Valafell Built 1943 Cochrane & Sons Selby for The Admiralty as Fish Class Trawler Bream T 306 and commissioned as an A/S fitted with DC & ASDIC
Used on Russian Convoy Duties
24/05/1946 Bought by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd
26/11/1946 Renamed Valafell GY 386
27/12/1946 Sailed her first trip
20/07/1955 Arrested for Illegal fishing Iceland
10/03/1958 Sold to Rhondda Fishing Co
06/1960 Sold to BISCO for Breaking Up
Her Details are
- Official Number 166654
- Yard Number 1259
- Admiralty Number T306
- Armament 1 4″ AA Weapon
- GT 380 NT 142
- Dimensions 147.8 x 25.1 x 13.2
- Quarter deck 81 Foc’sle 25
- Engines Amos & Smith 700ihp 11.0 Knots
Scrapped 06/1961