Okino Built 08/03/1962 Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Goole for Japan Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby 12/10/1978 damaged by an engine room fire at Grimsby 09/1979 Scrapped after Fire damage
Okino built 27/01/1914 for H L Taylor & H G Hopwood Grimsby 08/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper 08/03/1915 Smyrna Blockade – Lt Geoffrey Whitehouse RNR in command, sweeping channel into Smyrna [Izmir] at night to allow battleships to close and bombard the forts, battleships Triumph and Swiftsure firing on the searchlights. Night of 8th Mined and sunk about 3,000yds from Fort Yeni Kali, South side of Gulf of Smyrna 10 crew lost, skipper and four men saved
Surname
Forenames
Age at Death
Date of Death
Rank
Boat
Appleyard
Ernest
Unknown
08/03/1915
Deck Hand
Okino
Beer
Charles
Unknown
08/03/1915
Signal Boy
Okino
Cummings
Roderick T
Unknown
08/03/1915
Deck Hand
Okino
Fisher
Ernest A
Unknown
08/03/1915
2nd Hand
Okino
Hill
Thomas
Unknown
08/03/1915
Deck Hand
Okino
Ingram
Benjamin S
Unknown
08/03/1915
Deck Hand
Okino
Nicol
William R
Unknown
08/03/1915
Deck Hand
Okino
Sheperd
Alexander
Unknown
08/03/1915
Trimmer
Okino
Smith
William
Unknown
08/03/1915
Engineman 2c
Okino
Wright
Alfred J
Unknown
08/03/1915
Petty Officer 2c
Okino
Her Details are
Official Number 135992
Yard Number 590
Admiralty Number 285
GT 241 NT 94
Dimensions 119.0 x 22.0 x 11.0
Engines Amos & Smith 72 rhp 3 cyl 10.0 knots
Mined 08/03/1915 near Yeni Cale Gulf of Smyrna Dardanels whilst in Admiralty Service Registry Closed 22/11/1915
Ogano Built 22/08/1917 by Cook Welton & Gemmell as a Non Standard Castle Class Trawler Ordered by Hull Northern Fishing Co Ltd, Purchased by the Admiralty whilst on the stocks Original Name Hugh Black 1919 Registered as LO 460 1923 Sold to Hull Northern Fishing Co Renamed MacBeth H 827 06/04/1929 went to Diamond Steam Fishing Co Grimsby Renamed Ogano GY 69 1939 went to St Andrews Steam Fishing Co Hull 28/05/1940 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 24/11/1944 Returned 26/01/1945 went to Ogano Steam Fishing Co Grimsby 24/04/1950 whilst steaming towards Sydisfjord to land an Injured crewman she became stranded on Brokur Reef near Eystrahorn South East Coast of Iceland Refloated but leaking heavily she was beached and abandoned at Stodvarfjordr During the incident the Trawler Lombard GY 478 stood by and all crew were rescued
Her details are
Official Number 144294
Yard Number 340J
Admiralty Number FY 803
GT 265 NT 107
Dimensions 125.0 x 22.0 x 12.8
Quarter Deck 66 Foc’sle 16
Engines Amos & Smith 480 ihp 10.5 knots
24/04/1950 Stranded Brokur Reef South Coast of Iceland
Offa Built 03/1913 Cochranes of Selby for Atlas Steam Fishing Co Originally named Venator 05/1915 Requisitioned for war service 1919 Returned 08/1928 Went to Walter Garratt 08/1932 Went to M Olesen 20/09/1932 Renamed Offa GY 827 07/1937 Scrapped
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
Nylghau built 02/1908 Charlton & Doughty Grimsby for Morris & Fisher 05/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper 1919 Returned 11/1926 went to W Garratt 09/1929 went to France Became La Vieux Tigre