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Lowestoft
Fishing Vessels
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CARMI LT 567
ON 102019
Clench
built, Steel Ketch, 2 masted, Steam Drifter, elliptical stern.
Built 1903
by Selby S.B. & Eng Co.Ltd, Selby.
80.5ft x
18.1ft x 8.7ft; 20.3ft loe.
30.95 nrt;
85.67 grt; 80.4 udk.
Compound,
Vertical, DA, surface cond engine, 1903 by Crabtree & Co,Yarmouth.
3 cyl
10¼ins,15½ins and 25½ins x 14insstroke
32 nhp (200 ihp);10 knots.
Steel Boiler
160lb. 1903 by Riley Bros, Stockton on Tees.
1903.
Registered at Inverness Nr3/1903 - INS 548
1903 Owners
P.Smith & Others (Lossiemouth, Morayshire)
1916 Re-registered Banff Nr2/1916 - BF 256.
1916 Owners G.Findlay (Bo) (Cullen, Banffshire)
March
1915 Requisitioned for Naval Service.
25th May
1915 Returned to owners.
1917 Owners
Wm Gardiner & Others (Cullen, Banffshire)
16th
November 1918. Bought by J.V.Breach for £3,300 from Scottish owners.
1918
Registered Lowestoft Nr17/1918
4th December
1918 Owner J.V.Breach (64) managing owner as per transcript received from
Banff. [J.V.Breach of ‘West View’, Lyndhurst Rd, Lowestoft].
1923 Broken up
27th
November 1923 Registry closed and Certificate cancelled. Vessel broken up.
Advice
received from owner.
CONSTANCE LT 137
ON 88894
Carvel
built, Wooden Lugger, 2 masted, Sailing Drifter, Sharp stern.
Built 1884
by R.Kitto, Porthleven for John Breach
53.9ft x
15.6ft x 6.9ft
25.24 nrt;
25.24 grt; 24.99 udk.
17th March
1884 Launched; Registered Lowestoft
Nr9/1884 .
Named after
John Breach’s daughter Constance Hide Breach.
18th April
1884 Owner John Breach (64) manging owner.
[John Breach
of Hastings House, Lowestoft].
21st
February 1892. Bryant (cabin boy) lost overboard.
5th March
1892 Owner George Breach (64) managing owner.
11th July
1893.Registry closed on transfer to the Port of Penzance.
Certificate
of Registry not delivered up.
17th July
1893 Port of Porthleven. [Details
collected from Penzance registers].
19th June
1893 Owners jointly Edward Richards, Wm Henry Richards, Thomas Bowden (64).
Registered
Penzance PZ 524 First Class.
Master 29th
October 1893 William Henry Richards
Master 11th
July 1896 William Henry Richards.
Fishing mode
Nets & Line.
Length of
keel 49.5ft
Crew of six
men.
Duplicate
Certificate Issued 21st September 1902
Cancelled
7th September 1906 – Sold to Lowestoft.
1907
Registered Lowestoft Nr11/1907; LT 1018;
no longer Class I.
1917 Owner
George Breach.
1911 A 26 h.p.2 cyl Thornycroft motor was
installed and she was renamed
ELLEN
CONSTANCE N 303
CONSTANCE LT 642
ON 104701
Carvel
built, Wooden Ketch, 2 masted, Sailing Drifter, Round stern.
Built 1894
by R.Kitto & Son, Porthleven for John Breach
59.5ft x
16.9ft x 7.8ft
35.55 nrt;
35.55 grt; 35.55 udk.
28/1894
Lowestoft.
Elliot &
Garrood steam capstan.
Named after
John Breach’s daughter, Constance Hide Breach.
Delivered
31st August 1894.
5th September
1894 Owner John Breach (64) managing
owner.
6th February
1900 Owner Wm George Turrell (64) managing owner
10th March
1906 Owner Wm John Turrell (64) managing owner. Bought for £240.
13th January
1908 Registry closed on transfer of
Registry to the Port of Lerwick.
Certificate
of Registry not delivered up.
13th January
1908 Owner George Leslie (64).
[George
Leslie of Tuendale, Dunrossness, Shetland]
1908 Sold on to S.Eunson and brother E.Eunson,
both from Dunrossness.
