ONESIMUS DOREY
Established 1874
The Company sign which adorned the wall of their offices at the North Pier Steps
for many years before the company re-
ONESIMUS DOREY
ONESIMUS DOREY & SONS
SEA TRANSPORT CO., LTD.
PLYMOUTH, CHANNEL ISLANDS & BRITTANY S.S. Co. Ltd.
ANGLO FRENCH Sg. Co.
Early companies in which Onesimus Dorey was involved.
PLYMOUTH, CHANNEL ISLANDS & BRITTANY S.S. CO. LTD.
1877 May. O.Dorey signes advert for COMMERCE as agent, commenced service between Plymouth, the Channel Islands and Saint Brieuc.
1889 AQUILA purchased. Sold 1895.
1895 CHANNEL QUEEN built. 1898 vessel lost.
1887 PLYMOUTH Built. Sold 1889.
1898 ROSSGULL purchased. Lost 12.1900
ANGLO FRENCH Steamship Co. Ltd.
Mgr Director Mr. Onesimus Dorey.
1901 LEGUE on charter to company from 3 January, lost 5 July 1901.
1901 26 October. MARGARET arrived Jersey for the first time, having been
purchased by Anglo-
1902 HEBRIDEAN in service May -
1903 DEVONIA (I) Built. Sold 1906.
1906 DEVONIA (II) Built. Vessel withdrawn October.1917
1878 31 October. Guernsey Alm to this date is the first to give O. Dorey & Co as owners of COMMERCE.
1887 11 March. Letter in COMMERCE registry that Onesimus Dorey has been
appointed Mang Owner for the Plymouth, C.I. & Brittany S.S. Co. Ltd.
1903 Dorey, O. LCI
1907 Dorey, O. & Sons LCI
1920 Dorey, O. & Sons LCI 6.1920
1922 Dorey, Onesimus & Sons. LCI 6.1922
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TORFREY 1920-
Builder J. Fullerton & Co., Paisley. Yn. 156 10.1900
Tonnage 443gr 300ud 156net
Dimensions 167.9 25.1 9.45
Propulsion C 2cyl, 21” & 42” -
1900 October 22. Registered in Fowey. Owners: The Fowey Number 4 Steam
Ship Company Ltd., Fowey.
1914 Tonnage altered 174.22net
1919 May 20. Tonnage altered 299.57ud 428.78gr 167.46net
1919 May 26. Bill of sale to Onesimus Dorey, Quay, Guernsey.
1919 July 7. Registry to Guernsey.
1920 October 12. Bill of sale by Onesimus Dorey of 16 shares to Cecil Dorey.
1929 February 26. Bills of sale by Onesimus Dorey of 48 shares, and
Cecil Dorey of 16 shares to
Gracechurch Transports Ltd., 30 St.Mary's Axe, London.
1929 March 12. BOT grant permission to rename YORKRIVER.
1929 March 21. Registry to London
1932 July 1. Bill of sale by Coutts & Co (mortgagees) to James Cox
Screech of Appledore.
1932 August 11. Bill of sale by James Cox Screech to Samual Gray, 41 Pilot
Street, Belfast.
1933 December 23. Bill of sale by Samual Grey to Alfred Harris Smith, St.Andrews,
Priest Lane, Shenfield, Essex.
1934 25 January. Registry cancelled, sold Italian.
1900 Built as TORFERY for Fowey No 4 S.S. Co. Ltd, Fowey
1919 Acquired by Onesimus Dorey, name retained.
1929 Sold to Gracechurch. renamed YORKRIVER.
1933 Sold to A.H.Smith, London.
1933 Sold to Italian buyer.
LR1934/35 REGINA CACACE Owner: Michele Cacace, POR Genoa
LR1936/36 REGINA CACACE over printed, Broken Up.
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LAKEWOOD 1920-
Built J. Lewis & Sons, Ld. Aberdeen. Yn. 54 2.1919
Tonnage 570gr 392ud 252net
Dimensions 164.8 27.0 11.1 Q94 B11 F23
Propulsion T 3cyl, 14”,24” & 34” -
1919 February. Completed as HADRIX for J.R. Rix, Hull.
1920 June 8. HADRIX arr Boston – Hull.
June 10. Sailed Boston – Antwerp.
