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Offa GY 975

Offa Built 16/10/1913 Cochranes of Selby for A Bannister of Grimsby.
03/1915 Requisitioned for war service 12/1915 Renamed Offa II
21/07/1917 West of the Hebrides at 59’14N 09’40W engaged U 44 and sunk by gun fire
1919 Returned to owners Reverted to Offa GY 975
08/1922 sold to R Sleight
11/1924 sold to Newport Steam Trawling Co
08/1928 sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby
02/1931 sold to M Olesen

Her details are

  • Official Number 135988
  • Yard Number 578
  • Call Sign JDQS
  • Admiralty Number FY 1406
  • Armaments 1-12pdr 1- 7.5in Bomb Thrower
  • GT 313 NT 136
  • Dimensions 135.2 x 23.5 x 12.7
  • Quarter Deck 75′ Foc’sle 23′
  • Engines by Amos & Smith Triple expansion 13½, 22¾, 37 x 24in, 87 rhp

02/11/1931 Stranded Rolvsoy Island and Later foundered in deep water off Norway