Author: Trevor Hallifax

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Nelis GY 577

Nelis built 10/01/1929 by Cochranes of selby for Pickering & Haldanes Steam Fishing Co Hull
original name Lord Melchett H 1
09/1939 Requisitioned as a Minesweeper Based at Harwich M/S group
04/1944 Fitted out for Dan Layer and assigned to Operation Neptune the Normandy landings
23/05/1944 Pickering & Haldane were bought by J Bennett London
20/06/1945 Company restyled as Lord Line Hull
03/07/1944 Operation Neptune Ended
30/04/1946 Released
05/1946 Returned after survey and restoration at Greenock
05/1948 Sold to Premier Steam fishing Co Grimsby
05/1948 Registered at Grimsby GY 577
07/1948 Renamed Nelis GY 577
03/1955 Sold to Great Western Fishing Co Aberdeen
07/1955 Sold to Fern Leaf Co Fleetwood
07/1955 Registered at Fleetwood FD 119
16/04/1957 Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos W Ward Sheffield for Breaking up

Seen here as Lord Melchett H 1

Her details are

  • Official Number 160819
  • Yard Number 1030
  • Admiralty Number FY 672
  • GT 347 NT 135
  • Dimensions 140.3 x 24.0 x 13.3
  • Engines Amos & Smith 600 ihp 3 cyl 11.0 knots

17/04/1957 arrived at Preston for Breaking

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Nellie GY 936

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Neil Gow GY 624

NEIL GOW built 1911
08/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
1920 Returned

Her Details are

  • Official Number
  • Admiralty Number 161
  • GT 255
  • Armament 1-12pdr 1-3pdr 1-7.5in Bomb Thrower

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Neddy Campbell GY 987

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05/12/1895 Dandy Missing

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Nebris GY 84

Nebris Built 10/10/1912 Cochrane & Sons Selby for P J Thorsteinsson Reykjavik Iceland as Ingolfur Arnason RE 153
1915 Sold to Fiskveidafelaginu Haukum Reykjavik
1917 sold to Rene Petit Dieppe France Name changed to Singe 
22/10/1924 Name changed to Nebris GY 84 and Bought by Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Grimsby 
09/1927 Registered to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby 
04/1937 Sold at Grimsby to metal Industries Ltd Glasgow and allocated to Rosyth for Breaking up


Her Details are

  • Official Number 146981
  • Yard Number 540 
  • Call Sign KRPT
  • GT 303 NT 121 
  • Dimensions 135 x 23.5 x 12.6 
  • Quarter deck 73 Foc’sle 22 
  • Engines Amos & Smith 88 nhp 3 cyl 10.5 knots

Scrapped 26/05/1937

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Neath Castle GY 52

Neath Castle Built 1942 Cochrane & Son Selby Built as Fish Class Trawler for the Admiralty Named Mullet T 311
Commissioned as an A/S Trawler
24/05/1946 Bought by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd and registered to subsidiary Rhondda Steam Fishing Co
02/1947 Registered at Swansea as the Neath Castle SA 49
04/06/1947 Sailed her first trip out of Swansea
03/1958 Sold to Rhondda Fishing Co Grimsby
20/03/1958 Registered in Grimsby as GY 52 
10/06/1960 Sold to BISCO and allocated to Clayton & Davie Dunston for breaking up

Her Details are

  • Official Number 168577
  • Yard Number 1253 
  • GT 380 NT 142
  • Dimensions 147 x 25.1 x 13.2
  • Quarter Deck 81 Foc’sle 25 
  • Engines Amos & Smith 700 ihp 3 cyl 11.0 knots

Scrapped 06/1960 at the River Tyne, Registry closed 05/06/1961

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Neal Dow GY 484

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Navenby GY 1094

Navenby built 12/06/1891 Cook Welton & Gemmell Built as North Sea for Edward Buckton Cargill of Hull H 147
26/05/1897 She was sold to Cargill Steam Fishing Co Hull
25/09/1899 she was lengthened to 110.5 Ft GT 155 63 NT and was Renamed Ottoman Empire
03/05/1913 She went to Clevedon Steam Trawling Co Fleetwood Registered as FD 180
23/08/1917 Sold to William Grant of Grimsby and Renamed Navenby GY 1049
1917 Requisitioned by the Royal Navy into the Fishery reserve
1919 Returned to Owners
19/08/1924 Registry Closed on advice that the vessel was broken up

Seen here as Otterman Empire H 147

Her Details are

  • Official Number 98745
  • Yard Number 70
  • 145 GT 55 NT
  • Dimensions 100.9 x 20.9 x 11
  • Engines by C D Holmes 45 NHP 10 Knots 

Register closed 19/08/1924 after the vessel was scrapped

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Navenby GY 961

Navenby Built 1890 Cochrane Cooper & Schofield Beverley for Hull Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd Hull
Originally Named Bombay
11/1913 Bought by William Grant Grimsby registered as GY 961  01/1914 Renamed Navenby 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 98720
  • Yard Number 52 
  • GT 167 NT 69 
  • Dimensons 101.4 x 20.6 x 11 
  • Quarter deck 20 Foc’sle 20   

13/03/1917 Sunk by U Boat 85 miles E by S 1/2 S of Rattay Head 

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Navarre GY 551

Navarre Built 1918 Bow McLachlan & Co Paisley Built as Castle Class Trawler John Davis for the Admiralty
11/1920 Surveyed at Wivenhoe 
1922 The vessel was sold to Sold to Soc. Anon Armement Ostendais Ostend Belgium renamed Cesar De Paepe
Belgium Call sign MCKL 
07/1924 Surveyed at Antwerp
12/1938 Acquired by Consolidated Fisheries registered to subsidiary Rhondda Steam Fishing renamed Navarre 
02/09/1939 Navarre aground 3 to 5 miles south of Duncansby Head 
A strong southerly wind was blowing and thick fog it was dark which hampered the search, two Grimsby trawlers the Beaumaris Castle and Straphan had tried unsuccessfully to pull her off from below the high cliffs of Skirza Head
Acting Cox Thain took the lifeboat alongside and took off 9 men the remaining 2 were rescued by breeches buoy by the Cliff Rescue Team


Her Details are

  • Official Number 145096
  • Yard Number 362 
  • GT 276 NT 105 
  • Dimensions 125.7 x 23.4 x 12.8 
  • Quarter deck 72 Foc’sle 17
  • Engines Triple expansion, 12½, 21, 35 x 26 in 83 NHP by Fraser & Chalmers Erith  

02/09/1939 Navarre aground 3 to 5 miles south of Duncansby Head