1920 July 30. LAKEWOOD arr Guernsey – Briton Ferry.
1920 Acquired by company and renamed LAKEWOOD
1956 June 12. Arrived Dunston to be broken up.
1956 September 15. Registry closed.
Picture :
LAKEWOOD departing Jersey. 305w 427k
LAKEWOOD D301 82k
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BROADGREEN 1922-
Built J. Fullerton & Co, Paisley. Yn. 231 2.1914.
Tonnage 622gr 414ud 264net
Dimensions 175.2 175.0 28.1 10.45 Q96 B9 F32
Propulsion T 3cyl, 14”, 24” & 40” -
1914 February 14. BROADGREEN Registered at Liverpool.
Owner West Lancashire S.S. Co., 14 Water Street, Liverpool.
1917 April 3. Bill of sale by West Lancashire S.S. Co. To Thomas Ernsest
Brooke, principle of T.G. Beatley & Sons of 57/58 Leadenhall
Street, London.
1918 January 11 BOT sanction name change to MADAME BROOKE.
1918 May 23. Vessel renamed.
1920 June 10. Mortgaged by The National Provincial & Union Bank of
England.
1921 November 22 Bill of sale by The National Provincial & Union Bank of
England to Onesimus Dorey, of the Quay, Guernsey.
1921 December 23 BOT sanction name change to BROADGREEN
1922 January 7 Vessel renamed BROADGREEN
1922 January 12. Vessel registered in Guernsey as BROADGREEN.
1922 February 9. Bills of sale by Onesimus Dorey of
8 shares to Cecil Dorey
3 shares to George John Turner
3 shares to Lelia Turner
10 shares to Peter Thomas Mignot, Jersey
10 shares to Julia Mary Mignot
1923 August 8. Bill of sale of 3 shares by G.T. Turner to Lelia Turner.
1924 November 1. Julia Mary Mignot died 1 November 1 1924, shares to
P.T. Mignot.
1931 March 10. Onesimus Dorey died, his shares to Ann Elizabeth Dorey.
1931 November 10. Bills of sale by
Mrs. A.E. Dorey of 30 shares to Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd.
Mr. C. Dorey of 8 shares to Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd.
1933 November 16. Bill of sales by
Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd of 38 shares to Monroe Bros.
Mr. P.T. Mignot of 20 shares to "
Mrs L. Turner of 6 shares to "
1933 November 27. Registry to Liverpool.
1933 November 29. Registered in Liverpool to Monroe Bros.
1934 March 15. BOT sanction name KYLEGORM.
1936 December 1. Bill of sale by Monroe Bros, to Kyle Sg. Co. Ltd.
1937 October 12. Bill of sale by Kyle Sg. Co. to Walton S.S. Co. Ltd.,
Newcastle
1946 May 30. Registry cancelled on sale to Panamian buyers.
1914 Completed as BROADGREEN for West Lancashire S.S. Co.
1917 Sold to T.E. Brooke, renamed MADAME BROOKE.
1922 Acquired by O.Dorey, renamed BROADGREEN.
1933 November 20. Sold to Monroe Bros, Liverpool. Renamed KYLEGORM in
1934.
1937 Sold to Walton S.S. Co., Ld. (F.L.Dawson & Co. Ld., Mgrs.)
1946 Sold to Cia Marittina "Langana" S.A., Panama, renamed SEMIRAMIS.
1951 March 28. Foundered off Marsa Matruh, Med.
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SARNIA 1923-
Built Chas. Rennoldson & Co., South Shields. Yn. 198 10. 1923
Tonnage 711.41gr 490ud 323.2net
Dimensions 180.4 28.0 12.1 Q105 B11 F24
Propulsion T 3cyl, 14”, 23” & 38.5” -
1923 LCI Building for Dorey as DOREEN.
1923 August 14. Launched as SARNIA.
1923 October 25. Registered in Guernsey to Owner: Sea Transport Co. Ltd.
Mgr: Onesimus Dorey, North Quay.
