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W H Podd of Lowestoft
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W H Podd Ltd Established 1886
Established and Managed by
Walter Humphrey Podd.
The published Fishing Fleet Index of 1903
shows just 2 vessels owned by W H Podd:
LT452 Young Frank, - LT 951 Edward
but
As far as can be ascertained,
This is the list of vessels in
the WH Podd ownership
1896-1918
No record exists relating to
any vessels before 1896.
▲ Just five of his 30
vessels which
survived WWI in WH Podd’s ownership▲
1896
NIL DESPERANDUM - LT 111
Built
1879 148grt
25
September 1916, 20 miles NE from Soar borough,
captured
by submarine, sunk by explosive
device.
1902
EDWARD - LT 951
Sail
Trawler; ON 117452
52grt;
52nrt; 68.3 x 18.1 x 8.4ft
Built
in 1902 by Reynolds of Oulton Broad.
3
October 1911 lost mizzen mast and towed in by tug DESPATCH.
June
1915 stopped by submarine 48 miles E by S off Lowestoft and
sunk
by time bombs. Crew landed safely at Maasluis.
1903 YOUNG FRANK
- LT 452
Sailing
Smack; ON 115014
49grt;
49nrt; 67.6 x 17.7 x 8.2ft
Built
1902 H Reynolds, Oulton Broad
Named
after Walter Podd’s young son, then 6 years old.
23
August 1915, 38 miles NE by E from Lowestoft, captured by submarine,
sunk
by explosive device.
1903
EVELYN - LT 1001
Sailing
Trawler; ON 117480
54grt;
54nrt; 69.2 x 18.2 x 8.55ft
Built
1903 Reynolds of Oulton Broad for W H Podd.
Named
after Walter Podd’s eldest daughter, born 1891
1906
registered to Joseph Prior
1909
returned to WH Podd
January
1916 stopped by submarine 35 miles S E off Lowestoft and
sunk
by time bombs. Crew landed safely at Lowestoft on the same day.
1904
GERTRUDE - LT 382
Named
after Walter Podd’s daughter, then 10 years.
Sail
Trawler; ON 119367
55grt;
55nrt; 69.7 x 18.2 x 8.55ft
Built
1904 H Reynolds, Oulton Broad
1909
Sunk – cause unknown
1905 HAROLD - LT 693
Sailing
Trawler; ON 122764
55grt;
55nrt; 72 x 18.2 x 8.55ft
Built
1905 H Reynolds, Oulton Broad
Named
after Harold Podd, born 1904
1916
Sunk by submarine
1905 CATHERINE
- LT 215
Sailing
Trawler; ON 95692
46grt;
46nrt; 64.4 x 17.9 x 8.55ft
Built
1888 Reynolds of Oulton Broad.
For
Henry Irish
25
Nov 1889 - saved crew of Grimsby Smack DEVON
December
1904 Registered to W H Podd.
Named
after Walter Podd’s mother who died 1903.
1908
Sold to Norway.
September
1929 : Lost ( fire broke out whilst on the fishing grounds ).
1906
LORD RODNEY Smack No details available
1906
PEACEFUL STAR - LT 201 Smack No details
available
1907
IVAN - LT 1098
Sailing
Trawler; ON 125894
55grt;
43nrt; 71.4 x 18.6 x 8.85
Built
1907 H Reynolds, Oulton Broad
Named
after Herbert Ivan Podd, born 1906
1915
Sunk by submarine
1908
GLEAM - LT 293
Sailing
Smack; ON 117492
53grt;
53nrt; 71 x 18.75 x 8.65ft
Built
1903 H Reynolds, Oulton Broad
Owner
Sydney G Fuller
1904
Florence Fuller
1908
WH Podd
1 July
1917, ½ mile ENE from S Owers Buoy, captured by submarine,
sunk
by gunfire.
