HMT Rondo
HMT Rondo. (No 666 ) 02/03/1915
Displacement: 117 grt.
Length: 26.9 m. Beam: 6.1 m. Draught: 3.2 m.
Propulsion: 2 Cyl. Compound engine, 1 boiler, 1 screw
Complement: officers and men.
Armament: Unknown
Displacement: 117 grt.
Length: 26.9 m. Beam: 6.1 m. Draught: 3.2 m.
Propulsion: 2 Cyl. Compound engine, 1 boiler, 1 screw
Complement: officers and men.
Armament: Unknown
G.F. Sleight House Flag
The iron trawler Rondo built by Cochrane, Hamilton, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Hull) in 1893 for G.F. Sleight and registered in Grimsby (GY528).
Beverley Echo - Tuesday 08 August 1893
Launch. —On Tuesday Messrs Cochrane and Cooper launched from the Grovehill shipyard the Rondo, trawler built for G. F. Sleight, of Grimsby. The launch was very successful, particularly when the long distance between the stays and the water is taken into account. Mrs Sleight named the vessel, which is 87 feet between perpendiculars, 20ft beam, and 10ft Sin deep. She will be fitted with 45 b.p. compound engines by Messrs C, D. Holmes and Co,, of Hull, and as she possesses very large boilers is expected to develop a high rate of speed. The Rondo is intended for inshore fishing on the North Sea and is the third vessel built for Mr Sleight at the Grovebill yard. Among the spectators were Admiral Walker; Mr Harry Sleight; Mr Sturdy, consulting engineer, and Mrs Sturdy; Mr and Mrs Sleight and family; Mr Hutton, surveyor for the owners ; Mr. Carrat, of Louth; Rev. R. Shepherd ; Rev. C. B. Williams ; Councillors Harrison and Herring.
Beverley Echo - Tuesday 08 August 1893
Launch. —On Tuesday Messrs Cochrane and Cooper launched from the Grovehill shipyard the Rondo, trawler built for G. F. Sleight, of Grimsby. The launch was very successful, particularly when the long distance between the stays and the water is taken into account. Mrs Sleight named the vessel, which is 87 feet between perpendiculars, 20ft beam, and 10ft Sin deep. She will be fitted with 45 b.p. compound engines by Messrs C, D. Holmes and Co,, of Hull, and as she possesses very large boilers is expected to develop a high rate of speed. The Rondo is intended for inshore fishing on the North Sea and is the third vessel built for Mr Sleight at the Grovebill yard. Among the spectators were Admiral Walker; Mr Harry Sleight; Mr Sturdy, consulting engineer, and Mrs Sturdy; Mr and Mrs Sleight and family; Mr Hutton, surveyor for the owners ; Mr. Carrat, of Louth; Rev. R. Shepherd ; Rev. C. B. Williams ; Councillors Harrison and Herring.
History
Shields Daily Gazette - Monday 25 June 1900
Julius Caesar, steamer, Helsingborg, passed Spurn Head tow the steam trawler Rondo.
Lloyd's List - Tuesday 26 June 1900
JULIUS CAESER. (s).— Hull, June 25.—The Swedish steamer Julius Cesar, Hann, from Lynn for Solvesborg, with coal, was towed into Grimsby last evening by the steam trawler Rondo. When about 35 miles from the Newsand lightship the crank shaft broke, and the steamer drifted about from 10 o'clock of Saturday morning until 11 o'clock the same night, when the Rondo came to her assistance and took her in tow.
Julius Caesar, steamer, Helsingborg, passed Spurn Head tow the steam trawler Rondo.
Lloyd's List - Tuesday 26 June 1900
JULIUS CAESER. (s).— Hull, June 25.—The Swedish steamer Julius Cesar, Hann, from Lynn for Solvesborg, with coal, was towed into Grimsby last evening by the steam trawler Rondo. When about 35 miles from the Newsand lightship the crank shaft broke, and the steamer drifted about from 10 o'clock of Saturday morning until 11 o'clock the same night, when the Rondo came to her assistance and took her in tow.