1931 November 7. Bill of sale to Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd.
1939 May 3. Registry to London.
1957 June 1 Bill of sale to Hargreaves Coal & Shipping Co. Ltd.
Renamed HARDALE
1957 June 28. Registry to London.
1957 July 11. HARDALE ex SARNIA sd London -
1958 October 31. Arrived Rotterdam to be broken up
Picture :
SARNIA in her early days with a mizzen, no wheelhouse, but note the bridge
cabs. 301w 260k
Loading stone at Ronez quarry. 305w 368k
SARNIA 310 85.7k
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FERMAIN (I) 1925-
Builder Charles Rennoldson & Co., South Shields. Yn. 170 8.1917
Tonnage 701.93gr 328.79net
Dimensions 80.4 180.4 28.1 12.1
Propulsion
1917 August 17. Registered in London as YORE to Pile & Company Limited,
34 Great St. Helens, Mgr Charles Henry Pile.
1918 February 27. Bill of Sale by Pile & Co. Ltd., to Charles Stuart Christie &
Charles Henry Wade, 3 Pier Head Chambers, Cardiff.
1918 March 20. Bill of Sale by Charles Stuart Chritie & Charles Henry Wade to
the Bathampton Steam Navigation Company Ltd, 3 Pier Head
Chambers, Cardiff.
1918 March 27. Mortgaged with Barclays Bank.
1920 April 20. Bill of Sale by the Bathampton Steam Navigation Company
Ltd., to the Devon Shipping Co. Ltd., Merchants Exchange,
Cardiff.
1920 December 22. BOT permission to rename vessel PARRACOMBE.
1925 April 15. Bill of Sale by Barclays Bank to John Geddes & Adam Mackay
Couper.
1925 May 13. Registry to Newcastle, owners John Geddes & Adam Mackay
Couper.
1925 May 26. Bill of Sale by John Geddes & Adam Mackay Couper, joint
owners to Cecil Dorey.
1925 June 20. BOT agree to rename vessel FERMAIN.
1925 June 27. Bill of Sale by Cecil Dorey of 32 shares to Onesimus Dorey.
1925 January 16 ? Registered in Guernsey
Owners Cecil Dorey 32 shares
Onesimus Dorey 32 shares
1931 March 10. Onesimus Dorey died.
1931 November 7. Bill of Sale by Ann Elizabeth Dorey (32) and Cecil Dorey (32) to
Onesimus Dorey & Sons Lim, Mgr Cecil Dorey.
1932 June 26. Grounded off Dielette and became a total loss.
1917 Built as YORE for Pile & Co.
1918 Renamed PARRACOMBE.
1925 Acquired O.Dorey, renamed FERMAIN.
1932 June 26. Grounded off Dielette and became a total loss.
Picture :
FERMAIN (I)
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BEAUPORT 1926-
Built The Forth Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., at Jeffrey’s Yard, Alloa.
Yn. 202 Comp 1.1920
Tonnage 739.41gr 506.8ud 330.7net
Dimensions 191.0 190.7 (oa) 29.2 11.3
Propulson T 3cyl, 16”, 26.5” & 44” -
1920 January 21. Registered in Sunderland as SUNNISIDE, owners : The Wear
Steam Shipping Co.(1917) Ltd., 38 West Sunniside,
Sunderland.
1926 October 28 . Bill of sale by the Wear Steam Shipping Co (1917) Ltd., to
Cecil Dorey, 4 North Quay, Guernsey. MO C.Dorey.
1926 November 22. BOT permission for name BEAUPORT.
1926 13 December. Certificate cancelled, to Guernsey.
1926 December 21. Bill of sale by CecilDorey to the Sea Transport Co. Ltd., 4
North Quay, Guernsey. MO Cecil Dorey.
1930 16 February. Vessel abandoned as a total loss.
1930 21 May. Register closed.
1920 Built as SUNNISIDE for Rose & Partnership.
1926 Acquired by Onesimus Dorey, renamed BEAUPORT.
1930 February 16. Lost off Guernsey.
1930 11 June.(JEP) The wreck of the BEAUPORT which went ashore on 16 February is to be removed by the Leith Towage & Salvage Co., Ltd.
1930 26 June.(JEP) The vessel was raised yesterday afternoon. She was worth £50,000, and was abandoned by her owners to the underwriters and has been raised after only eight days work by the salvors.
Board of Admin sought £6,250 salvage claim in 1931, resulting in company Sea Transport Ltd. ? going into liquidation in 1935. Wrecked on the Agenor Rocks near St. Peter Port.
Note SARNIA to O. Dorey 7 November 1931.