1908
HUMPHREY - LT 248
Sail
Trawler; ON 128603
53grt;
41nrt; 70.8 x 19.3 x 8.6ft
Built
1908 H Reynolds, Oulton Broad
Named
after Wifred Humphrey Podd, born 1908
1915
Sunk by submarine
1908
RUTH - LT 1109
Sail
Smack; ON 125898
55grt;
43nrt; 71.5 x 18.7 x 8.65ft
Built
1907 H Reynolds, Oulton Broad
Owner
James Tideman & Edward Breach
1908
WH Podd
13
April 1918, 1½ miles ESE from S Cross Sand buoy, captured by submarine,
sunk
by explosive device
1908 DORANDRO PIETRIE - LT 295
Sailing
Trawler; ON 128619
54grt;
41nrt; 70.2 x 19.2 x 8.55 ft
Owner
WH Podd
1927
WH Podd Ltd
1934
Diesel Trawlers Ltd
1935
4cyl Allen Diesel 150hp; 55grt; 25nrt
Built
1908 H Reynolds, Oulton Broad
1939
Sold to Ministry of War Transport.
1947
Broken up ▲
1910
SEA BIRD - LT 591
Sail
Trawler; ON 119361
57grt;
57nrt; 71.7 x 18.8 x 8.77ft
Built
1904 H Reynolds, Oulton Broad
Owner
William T Jeckells
1910
WH Podd
1913
Sunk in North Sea - cause unknown
1910
W E GLADSTONE - LT 616
Sail
Trawler; ON 104023
56grt;
56nrt; 71.7 x 18.7 x 9.2ft
Built
1894 W A Gibbs, Galmpton
Owner
Adam Adams
1899
sold
1905
Isaac Thurston
1910
WH Podd
1912 Sold to Sweden
ON
6214 (Swedish) LL 390
1919
40hp motor
1937
rebuilt at Vasserod
1942
150hp engine; MD 114
1949
Registered Stockholm; Owner T Uompa
9th
June 1949 Sailed with 23 Estonian refugees to Halifax NS
16th
July 1949 arrived
Registered
Halifax; ON 104023; 58grt; 28nrt
1953
Owner Holland Fleet, Louisburg NS
1910
FRANCIS ROBERT - LT 1024
Sail
Trawler; ON 124417
55grt;
44nrt; 71.9 x 18.6 x 8.65ft
Built
1910 H Reynolds, Oulton Broad
Owner
Arthur A Hunt
1910
WH Podd
1918
Sunk by submarine
1911 BOY RAMAH
- LT 308
Sail
Trawler; ON 128625
57grt;
57nrt; 69.9 x 18.9 x 9.1ft
Built
1904 John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad
Owner
Ramah F Rice
1911
WH Podd
1915
Sunk in collision
1911
BOY RUSSELL - LT 346
Sail
Trawler; ON 119354
54grt;
54nrt; 69.9 x 18.2 x 8.55
Built
1904 H Reynolds, Oulton Broad
Owner
Robert Tuthill
1911
WH Podd
1911
Sold to Kallo of Knipple.
1912
Irwin & Johnson Ltd, Cape Town; CTA 126
1918
40hp motor
1949
106bhp engine; 77grt; 38nrt
19??
B Gelcor & Co, Cape Town
7th
Nov 1956 Engine failed; Vessel wrecked off Possession Island - Total Loss.
1911 KESTREL - LT 1097
Sailing
Trawler; ON 125887
55grt;
43nrt; 71.4 x 18.6 x 8.65ft
Built
1907 H Reynolds, Oulton Broad
Owner
RJ Tuthill
1911
WH Podd
1928
WH Podd Ltd
1939
Sold to Norway
1912 BOY BERT
- LT 950
Sail
Trawler; ON 117449
57grt;
57nrt; 71.7 x 18.8 x 8.77ft
Built
1902 H Reynolds, Oulton Broad
Owner
James Jackman & Charles Henry Crews
1912
WH Podd
1915
Sunk by submarine
1912 ENERGIC
59t
Special Service fishing Smack “Qship”
Sunk
by U-13 on 24th April 1916 off Belgian coast using mined nets
1913 NIMROD
- LT 489
Sail
Trawler; ON 99510
50grt;
50nrt; 67 x 18.6 x 8.7ft
Built
1892 Chambers & Colby, Oulton Broad
Owners
James Sladen
1892
E Barlow
1899
Jeremiah Gravelles
1913
WH Podd
10th
September 1915 stopped by submarine 45 miles E by S of Lowestoft
Sunk
with time bomb. The crew of four were
picked up by a Dutch Steamer.
