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Hearts of Oak
W H Podd of Lowestoft
VESSELS
1920 1946
SCROLL DOWN FOR VESSELS FROM 1947
█ Vessels sent to Milford Haven and
Padstow
█ Vessels that survived WWII in WH Podd
ownership
1920
Five vessels remaining after the war.
DORANDRO
PIETRIE - LT 295; 1939 Sold
W
H PODD M 1; 1937 Sold
GOLDEN
LILY - LT 1186; █ 1945 Sold
BLUE
BELL - LT 752; 1933 Broken up
CORONELLA - LT 36; 1938 Broken up
1919 ENERGIC
- LT 1195
Auxiliary
fishing Smack; ON 132969
59grt; 59nrt; 70.4 x 18.7 x 9ft
Built
1912 G & T Smith, Rye
Originally
constructed as steam trawler LT 322 (?)
Owner
FJ Mullender
1919
WH Podd
1928
WH Podd Ltd
1931
Deutz 2cyl 70hp; 59grt; 40nrt
14th
November 1933 collided with SS MARWICK HEAD
Total
Loss.
1919 KESTREL no details
1939 Involved in
collision with CRECY ( owner F A Martin ) and Lost.
1922 GLEAM
(2) - LT 29
Sail Trawler; ON 145787
57grt; 44nrt; 69.9 x 19.6 x 8.7ft
Built 1922 John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad
1922 WH Podd
1928 WH Podd Ltd
1930 2cyl Deutz diesel 77hp; 57grt; 39nrt
1944 Total loss after collision
1922 IVAN (2) - LT
1098 █
Sail Trawler; ON 145783
58grt; 45nrt; 70 x 19.6 x 8.7ft
Built 1922 John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad
1928 WH Podd Ltd
1930 2cyl Deutz diesel 77hp; 55grt; 39nrt
1946 Diesel Trawlers Ltd
1946 Sold to Norway
1922 WINGROVE
- LT 1000
Sailing
Trawler; ON 114260
52grt;
39nrt; 67.2 x 18.1 x 8.65ft
Built
1904 Robert Jackman, Brixham
Owner
AJ Turner & A Evans
1922
WH Podd
1928
WH Podd Ltd
1933
Broken up
1925 PATHWAY
- LT 397 █
Sail
Trawler; ON 136615
55grt;
42nrt; 68.6 x 19.5 x 8.8ft
Built
1915 John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad
Owner
OF Mullender, D Chipperfield & George Catchpole
1916
Robert G Weeds
1920
Beardmore semi-diesel 80hp parrafin engine; 55grt; 29nrt
1925
WH Podd
1928
WH Podd Ltd
1929
Deutz 2cyl diesel 100hp
1945
Tawo Trawlers Ltd, Swansea
1947
JA Deacy, Galway; Registered Galway.
1926 PILOT
JACK - LT 1212 █ █
Sailing Trawler; ON 140002
55grt; 30nrt; 69 x 19 x 9ft
Built 1920 J Colby
Ltd, Oulton Broad
Owners RC Colby
1926 EW Podd
1928 WH Podd Ltd; Deutz 75/82hp 3cyl diesel; 61grt; 30nrt
John Reynolds born 1869,
Beccles; he became a fisherman at Lowestoft
and then skipper and
owner of trawler Pilot Jack, he died 1934.
