Author: Trevor Hallifax

Emilion built 1914 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Grimsby
04/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
1919 Returned
09/1927 Registered to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd
11/1939 Called for Admiralty service Served as a Minesweeper
24/10/1941 Sunk after striking a mine in the Thames Estuary in the vicinity of No B6 Buoy in the Barrow Deep and sank nearby
All of the crew were rescued however She was considered a potential danger to navigation and was dispersed soon after by explosives

Her Details are 

• Official Number 137000
• Yard Number 579
• Admiralty number FY 1613 FY 853
• Armament 1-12pdr
• GT 201 NT 78
• Dimensions 112.3 x 21.6 x 12
• Quarter deck 67 Foc’sle 19
• Engines Triple expansion 11½, 19½, 32 in x 24 in 67 NHP by Smiths Dock

24/10/1941 Mined Thames Estuary whilst in Admiralty service

Emerald Built 1913 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull
04/1919 Sold to Amaranth Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby registered as GY 214
02/1920 Sold to H. Bacon Grimsby
03/1920 Bought by Trawlers White Sea & Grimsby Grimsby
03/1922 Renamed Campina 
11/1927 Bought by the Crampin Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
10/1933 Sold to G. Dixon Grimsby 
03/1937 Sold to A. Smith Grimsby 
12/1938 Bought by the Vinur Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 

Surname	Forename	Age At Death	Date Of Death	Rank	Boat
CALVERT	WILLIAM	23	22/07/1940	Deck Hand	H.M. Trawler Campina
WEBB	ALFRED	38	22/07/1940	Fireman	H.M. Trawler Campina
WILSON	JOHN	45	22/07/1940	Cook	H.M. Trawler Campina
GALVIN	JOHN	52	22/07/1940	Second Engineman	H.M. Trawler Campina
NALDER	JOHN WILLIAM	44	22/07/1940	Fireman	H.M. Trawler Campina
INCH	ALBERT	61	22/07/1940	First Engineman	H.M. Trawler Campina
BROWN	WILLIAM	45	22/06/1940	Third Hand	H.M. Trawler Campina
BROOKES	HERBERT	26	22/07/1940	Trimmer	H.M. Trawler Campina
ROWLANDS	ROBERT	48	22/07/1940	Deck Hand	H.M. Trawler Campina
WELLBURN	FRED	60	22/07/1940	Skipper	H.M. Trawler Campina
GOOD	LESLIE	34	22/07/1940	Trimmer	H.M. Trawler Campina

Her Details are

• Official Number 133433 
• Yard Number 555 
• GT 289 NT 115 
• Dimensions 133.4 x 23 x 12.2 
• Quarter deck 73 Foc’sle 20 

Sank after hitting a mine off Holyhead whilst on Admiralty service 22/07/1940

EMERALD Built 1894 Cochrane & Cooper Beverley for Thomas C. Moss Grimsby
20/06/1894 Registered as GY 613
27/05/1915 Foundered whilst under tow from Penzance to Lowestoft
1917 Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve commissioned and flew white ensign continued commercial fishing under naval control
Renamed Emerald III
1919 Released and reverted back to Emerald GY 613
03/1921 Sold to T. C. & F. Moss Grimsby 
10/1943 Sold Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd
26/01/1944 Posted as Missing Possible sinking by mine

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
MARSHALL	CLIVE PHILLIP HILDRED	40	17/01/1944	Deck Hand	Emerald
HOWLING	CHARLES ALBERT EDWARD	20	17/01/1944	Third Hand	Emerald
BAKER	GEORGE ALEXANDER	18	17/01/1944	Trimmer	Emerald
CARLTON	WALTER	61	17/01/1944	Chief Engineer	Emerald
HARPER	THOMAS EDWARD	42	17/01/1944	Cook	Emerald
CHARLTON	ALEXANDER HENRY	61	17/01/1944	Trimmer	Emerald
RICHES	WALTER	39	17/01/1944	Deck Hand	Emerald
BRYAN	JOHN GEORGE WILLIAM	39	17/01/1944	Mate	Emerald
BURRETT	HENRY	43	17/01/1944	Second Engineer	Emerald
PRATT	HENRY ARTHUR	35	17/01/1944	Deck Hand	Emerald
DAWSON	THOMAS EDWARD	33	17/01/1944	Fireman	Emerald
WESTWOOD	GEORGE HENRY	55	17/01/1944	Skipper	Emerald

Her Details are 

• Official Number 104172
• Yard Number 105 
• GT 150 NT 63
• Quarter deck 17 Foc’sle 18
• Dimensions 101 x 20.5 x 11
• Engines C D Holmes 45nhp 3 Cyl 10.0 knots

Missing since the 26/01/1944

Embassy Built 09/1928 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Letten Bros Grimsby
1932 Owned by EC Grant
08/1933 Renamed Wigmore
10/1935 Bought by the Clan Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
18/11/1939 At 23.06 hours U-22 Captain Karl Heinrich Jenisch fired two G7e torpedoes at the second and third ship in convoy IFC and missed. Four minutes later, the U-boat fired another G7e at the sixth ship and hit the Wigmore (Skipper Walter Bore) She sank within three minutes with all 16 of her crew Lost, being hit about 25 miles northwest of Rattray Head.
The vessel was fishing out of Lowestoft at the time of her loss

Surname	Forename	Age At Death	Date Of Death	Rank	Boat
GOODWIN	WALTER	41	19/11/1939	Deck Hand	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
BORE	WALTER	35	19/11/1939	Skipper	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
JACKSON	ROBERT WILLIAM	27	19/11/1939	Wireless Operator	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
OTTLEY	JOSEPH	35	19/11/1939	Deck Hand	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
WINN	ERNEST DOMANAC	49	19/11/1939	Cook	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
FISHER	JESSE	29	19/11/1939	Deck Hand	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
LODGE	WILLIAM HENRY	39	19/11/1939	Mate	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
BROMFIELD	CLARENCE VINCENT HARWOOD	43	19/11/1939	Deck Hand	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
NEWSON	ERNEST HERBERT	38	19/11/1939	Trimmer	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
MOORE	FRANK	54	19/11/1939	Chief Engineer	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
SMYTHE-JERROLD	FREDERICK WILLIAM	36	19/11/1939	Deck Hand	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
CLAYTON	HAROLD	35	19/11/1939	Deck Hand	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
DUMBLETON	HENRY	55	19/11/1939	Deck Hand	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
GERMANEY	GEORGE	25	19/11/1939	Trimmer	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
HARWOOD	ALICK	36	19/11/1939	Second Engineer	Fishing Vessel Wigmore
FOLEY	JOSEPH	56	19/11/1939	Third Hand	Fishing Vessel Wigmore

Her Details are

• Official Number 146910
• Yard Number 498 
• GT 345 NT 159 
• Dimensions 140.2 x 24.6 x 13.2 
• Quarter deck 77 Foc’sle 21 
• Engines Charles D. Holmes 96 NHP 11 knots 

Torpedoed and sunk at 23.30 hours by U-18 on the 18/11/1939