Hector Whaling Ltd. & Saldanha Whaling Ltd
London & Cape Town
(London Company Reg No. 232432)
28 June 1961: Acquired by Cayzer, Irvine & Company Ltd
By 1968 the whalecatching fleet had been disposed of.
15 August 1995 Hector Whaling Ltd dissolved.
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Hector Tankers Ltd.
Incorporated on 10 November 1948 – Reg. No. 461012
Share capital £50,000 in £1 shares.
28 June 1961: Acquired by Cayzer, Irvine & Company Ltd
13 July 1961 restyled as
Hector Trawlers Ltd. (1)
London
21.12.1982 resolution passed to rename and on 6 January 1983 registered at Companies House as
Scottish Shire Line Ltd. (2)
20 March 1984 restyled as
Houston Line Ltd. (2)
6 October 1994 dissolved.
HT.1. HECTOR GANNET (1962 - 1968) Stern Trawler.
O.N. 304294. 361g. 136n. 0d. 125’ 1” x 29’ 11” x .
6-cyl. 4 SCSA (12” x 15”) oil engine made by National Gas & Combustion Engine Company, Ashton under Lyne, geared to a controllable pitch propeller. 1,160 BHP.
3.5.1962: Launched by P. K. Harris & Sons Ltd., Appledore (Yard No. 528) for Hector Trawlers Ltd., (W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, managers), London. 7.1962: Completed. 1968: Sold to Offshore Marine Ltd., London. 15.11.1968: Whilst standing by an oil rig in distress following a “blow-out” struck the rig, capsized and sank in a position 53.00N., 1.51E., in the North Sea. Three lives were lost.
HT.2. HECTOR GULL (1962 - 1968) Stern Trawler.
O.N. 304383. 361g. 114n. 0d. 125’ 1” x 29’ 11” x .
6-cyl. 4 SCSA (12” x 15”) oil engine made by Mirrlees National Ltd, Ashton under Lyne, geared to a controllable pitch propeller. 1,160 BHP.
9.3.1962: Launched by P. K. Harris & Sons Ltd., Appledore (Yard No. 527) for Hector Trawlers Ltd., (W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, managers), London. 12.1962: Completed. 6.1.1964: Mortgaged to the White Fish Authority, Lincoln’s Inn Chambers, 2/3 Cursiter Street, London. EC4. 18.1.1967: Mortgaged repaid. 1968: Converted to a buoy ship and sold to Seapool Ltd. 1971: Sold to the Secretary of State for Defence, London (same manager), and renamed DOLWEN. 1979: Removed from management. 1980: Owners restyled as Government of The United Kingdom (Secretary of State for Defence).1991: Sold to Mira Towage Ltd., Malta. 1996: Sold to unspecified Honduras flag operators. 6.1996: Foundered.
Appendix No. 12 –
Seapool Ltd. (1)
Incorporated in 1950; Coy reg No. 492854, little is known of the purpose of this shortlived company as on 10th April 1951 a “notice to voluntarily wind-up” was placed in the London Gazette by Margaret Fleming, the appointed liquidator. It was however not finally dissolved until 1988.
Seapool Ltd. (2)
(Inc 21.12.1955 - Coy Reg.No.576087 )
The company’s registered address was 2-4 St. Mary’s Axe London.
Share capital was £100 in £1 shares of which two were issued, to two solicitors and on registration the shareholders were stated as Baron Herbert Robin Cayzer and Sir William Nicholas Cayzer, who were also listed as the company Directors. The company articles of association state that “The Company can acquire shares, stock, debenture stock, debenture shares etc.
A Special Extraordinary General Meeting was held on 30 June 1982 to pass a resolution to voluntary wind up the company. The resolution was passed and company was finally dissolved on 22 December 1982
RELKO (1963 – 1968) stern trawler
O.N. 187941. 270g. 92n. 0d. 122’ 0” x 25’ 9” x .
