Galleon Built 1930 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Perihelion Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
1938 Sold to the Premier Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby renamed Calvi
13/09/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
Based at Dover for sweeping work in the Channel
1940 Took part in the evacuation of Dunkirk Operation Dynamo
Her Details are
- Official Number 160994
- Yard Number 553
- Admiralty Number FY 715
- GT 363 NT 173
- Dimensions 145.9 x 24.2 x 13.1
- Quarter deck 76 Foc’sle 21
- Engines Amos & Smith 91 NHP 11 knots
Sank by German aircraft bombs whilst embarking Allied troops at Dunkirk 29/05/1940