Jersey Times and British Press - Monday 09 September 1901
THE S.S. CARMELITE. The Newcastle steamer Carmelite which left Rotterdam for Blyth on Thursday afternoon, lost her propeller shortly after leaving port. The vessel drifted hopelessly about the North Sea until Saturday, when she was taken in tow by the trawler Rondo and brought into Grimsby.
THE S.S. CARMELITE. The Newcastle steamer Carmelite which left Rotterdam for Blyth on Thursday afternoon, lost her propeller shortly after leaving port. The vessel drifted hopelessly about the North Sea until Saturday, when she was taken in tow by the trawler Rondo and brought into Grimsby.
Hull Daily Mail - Tuesday 20 May 1902
HULL SCHOONER DISABLED. The English schooner Watch, bound from Guernsey Hull, was on Monday towed from Grimsby Roads to the latter port, completely disabled through the recent storm. was picked up by the Grimsby trawler Rondo, with her mainmast broken and her sails blown away. The Rondo brought her into the Humber. The Watch is a vessel of 266 tons, registered Guernsey, and owned at Hull.
HULL SCHOONER DISABLED. The English schooner Watch, bound from Guernsey Hull, was on Monday towed from Grimsby Roads to the latter port, completely disabled through the recent storm. was picked up by the Grimsby trawler Rondo, with her mainmast broken and her sails blown away. The Rondo brought her into the Humber. The Watch is a vessel of 266 tons, registered Guernsey, and owned at Hull.
The Loss
At 8.15pm on the 2nd of March 1915 HMT Rondo ran aground on the Unicorn Rocks north of Lerwick and became a total wreck. All the crew were saved.
The Wreck Today.
In 1977 the vessel was searched for during a survey but was not located. Lerwick Harbour records show the boiler was salvaged shortly after she sank. Local diver Kevin Thomson has looked on Unicorn Rock for the HMT Rondo but says entire area is covered with wreckage from the Russian Factory Ship MV Borodinskoye Polye and is likely site is under this wreckage.
Shetland News - Saturday 17 April 1915
I have been requested by the Senior Naval Officer, Lerwick to sell by Public Auction, at the FISH MART, Lerwick, on MONDAY, I9th
April, at 12 o'clock noon :—
1st. One Marine Cylindrical return tube boiler, new October, 1914, water tested to 180 Ibs. per square inch. Diameter, 10 ft. 6 ins. Length, 9 ft Diameter of furnaces (2) 3 ft. 1 in.,, also smoke box all as salved from the wreck of the trawler “Rondo,” and presently lying on the beach at the north end of Alexandra Wharf, partly submerged.
2nd. The wreck of the said trawler '' Rondo,” as it lies submerged in the vicinity of the Unicorn Rock, near the north entrance to Lerwick Harbour,
JAMES JOHNSON, Auctioneer.
Lerwick, 10th April, 1915.
Shetland News - Saturday 17 April 1915
I have been requested by the Senior Naval Officer, Lerwick to sell by Public Auction, at the FISH MART, Lerwick, on MONDAY, I9th
April, at 12 o'clock noon :—
1st. One Marine Cylindrical return tube boiler, new October, 1914, water tested to 180 Ibs. per square inch. Diameter, 10 ft. 6 ins. Length, 9 ft Diameter of furnaces (2) 3 ft. 1 in.,, also smoke box all as salved from the wreck of the trawler “Rondo,” and presently lying on the beach at the north end of Alexandra Wharf, partly submerged.
2nd. The wreck of the said trawler '' Rondo,” as it lies submerged in the vicinity of the Unicorn Rock, near the north entrance to Lerwick Harbour,
JAMES JOHNSON, Auctioneer.
Lerwick, 10th April, 1915.
