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Stella Canopus GY 263

Stella Canopus Built 09/03/1936 Cochrane & Sons Selby Built as Admiral Drake for C. H. Smith Hull 
Original Name Admiral Drake H 273 
29/07/1938 Sold to Charleston Smith Trawlers Hull
31/12/1938 Registered as Stella Canopus H 273
05/10/1939 Requisitioned as a A/S trawler
Based at Granton 38th A/S Group
05/1945 Involved with Operation Pledge at Loch Eriboll with Surrendered U Boats
12/11/1945 Returned
16/04/1946 Bought by Trawlers Grimsby Ltd Grimsby
25/04/1946 Registered as GY 263 
19/06/1946 Re named Craddock GY 236
06/1946 Renamed Cradock 
10/05/1952 Sold to T. Ross Grimsby 
12/04/1954 Sold to Derwent Trawlers Grimsby
26/04/1954 Bought by Charleson-Smith Trawlers Ltd Hull
18/04/1954 renamed Stella Rigel registered as H14 
08/1955 Bought by Derwent Trawlers Ltd Grimsby registered as Craddock GY 11
03/1957 Sold to T. C. & F. Moss Grimsby 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 164919
  • Yard Number 1154
  • Admiralty Number FY 248
  • Armament 1 4″ AA, ASDIC, Depth Charges
  • GT 418 NT 162
  • Dimensions 152.8 x 25.6 x 13.6
  • Quarter deck 83 Foc’sle 25
  • Engines C D Holmes 650ihp 3 cyl 11.7 Knots

Scrapped in Belgium 07/1960