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Corcyra GY 63

Corcyra built 1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for South Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
08/1914 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
20/02/1915, North Sea – Skipper Leonard Shenton RNR Stranded near Bacton Norfolk
No lives lost
Later salved not taken back into Naval service
10/02/1917 Sold to George W. White & John W. Willows Grimsby registered as GY 104
06/07/1918 Sold to Stringer’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd Boston Registered as BN 142
1922 Bought by the South Western Steam Fishing Co Grimsby registered as GY 1021
1925 To the Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
09/1938 Sold to McCabe & Curtis Dublin DI 20
1940 Sold to the Royal Navy as an Auxiliary Patrol vessel
1946 Sold to the Earl Steam Fishing Co Grimsby Registered as GY 281
27/08/1947 Bought by W. & J. Wood Aberdeen A 307
1960 Sold to Devanha Fishing Co Ltd Aberdeen 


Her Details are

  • Official Number 136003
  • Yard Number 288A
  • Admiralty Number 278
  • GT 225 NT 112
  • Dimensions 117 x 22 x 12.7
  • Quarter Deck 61 
  • Engines Amos & Smith 68NHP 9½ knots  

05/08/1961 Arrived Krimpen A/D Ijssel for breaking up