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HMT Richard Bacon
was a British Castle class trawler, Castle class naval trawler completed in 1918. She served through both world wars under two different names and also had a lengthy career as a civilian fishing trawler. For a short while, she functioned as a support vessel for a famous transatlantic flight by a group of Italian bombers. She was scrapped in 1954 after her boiler failed during a storm. History First World War and subsequent civilian service ''Richard Bacon'' was one of 217 Castle class trawlers laid down for the British government in the World War I, First World War. Displacing standard and armed with a single 12-pounder gun, she was mostly used for coastal anti-submarine warfare, anti-submarine patrols. ''Richard Bacon'' was built at Cook, Welton & Gemmell at Beverley. Upon completion on 12 March 1918, she had a crew of 12 men and served an uneventful few years on anti-submarine and coastal patrol duties. After the war, she was registered as a fishing vessel at London under re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook, Welton & Gemmell
Cook, Welton & Gemmell was a shipbuilder based in Hull and Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire. England. They built trawlers and other small ships. History Founding and move to Beverley The firm was founded in 1883 on South Bridge Road, Hull, on the Humber bank. The founding partners were William James Cook, Charles Keen Welton and William Gemmell. In 1901–1902 the business moved nine miles up the River Hull to a new yard at Grovehill, Beverley purchased from Cochrane, Hamilton & Cooper. The yard had been founded by Andrew Cochrane in 1884. It was one of the few shipyards that launched broadside. Prosperity and decline The new yard initially produced trawlers and whalers with dredging of the River Hull allowing larger ships to be built. During both world wars it built large numbers of ships such as minesweepers and anti-submarine trawlers for the Royal Navy. Between the wars it consolidated its reputation as a builder of high quality trawlers and continued to prosper i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |