Alafoss Built 21/09/1929 by Cochrane & Sons Selby for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd GrimsbyAugust 1939 Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper. Later bought by the Admiralty.
1940 Based at Grimsby 1941 Joined the 16th Minesweeper Group based at Grimsby1943 Joined the 179th Minesweeper Group based at Grimsby 01/1946 Bought back from the Admiralty by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd and given new registration number GY 307
Her Details are
- Official Number 160980
- Yard Number 1061
- Call Sign GRCP
- Admiralty Number FY 715
- Armament 1-12pdr
- GT 357 NT 150
- Quarter deck 78 Foc’sle 22
- Engines by C D Holmes & Co Ltd Triple expansion 13½, 24, 39 x 27in, 103 HP 1 single ended boiler 200lb pressure
- Dimensions 140.4 x 25 x 13.2
Scrapped 02/1957