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Bianca GY 686

Bianca Built 16/10/1905 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Hellyer Steam Fishing Co Ltd Hull registered as H 845
09/1914 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 
04/07/1917 Sold to C. Dobson Grimsby and registered as GY 686 
1919 Returned to commercial fishing 
1920 To the Dobson Steam Fishing Co Grimsby 
14/12/1923 Sold to Kelsall Bros & Beeching Ltd Hull registered as H 907
06/03/1936 Bought by the Crescent Trawler Co Ltd Milford Haven
20/03/1941 Sank in the Irish Sea by explosion after trawling up a mine or bomb
The vessel was fishing about 14 miles off Holyhead at the time of the explosion
Five of her crew were lost and four were rescued

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 121093
  • Yard Number 91 
  • Admiralty Number 600
  • GT 174 NT 55 
  • Dimensions 108.5 x 21.6 x 11.5 
  • Engines Amos & Smith 45 NHP 9½ knots 

Sank in the Irish Sea by explosion after trawling up a mine or bomb on the 20/03/1941