The new
owners held original name but registered her as LK 664.
(Skipper
Stewart Eunson.)
1911 It
appears E.Eunson was replaced by C.Eunson.
1916
Registers indicate Owners S & E.Eunson
1923 Still
in ownership of Eunson brothers.
1923 Last
year shown in Manson’s Fishing Almanac.
DIADEM LT 561
ON 67206
Carvel
built, Wooden Dandy, 2 masted, Sailing Drifter, Elliptical stern.
Built 1871
by R.Kitto, Porthleven, Cornwall.
There is a
suggestion that this vessel saw service in Mount’s Bay as PZ 49(?),Registered
27th February 1869 as an open boat; this would imply that R Kitto converted it
in 1871. R Kitto made two other vessels, named Diadem PZ 468 (Registered 31
July 1869 which remained in Porthleven) and PZ 203 (1881 which was transferred
to Mevagissey in 1893). The ON 67206 was not issed at Penzance. A search
through the early Penzance registers for the vessel with date will be
undertaken at a later date.
43.6ft x 13.3ft
x 7.4ft
17.26 nrt;
17.26 grt; 17.26 udk
7th August
1871 Launched
1872
Registered Lowestoft Nr29/1872.
2nd November
1872 Owner William Walters (64)
William
Breach jnr was the original Master.
22nd
September Owner Wm Breach snr (64)
managing owner.
[William
Breach snr of Whapload Road, Lowestoft]
8th February
1881. For sale by Peacock & Co for Executors of the late Wm Breach.
5th August
1886 Registry cancelled . Vessel broken
up. Certificate lost.
DICK
WHITTINGTON LT 61 ON
135741 Signal Letters GZKM
Wooden, 2
masted, Steam Drifter, Semi-elliptical stern, (Carvel built, Dandy)
Built 1913
by John Chambers, Oulton Broad for John Charles Hayward.
82.3ft x
18.1ft x 9.2ft; 19.3ft loe
40.1 nrt;
79.58 grt; 78.87 udk
Comp,
surface condensing, vert, inverted cyl engine by Elliot & Garrood 1913.
2 cyl 9ins
and 19ins x 13ins stroke 20 hp (130 ihp); 9knots
Horizontal,
Multitube Marine, steel boiler, 140lbs, 1913. by Elliot & Garrood
8th May
1913 Registered in Part IV Lowestoft
Nr13/1913.
8th May 1913
Owners
John Charles Hayward (22)
managing owner, George Frederick Spashett (21), Victor Claud Tripp (21).
1st
September 1914. Requisitioned for Naval service. Minesweeper Pennant Nr 213.
Armament 1 x
6pdr gun.
4th December
1914 Owners J.C.Hayward (22),
G.F.Spashett (21), Wm T.Tripp (21).
17th July
1916 Owners J.C.Hayward (22), G.F.Spashett (21), V.C.Tripp (21).
V.C.Tripp
was killed in action in France 12th October 1916.
W.C.Tripp
became the sole Executor.
27th January
1917 Owners J.C.Hayward (22), G.F.Spashett (21), W.C.Tripp (21).
Probate of V
C Tripp’s Will was granted 10th January 1919.
W.C.Tripp
and G.F.Spashett sell their shares to J.C.Hayward on 26th March 1919.
March 1919
Released from Naval Service.
26th March
1919 Owner J.C.Hayward (64).
23rd January
1920 Owners J.C.Hayward (22), G.F.Spashett (21), A.D.Penman (21).
15th
February 1922 Lost cook (Philip Beck) off the Isle of Wight.
25th October
1925 Nets damaged by MILKY WAY BF 336 (£110.8s.6d damages).
24th October
1929 Damaged by PRESENT HELP LT 1120 at Lowestoft.
23rd
November 1929 Damaged keel at
Lowestoft.
5th October
19 Damaged in collision at sea with s/d
CLARA SUTTON H 88.
13th
November 1930 Towed disabled FRIENDLY STAR to port with broken rudder.
9th March
1939 Owners Kittiwake Ltd (64);
J.V.Breach manager.