Two, 4-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A. (185 x 20mm) Maybach type oil engines made by Bristol Siddeley Engineering Ltd, Coventry, geared to a singe screw shaft with a controllable pitch propeller. 800 BHP
18.7.1962: Launched by T. Mitchison Ltd., Gateshead (Yard No. 518) for Seapool Ltd. 5.7.1963: Completed by Greenock Dockyard Company (Gateshead) Ltd. 6.1.1964: Mortgaged to the White Fish Authority, Lincoln’s Inn Chambers, 2/3 Cursiter Street, London. EC4. 18.1.1967: Mortgaged repaid. 1968: Sold to Vickers Ltd., (James Fisher & Sons Ltd., Barrow, managers). Converted into a research and submersible submarine mothership. 4.6.1968: Commissioned at Barrow, as VICKERS VENTURER. 1972: Transferred to Vicker Oceanics Ltd. 1980: Sold to British Oceanics Ltd., (Premier Shipping & Engineering Ltd., managers), and renamed VENTURER. 1981: Sold to Eagle Tugs Ltd., (Shipmarc Ltd., managers), Cayman Islands. 1986: Sold to Albin Maritime Corp., (Southern Engineering Company Ltd, managers), St Vincent. 1988: LR class withdrawn, owners and managers deleted. 9.10.2007: Reported as having been sold to undisclosed buyers, on the Equasis website.
HECTOR GULL (1968 – 1971) see ship No. HT.2 above.
Seapool (Pelamid) Ltd.
( Reg No. 777899 – incorporated 1962 and dissolved 18.3.1982)
2-4 St. Mary’s Axe London and Lincoln’s Inn Chambers, 2/3 Cursiter Street, London. EC4
PELAMID (1963 – 1965) Stern trawler
O.N. 187942. 270g. 92n. 0d. 122’ 0” x 25’ 9” x .
Post 1969: 299g. 117n 349d. 46.51 x 7.65 x 3.791 metres.
Two, 4-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A. (185 x 20mm) Maybach type oil engines made by Bristol Siddeley Engineering Ltd, Coventry, geared to a singe screw shaft with a controllable pitch propeller. 800 BHP
Post 1973: 6-cyl 4 S.C.S.A. (320 x 450mm) Deutz type engine made in 1957 by Kloeckner Humboldt Deutz, Koeln. 750 BHP. 11.5kts.
12.9.1961: Launched by T. Mitchison Ltd., Gateshead (Yard No. 516), for Seapool Ltd. 24.10.1963: Registered. 14.11.1963: Completed by Greenock Dockyard Company (Gateshead) Ltd. for Seapool (Pelamid) Ltd. 1965: Sold to Chr. Bjelland & Company A/S, Norway, and renamed STAVANGEREN.1966: Converted into a fish factory ship. 1969: Lengthened. 6.1973: Re-engined. 1977: Sold to AS KS Age Majala, Norway. 1985: Sold to KS AS Stavangeren, Aalesund. 1987: Sold to AS Sea-Frost, Hammerfest, and renamed SEA-FROST. 1989: Sold to Sjuve Ship Gjenvinningsindustri, (Hans Jorgen Sjuve, manager), Norway. 1991: Demolished.
Seapool (Noblesse) Ltd.
( Reg No. 777897 – incorporated 1962 and dissolved 13.8.1964)
2-4 St. Mary’s Axe London and Lincoln’s Inn Chambers, 2/3 Cursiter Street, London. EC4
NOBLESSE (1963 – 1964) Stern trawler
O.N. 187943. 270g. 92n. 0d. 122’ 0” x 25’ 4” x .
Two, 4-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A. (185 x 20mm) Maybach type oil engines made by Bristol Siddeley Engineering Ltd, Coventry, geared to a singe screw shaft with controllable pitch propeller. 800 BHP
Post 1984 Two, 8-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A. (127 x 140mm) vee type oil engines made by Saab Scania, Sodertajle. 656 BHP.
3.10.1962: Launched by T. Mitchison Ltd., Gateshead (Yard No. 520) for Seapool Ltd. 3.12.1963: Registered. 4.12.1963: Completed by Greenock Dockyard Company (Gateshead) Ltd., for Seapool (Noblesse) Ltd. 1964: Sold to the National Environment Research Council, Plymouth. 1966: Renamed JOHN MURRAY. 1977: Tees & Hartlepool Port Authority appointed as managers. 1979: Removed from management. 1981: Sold to Tecship BV, Den Helder, Netherlands, and renamed ALKAID. 1984: Re-engined.1986: Seateam BV, appointed as managers. 1991: Removed from management. 1995: Owners restyled as Seateam Subsea Support BV. 2000: Sold to DSNB Consub S.A. under Panama flag. 2003: Demolished.