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ST. CLEMENT
ST. CLEMENT
ST. CLEMENT

ST. CLEMENT

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date1885
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumIron
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 115' 3" x breadth 21' 1" x depth 11' 1"
Gross Tonnage: 165 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001883
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 240
Official Number: 88865.
Subsequent Name: PILOTE V (1912); CANTABRO No.1 (1930); KAKAU (1932)

Fate: Lost 1944

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler, one deck, two masts, schooner rigged, round stern, clenched built, no gallery, no head, iron framework.

Owners:
07/02/1885: Registry opened. Thomas Walker, fish curer, 64 shares.
1905: Owners: Vickers & Co., Barrow in Furness. [POD]
1912: Owners, French.
1922: Pogson & Symonds, registered at Grimsby.
19/04/1925: Grimsby registration closed. Sold to Spanish owners, S. Aldegandis. [POD]
1939: Owners: Jose Trullenque Montoro.

General History:
1885:
'Launched by Miss Holmes, daughter of Captain Holmes... probably first on this coast to be fitted with cold air refrigeration and special cold air chamber to keep fish fresh.'
(Aberdeen Journal)

20/1/1887: In collision with, and sank lugger ANNIE.
1898: Listed as SAINT CLEMENT in Lloyd's Register.
1901: Withdrawn from fishing. Demonstration vessel for experimental boiler. [POD]
1910: Owners: Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd.
1912: Pilot vessel at Dunkirk, renamed PILOTE V. [POD]
1922: Sold to recover unpaid dock dues Renamed PILOTE 5. [POD]
19/4/1925: Grimsby registration closed. Sold by mortgagees (a bank) to Spanish owners. [POD]
1930: Renamed CANTABRO No.1 [POD]
1932: Renamed KAKAU [POD]
23/11/1944: Lost. [POD]

([POD] = Source of Sea Breezes letter, 11/2014 by Miss Patricia O'Driscoll)

Engine details: Steam, screw, one pair, compound, direct acting, 19"x38" with 27" stroke, 62 H.P., 382.8 i.h.p..
Boiler: Number one steel, 11'6" diameter, 9' length, 3x36" furnaces with 1023.6 square feet heating area and 100psi.
Propeller: 9'6" diameter, cast iron solid 4 bladed.
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