 124717 / 146 | 1907/252 | 1933-37 | EE Carter. BU Llanelly 02.09.37 |
| DANDARA | 129208 / 279 | 1909/213 | 1938-41 | <A122 (See "Other Reg A-H"). Milford Fisheries. Xf.Hull 15.03.41 |
|
144161 / 195 |
1919/290 |
1935-39 |
HE Rees. Xf. Hull 10.11.39 (See Other Reg. A-H) |
|
| DILIMER | 137773 / 148 | 1916/139 | 1928-46 | EE Carter. (Adm WW2) BU 11.10.46 |
| DILYS | < CETUS. Sank after collision in English Channel, 17.09.32 | |||
|
143941 / 140 |
1918/277 |
1920-22 |
E Garnham. Xf.Fleetwood 25.02.22 |
|
|
|
|
|
<CALLANCROFT; = MILFORD EARL |
|
|
|
|
|
< JAMES GREEN |
|
|
113235 / 36 |
1902/181 |
1929-41 |
O Curphy > WHE Nichols (1932). Registry closed 16.10.41. (Adm, WW2. Lost 2.43) |
|
| ELY | 118776 / 85 | 1903/183 | 1930-45 | DT George (J Ritchie, Mgr.) > W Wilcox (1939) Lost through collision 14.01.45. Register closed 22.01.45 |
| EMU | 105534 / 83 | 1895/154 | 1930-37 | <GY1. W Wilcox (D.Pettit, Mgr.) > H Westenborg (1934). BU Wards, Castle Pill 15.04.37 |
| ERMINE | 118760 / 90 | 1903/181 | 1930-52 | <H753 HE Rees > DE Rees & MM Gwyther (1952) BU 10.12.52 |
|
127613 / 100 |
1908/83 |
1920-33 |
EJ Hellings et al. BU 22.12.1933 |
|
| FALMOUTH | 108483 / 267 | 1897/165 | 1938-45 | HJ Horwood > Pair Fishing (1943). Xf.Grimsby 10.01.45 |
|
146085 / 240 |
1919/99 |
1921-35 |
J Sturley et al, Dale (J Hellings, Mgr.). Sank on Arklow Bank 01.02.35. |
|
| FRANCISCO LORCA | 165639 / 248 | 1930/115 | 1937-39 | Bristol Trawlers (EJ Hellings, Mgr). Sold to Spanish owners 25.11.39 |
| GAELIC | 96220 / 204 | 1890/159 | 1928-35 | Turberville & Houston (JP Houston, Mgr.) LU 13.07.34. BU Pembroke Dock 07.02.35 |
|
139991 / 248 |
1919/96 |
1922 |
SI Hancock (23.03.22). Sold to French (22.08.22) (See MURIELLE) |
|
| GORDON RICHARDS | 137774 / 217 | 1907/217 | 1928-38 | <GUDRUN. JS Pettit, JBS Huddlestone et al >Westward Trawlers(1937). Lost with all hands, after 12.01.38. |
|
< REVESBY |
||||
| HAWTHORN | 113228 / 49 | 1902/180 | 1929-37 | Bricknell & Davies (J Mumby) > Hawthorn Fishing (1931) Sold to Dutch for BU 24.05.37. |
| HAWTHORNBANK | 144996 / 237 | 1918/96 | 1937 | RL Hancock (24.08.37) > Xf.Berwick 11.10.37 (see 1940-88) |
| HELEN MCRAE |
141963 / 17 |
1919/275 |
1929-48 |
<OUR MONICA FD413. T Jenkerson & Co. (McRae STC) > Knight, Yeandle, Powell & Kelway (1936) = MILFORD DUCHESS |
| HIROSE | 143532 / 47 | 1920/281 | 1929-34 | Pettit & Youds. Foundered of NW Ireland 11.04.34 |
| HORDERN | 143879 / 273 | 1918/290 | 1938-39 | <THOMAS BARTLETT LO373 (See Other Trawlers Q-Z) Milford Fisheries =HORDERN 1938 (Adm, WW2 =THOMAS BARTLETT) |
|
117481 / 173 |
1903/79 |
1920-24 |
J Richie et al. Sank in Irish Sea, 25.03.24 |
|
|
143517 / 39 |
1920/282 |
1929-52 |
Pettit & Youds (Adm,WW2) >Pair Fishing (1946). Xf Aberdeen 24.03.52 |
|
| JAIME SEGUI | 165638 / 247 | 1930/115 | 1937-39 | Bristol Trawlers, Milford (EJ Hellings Mgr.) (Didn't fish out of Milford?) Sold to Spanish owners 25.11.39 |
|
143866 / 252 |
1917/275 |
1922-43 |
D.Pettit > HJ & WG Hewer (1922) = E & F 1925 > EAH Owens (1933) > J Marr (Fleetwood, 1939) (Adm WW2; purchased into RN 11.43 =LAVEROCK) Registry closed 18.12.43 |
|
|
|
|
|
= CAPSTONE 1922 |
|
|
143835 / 275 |
1918/290 |
1938-40 |
(<LO 234; Brand & Curzon ,1921); Milford Fisheries (1938) 9.40: Presumed mined S. of Coningbeg LV, lost with all hands. |
|
|
143825 ?/ 272 |
1918/290 |
1938-39 |
(<LO241 Brand & Curzon, 1920) Milford Fisheries (1938) Xf. Fleetwood 10.08.39 |
|
| KENNETH MCRAE | 145031 / 52 | 1919/275 | 1930-36 | (<RODERIGO H862) JM Knight (HE Rees) > Knight, Yeandle, Powell & Kelway (HE Rees, >Mgr.) (1936). > Milford STC. =MILFORD COUNTESS (1936) |
| KENSINGTON | 113163 / 208 | 1900/172 | 1928-38 | Yabsley & Ebbeson > DPB Pettit (1934) > AHW Clarke (1935) BU Ward's Yard 10.03.38 |
| KITTIWAKE | 98747 / 87 | 1891/153 | 1930-33 |