Picture :
BEAUPORT approaching Bristol City docks. 301w 343k
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BELVEDERE (I) 1927-
Built W. Harkess & Son (Ld)., Middlesbrough Yn. 233 7. 1922.
Tonnage 869.27gr 625ud 415.54net
Dimensions 198.0 30.6 12.45 Q111 B13 F25
Propulsion T 3cyl, 16”, 27” & 44” -
130NHP 720IHP 10knots
1922 July 22. Registered in Newcastle as ENID DUNFOLD, owned by
Dunfold Steamship Co. Ltd., Prudential Buildings, Newcastle
on Tyne.
1925 May 19. Mortgaged with Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.
1927 August 26. Bill of sale by Dunsfold S.S. Co. Ltd., to Cecil Dorey, North
Quay, Guernsey.
1927 September 10. BOT sanction name BELVEDERE.
1927 October 17. Registry to Guernsey.
1927 November 8. Bill of sale by Cecil Dorey of 32 shares to Onesimus Dorey,
North Quay, Guernsey.
1931 March 10. Onesimus Dorey died, shares to Ann Elizabeth Dorey
1931 7 November. Bills of sale of 32 shares from Anne Elizabeth and 32 shares
by Cecil Dorey to Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd.
1939 May 3. Registry to London Owner: Onesimus Dorey & Son Ltd., 4
North Qu ay, St. Peter Port.
1939 October 14. Registry to Guernsey.
1940 July 29. Registry to London 301/1940. Still with Guernsey address.
1940 December 17. Lost by mine off Southend.
1941 January 28. Register closed, vessel sank after striking a mine.
Picture :
BELVEDERE (I)
Picture
: Courtesy Erwan Guegueniat 
BELVEDERE at Les Sables d'Olonne.
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PERELLE (I) 1929-
Built Wm. Adam & Co. at the Olderfleet Shipyard, Larne. Yn. 2 Com 4.1922.
Tonnage 659.11gr 442ud 265.32net
Dimensions 177.0 28.1 10.9 Q100 B9 F28
Propulsion T 3cyl, 14”, 27” & 44” -
97RHP 700BHP 10kts
On first registry built by Olderfleet Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Larne.
Built by Olderfleet Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Larne.
LR 1939/40. Gives builder as Wm. Adam & Co. at Olderfleet Shipyard, Larne
Harbour.
1922 April 7. Registered at Whitehaven as STAINBURN, owner: The
Stainburn Steamship Co. Ltd., 51 Duke Street, Whitehaven.
1922 June 29. Vessel mortgaged with Manchester & Liverpool District Banking
Co.
1928 August 14. Name of bank changed to District Bank Ltd., and Kenneth
Redfern Monroe of Liverpool appointed managed on behalf of
the mortgagees.
1929 March 8. Bill of sale by District Bank Ltd., to Cecil Dorey, North Quay,
Guernsey.
1929 April 6. BOT sanction name PERELLE.
1929 April 22. Registry to Guernsey.
1929 May 6. Bill of sale By Cecil Dorey of 48 shares to Onesimus Dorey.
1931 March 16. Onesimus Dorey died, shares to Ann Elizabeth Dorey.
1931November 7. Bills of sale by Ann Elizabeth Dorey (48) and Cecil Dorey (16) to
Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd.
1939 May 18. Registry to London.
1939 October 24. Registry to Guernsey.
1940 July 25. Registry to London.
1942 March 15. Lost in collision off Mull of Kintyre.
1942 April 1. Registry closed. Vessel lost due collision.
Picture :
PERELLE (I)
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Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd.
( all ships to company 7 November 1931 )
LANCRESSE (I) 1933-
Built DuyoenDijk, Lekkerkerk, 1917.
T. Van Duijvendijk, Lekkerkerk. Yn. 215 LRII 1922/23
Tonnage 804.34gr 386.04reg 576.14ud.
Dimensions 183.0 29.7 12.9
Propulsion T 3cyl, 13.5”, 22.5” & 36” -
1917 Built as Dutch ERATO for Konint Nederl. S.M., Amsterdam.
1933 August 23. Registered at Guernsey LANCRESSE, owner Onesimus Dorey &
Sons Ltd., Guernsey. On registry papers builder was DuyoenDijk,
Lekkerkerk.