1962 Sold for
conversion as a houseboat, Essex
1927 FLAG
JACK - LT 1224 █
Sail trawler; ON 145771
65grt; 51nrt; 72 x 18.9 x 9.1ft
Built 1921 Colby
Bros Ltd, Oulton Broad
Owner Frederick Chapman
1921 Reginal C Colby
1926 OF Mullender
1927 HI Podd
1928 WH Podd Ltd
1930 Deutz 3cyl 100hp; 65grt; 35nrt
1945 A E Dexter,
Brixham
1946 Fleetwood Drifters Ltd, Paignton
Broken up 1953
1928 HELPING
HAND - LT 1239 █ █
Sail Trawler; ON 145776
58grt; 45nrt; 70.9 x 18.8 x 9ft
Built 1921 G & T Smith, Rye
Owner James Breach & L Tripp
1929 WH Podd
1933 Diesel Trawlers Ltd; 4cyl Allen diesel 135hp; 59grt;
30nrt
1945 A E Dexter, Brixham.
1946 Fleetwood Drifters, Paignton
1953 R H Trawlers, London
1961 Swansea Motor & Marine Engineering Co Ltd,
Swansea
1968 Daniel Mainwairing, Swansea
1970 Beached near Milford Haven
1927 LUCKY
HIT - LT 961 Official Nr 140005
Wooden
ketch-rigged sailing trawler
Built 1920 J W & A Upham, Brixham for Robert J Weeds, Lowestoft
67.3
x 18.7 x 8.75ft; 52.56grt; 39nrt
1925
Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd
1927
WH Podd
1928
WH Podd Ltd
1930
fitted with Deutz 2 cylinder 59hp diesel by Richards; 52grt; 27nrt
18
Feb 1938 Set on Newcombe Sand, Lifeboat Agnes Cross standing by.
Towed
by tug to Lowestoft and while at full speed at least some crew taken off.
She
was wrecked alongside Lowestoft North Pier, one man was thrown into the sea
but
rescued by a line from the pier. Total wreck.
1931 DUSKY
QUEEN - LT 895
Sail Trawler; ON 140004
40grt; 28nrt; 59.9 x 17.3 x 7.7ft
Built 1920 Colby Bros Ltd, Oulton Broad
Owner James A Black
1921 Lothian Trawlers Ltd
1923 Arthur C Challis
1931 FW Moxey
1931 WH Podd Ltd
1932 Allen 3cyl diesel 100hp
1934 Inshore Trawlers Ltd
1941 Total Loss
1931 J.A.P. - LT 245
█ █
Motor
Drifter Trawler; ON 162954
79grt;
40nrt; 75 x 19 x 9ft
Built
1931 S Richards Ltd Shipyard, Lowestoft
for
W.H.Podd
Twin
screw. 140 hp.
Named after Walter Humphrey Podd's wife, Jane
Anne Podd ( nee Edmonds ).
1934 Inshore Trawlers Ltd
1960
J J Colby & Others.
1965
Colby Fish Selling Co Ltd
19th
Feb 1967 Total loss - Sank near the Smiths Knoll light vessel, North
Sea.
Crew
List
..
Clive
Jacklin, Skipper (37), Stradbroke Rd, Lowestoft
Dave
Reeder, Mate (23), High St, Lowestoft
Albert
Osborne, Engineer (30), Compass Street, Lowestoft
Harry
Page-Pipe, Cook (58), Lower Olland St, Bungay
Bob
Rumsby, Deck Hand (57), Catherine Tce, Pakefield
Percy
Hart, Passenger (56), Orford Drive, Oulton Broad
Thanks
to Clem. He writes
I'm trying to contact any surviving crew members of the
boat as my Uncle the Skipper has agreed for me to record a history of his life
at sea. It would be great if I could get other 1st hand accounts of her
sinking.
1930 BOY
CLIFFORD - LT 1202 █ █
Sail Trawler; ON 140016
56grt; 41nrt; 68.5 x 19.7 x 9.25ft
Built 1920 S Richards Ltd, Lowestoft
Owner John Smith
1930 WH Podd Ltd
1933 Diesel Trawlers Ltd; Allen 4cyl diesel 135hp
1945 TW Perrett, Brixham
1946 Fleetwood Drifters Ltd, Paignton
1948 Sold to
Norway
1937 HOLKAR - LT 18
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Sail Trawler; ON 145806
60grt; 48nrt; 70.7 x 18.8 x 9ft
Built 1924 G
& T Smith, Rye
Owner WJ Williams
1925 Elsie Williams
1937 WH Podd Ltd; Allen 6cyl diesel 160hp; 62grt; 27nrt
1937 Diesel Trawlers Ltd
1945 A E Dexter, Brixham
1946 Fleetwood Drifters Ltd, Paignton
1953 RH Trawlers Ltd, London
1957 JJ Colby, Lowestoft
1962 Hubert Jones, Swansea
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VESSELS
1947 1960
After returning from Padstow, following WWII, the fleet was
sold,
with the exception of
J.A.P. Sold 1960
and PILOT JACK Sold 1962
W.F.P. LT 144
ON 183972
112grt; 40nrt; 87.1 x 21.05 x 10ft
AK Diesel engine 360hp
Built by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Horn Hill, Lowestoft
Order placed to build a steel trawler 19th
March 1949
10th January 1950 Named
Named after Walter Francis Podd
5th May 1950 Launched
Owners Diesel Trawlers Ltd
December 1950 Made
her first trip
She had trouble with the variable pitch propeller and was
sold
March 1952 Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fisheries, Lowestoft
1953 Renamed BOSTON HUNTER
1958 Anthony Gibbs & Sons Ltd, London
1958 Sold to Chile
1969 Total Loss
JOHN WILLMENT LT 175
ON 166690
100grt; 42nrt; 88.5 x 19.8 x 10.2ft
Built 1932 Fellows & Co Ltd, Yarmouth
Completed 1942; Allen diesel 7cyl 300hp
Owners Lowestoft Motor Trawlers Ltd
1948 ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY BRONZE MEDAL
Nr.60668
Awarded to C.R. Atkins,
Deckhand; 10th Nov 1948; Off Lowestoft
If anyone can add to the details of this incident, please
write.
