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Longset GY 376

Longset built 1914 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Lindsey Steam Fishing 1915 Requisitioned 
02/1915 Renamed Leandros
06/02/1917 Bristol Channel – Auxiliary Patrol parent ship based at Swansea Mined at 1100 laid by UC 46 Friedrich Moecke sank off Nells Point near Barry
Skipper and 7 ratings lost 7 survivors Lt John Wilson RNR who died on the 20 May 1916 is listed as serving on Hired Trawler Longset 

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
WILSONJohnUnknown20/05/1916Lieutenant Longset
BOWDENGeorgeUnknown06/02/1917Deck Hand Longset
BUSHRonaldUnknown06/02/1917Ordinary TelegraphistLongset
HAGUEWilliamUnknown06/02/1917Deck HandLongset
KINRADEAlfredUnknown06/02/1917SeamanLongset
MUIRThomas FUnknown06/02/1917Ty/LieutenantLongset
POOLEWalter F WUnknown06/02/1917Deck HandLongset
SANDERSHerbert HUnknown06/02/1917TrimmerLongset
BULLOCKWilliam EUnknown06/02/1917EnginemanLongset

Her Details are

  • Official Number 137013
  • Yard Number 613
  • Admiralty Number FY 1503
  • Armament 1-6pdr
  • GT 275 NT 147
  • Quarter deck 72 Foc’sle 21
  • Dimensions 130.2 x 22 x 12.6 

06/02/1917 Mined off Wells Point Bristol Channel whilst in Admiralty Service