1935 November 22. LANCRESSE sinks off Ramsgate after collision with
Norwegian TRES.
1935 December 9. Certificate cancelled.
1936 February 19. LANCRESSE is being blown up.
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FERMAIN (II) 1933-
Built Wed C. Bocie en Zoner, Slikkerreer, Comp 1919
Wed C. Boele & Zonen, Slikkerveer. Yn 563 LRII 1922/23
Tonnage 759.25grt 535ud 359.27nrt
Dimensions 181.8 28.2 12.2
Propulsion T 3cyl, 15”, 24” & 40” -
Overschiesche. 63nhp 625 IHP 9kts
First registered at Guernsey 4/1933 on 17 November 1933
Built Wed C. Bocie en Zoner, Slikkerreer, 1920
1919 Built as JAN BORREMANS for J.V. Steens Rynreedery, POR -
Flg Du Built 1919 Wed C. Boele & Zonen, Slikkerveer.
1920 Sold to Konik. Nederl. Stoomb. Maats., Amsterdam. Renamed NERO.
1933 November 17. Registered in Guernsey to Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd.,
Guernsey. 4/1933
1933 October 19. BOT sanction name FERMAIN.
1933 November 30. Bill of sale of 20 shares to Peter Thomas Mignot.
1933 November 30. Bill of sale of 6 shares to Lelia Elizabeth Turner, Jersey.
1935 May 29. P.T. Mignot died, shares to Dasie Mignot.
1939 May 31. Bill of sale of 3 shares by L.E. Turner to Vera Collings.
1939 May 31. Bill of sale of 3 shares by L.E. Turner to Lelia Susannah Hall.
1939 May 3. Registry to London
1939 November 3. Registry to Guernsey .
LR 1939/40 Owner: O. Dorey & Sons, Ld. & Others. POR Guernsey.
1941 April 2. Bombed and sunk SE of Eastborne
1941 19 November. Certificate cancelled.
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PORTELET (I) 1936-
Built C. Hill & Son, Bristol. Yn. 126 2.1918
Tonnage 1063.81gr 770ud 542.0net
Dimensions 212.2 33.9 13.3 219.9(0a) Q116 B15 F34
Propulsion T 3cyl, 18”, 29” & 49” -
Sunderland 176 NHP
1918 19 February. LOCHEE registered at Dundee to Dundee, Perth & London
Shipping Co. Ltd.
1927 12 February. Ran ashore on Inchkeith, Firth of Forth and refloated badly
damaged.
1936 28 May. BOT sanction name PORTELET. Changed at South Shields
1936 29 May. Bill of sale to Cecil Dorey.
1936 June 5 (EP) Dorey buy LOCHEE from DP&L for £ 7,500
1936 9 June. Bill of sale to Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd.
1936 June 12. PORTELET arrived in Guernsey today.
1937 1 September. Registry to Guernsey.
1939 31 May. Registry to London 112/1939.
1939 14 October. Registry to Guernsey 8/1939.
1940 February 2. Hit mine and sank SW of Smith's Knoll
1940 February 2. Vessel sunk by enemy action.
1940 February 5 (EP). PORTELET blown up by mine. Capt. A. Walsh.
1940 19 March. Registry cancelled.
1940 February 5 (EP). PORTELET blown up by mine. Capt. A. Walsh.
PORTELET (I)
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Vessels Managed for the Minister of War Transport
SAUTERNS
Owner Worms & Co. POR Havre
Builder Ateliers et Chantiers de la Seine Maritime, Worms et Cie,
Le Trait, Seinr Inferieure. Yn. 2 1922.
Tonnage 1,049gr 414net
Dimensions 215.9 30.5 12.5 P126 F25
Propulsion T 3cyl, 18”, 30” & 50” -
LCI Managed by Dorey.
1941November 20. Sailed Leith, and then from Methin Road on 2 December on
voyage to Iceland. Not seen since.
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EMPIRE CHELSEA On. 180987
Owner Minister of War Transport.
Builder J. Lewis & Sons Ltd., Aberdeen. Yn. 184 Comp 2.1945
Tonnage 1,051gr 568net.
Dimensions 212’6” (oa) 32’10” 15’2” draught
Propulsion T 3cyl, 14”, 24” & 40” x 27” by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd., Aberdeen.