13th August
1939 Man (Wm Daniel Burgess) lost in
Shields harbour.
May 1940
Requisitioned by the Admiralty. Pennant Nr FY 1661. De-gaussing Vessel
October 1945
Returned to Owners.
21st April
1947 Heavy weather Damage at Shields.
19th October
1947 Damaged in collision with s/d F & GG
of Gt Yarmouth.
28th October
1947 Heavy weather damage.
14th July
1948 Owners Black Cat Fishing Co (64).
24th April
1950 Sold to Sea Scouts Association for
£8 and records closed.
24th April
1950 Owners Sea Scouts (64)
She was
found to be expensive to maintain and in consequence broken up
6th July
1950 Registry closed and certificate cancelled . Vessel now a hulk and registry
is no longer required. Advice received from the beneficial owner.
Sanction of
M.O.T. G.S.P. No 8765 dated 31st March 1950.
Private V. C. Tripp; Suffolk Regiment 7th Bn.; Service No: 43289
Age 21, died 12th October 1916;
Buried at Bancourt British Cemetery, France.
Son of William and Maria Tripp,
of Dambrook House, Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
DOVE LT 646
ON 698040
Carvel
built, Wooden Dandy, 2 masted, Sailing Trawler, Round stern.
Built 1873
by Daniel Fuller, Lowestoft for Wm Breach snr.
67.6ft x
18.9ft x 9.3ft
52.93 nrt;
52.93 grt; 52.93 udk
Launched
23rd December 1873.
Registered
Lowestoft Nr1/1874.
6th January
1874 Owner Wm Breach snr (64) managing
owner.
It is
believed that Wm Breach jnr was Master at some time.
24th January
1877. Sailed from Lowestoft for the fishing grounds and was not heard of again.
Believed lost in the gale of 30th January 1877. Lost with all hands.
Crew of 5 - - The Crew
Richard J. Finch (Master)
William Shepherd
F. Parnell
George William Levell
Samuel Howse (Boy)
3rd March 1877 Registry closed. Vessel lost in the North
Sea with all hands. Certificate of Registry lost with her.
Sailing
Trawlers by Edgar G March refers to
The great
storm of 1877 which was on the third of March;
There were
36 smacks lost, all told, from various ports.
215 men and
boys lost their lives leaving 88 widows and 164 orphans.
The Times
10th March 1877
Down to the
last evening the Lord Mayor had received over £650 at the Mansion House in aid
of the fund now being raised there for the relief of the widows & orphans
of the crews of the fishing smacks belonging to the East Coast lost in the
recent gales. Of that sum, £105 was contributed yesterday by the Fishmongers'
Company. A deputation from Lowestoft attended at the Mansion House to thank the
Chief Magistrate for his kindness in opening a fund to assist the local
exertions that were being made, and in the afternoon a meeting of Billingsgate
inhabitants and tradesmen was held in the ward, under the presidency of Mr
Alderman Sidney, when it was resolved to petition the Corporation of London for
a Grant in aid of the fund. Between £70 and £90 was promised or collected in
the room. Of the distressed relatives, 138 reside in Great Yarmouth, 46 at
Lowestoft, 40 at Great Grimsby, 18 at Hull and 6 at Ramsgate.
The Times
16th March 1877
At the close
of yesterday, the fund now being collected at the Mansion House by the Lord
Mayor for the relief of the widows and orphans of the fishing smacks lost in
the recent gales, amounted to over £2,300. Among the subscriptions received
during the day were those of the Drapers' Company for £105, Messrs NM de Rothschild
and Sons £30 and Lord Overstone £20.
E.B.C. LT 364
ON 128624 Signal Letters MKMK
Carvel
built, Wooden Dandy, 2 masted, Steam Drifter, Elliptical stern.
Built 1909
by J.Chambers, Lowestoft for Ezer Coleman
75.3ft x
17.6ft x 8.4ft; 15.0ft loe
34.64 nrt;
59.76 grt; 59.17 udk (old)
34.61 nrt;
59.73 grt; 59.17 udk (new)
Compound,
surface condensing, D.A., inverted cylinder engine,1909 by Elliot &
Garrood.
