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Hammond GY 80

Hammond Built 1929 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Perihelion Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
1935 Sold to Cia Portugesa de Pessca Lisbon renamed Alcoa

Her Details are

  • Official Number 160970
  • Yard Number 518 
  • GT 351 NT 148 
  • Dimensions 140 x 24.1 x 14.4 
  • Quarter deck 77 Foc’sle 21 
  • Engines Amos & Smith 91 NHP 10.7 knots 

Deleted from Lloyds Register of Shipping in 1986

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Hamburg GY 336

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H Smerthurst GY 153

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Guy Thorne GY 465

Guy Thorne Built 1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley Built as Seaward Ho for S. T. White & Co Ltd Hull registered as H 312
05/1915 Requisitioned as a bomb thrower/minesweeper 
Renamed Attentive III
1919 Returned to commercial fishing 
1920 Sold to the Newington Steam Trawling Co Ltd Hull renamed Guy Thorne 
1928 Sold to J. E. Rushworth Grimsby registered as GY 465 
1930 Bought by the Dale Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
1933 Sold to J. E. Rushworth Grimsby 
1934 Renamed Winooka 
1935 Bought by the Boston Deep Sea Fishing Co Ltd Fleetwood 

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
FrancisJohn3815/03/1936BosunGuy Thorne
McDonaldGeorge5315/03/1936CookGuy Thorne
HallRobert4315/03/1936FiremanGuy Thorne

Her Details are

  • Official Number 136247
  • Yard Number 312
  • Admiralty Number FY 1512 191
  • GT 331 NT 138
  • Dimensions 137.4 x 23.7 x 12.7
  • Quarter deck 77 Foc’sle 20
  • Engines Amos & Smith 84 NHP 10½ knots

Sank 15/03/1936 following a collision with Fleetwood trawler Ethel Taylor FD 363 off the west coast of Scotland

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Gurth GY 39

Gurth built 1905 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Union Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
10/1914 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
1919 Returned 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 118941
  • Yard Number 332 
  • Admiralty number 663
  • Armament 1-12pdr
  • GT 226 NT 91 
  • Dimensions 123.2 x 21.5 x 11.4 
  • Quarter deck 48 Foc’sle 20 

Scrapped 12/1955

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Gunner GY 434

Gunner Built 1927 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Grimsby
09/1927 Registered to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby
1928 Stranded near the Ness of Duncansby in Thick Fog but was Refloated at High Tide
12/1936 After sailing from Grimsby she had to put into Stromness with 7 of the crew suffering from Influenza
03/1937 She was arrested for Allegedly Fishing within Icelandic waters and taken to Reykjavik 
09/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper Based at Aberdeen Then onto Ardossan with M/S Group 37
03/1944 Fitted out for Dan layer duties and assigned to Operation Neptune (Normandy Landings)
05/1944 Assigned to 31st Minesweeping Flotilla in Force O as a Dan Layer at the Omaha Beach Landing
07/1945 Sold to The Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co
10/1945 Returned to Owners
05/1946 Sold to United Trawlers Ltd Harbour Walls Pier Road Milford Haven 
10/1954 Laid Up at Milford Haven
03/1954 Sold to Fleetwood Owners
1954 Sold to Van Heyghen Freres Ghent for Breaking up

Her Details are

  • Official Number 146905
  • Yard Number 996
  • Admiralty Number FY 568
  • Armament 1x12pdr 4 x 0.303″ LG (2×2)
  • Call Sign GSFW
  • GT 349 NT 151
  • Dimensions 140.4 x 25 x 13.3
  • Quarter deck 78 Foc’sle 22
  • Engines Triple expansion 13½, 24, 39 x 27in 103NHP by C D Holmes & Co Ltd Hull

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Gulnare GY 145

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Gullfoss GY 146

Gullfoss Built 1929 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby
08/1939 Purchased by the Admiralty as a minesweeper

SurnameForenameAge At DeathDate Of DeathRankBoat
BARTLETTROBERT WILLIAMUnknown09/03/1941Stoker 2nd ClassH.M. Trawler Gullfoss.
JAPPYWILLIAM4109/03/1941EnginemanH.M. Trawler Gullfoss.
HUGHESCECIL2209/03/1941Ordinary SignalmanH.M. Trawler Gulfoss
SMITHERNEST2709/03/1941Second HandH.M. Trawler Gulfoss.
SWINDELLSGEORGE KENNETH2909/03/1941Sub-LieutenantH.M. Trawler Gulfoss.
MONAGHANDAVID BELL4309/03/1941SeamanH.M. Trawler Gulfoss.
McTIERNANGEORGE1909/03/1941Ordinary SeamanH.M. Trawler Gulfoss.
MAIRJOSEPH3209/03/1941EnginemanH.M. Trawler Gulfoss.
OSLERGEORGE WILLIAM2709/03/1941Leading SeamanH.M. Trawler Gulfoss.
THOMPSONWALTER MONKHOUSEUnknown09/03/1941StokerH.M. Trawler Gulfoss.

Her Details are

  • Official Number 160976
  • Yard Number 1058
  • Call Sign GTFV
  • Admiralty Number FY 710
  • GT 358 NT 153
  • Dimensions 140.4 x 25 x 13.2
  • Quarter deck 78 Foc’sle 22
  • Engines Triple expansion 13½, 24, 39 x 27in 103 NHP by C D Holmes & Co Ltd Hull

Lost 09/03/1941 Sunk by a mine in the English channel 3 and a half miles SSW of Dungeness

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Guillemot GY 1198

Guillemot built 1900 Schofield Hagerup & Doughty Ltd Grimsby for T. Baskcomb Grimsby
12/1914 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
11/1915 To T. Baskcomb Grimsby 
1919 Returned
07/1933 Bought by the Amalgamated Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby


Her Details are

  • Official Number 113204 
  • Yard Number 24 
  • Admiralty number FY 730
  • Armament 1 6pdr
  • GT 208 NT 90 
  • Dimensions 116.1 x 21.5 x 11.3 
  • Quarter deck 48 Foc’sle 20 

Scrapped 02/1933

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Guiding Star GY 685

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