Fleetwood's Maritime Heritage

Technical

Official Number: 341749
Yard Number: 347
Gross Tonnage: 239
Net Tonnage: 115
Deadweight: 339
Length: 132′ 0″
Breadth: 22′ 1″
Draught: 8′ 2″
Oil engine 4 stroke 8-cyl 320bhp by English Electric Diesels Ltd (Kelvin Marine Div), Glasgow
Built: J. Harker (Shipyards) Ltd, Knottingley

12.1970: Completed by J. Harker (Shipyards) Ltd, Knottingley (Yd.No.347) for Fleetwood Tankers Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, manager) as ONWARD MARINER.
1985: Chartered to Allantone Supplies Ltd, Felixstowe.
1990: Transferred to Britannia Marine plc, Lowestoft (remained on charter).
1994: Sold to Allantone Supplies Ltd, Felixstowe.
9.1996: Transferred to General Port Services Ltd, London (Allantone Supplies Ltd, Felixstowe, managers).
2001: Bunkering in Thames area.
2010: In use as a houseboat.

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M.V. Onward Mariner
Picture courtesy of photoship.co.uk

M.V. Onward Mariner
Picture © Philip English

Information from “Mersey Rovers” reproduced by kind permission of Roy Fenton

Technical

Yard Number: 471
Gross Tonnage: 330
Net Tonnage: 153
Length: 139.6 ft
Breadth: 25.1 ft
Draught: 7.9 ft
Engine: 6 cyl oil engine by Crossley Brothers, Manchester.
Speed: 9 knots.

History

08.1949: Completed by Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Co, Ltd, Goole (Yard No. 471) for Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, Liverpool, as POLYTHENE.
1972: Sold to A.C. Stewart and W.G. Stewart, Dartford, Kent.
1972: Owners became Stewart Brothers (Shipping) Ltd, Dartford.
1972: Sold to F.A.G. and J. Kennedy, Rochester.
1974: Sold to W.F. Thompson, Ipswich.
1976: Sold to W.S. and A.A. Banks (Pentland Ferries Ltd, managers) St Margaret’s Hope, Orkney.
1977: Owners became Hurst Shipping Ltd, (Pentland Ferries Ltd, managers) St Margaret’s Hope, Orkney.
29.08.1979: Driven ashore and wrecked in Prince Rupert Bay, Dominica in position 15.34.40 N by 61.28.10 W when her anchor chain broke after having been ordered out of harbour to ride out Hurricane David. She was on voyage from Roseau to St. Vincent with the motor vessel reported to be LITTLE STEPHEN in tow for repairs.

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Polythene
Picture courtesy of Bobby (shipsnostalgia)

Technical

Order Number: 114299
Gross Tonnage: 1680
Net Tonnage: 536
Length: 315.0 ft
Breadth: 38.2 ft
Draught: 16.7 feet
Engines: 2 x T.4-cyl & boiler by John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank 5700ihp
Speed: 19.5 knots
Built: John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank, 1902

History

20.8.1902: Launched by John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank (Yd.No.353) for Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co & London North Western Railway Co Ltd, London (joint owners)(John Edwin Jackson, Fleetwood, manager).
19.10.1902: Registered at Fleetwood. Employed on Fleetwood – Belfast route.
30.3.1907: Gerald Edward Holland, Fleetwood, designated manager.
31.8.1907: George Beugh, Fleetwood designated manager).
31.7.1914: Tonnage altered.
1921: New boiler by Vickers Ltd, Barrow in Furness fitted
21.12.1921: London North Western and Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Companies amalgamated (Railways Act 1921).
31.3.1922: Transferred to London North Western Railway Co Ltd, London.
1923: Transferred to London Midland & Scottish Railway Co Ltd, London.
10.1.1925: Tonnage altered to 2077g 917n.
1928: Employed on Heysham – Douglas, IoM route.
1930: Transferred to Goole. Employed East Coast to Continent.
1934: Sold for breaking up to German principals and broken up in The Netherlands.

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ss Duke of Connaught
Picture courtesy of L&NW series of Pictorial Postcards

Technical

Completed: 1838
Net Tonnage: 38
Rig: Flat
Built: ??, Fleetwood

History

1838: Completed by ??, Fleetwood for Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood as WITCH.
by1891: Owned by Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co Ltd. Cut down and used as a lighter.

Technical

Official Number: 20486
Completed: 1858
Net Tonnage: 109
Length: 80.0 ft
Breadth: 20.0 ft
Draught: 11.0 ft
Rig: Schooner
Built: ??, Ulverston, 1858

History

1858: Completed by ??, Ulverston for John Chamney, Fleetwood as WILLIAM STONARD. Registered Fleetwood.
1868: Owned by Scollick, ??. Registered at Ulverston.
10.1899: Foundered.

Technical

Official Number: 27930
Completed: 1859
Gross Tonnage: 53
Net Tonnage: 46
Length: 70 ft
Rig: Jigger Flat
Built: John Cartmell, Newburgh, Lancashire, 1859

History

1859: Completed by John Cartmell, Newburgh, Lancashire for ??, ?? as RESOLUTION.
1870: Registered at Liverpool.
1.1882: Sold to William Poole, Fleetwood.
14.1.1882: Registered at Fleetwood.
1891: Owned by James Poole, Fleetwood.
18.11.1918: Fleetwood registry closed “Total loss”.

Technical

Completed: 1841
Net Tonnage: 83
Length: 63 ft
Rig: Schooner (coastal trade)
Built: ??, Runcorn, 1841

History

1841: Completed by ??, Runcorn for ??, ?? as PRINCESS ROYAL. Registered at Liverpool.
1853: Sold to Richard Warbrick, William Strode, James Heron & Others, Fleetwood

Technical

Completed: 1838
Net Tonnage: 38
Rig: Flat
Built: ??, Fleetwood, 1838

History

1838: Completed by ??, Fleetwood for Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood as OWEN.
by1891: Owned by Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co Ltd. Cut down and used as a lighter

Technical

Official Number: 42549
Completed: March 1862
Net Tonnage: 98
Length: 83.8 ft
Breadth: 19.9 ft
Draught: 9.5 ft
Rig: Schooner (coastal trade)
Built: Russell, Ardrossan

History

3.1862: Completed by Russell, Ardrossan for Blackburn & Co, Fleetwood as JESSIE STEWART. Registered at Fleetwood.

Technical

Official Number: 19831
Completed: 1837
Net Tonnage: 41
Rig: Flat
Built: ??, Lytham, 1837

History

1837: Completed by ??, Lytham for Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood as HESKETH.