2 cyl 9ins
and 19ins x 13ins stroke. 20 nhp (130 ihp); 10 knots
Vertical
marine type, steel boiler, 130lbs, 1909 by Elliot & Garrood.
1909
Registered Lowestoft Nr7/1909 LT 309.
13th March
1909. Trials.
16th March
1909 Owners Ezer Coleman (64) managing owner.
1911 Re-measured.
1914 Requisitioned by the Admiralty. Dover
Patrol.
27th October
1916 Damaged in Destroyer raid on Dover
net lines.
2nd February
1917 Owners Frank Wm Hutchings (32) managing owner,
Stanley
Arthur Waller (32)
5th January
1918 Owner Arthur James Moore (64) managing owner.
January
1919 Released by Admiralty.
16th
February 1921 Owner Edwin Real Haylett (64).
19th March
1926 Registry of vessel transferred to
the Port of Yarmouth.
Certificate
of Registry delivered up and forwarded to the Port of Yarmouth.
17th March
1926 Owners Wm Edward Symonds (32) managing owner,
Walter John
Powles (32).
23rd March
1926 Certificate of Registry delivered up and cancelled.
Advice
received from the Registrar of Shipping, Yarmouth.
1926.
Re-registered Yarmouth Nr5/1926 YH 240
31st January
1928 Owners John Victor Breach (32) managing owner as per
Yarmouth
transcript, Walter John Powles (32).
1928.
Re-registered Lowestoft Nr1/1928 LT
364.
21st
September 1933 Owner Owen Radcliffe Guard (Emsworth, Hants) (64)
manging
owner.
3rd October
1933 Owner George Lutely Sclater Booth (64) managing owner.
Geo
L.Sclater Booth, The Priory, Odiham, Hants.
1934.
Converted to a yacht and renamed ROLLETTA.
Registry
closed 14.6.1946. Advice received from M.O.T. that the vessel was
requisitioned
by the Minister of War Transport on behalf of his Majesty on
14th January
1942 and was no longer required to be registered.
Certificate
of Registry not available.
EILEEN
EMMA LT 342 ON 136576
Named after
John Victor Breach’s daughter Elizabeth Eileen Emma
Wooden, 2
masted, Carvel built, Dandy Steam Drifter, Semi-elliptical stern.
Built 1914
by J.Chambers, Lowestoft. Yd Nr 456 for
E.Cooper.
86.7 x 20.2
x 10.5ft; 21.9ft loe.
45.76 nrt;
101.95 grt; 101.31 udk
Triple Exp,
Reciprocal, DA, Inverted Cylinders engine, 1914 by Elliot & Garrood.
3 cyl
9¾ins,15ins and 22ins x 16ins stroke 25 nhp (300 ihp); 10knots.
Horizontal,
Multitubular Marine,steel boiler,180lbs,1914 by Elliot & Garrood.
Registered
Nr14 1914 Lowestoft.
3rd June
1914 E Cooper(32),J.Breach(16),JV Breach(16).
John Victor
Breach of The Shoals, Whapload Rd, Lowestoft.
John Breach
of Twyford, Corton Rd, Lowestoft.
4th June
1914. Trials.
20th January
1915 JV Breach(32),J.Breach (32)
1915 Requisitioned by the Admiralty Pennant Nr 1846. 1 x 3pdr.
29th March
1915 Saved 116 souls from the SS FALABA, which had been torpedoed
in the St
Georges Channel. She picked up about 40 from the water (of whom 6 later died)
and she then
got alongside the liner to save the rest. She transferred some survivors to a
Destroyer and the others were landed at Milford Haven. Elder Dempster (owners
of the liner) gave £125, and a passenger of German birth but a naturalised
Australian added £100 to be divided amongst the crew, in appreciation of their
service.
17th May
1917 JV Breach(32), JE Burrage and CA
Brittain - jointly as Executors of J.Breach’s Will(32).
21st May
1917 JV Breach (64)
1919
Returned from Admiralty service.
30th May
1919 Jack Breach Ltd (64); JV Breach
manager.
9th June
1923 With the s/d JUST REWARD LT 726
she assisted to refloat the s/d
THREE KINGS
LT 517, which was aground at Lerwick.
