FEASIBLE

Date1912

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 86' x breadth 18' x depth 9'
tonnage 103 ton

Object numberABDSHIP000811

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co.
Yard Number: 373.
Subsequent Name: MELOY (1946).

Fate: As of 2002, the vessel was undergoing restoration at Bristol.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Drifter

Propulsion: Steam
Description: 2 masted steam drifter/ trawler semi-elliptical stern (clincher built, Dandy)..

Owners:
27/06/1912: W. Cathpole (manager/owner), registered Lowestoft, LT1191
1914: Requisitioned for government service, Penn no. 221.
30/08/1916: E. Catchpole, J. Utting, C. W. Dance Jnr., H. Baxter
15/11/1919: R. Kinnear, Doncaster, registered R157.
1920: Danum Steam Trawler Co. Ltd, Ramsgate.
10/01/1930 - 09/02/1938: J. V. Breach, Lowestoft (owner/manager), re-registered LT122.
11/11/1939: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as minesweeper. Penn no. FY928.
08/1945: Returned to owners:
23/05/1945: Pevensey Castle Ltd., owner, R. H. Self manager.
22/06/1946: Engebert Einarsen, Haugesund, Norway.

General History:
1914: Auxiliary Patrol Drifter 1 x 6pdr Anti-Aircraft gun fitted.
07/10/1915: Wireless telegraphy fitted.
01/04/1916: After collision near Elbow buoy between armed liner MACEDONIA and the Norwegian steamer CORRECT the FEASIBLE made fast alongside the Norwegian vessel and began to tow. Tow parted and crippled vessel sank.
24/11/1917: Assisted in the destruction of German submarine U48, which had grounded on the Goodwin Sands in the English Channel. The submarine crew had scuttled abandoned the boat. Nineteen submarine crew died and seventeen survived.
31/10/1930: Damaged in collision with steam drifter PENCISELY at Ijmuiden.
23/07/1932: Towed the disabled STRIVE (LT133) into Fleetwood.
06/08/1933: Broke foremast at Tobermory.
06/05/1934: Damaged by BOY PHILIP (LT137) at Rathmulen.
22/06/1943: Towed the disabled steam drifter AMBITIOUS (LT519) into Lerwick.
05/01/1936: Damaged and flooded by heavy seas off Milford Haven and towed by steam trawler GOZO of Hull. Whaleman Edward Halliday was washed overboard and drowned.

Note: diesel fitted 1946.