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.
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). Ran aground at Girvan, Ayrshire; 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-41 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. Mined off Penlee Pt., 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 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.) 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.
143829 / 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 EJ Hellings. >JH Gough (1933) BU 11.11.33 KUROKI 128500 / 103 1909/248 1926-46 Hakin TC (JBB Huddlestone, Mgr) > Westward Trawlers (EE Carter, Mgr.,1937). MOWT 23.11.43. Register closed 02.02.46 143516 / 50
1920/282
1929-48
Hakin TC > Westward Trawlers (1937) = RUDILAIS 1938
LAUREATE 109890 / 29 1898/196 1929-37 Iago Trawling (Marchant , Lock & Vaughan) BU 01.09.37 LILY MCRAE 146933 / 19 1918/277 1929-45 (<SCAWBY BN187) HE Rees & Co (McRae STC) > Milford STC (1936) =MILFORD DUKE =MANOR M301 (1948) LINCOLNIA 106832 / 214 1896/138 1928-34 VT Taylor (RL Hancock, Mgr.). BU Pembroke Dock 11.10.34 LINNET 93115 / 61 1887/142 1930-38 <HER MAJESTY/A494 (See "Other Reg.A-H") EJ Hellings. BU Llanelly 09.08.38 129968 / 62
1910/77
1915-29
WH East . = TRIPP 12.10.21. Xf. Inverness 02.09.29
MADELEINE JEANNE 137765 / 119 1919/96 1927-32 <CONFLAGRATION M 158 (1920-22). EJ Hellings. Xf.Lowestoft 27.07.32 MANOR 132414 / 238 1913/314 1938-43 RL Hancock. (Adm,WW2) Lost 09.07.43 Register closed 08.10.43 MARGUERITA 139356 / 11 1919/96 1929-46 EJ Hellings > RL Hancock (1939). (Adm, WW2). Sold to Danes 22.11.46, but foundered on passage. 114310 / 11
1905/232
1919-21
JM Knight & MW Howells > Direct Fishing Supplies (1921). Xf.Grimsby 14.10.21
MELROSE - / 154 1918/22 1918 CR Roch, Tenby (18.03.18). Xf.Dublin 16.08.18 145031 / 52
1919/275
1936-49
<KENNETH MCRAE (1930-36) Milford STC (Adm, WW2) Represented fishing fleet at K.George VI's Coronation Spithead Review, 20.05.37 Xf.Aberdeen 26.08.49
141963 / 17
1919/275
1929-48
<HELEN MCRAE (1929-36) Milford STC (HE Rees, 1936; > JC Ward, 1938, Mgr.) (Adm, WW2) Xf. Fleetwood 16.04.48 =DINAS FD 268.
146933 / 19
1918/277
1929-45
<LILY MCRAE. Milford STC (HE Rees, 1936; > JC Ward, 1938, Mgr.) (Adm, WW2, from 23.11.43) =MANOR M301(1948)
136159 / 68
1919/290
1937-39
<CALLANCROFT / M254. McRae STC = DUNCAN MCRAE until 1936 > Milford STC. (Adm, WW2; sunk by enemy a/c off E coast Scotland, 8.12.41)
143813 / 226
1917/275
1936-60
<MALVOLIO. Milford STC (HE Rees > JC Ward 1938 > DC Bruton 1953 > GR Owens 1957 - Mgr.) (Adm, WW2) >Milford Fisheries (1959, OW Limbrick, Mgr.) BU 22.02.60
144394 / 224
1920/278
1936-50
<BENGALI./H863 Milford STC (Adm, WW2). Xf. Grimsby 11.12.50
145741 / 228
1924/302
1936-51
<CHIYO/CF14. Milford STC (HE Rees, 1936; > JC Ward, 1938, Mgr.) (Adm, WW2) Xf. Aberdeen 08.01.51
143932 / 225
1917/290
1936-47