2nd October
1924 EILEEN EMMA had a broken tail shaft and was towed home from 11 miles off
Ijmuiden by the s/d OLIVAE LT 1297 (passage of 15 hrs in fine weather).
25th March
1926 Sustained broken rudder when
fishing 75 miles WxN of the Bishops Lighthouse and towed into Newlyn by the s/d
UNITED BOYS LT 53.
27th October
1927 Stood by the s/d PRESENT FRIENDS
LT 89 in heavy weather when her
steam pipe
burst off the Longships Lighthouse.
4th January
1933 Damaged in collision with MV
DEMOCRAAT of Groningen off Ijmuiden in fog.
7th February
1935 Broken stem at Lerwick.
10th October
1938 Damaged stem in collision with
DAISY
24th August
1939 Towed the disabled s/d SCORE HEAD
LT 120 into Scarborough.
27th
November 1939 Requisitioned by the
Admiralty.
Auxiliary
Patrol. Pennant Nr FY 1992. 1 x 3pdr.
April
1946 Returned from service.
26th June
1946 Jack Breach Ltd became The Shoals
Fishing Co
August
1946 Sold Kopervik (Norway) and renamed
FAAROY.
15th August
1946 Certificate cancelled and Registry closed. Sale to Norwegian subject for
trading. Sanction MOT No GSP5584 dated 12th August 1946.
Advice
received from owners.
26th
September 1946 Sailed from Lowestoft.
1948 Converted to motor (owners J.Kalsto &
others, Kopervik)
EMILY LT 963
ON 117456.
Wooden
Carvel built Ketch, 2 masted, Steam Drifter, Elliptical stern.
Built 1903
by J.Chambers, Lowestoft for John Breach
82.0 x 18.2
x 8.0ft; 22.2ft loe.
31.15 nrt;
63.4 grt; 62.82 udk.
Triple Exp,
Vertical engine,1903 by Elliot & Garrood.
3 cyl
9¾ins,15 ins and 22 ins x 16 ins stroke. 25 nhp (250 ihp); 10 knots.
Multitubular
Steel Boiler, 9ft x 10ft dia.175lbs, 1903 by Riley Bros, Stockton-on-Tees.
[Her engine
later went into NIL DESPERANDUM LT 175 and later into REMEMBRANCE LT 544. For
some time the fastest steam Drifter afloat.]
Registered Nr6 1903 Lowestoft.
7th March
1903 John Breach(22) managing owner,
John Victor Breach(21), Leonard Ritson Tripp(21).
21st March
1903 Trials.
30th March
1906 LR Tripp(43) managing owner,
J.V.Breach(21)
10th
November 1906 Considerably damaged by fire in after cabin whilst lying in the
Herring Dock. The fire was extinguished by Market hose and a hose from the
steam Drifter which lay alongside her.
18th
February 1909 LR Tripp(64) managing owner.
2nd February
1914 John Henry Jenner(64) managing owner.
1914 Requisitioned by the Admiralty. Penn No
2742; Returned ??
11th March
1916 Frederick James Offord(32) managing owner, Harry George Jackson(32).
17th March
1919 FJ Offord(32), Joseph Geddes (32)
managing owner.
27th October
1919 Alfred Tyrell was lost overboard,
drawn overboard by bucket.
31st March
1920 Offord & Geddes Ltd. (64) .
1924 Broken up.
29th March
1924 Certificate cancelled and Registry
closed. Vessel broken up.
Advice
received from mortgagees in possession.
ENERGY LT 231
ON 115041
Wooden
Carvel built, 2 masted Ketch, Steam Drifter, Elliptical stern.
Built by
J.Chambers, Lowestoft in 1902 for John Breach
79.4 x 18 x
7.9ft; 20ft loe.
38.62 nrt;
62.23 grt;. 62.1 udk.
Compound,
Surface condensing engine by Crabtree, Gt Yarmouth 1902.
2 cyl. 11ins
and 22ins x 14ins stroke; 28 nhp (135 ihp); 9 knots.
Steel
Boiler, 120lbs. 1902 by Fraser & Sons, Millwall.
