OCEAN DUKE H283
Built
1925
Cook Welton & Gemmell
Off Number
149058
Length Ft
140.4
Tons Gross
358
Yard Number
478
Breadth Ft
24.0
Tons Net
153
Launched
19 12 1925
Engine Builder
C D Holmes
Hp
96 HP
Registered
04 02 1925
Signal Letters
GTVX
Knots
11 K
Registered LADY BERYL H283 Owners 1925 -1935 Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers
  OCEAN DUKE H283 Owners 1935 - 1938 Ocean Steam Fishing Co Ltd Hull
  STELLA RIGEL H283 Owners 1938 - 1945 Charleson-Smith Trawlers Ltd Hull
  HMT STELLA RIGEL Owners 1939 - 1945 Admiralty
  ALAMEIN H283 Owners 1945 - 1948 Hull Merchants Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd
    Owners 1949 Milford Haven
  LADY OLWEN H283 Owners 1949 - 1952 St Andrews Steam Fishing Co Ltd Hull
  REMINDO Owners 1952 Grimsby
    Owners  
    Owners  
Fate : 28 04 1955 Whilst sheltering at anchor off the Faroe Islands the anchor chain broke and the vessel was driven onto the rocks, the Ben Meidie SN340 also at anchor came to assist but after having no time to launch their lifeboat before the vessel slipped off the rocks, 3 men were rescued from the water a further eleven were found clinging to a liferaft, one man was swept away and a further 3 died on the way to Thorshaven.
Admiralty Requisition
Pennant No
Role
Returned
Sept 1939
FY 657
Minesweeper
July 1945
 

 

Crewmen
       
SKIPPER 1937 DUFFIELD - ARTHUR  
       
       

 

Board Of Trade Inquiry 29th and 30th June and the 2nd of July 1937

Esquire, into the circumstances attending the stranding of the British steam trawler "Ocean Duke" of Hull, official number 149058, at Kraakeneset, which resulted in serious damage to the vessel.

The Court having carefully inquired into the circumstances attending the above-mentioned shipping casualty finds, that the stranding was caused by the wrongful act and default of Arthur Duffield, the skipper of the steam trawler "Ocean Duke."

The stranding was found to be through wrongful act of Skipper Duffield in failing to identify a buoy resulting in serious damage of the vessel. The skipper ought to have obtained the services of a Norwegian pilot before trying to navigate the fjord. Certificate suspended for 3 months.