1944 Dec EMPIRE CHELSEA Added in pen, Managed for Minister of War Transport. by O. Dorey & Son. 1051gr 568net First Voyage March 1945.
1945 Built as EMPIRE CHELSEA.
1947. Renamed HUMBERGATE Owner: Hull Gates Sg. Co. Ltd., (Mgrs Craggs Jenkin Ltd.) POR Goole.
1955. Renamed SPRINGWEAR.
1959. Renamed LYNNWEAR.
1962. Renamed DUMBO.
In 1968 owned by: South Star Corp., POR Panama.
1969 May 24. DUMBO has been refloated and taken and placed ashore to be
broken up.
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EMPIRE RICHMOND On. 180991
Owner Minister of War Transport.
Builder J. Lewis & Sons Ltd., Aberdeen. Yn. 186 Comp 8.1945
Tonnage 1,047gr 569net 1,441dw
Dimensions 212’0” (oa) 32’10” 15’2” draught.
Propulsion T 3cyl 14”, 24” & 40” x 27”, J. Lewis & Sons Ltd., Aberdeen.
1945 June EMPIRE RICHMOND Added in pen. Managed for Minister of War Transport. By O. Dorey & Son. 1945 1,047gr.
1945 Dec Added in pen, sold to Stephenson Clarke.
1946. Renamed PULBOROUGH. Signal letters reg 18 July 1946.
1959. Renamed PULBOROUGH II.
1959. Renamed NILGIRI.
LR1968/69 NILGIRI Owner: M.P. Kurian, POR Cochin (Ind) Minister of War Transport.
LR1971/72 NILGIRI same as above
LR1972/73 Not in
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BELGRAVE (I) 1945-
Built Burntisland S.B. Co. Ltd., Yn. 217 Comp 1.1938
Tonnage 1,076gr 605net
Dimensions 223.4rl 34.0 11.9 229.6(oa)
229’9” 34’ 13.6”
Propulsion T 3cyl 13.5" 23" & 38"-
Newcastle
1938 January 19. Registered in London as BRASTED owned by The Hudson
Steamship Co. Ltd.
1945 October 23. Bill of Sale to Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd., 4 North Quay, St.
Peter Port.
1945 November 1. Registered in Guernsey as BRASTED
1945 November 23. Sailed from Portsmouth for Blyth as BELGRAVE ex
BRASTED.
1946 January 23. Registered as BELGRAVE.
1963 February 9. Vessel arrived Ghent to be broken up.
1962 14 March14. Registry closed, sold Belgian.?
BELGRAVE Departing Jersey. 305w 274k
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ROCQUAINE (I) 1946-
Built Scott & Sons, Bowling. Yn. 369 Comp 11.1943
Tonnage 965gr 535net
Dimensions 205’2” 34’1” 14.5’
Propulsion T 3cyl, 15”,28.5”& 41” -
10kts.
1943 Built as EMPIRE RIDER for the Minister of War Transport and placed under
the management of J. Hay & Sons, Glasgow, first voyage
October 1943.
1946 August 14. Registered in Guernsey to Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd.
1962 12 January. Registry cancelled, sold Belgian.
1946 August 14. ROCQUAINE ex EMPIRE RIDER Sd Tyne -
1946 September 6. Sig letters registered.
1961 October 12. Vessel left Cardiff after being laid up, in tow of tug LOIRE, bound for Terneuzen to be broken up. Towed with HAVELET.
Picture :
ROCQUAINE awaiting to depart from the North Pier, Jersey. 301w 361k
ROCQUAINE D305 109k
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FERMAIN (III) 1948-
Built Robert Thompson & Sons (Ld)., Sunderland. Yn. 318 1. 1924
Tonnage 1074.36gr 606.46net 1.074gr 791ud 606net
Dimensions 210.4 33.0 13.65 Q102 B9 F20
Propulsion T 3cyl, 17”, 28” & 46” -
1924 Built as BRIAN, and registered at Sunderland February 29 1924 Owner: John
Joseph Robson, 53 John Street, Sunderland.
1924 29 October. Bill of sale by J.J. Robson of 5 shares to Norman Leslie Robson
1931 21 September. Bill of sale by J.J. Robson of 5 shares to Brian John Robson.
1935 23 April. Bill of sale by Brian John Robson of 5 shares to J.J. Robson.