Vessel
was insured with War Risk Association to the value of £700,
but
as the vessel was in a prohibited area, £460 was paid to WH Podd.
1913 W H PODD
ON 128767
Built
1913 Hall, Russel & Co Ltd,
Aberdeen
226grt;
87nrt; 117.5 x 22.5 x 12.1ft
3cyl
Hall, Russel Triple 76hp
On
the Milford Registers 1914 to 1921; Port Registration - M 1
Owner
W.H.Podd. ( Admiralty Number 154, WW1
Feb 1915 to 1919 )
Fitted
1 six-pounder anti-aircraft gun
Admiralty
service minesweeper.
6th
Dec 1921 Transferred to Glasgow
1937
Sold to John S Boyle of Glasgow; GW 34
1946
AW King, Aberdeen; Renamed FORVIE BRAES - A 206
Broken
up 1960▲
Thanks
to Barry Johnson - http://www.milfordtrawlers.org.uk/
1913
GERTRUDE (2) - LT 286
Sailing
Smack; ON 135776
57grt;
43nrt; 70.1 x 19.5 x 9ft
Built
1913 John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad
Named
after Walter Podd’s daughter, then 19 years.
17
July 1916, 10 miles ENE from N Haisboro Light Vessel,
captured
by submarine, sunk by explosive device.
1913
BOY SAM - LT 1014
Sailing
Trawler; ON 124408
59grt;
46nrt; 70.8 x 19.4 x 9.1ft
Built
1906 John Bowden, Porthleven
Owner
J E Howe of Lowestoft
1914
Sarah Howe
1916
WH Podd
1916
Sunk by submarine
1915 GOLDEN LILY - LT 1186
Sailing
Trawler; ON 132976
57grt;
44nrt; 70.2 x 19.15 x 9ft
Built
1912 John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad
Owner
James Smith
1915
WH Podd
1928
WH Podd Ltd
1934
Inshore Trawlers Ltd; 2cyl Deutz engine 70hp; 57grt; 23nrt
1945
A B Zugaski, Swansea
1945
Tawe Trawlers Ltd, Swansea
1947
P E M Webster – PZ 191
Early
1950s Rothesay, Isle of Bute (as a cattle ferry) ▲
1916 ADVANCE
- LT 1092
Sailing
Trawler; ON 12588
56grt;
43nrt; 70.2 x 19.2 x 8.9ft
Built
1907 John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad
Owners
O F Mullender & Daniel Chipperfield
1916
WH Podd
1917
Sunk by submarine
1916 BLUE BELL
- LT 752
Sail
Trawler; ON 109560
55grt;
46nrt; 69.9 x 18.6 x 9.2ft
Built
1898 W A Gibbs, Galmpton
Owner
WH Painter
1898
Isaac Thurston
1910
WH Painter
1913
SH Painter
1914
Harry Painter
1916
WH Podd
1928
WH Podd Ltd
1933
Broken up ▲
1916
HELENA & SAMUEL - LT 4
Sailing
Trawler; ON 106434
59grt;
59nrt; 69.5 x 19.2 x 8.6ft
Built
1895 Chambers & Colby, Oulton Broad
Owner
JE Howe
1914
Sarah Howe
1915
James S Howe & S Howe
1916
WH Podd
1917
Sunk by submarine
1917 CORONELLA
- LT 36
Sail
Trawler; ON 106451
56grt;
47nrt; 70.3 x 18.55 x 9.2ft
Built
1896 W A Gibbs, Galmpton
1913
SH Painter
1914
Harry Painter
1917
WH Podd
1928
WH Podd Ltd
1938
Broken up ▲
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