Nottingham Built 1898 Mackie & Thomson Govan for Hagerup Doughty & Co Grimsby
04/1906 Registered to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Grimsby
12/1914 Hired by the Admiralty
1919 Returned
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Lost 07/06/1915 Captured and sunk by gunfire from U-Boat 70 miles Northeast of the Spurn Light vessel
Norwich City Built 1937 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby
19/09/1939 Requisitioned as an Anti-Submarine vessel FY 229
02/1942 Loaned to US Navy
10/1942 Returned
1944 Manager became T.R. Ronald
04/1946 Returned to owners
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03/1964 Sold for breaking to Thos. W. Ward Ltd., arrived Inverkeithing 12/04/1964 in tow of tug WORKMAN
Morvina built 1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for John L Green Ltd Grimsby
04/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper 19/10/1915 Sold to Harold Croft Baker Grimsby 04/12/1916 Bought by the Savoy Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 05/12/1919 Sold to John L Green Ltd Grimsby 1919 Returned 16/11/1925 Sold to Harold Bacon Grimsby 05/09/1930 Bought by the Active Fishing Co Fleetwood 08/07/1942 Bought by the Kottingham Trawling Co Ltd Grimsby
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On 13/05/1936 the vessel foundered on the rocks on the Kil Holm on the north side of the island of Eglishay At the time she was sailing through dense fog The steamer Earl Sigurd took off most of the crew before attempting to tow the trawler off the rocks At high tide the Earl Sigurd managed to pull the trawler off but then she turned over and sank the Stromness lifeboat taking off the three remaining members of the crew
Northwold Built 24/08/1894 Cochrane & Cooper Beverley for the Northwold Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
12/1904 Sold to owners in Norway
09/1906 Went to Northwold Steam Fishing Co Grimsby GY 179
05/1908 Sold to Arni Hannesson & others Reykjavik Iceland
Renamed Valur RE 122
04/03/1914 Sold to Hf Alpha Renamed Alpha GK 433
1915 Sold to Akties Gudmund Norway Renamed Jacob
1926 Sold to G Sandvik Haugesund Renamed Velox
1929 Sold to V & S Saevik Kopervik Renamed Saevik
1931 Renamed Saevik I
1936 Solod to Soren & johs Saevik Haugesund
02/1940 Wrecked near Haugesund in a storm returning to port
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02/1940 Wrecked near Haugesund in a storm returning to port
Northward built 01/03/1906 Cochranes of Selby for Forward Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
11/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
1919 Returned
27/11/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
25/01/1940 Returned
24/09/1940 Stranded Cairnbulg Briggs Fraserburgh Bay
10/01/1941 Grimsby Registry Closed – Total Loss But Salved later and repaired, Returned to service
11/1941 Sold to Alec Black Grimsby
12/11/1941 Renamed Norrard GY 399
02/1943 Sold to J H Harrison Grimsby
04/1943 Sold to Grimsby Motor Trawlers Grimsby
02/1944 Sold to Marine Steam Fishing Co Hull
17/02/1944 Registered as H 50 Hull
02/12/1946 Sold to United Trawlers Milford Haven
09/1951 Sold to Goodleigh Fisheries Milford Haven
1952 Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos W Ward Sheffield for Breaking up
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25/04/1952 Broken Up at Wards Yard Castle Pill Milford Haven
Northumbria built 1906 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for East Anglia Steam Fishing
09/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper and armed patrol sweeper
03/03/1917 North Sea – Skipper A Young Heading for patrol position Mined at 1840 laid by UC 29 Ernst Rosenow earlier that day sank quickly near May Isand Firth of Forth about 1 mile N 1 1/2m NE of Fife Ness
Wreck found in 56.17.31N 02.32.24W
5 ratings lost 1 officer 8 survived
| Surname | Forenames | Age at Death | Date of Death | Rank | Boat |
| BELL | Tom | Unknown | 03/03/1917 | Trimmer | Northumbria |
| HEEPS | Walter H | Unknown | 03/03/1917 | Trimmer | Northumbria |
| MANNING | Richard | Unknown | 03/03/1917 | Trimmer | Northumbria |
| MATTHEWS | Robert | Unknown | 03/03/1917 | 2nd Hand | Northumbria |
| COLLINS | George | Unknown | 03/03/1917 | Trimmer | Northumbria |
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03/03/1917 Sunk by mine near May Island off Firth of Forth whilst in Admiralty Service
Northern Wave was built in 1936 in Germany by Deutsche Sch u Mschb Wesermunde for Mac Line Ltd of Fleetwood.
