Isernia Built 1942 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley Built as Military Class Trawler Grenadier T.334 for the Admiralty Whitehall London 20/04/1946 Bought by the Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby renamed Isernia registered as GY 448
Her Details are
Official Number 166655
Yard Number 703
GT 580 NT 207
Dimensions 178.1 x 30 x 15.2
Quarter deck 92 Foc’sle 34
Engines Charles D. Holmes 1000 IHP 11 knots
Arrived at Hendrik Ido Ambacht 22/01/1966 and broken up
Isernia built 1899 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 03/04/1914 Bought by the Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 07/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 1920 Returned to commercial fishing 28/09/1926 Lost Crew W.R.Fenton 16/03/1928 Sold to Gibson & Mumby Hull registered as H 443 23/02/1934 Bought by J. S. Ellis Scarborough 1938 Sold to A. A. Davidson Aberdeen
Irene Built 1886 Southampton Originally registered as a liner 12/1915 Bought by C. Jeffs Grimsby registered as GY 807 12/1918 Renamed John Bruce 01/1919 Bought by J. Pigott 01/1925 Sold to J. Adams
Iranian built 1913 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Thomas Robinson Grimsby 03/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper 1919 Returned to commercial fishing 17/09/1927 Bought by Sir Thomas Robinson & Sons Grimsby 27/11/1939 Requisitioned as an auxiliary patrol vessel 15/12/1939 Returned to commercial fishing 24/12/1941 Sold to J. Bennett Grimsby 12/01/1944 Departed Grimsby for fishing grounds off Hornsea
Surname
Forenames
Age at Death
Date of Death
Rank
Boat
STAFF
EDWARD GEORGE
61
12/01/1944
Mate
Iranian
FITZGERALD
HENRY ALBERT
39
12/01/1944
Trimmer
Iranian
JOHANESEN
TOBIAS
43
12/01/1944
Third Hand
Iranian
POPPLE
ERNEST EDWARD
43
12/01/1944
Second Engineer
Iranian
EVANS
HERBERT STANLEY
32
12/01/1944
Deck Hand
Iranian
JOHNSON
GEORGE KITCHINER
27
12/01/1944
Trimmer
Iranian
BRYANT
THOMAS BANKS
35
12/01/1944
Deck Hand
Iranian
OLIVER
TIMOTHY
65
12/01/1944
Steward
Iranian
BRAMBLES
WILLIAM
46
12/01/1944
Chief Engineer
Iranian
BLAND
RICHARD
48
12/01/1944
Skipper
Iranian
CHESTER
ALBERT EDWARD
41
12/01/1944
Deck Hand
Iranian
QUICKFALL
MILSON
45
12/01/1944
Deck Hand
Iranian
Her Details are
Official Number 134756
Yard Number 224
Admiralty Number FY 1604
Armament 1-6pdr AA
GT 202 NT 89
Quarter deck 57
Dimensions 115.4 x 21.6 x 11.5
Engines Charles D. Holmes 67 NHP 10 knots
Vessel posted as missing on the 13/01/1944 All twelve crew lost