Author: Trevor Hallifax

Fontenoy GY 550

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 3 July 2020

Fontenoy Built 1918 Bow McLachlan & Co Paisley Built as Castle Class Trawler Siam Duffy for the Admiralty
1919 Loaned to the United States Navy
11/1920 Surveyed at London
1922 The vessel was sold to Sold to Soc. Anon Armement Ostendais Ostend Belgium renamed Eduard Anseele Belgium
Call sign MEFA
08/1923 Surveyed at Antwerp
07/1933 Surveyed at Ostend
06/1936 Surveyed at Ostend
12/1938 Acquired by Consolidated Fisheries registered to subsidiary Rhondda Steam Fishing renamed Fontenoy
02/1940 To admiralty Possibly as a Minesweeper

Her Details are

Official Number 145099
Yard Number 364
GT 213 NT 75
Dimensions 125.7 x 23.4 x 12.8
Quarter deck 72 Foc’sle 21
Engines Triple expansion, 12½, 21, 35 x 26 in 83 NHP by Fraser & Chalmers Erith

Lost 19/11/1940 Sunk by aircraft off Lowestoft whilst on Admiralty service

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Fontenay GY 397

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 3 July 2020

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Foam GY 209

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 3 July 2020

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Flying Wing GY 690

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 3 July 2020

Flying Wing built 1915 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
11/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
1919 Returned to commercial fishing
29/02/1917 Sold to Henry C. Baker Grimsby
26/03/1918 Bought by William Baynton Grimsby
Returned 1919
23/03/1920 Bought by the Headway Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
26/01/1922 Sold to Sir Thomas Robinson Grimsby
17/09/1927 Registered to Sir Thomas Robinson & Sons Grimsby
27/11/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
08/04/1940 Returned to commercial fishing
28/05/1940 Requisitioned as an anti-submarine vessel
07/08/1946 Returned to commercial fishing
1962 Sold for scrap to Van Den Bossche & Co Belgium

Her Details are

Official Number 138939
Yard Number 324
Admiralty number FY 1958
Armament 1-6pdr AA
GT 226 NT 109
Quarter deck 61
Dimensions 1147 x 22 x 12.7
Engines Amos & Smith 70 NHP 9 knots

Arrived at Boom for scrapping

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Flying Fish GY 797

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 3 July 2020

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Flower of the Forest GY 983

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Post date 3 July 2020

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Florio GY 1042

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 3 July 2020

Florio Built 1916 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Grimsby
10/1917 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
1919 Returned
09/1927 Registered to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby
04/1942 Sold to new owners J Bennett

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
Bullock	T	Unknown	23/06/1933	Crew	Florio

Her Details are

Official Number 139946
Call Sign GSJC
Yard Number 685
GT 314 NT 162
Dimensions 137 x 24.2 x 12.8
Quarter deck 74 Foc’sle 21
Engines Triple expansion 13, 23, 37 in x 26 in 86 NHP by Cooper & Greig Ltd Dundee

Scrapped in 11/1948

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Floric GY 1204

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 3 July 2020

Florio Built 1895 Vegesack Germany built as Blumenthal Captured as a war prize and renamed Floric
07/10/1915 Captured in the North Sea Coverted into an MS added to the Navy List
12/1920 Bought by owners in Hull
1921 renamed Floric HR Gibbons Hull
12/1922 Sold to C. Peck Grimsby
06/1925 Bought by J. Potts Grimsby
08/1925 Sold to owners in Spain became Cantabro 2

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