1940 9 February. Bill of sale by J.J. Robson of 11 shares to Norman Leslie Robson.
1943 20 December. Bills of sale by J.J. Robson of 48 shares and by Norman L. Robson of 16 shares to Williamstown Shipping Co. Ltd.
1945 4 October. BOT sanction name KENTBROOK.
1945 12 October. Registry to London 28/4/1945
1945 18 November. KENTBROOK ex BRIAN sailed Portsmouth -
1948 29 April. Bill of sale to Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd.
790.62 1074.36 606.46
1948 14 May. Registry to Guernsey 1/1948
1948 4 June. BOT sanction name FERMAIN.
1950 24 October. Tonnage alterations 790.62 1086.43 604.31
1952 December 29. Grounded on Black Rock, NE of St. Sampsons, Guernsey, and was later broken up in place.
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PORTELET (II) 1950-
Builder Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co.(1927) Ld., Goole. Yn. 290
Comp 8.1930
Tonnage 946gr 481net 946gr 633ud 481net
Dimensions 205.5 32.5 11.8 Q121 B13 F20 LR 1939/40
210' 32'2" 13'8"
Propulsion T 3cyl, 17”, 28” & 46” -
1930 Completed as SANFRY for J. Hargreves & Sons (Leeds) Ltd., POR Goole.
1942 Sold to Brook Sg. Co., Goole. (Mgr Comben Longstaff & Co.)
1945 October 10. Registered in London as SANFRY to Brook Shipping Co. Ltd.
1945 October 10. Registered as YORKBROOK, Owner: Brook Sg. Co. Ltd.,
1945 October 16. YORKBROOK ex SANFRY sailed Goole -
1946 February 19. Bill of Sale to Williamstown Sg. Co. Ltd.
1950 November 13. Bill of sale to Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd, renamed PORTELET.
1958 May 17. Arrived Dublin to be broken up.
Picture :
PORTELET (I) Departing Jersey. 305w 341k
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LANCRESSE (II) 1953-
Builder D. & W. Henderson & Co. Ld., Glasgow. Yn. 900M. Comp 5.1930
Tonnage 1,151gr 866ud 670net (LR 1939/40)
Dimensions 220.0 34.1 14.2 226.2 (oa) Q123 B12 F24
Propulsion T 3cyl, 17”, 27” & 45” -
1930 Built as PRESTATYN ROSE for Richard Hughes & Co., POR Liverpool
LR 1939/40 Owner: Richard Hughes & Co.(Liverpool) Ld.
1953 January 26. Arr Tyne from Poole as PRESTATYN ROSE.
1953 January 27. Bill of sale Hughes Holden Shipping Ltd., to Onesimus Dorey &
Sons Ltd.
1953 February 5. Proposal by O.Dorey to rename vessel LANCRESSE
1953 February 17. LANCRESSE ex PRESTATYN ROSE Sd Tyne-
1953 February 19. Sd Sunderland -
1962 March 2. Arrived Bruges to be broken up.
LANCRESSE 301w 287k
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PERELLE (II) 1954-
Builder J. Lewis & Sons Ltd., Aberdeen. Yn. 187 Comp 12. 1945
Tonnage 1,047gr 569net
Dimensions 212’4” 32’10” 15’11”
Propulsion T 3cyl,
1945 Built as EMPIRE FENCHURCH POR Aberdeen 17/1945
1945 November. Launched as EMPIRE FENCHURCH.
1945 December 28. EMPIRE FENCHURCH sailed Aberdeen for Blyth, arr 29th.
1945 December 30. Sailed Blyth for Plymouth, arr January 2 1946.
1946 Sold to John Stewart & Co. Sg. Ltd., Glasgow. 28/1946
1946 May 3. Proposal to rename vessel YEWFOREST.
1946 May 18. YEWFOREST ex EMPIRE FENCHURCH sd Methil -
1954 Acquired by Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd., renamed PERELLE.
1954 October 30. Name changed to PERELLE.
1954 December 3. Registered in Guernsey to Onesimus Dorey & Sons Ltd.
1962 August 22. Arrived Gothenburg having been sold for use as a store hulk.
1962 September 19. Sold Foreign for breaking up.
Picture :
PERELLE (II) Arriving Jersey. 301w 323k
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