Alafoss Built 21/09/1929 by Cochrane & Sons Selby for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby
August 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 Grimsby
1943 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 C D Holmes & Co Ltd 3 Cyl 13½, 24, 39 x 27in, 103 Hp
- Dimensions 140.4 x 25 x 13.2
Scrapped 02/1957