She was transferred to Grimsby in 1937 and sailed with the Northern fleet
She was Requisitioned in 1939 and operated as a minesweeper being returned to owners in 1945
She took part in the following convoys :-BX.104, EN.21/1, HX124,126,133,140,143,147,153,305, JW.51A, OB 295,301,312,322,338,OG 53, ON1,6,11,23,ONS 7, PQ14,QP12,RA 52,RU 106, SC29,41,132, S/MKS 143MK,UR 106,WN30
In August 1944 whilst acting as escort to convoy HXF 305, u 482 began attacking. First was the Empire Heritage going down in 3 minutes. Because of the sudden attack there was quite a lot of confusion which resulted in the rescue ship Pinto being sent in the wrong direction. After realising the mistake she made for the correct area and whilst taking on survivors she too was attacked and went down in under 2 minutes. The Northern Wave was close by at the time of the attack and now took over the role of rescue ship, whilst the other ships hunted the sub and tried to protect her.
The Northern Wave was able to rescue a total of 107 survivors, She was ordered to take the survivors to Londonderry arriving later the same day.
01/11/1944 saw the Northern Wave on passage to Falmouth when she detected the presence of a submerged submarine in 38 fathoms, there was a large convoy approaching, she altered course to keep out of its path. The Northern Wave hoisted its contact signal warning the lead American Destroyer escort and carried out 4 depth charge attacks, Unfortunately without success. Later it was learned from the U Boat assessment Committee that U 978 was indeed present on that day and was unable to carry out his attack on the convoy, it was also decided that at least 2 of the depth charge attacks were actually on known wrecks and not on the submarine.
After the war she was one of the first to experiment in freezing the fish whilst still at sea.
From shipsnostalgia mattrossa posted
Tuesday, Jan 24, 1956
Quick-Freezing Fish At Sea Trawler’s Successful Experiment
Grimsby, Jan 23 – A successful experiment, designed to bring uniformity in the quality of fish landed at British fishing ports by quick-freezing the early catches at sea, has been carried out by the Grimsby trawler Northern Wave. The experiment is being sponsored by the White Fish Authority, the Government, and the Distant Water Fishing Vessel Owners’ Development Committee.
Equipped with special plant the Northern Wave, which left Grimsby on December 31, has returned from her maiden voyage with a catch of 23,500 stone. Of this 5,000 stone was quick-frozen while the vessel was on the Norwegian fishing grounds. The unfrozen part of her cargo was sold in the normal way on Grimsby market today, and that which had been quick-frozen was distributed among firms taking part in the experiment. It will be thawed out and dispatched to inland dealers who will later report on the reaction of their customers.
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Scrapped at Dunston in 1963
Northern Sun built 09/1936 Germany by Deutsche Sch-u-Mschb in Wesermunde for Mac Line Ltd and sailed out of Fleetwood LO 161
She was transferred to Grimsby 1937
09/1939 Requisitioned and operated as an ABV as well as an A/S trawler
12/1945 Returned to owners
12/1946 Became a Northerns Vessel
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The Northern Sun was built by Cochrane & Sons of Selby in 1956.
Original name Wyre Mariner FD 34
She sailed out of Fleetwood for part of her career and during this time landed over 1 Million Pounds worth of Fish before leaving for Grimsby to sail with the Northern Fleet on 04/1968.
She registered as GY 2 but retained the original name.
05/1968 Renamed
She was the largest trawler of the Northern Fleet
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She was Finally Scrapped in 1976
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