Author: Trevor Hallifax

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Huddersfield Town GY 521

Huddersfield Town Built 09/1933 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby GY 521
01/1940 went to the Admiralty
04/1946 went to Hull Ice Co
04/1946 registered as GY 261
11/1946 went to Consolidated Fisheries
06/1962 Renamed Leeds United GY 261
06/1963 Went to Boston Steam Fishing Co
09/1963 Went to Holland


Her Details are

  • Official Number 162877
  • Yard Number 957 
  • GT 399 NT 151 
  • Dimensions 155 x 26.4 x 12.2 
  • Quarter deck 84 Foc’sle 25 
  • Engines Triple expansion steam engine by Smiths Dock Co Ltd 13½ 22½ and 39 x 26in 
  • Call Sign GWLZ 

Scrapped in Holland 09/1963

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Howe GY 177

Howe Built 1930 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Howe Steam Fishing Co Ltd & W. Grant Grimsby

Her Details are

  • Official Number 160982
  • Yard Number 538
  • GT 349 NT 152
  • Dimensions 140.2 x 24.6 x 13.2
  • Quarter deck 79 Foc’sle 21
  • Engines Charles D. Holmes 96 NHP 11.1 knots

Wrecked on Cape Ruche West coast of Bear Island 19/11/1931

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Howe GY 26

Howe built 19/03/1896 Cochrane & Cooper Beverley for W. Grant Grimsby and Henry C Baker
12/1914 Requisitioned for war service
03/1917 Renamed Howe II 
07/1918 Returned and reverted to Howe GY 26
01/1920 Sold to Smith and Peacock 
01/1920 Sold to Silvin Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
20/11/1920 Foundered after a collision with Trawler Minoru GY 484 25 miles off spurn point

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 105545
  • Yard Number 148
  • Admiralty number FY 724
  • Armament 1-6pdr AA
  • GT 134 NT 44
  • Quarter deck 17
  • Dimensions 93.8 x 20.5 x 10.7
  • Engines C D Holmes 40 rhp 3 cyl 10.0 Knots

20/11/1920 Sunk after collision with S.T. Minoru Grimsby 25 miles off Spurn Point

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Houbara GY 650

Houbara built 1911 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Thomas Baskcomb Grimsby
04/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
19/10/1915 Bought by Thomas Baskcomb Ltd Grimsby 
1919 Returned to commercial fishing 
12/07/1933 Sold to the Amalgamated Steam Fishing Co Grimsby 
22/02/1935 Bought by the Holborn Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
08/03/1935 Renamed Holborn 
1939 Sold to shipbreakers 

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 132113
  • Yard Number 221
  • Admiralty number FY 1618
  • Armament 1-12pdr
  • GT 293 NT 128
  • Quarter deck 73
  • Dimensions 135.2 x 22.7 x 11.7
  • Engines Charles D. Holmes 80 NHP 10½ knots

Registration closed 06/03/1939 on advice that scrapping was complete

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Horus GY 691

Horus Built 1899 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Roberts & Ruthven Ltd Grimsby 
25/04/1916 Vessel captured by German armed trawler BISMARK and taken to Wilhelmshaven where she was renamed KRIEGSHILFE.
1919 Returned 
1925 Bought by Dalby Pogson & Symonds Grimsby renamed Dalby registered as GY 154
1939 Sold to the Dalby Steam Fishing Co Ltd Fleetwood 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 110909
  • Yard Number 237
  • GT 173 NT 61
  • Dimensions 108.8 x 21 x 11
  • Quarter deck 47 Foc’sle 19
  • Engines Charles D. Holmes 50 NHP 9½ knots 

Sold for scrap to Thomas W. Ward Ltd, Preston 1939 and broken up

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Hortensia GY 292

Hortensia Built 08/1907 Dundee Ship builders Dundee for Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co
Original Name Conquest
11/1914 went to J E Rushworth
01/1915 went to Rushworth Steam Fishing Co
02/1915 Renamed Hortensia
08/1915 went to Premier Steam Fishing Co
08/1916 Requisitioned as a boom defence vessel
09/1918 went to J Coombes
Returned 10/1918
07/1931 went to Ohlson
09/1932 went to C Dobson
Served in WW2
03/1945 went to Wembley Steam fishing Co

Her Details are

  • Official Number 125066
  • GT 244 NT 118
  • Dimensions 120.5 x 22.1 x 12.3
  • Quarter Deck 69 Foc’sle 18

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Horatio GY 653

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Horatia GY 1134

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SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
SAXBYSAMUEL ARTHUR3725/03/1915TrimmerHoratia
BROWNHENRY6325/03/1915StewardHoratia   
MARRINGTONJOHN6425/03/1915SeamanHoratia   
HANSENHANS PETER5525/03/1915SeamanHoratia   
PRIDEWALTER GEORGE4725/03/1915SeamanHoratia   
LUCASCLARK5225/03/1915SeamanHoratia
HAINESWALTERUnknown25/03/1915SkipperHoratia   
THORPMATTHEW JOHN5725/03/1915MateHoratia   
FARRROBERT EDWARD5025/03/1915SeamanHoratia   
SMITHJOHN5725/03/1915SeamanHoratia
WRAGGFREDERICK FIELDING3325/03/1915SeamanHoratia   
ALLEN3325/03/1915SeamanHoratia   
ROBINSONJOSEPH JOHNSON4725/03/1915Second EngineerHoratia
KENNINGTONGEORGE6025/03/1915First EngineerHoratia

25/03/1915 Missing

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Hopeful GY 493

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Hopeful GY 264

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