Registered
Lowestoft Nr 46/1902
13th August
1902 John Breach.(32), George
Snowling(32).
17th March
1905 Towed drifter GLADYS into Penzance having found her badly gale damaged, 39
nautical miles NE of the Longships.
16th January
1907 .Ernest Alfred Utting(32), Herbert Thomas Hobson Hall(32)
15th January
1912 E.R.Utting(64)
21st January
1914 Edward L.Turner(32) appointment irregularities, Thomas Trottles(32) not
Registered.
1914 Re-registered WY 3.
21st January 1914 Registry transferred to
Whitby. Certificate of Registry not delivered up.
1917 Re-registered YH 636
Jacksons
Stores Ltd. (Leeds)
1924. Broken
up.
ENTERPRISE LT 77
Wooden,
Sailing Drifter
Built by
John Bowden, Porthleven in 1896.
60.0 x
20.5ft
38 grt
Owners
: J.Breach and J.Allerton.
Later owner
: W.Allerton.
1901 Grounded on Scroby Sands (Skipper Youngman)
1908 Sold Norway and renamed KVITNES.
ENTERPRISE LT 408
ON 122794
Wooden, 2
masted Carvel built, Ketch, Steam Drifter, Elliptical stern.
Built by
J.Chambers, Lowestoft. 1906 for John Breach
83.5 x 19.45
x 9ft; 22.5ft loe
44.07 nrt;
83.9 grt; 82.91 udk.
Triple Exp,
Vertical, Inverted cylinder engine by Elliot & Garrood 1906.
3 cyl 9
¾ins, 15ins and 22ins x 16ins stroke; 25 nhp; 10 knots.
Steel
boiler,175lbs. by Elliot & Garrood. 1906.
Registered
Nr21/1906 Lowestoft.
22nd June
1906 John Breach(16) managing owner,
John Victor Breach(16), Frederick Flowers(16), William Baxter(16).
1st February
1910 J.Breach(16), J.V.Breach(16), Wm Baxter(32)
13th
November 1914 Chartered by the Admiralty at £50.8s.6d per month.
In Naval
service as H.M.D. ENTERPRISE II. Pennant Nr 1063.
13th
December 1914 Returned.
Admiralty
Requisitioned - date unknown.
14th January
1915 For sale on the dissolution of the
partnership between J & J.V.Breach and Wm Baxter.
11th May
1915 J.Breach(32), J.V.Breach(32) managing owner
8th March
1916 Mined and sunk off Brindisi.
(Italy)
4th April
1916 Registry closed Vessel sunk whilst
in Admiralty service.
Certificate
of Registry delivered up and cancelled.
Advice
received from managing owner.
John Breach
of 7 Battery Green Road, Lowestoft.
John Victor
Breach of The Shoals,Whapload Road, Lowestoft.
EXCEL LT 76
ON 125309
Clincher
built, Steel Ketch, 2 masted, Steam Drifter/Trawler, Elliptical stern.
Built 1907
by John Duthie & Sons, Co.Ltd, Aberdeen.
86.6ft x
18.15ft x 8.85ft; 23.75ft loe.
43.48 nrt;
102.62 grt; 94.31 udk
Compound,
DA, Surface condensing, Inverted cylinder engine 1907
by J.S.Vaux,
Sunderland.
2 cyl 11½ins
and 27ins x 16ins stroke. 35.8nhp (300 ihp);10 knots
Steel
boiler,150lbs. 1907. T.Sudron & Co, Stockton-on-Tees.
1907 Registered
Fraserburgh Nr16/1907 - FR 235.
3rd July
1915 Chartered by the Admiralty at
£49.8s.2d. per month.
13th
February 1920 Returned from Admiralty.
1922
Registered Ramsgate Nr6/1922 - R 373.
22nd June
1926 Owners Kittiwake Ltd(64). J.V.Breach manager as per Ramsgate transcript.
Registered
Lowestoft Nr13/1929.
1936. Broken
up at Yarmouth.
Vessel
broken up. Advice received from beneficial owners.
26th August
1937 Certificate cancelled and Registry
closed.
EXPECTANT LT 9
ON 135742.
Wooden, 2
masted, Carvel built, Dandy Steam Drifter, Semi-elliptical stern.