<SPANIARD/H530. Milford STC (Adm, WW2) Xf. Aberdeen 29.12.47
MURIELLE 139991 / 131 1919/107 1927-32 <GLOSS (1922) EJ Hellings. Xf.Lowestoft 13.08.32 108497 / 186
1898/196
1918-22
TG Hancock. Grounded Crookhaven, Co.Cork; CTL 24.10.22
114309 / 7
1905/201
1919-21
Knight & Howells > Direct Fish Supplies Ltd, Grimsby. Xf.Grimsby 04.10.21
NUEVO CALDAS 137779 / 220 1930/106 1936-48 RL Hancock > Pembroke Hake Fishing (1937) >P Hancock & Sons (1948). Converted to lighter 17.04.48 NUEVO MATARO 137780 / 209 1930/106 1936-48 RL Hancock > Pembroke Hake Fishing (1937) >P Hancock & Sons (1948). Converted to lighter 17.04.48 109821 / 8
1898/235
1924-30
PL Hancock. Sold to French 30.08.30
OKU 128499 / 99 1909/248 1926-28 Hakin STC (JBB Huddleston) Foundered off SW Ireland 11.02.28 OLDHAM 109513 / 153 1898/165 1928-33 <A904. Hancock, Garret & Ebbesen (D.Pettit, Mgr.) Foundered off St. Ann's Head. 08.07.33 P & Y ●
132117 / 1
1911/214
1929-60
Pettit & Youds. BU 16.11.60
PHINEAS BEARD 143773 / 271 1918/278 1938-39 <LO283 (See "Other Reg. I-P"). Milford Fisheries. (Adm, WW2; sunk by enemy a/c off E coast Scotland, 8.12.41) 110721 / 212
1899/161
1928-37
WH East. LU 14.04.33-12.02.37. BU Castle Pill 15.04.37
117703 / 61
1903/178
1919-23
(<BL10. See Other Reg I-P) Curphy, Hole & Llewellyn. Xf.Grimsby 20.01.23
RATTRAY 110860 / 246 1900/182 1937-50 Pair Fishing Co. > Curphy et al (1942) > Whitmarsh et al , Plymouth.(1946). Attacked by a/c off Milford Haven, 27.11.40. Registry closed 19.04.50. BU Newport 03.52 RECENIA 119127 / 3 1904/178 1929-38 PL Hancock. >Hancock & Hughes (1929) >RL Hancock (1933) Xf.Fleetwood 01.04.38, but on Milford Register to 16.06.42. Stranded and wrecked on Barn scar, Cumberland, 08.10.41 REVESBY 143853 / 28 1917/276 1929-46 HE Rees & Co. (JM Knight et al.) >MW Howells =GWMAHO (1933). (Adm,WW2) BU 02.02 .46 RIVER YTHAN 118159 / 51 1905/161 1939-44 Llewellyn & Yolland Sailed out of Fleetwood then Grimsby 1941-44; lost 12.44. Registry closed 09.03.45 ROBERT BOWEN 143810 / 269 1918/290 1938-39 <LO254 (see Other Registrations Q-Z) Milford Fisheries. Xf.Fleetwood 10.05.39. ROLLO 110907 / 203 1899/167 1928-37 Yabsley & Clark > EAH Owens (1934). LU 03.01.36 BU Wards Yd. Castle Pill, 22.02.36 143516 / 50 1920/282 1929-48 < KYOTO 1929-37: Hakin STC (JBB Huddleston, Mgr.)> Westward Trawlers (1937 =RUDILAIS) (Adm,WW2) Xf.Fleetwood 08.11.48
143910 / 84
1917/216
1920-26
AW Rainbow et al. Xf.Granton 06.07.26
144368 / 255
1919/276
1922-26
<LO327. MW Howell & JM Knight. Sold to Spanish 08.10.26. =SAN JUAN
105064 / 27
1895/139
1924-33
EJ Hellings > ECA Clark, London (1932). Sold to French 28.02.33
139325 / 223
1918/191
1937-46
H Westenborg et al > Westenborg Trawlers (1940) Wyre STC, Fleetwood (1940) > Pair Fishing Co (HJ Richards, Mgr. 1945). Xf.Aberdeen 12.12.46
117725 / 57
1906/220
1919-34
(< BL 1; see Other Registrations Q-Z) W Davies & HG Bricknell. Xf.Aberdeen 10.07.34
