Hammond Built 1929 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Perihelion Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 1935 Sold to Cia Portugesa de Pessca Lisbon renamed Alcoa
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
Surname
Forenames
Age at Death
Date of Death
Rank
Boat
Francis
John
38
15/03/1936
Bosun
Guy Thorne
McDonald
George
53
15/03/1936
Cook
Guy Thorne
Hall
Robert
43
15/03/1936
Fireman
Guy 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
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
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