Built by
S.Richards & Co, Lowestoft 1913 for George Thomas Hume
88.4 x 19.1
x 9.45ft; 22.0ft loe
45.03 nrt;
92.85 grt; 92.11 udk.
Compound,
DA, surface condensing, inverted cyl engine by builders 1913.
2 cyl 12ins
and 24ins x 17ins stroke 30 hp (170
ihp); 10 knots
Return Tube
Marine steel boiler, 140lbs, 1913 by Riley Bros Ltd, Stockton on Tees.
Registered
Nr14/1913 Lowestoft.
25th
February 1913 Launched.
13th May
1913 Trials.
16th May
1913 George Thomas Hume(64)
1915 Requisitioned for Naval Service Pennant Nr 1899, 1 x 6pdr.
1919
Returned.
2nd June
1920 Lothian Trawlers Ltd. (Waveney Chambers) (64) .
20th July
1920. Grounded at Lerwick and damaged her keel.
18the May
1925. Damaged keel at Newlyn.
22nd June
1925. Heavy weather damage at sea.
27th July 1925.
Damaged in crush at Plymouth.
8th July
1926 Grounded on rock at Stronsay. Towed off by s/d KITTY GEORGE of
Yarmouth.
22nd January
1927 J.C.Hayward(64)
2nd August
1927. Broken stem in collision with a hopper at Shields.
13th
November 1928. Fouled propeller with ropes. Towed in by s/t EXETER LT 139.
21st
February 1929 J.C.Hayward(22), A.D.Penman(21), G.F.Spashett(21)
21st
December 1930. Damaged in collision with unlit buoy in Plymouth Sound.
8th August
1933 Damaged by heavy seas off Lerwick.
13th August 1934.
Damaged by heavy seas off Hartlepool.
28th June
1937. Damaged in collision with s/d UT PROSIM at Lerwick.
9th March
1939 Kittiwake Ltd(64) [J.V.Breach manager]
27th May
1940 Certificate of Registry cancelled and Registry closed .
Vessel being
converted into a Lighter.
Registry no
longer required. Advice received from beneficial owner.
Sanction of
Minister of Shipping given. Minute No 13759/1940 dated 25.5.1940.
EXPLORATOR LT 515
ON 28626
Wooden, 2
masted,Carvel built, Dandy Steam Drifter, Semi-elliptical stern.
Built by H.
Reynolds, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft 1909.for James Pye
84.7 x 8.9 x 9ft; 23.4ft loe
32.94 nrt;
79. 9 grt; 78.64 udk
Tr Exp, DA,
Surf cond, Invert cyl engine 1909 by Crabtree & Co.Ltd, Yarmouth.
3 cyl 8½ins,
3¼ ins and 22½ins x 6ins stroke; 25 nhp ( 75 ihp); 9½ knots
Steel
boiler, 80lbs 1909 Central Marine
Engine Works, West Hartlepool.
Registered
Nr9/1909 Lowestoft. LT 313
6th May 1909
James Pye(32) managing owner,G.Welton(32)
2nd January
1914 Registry closed on transfer of the
Registry to Methil.
Certificate
of Registry delivered up and forwarded to Methil.
Advice
received from owners.
Registered
Nr11/1 914 Methil. ML 121
1915 Requisitioned, fitted 1 x 3pdr gun.
1919
Returned
Transferred
to Lowestoft
Registered
Nr53/1919 Lowestoft.
8th August
1919 J.V.Breach(64)
1919 In collision with s/d LORD WENLOCK LT
1143
27th May
1921 Explorator Ltd(64) [J.V.Breach
manager]
1925. Sold to Ramsgate and re-registered R 5.
26th March
1925 Registry transferred to Ramsgate
2nd April
1925 Certificate delivered up and cancelled .
Advice from
Registrar of Shipping, Ramsgate.
26th March
1925 Wm J.Lockyer(64)
1927 Out of Register.
1940 Broken up.
loe = Length of Engine Room
udk=Tonnage under deck.
My thanks to Roy Breach, grandson of John Victor Breach,
for his kind assistance, in providing all of his research
material.
Raymond
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