1954 Lengthened 90.1ft; Crossley 4cyl 230hp engine
1961 Damaged in a collision, went aground in fog and was
scrapped.
1952 LORD
WENLOCK - LT 1143
Steam Drifter Trawler; ON 130038
91grt; 39nrt; 84 x 18.15 x 9.05
Built in 1911 by Cochrane & Son, Selby.
Holmes Compound engine 175hp
Owners Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Ltd
1943 HB Jackson
1946 Lowestoft Herring Drifters Ltd
1951 Torbay Trawlers Ltd, Brixham
1952 WH Podd Ltd; Crossley diesel 240hp, by LBS
Engineering Co Ltd; 87grt; 38nrt
1954 Inshore Trawlers Ltd.
1961 Sold to
Aberdeen
1963 Sold to Gamashie Fishing & Marketing Ltd, Accra,
Ghana.
1965 Reported
total loss.
1953 EAGER - LT 1166
Steel Drifter trawler
Steam Drifter Trawler; ON 132962
102grt; 47nrt; 88.0 x 19.1 x 9ft
Built 1912 (Yard Nr 528) Cochrane, Selby for
Sidney G. Allerton
T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth; 225hp
7th March 1912: Launched
1933 Part
ownership, transferred to Frederick Spashett.
1945 Sold to Bay
Fisheries, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, manager)
1947 Sold to Henry
B. Roberts, Lowestoft.
1951 Sold to Eager
Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (J. W. Burwood, manager)
1953 Sold to W. H.
Podd Ltd, Lowestoft.
1953 Transferred
to Diesel Trawlers Ltd, Lowestoft (Edward W. Podd, manager)
1954 Steam engine replace
by 300hp AKD diesel
by W. H.
Podd Ltd, Lowestoft
1963 Sold to
Gamashie Fishing & Marketing Ltd, Accra, Ghana.
1972 Sunk
Thanks to Gil Mayes for additional information
W.F.P. (2) -
LT 310
Wooden trawler; ON 187026
Built 1957 Thomas Summers Ltd, Fraserburgh
for Lowestoft
Motor Trawlers Ltd (W.H.Podd)
126grt; 49nrt; 94.5
x 22.4 x 9.9ft
Engines : 3 cylinder, 300 hp A.K. Diesels Ltd.
1968 Repossessed by the White Fish Authority.
1969 Sold to Putford Enterprises Ltd., Paignton
1970 Brian E Pearce, Poole, Dorset
1971 Hazel M Adam, Ormesby, Norfolk
1971 Brian E & Hazel M Pearce
1972 Total loss in the Mediterranean.
ADA KERBY - LT 72
Side fishing wooden trawler; ON 187037
126grt; 49nrt; 94.5 x 22.4 x 9.9ft
AK Diesel 300hp engine
Built in 1958
Thomas Summers & Co, Fraserburgh
for Inshore Trawlers Ltd as
ADA KIRBY
But before the name was registered the spelling of ADA
KERBY had been carved on her.
20 Nov 1964
Caister Lifeboat gave assistance
1968 Sold to the White
Fish Authority.
1969 Sold to
Putford Enterprise Ltd.
1976 Sold and converted to cargo and yacht.
[ 1978 Listed by Lloyds as converted to general cargo;
hull
strengthened with ferro-concrete. ]
1981 Arrested off Coruna while
Smuggling.
1983 Sunk at Moorings. Total
Loss.
Thanks to Stanley Earl ( Port of
Lowestoft Research Society )
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Raymond
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