128741 / 199
1906/222
1921-60
<M229 (1908-19) JS Pettit > Hakin TC (1927) > Westward Trawlers (EE Carter, Mgr. 1937) (Adm,WW2) BU 21.03.60
144507 / 69
1918/290
1930-33
JH Dove. Lost off Dingle 15. 5.33
SUREAXE 144595 / 35 1907/185 1939-1941 Llewellyn & Yolland. Xf.Douglas, IoM, 05.05.41 SURMOUNT ●
132154 / 231
1912/96
1921-53
Evans & Brown > Evans & Belton (1934) BU 24.03.53
113593 / 43
1900/216
1925-33
Westenborg, Garrett & Jones. Sank off the S. Coast of Ireland 29.05.33
TENEDOS 139639 / 24 1919/290 1929-48 Howells, Rees & Gwither > HE Rees (Adm,WW2, =GADFLY) > Llewellyn & Yolland (1945) > Yolland Bros (1946) Xf.Fleetwood =GADFLY 16.07.48 THOMAS BARTLETT 143879 / 273 1918/290 1938-40 <LO 373 (See Other Reg. Q-Z) Milford Fisheries. (Adm, WW2; sunk by mine off Calais 28.05.40) 143767 / 274
1918/277
1938-55
<LO 229 (See Other Reg Q-Z) Milford Fisheries (OW Limbrick, Mgr.) BU 14.01.55
143861 / 270
1918/290
1938-39
<LO 285 (See Other Reg Q-Z) Milford Fisheries. (Adm,WW2. Mined off Sheerness 17.12.40)
143858 / 253
1917/276
1922-41
HJ Shooter et al (D Pettit, Mgr.) > EAH Pettit > J Marr (Fleetwood 1939) Sunk by mine, 4m off Spurn Pt. 16.02.41
139815 / 70
1919/276
1930-53
Iago ST Co > H Westenborg (1930) (Adm,WW2) Sold to Nigerians 14.01.54
122933 / 6
1905/225
1919-35
JM Knight & MW Howells > Bishop, Walters et al (1923) > Boston DSF, Fleetwood (1934) BU Mostyn 14.02.35
125844 / 69
1907/81
1919-22
SI Hancock. Foundered 12.01.22
143865 / 196
1917/276
1936-38
<H885 HE Rees. Went aground in Kilronan Bay, Aran, 04.03.38. CTL (but see link to newspaper report.). (Adm WW2). >JC Llewellin (1945), but fished out of Hull
TRANIO 143862/ 104 See TRAWLER PRINCE below. 143862/ 104 1918/275 1920-41 HE Rees >Swansea STC(1920) > HE Rees (1933) =TRANIO (1938). (Adm,WW2. Lost 26.06.41) 129968 / 62 1910/77 1922-29 < LORD LEITRIM, 1915-21. WH East & Co >Xf. Inverness 02.09.1929
125408 / 87
1907/97
1920
RL Hancock (19.02.20). Sold to Spanish 06.04.20
104195 / 139
1895/123
1920
(Ex cargo vessel.) SI Hancock (12.08.20). Ceased to be used for fishing 07.10.20 Foundered off Plymouth 08.03.23
VALENTIA 109518 / 267 1898/164 1938-45 HJ Horwood > Pair Fishing Co (1939). Xf.Grimsby 10.01.45 VICTOR 108452 / 76 1897/193 1930-37 Ebbesen & Yabsley > Mitchell, Kerr, Mills & James (1934). Sold to Dutch 09.04.37 119606 / 97
1906/201
1930-38
WH East. Foundered off Galway, 03.01.38
WESTFIELD 165640 / 278 1917/140 1938-41 RL Hancock > Haven Trawlers (AJ Tillbrook) (1939). Missing, presumed bombed and sunk by enemy a/c off St Govans Head, 06.07.41 117704 / 64
1903/178
1919-26
<BL11 Curphy, Hole, Llewellyn & Llewellyn. Xf.Grimsby 08.03.26
WHITBY 108499 / 141 1898/164 1928-41 FL Youds > Llewellyn & Yolland Bros (1939). Sunk by enemy a/c off Blackwater LV, 04.04.41 145176 / 250
1917/276
1922-30
JM Knight & MW Howells. Xf.London 29.01.27 >LO79, Iago STC, Milford. [All Iago vessels Xf. Fleetwood, 1930]