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FV Herrlichkeit

History
Name:
  • Herrlichkeit (1922–40)
  • Empire Fisher (1940–52)
Owner:
  • Nordsee Deutsche Hochsee Fischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG (1922–40)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1940–45)
  • Ministry of Transport (1945–48)
  • Hunter Fishing Co (1948–52)
  • J Sweeney (1952)
Operator:
  • Nordsee Deutsche Hochsee Fischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG (1922–40)
  • H Markham Cook (1940–44)
  • Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd. (1944–48)
  • R Souza (1948–50)
  • G Hunter (1950–52)
  • J Sweeney (1952)
Port of registry:
  • Weimar Republic Cuxhaven, Germany (1922–33)
  • German Empire Cuxhaven (1933–35)
  • Germany Cuxhaven (1935–40)
  • United Kingdom London, United Kingdom (1940–48)
  • United Kingdom Leith (1948–52)
  • Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland (1952)
Builder: Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik
Yard number: 549
Launched: 29 June 1922
Out of service: 1952
Identification:
  • United Kingdom Official Number 167620 (1940-52)
  • Fishing registration LO 315 (1940–48)
  • Fishing registration LH 251 (1948–52)
  • Fishing registration D 315 (1952)
  • Code Letters RCQV (1922–34)
  • ICS Romeo.svgICS Charlie.svgICS Quebec.svgICS Victor.svg
  • Code Letters DHLN (1934–40)
  • ICS Delta.svgICS Hotel.svgICS Lima.svgICS November.svg
  • Code Letters MJSL (1940-52)
  • ICS Mike.svgICS Juliet.svgICS Sierra.svgICS Lima.svg
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type: Trawler
Tonnage:
  • 235 GRT (1922–28), 268 GRT (1928–48), 284 GRT (1948–52)
  • 105 NRT (1922–28), 105 NRT (1928–48), 120 NRT (1948–52)
Length: 125 feet 8 inches (38.30 m) (1922–28), 140 feet 2 inches (42.72 m) (1928–52)
Beam: 24 ft 2 in (7.37 m)
Depth: 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Installed power: 58 nhp
Propulsion: Triple expansion steam engine, single screw propeller

Empire Fisher was a 268 GRT trawler that was built as Herrlichkeit (English: Glory) in 1922 by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg, Germany for the Nordsee Deutsche Hochsee Fischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG. She was captured in 1940 by HMS Glasgow, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Fisher. She was sold in 1948. Sold for scrapping in 1952, she was resold to Ireland and scrapped later that year.

The ship was a trawler built in 1922 by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg, Germany. She was yard number 549.

As built, the ship was 125 feet 8 inches (38.30 m) long, with a beam of 24 feet 2 inches (7.37 m). She had a depth of 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m). She was assessed at 235 GRT, 90 NRT.

The ship was propelled by a 58 nhp triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 13 inches (33 cm), 23 5⁄16 inches (59 cm) and 32 1⁄2 inches (83 cm) diameter by 25 5⁄16 inches (64 cm) stroke. The engine was built by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik. It drove a single screw propeller.

The ship was built by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg in 1922 for the Nordsee Deutsche Hochsee Fischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG. She was launched on 29 June 1922. The Code Letters RCQV were allocated. Her port of registry was Cuxhaven. In 1928, the ship was lengthened to 140 feet 2 inches (42.72 m). She was now 268 GRT, 105 NRT. With the change in Code Letters in 1934, Herrlichkeit was allocated the Code Letters DHLN.


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