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Rondo GY 528

Rondo built 01/08/1893 Cochrane & Cooper of Beverley for G F Sleight
26/08/1893 Registered as GY 528
11/1914 Requisitioned converted to an Auxillary Patrol Vessel
03/03/1915 Shetlands F Harlow Captain
Stranded on Unicorn Rocks, Tingwall Shetland Islands at 20:15 position unknown but quoted 60.20N 01.15W bow held by rocks flooded rapidly and sank by the stern, Crew stood by for an hour before leaving in a boat
No lives lost

Her details are 

  • Official number 99707
  • Yard number 92
  • Admiralty Number FY 666
  • 117 GT 36 NT
  • Dimensions 88.4 x 20.1 x 10.7
  • Quarter Deck 17′
  • Engines C D Holmes 44 nhp 2 Cyl 10.0 Knots

03/03/1915 Stranded and wrecked Shetlands whilst in Admiralty Service