Author: Trevor Hallifax

Categories
Uncategorised

Earl Howard GY 332

Earl Howard Built 10/1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell for Earl Steam Fishing Co
11/12/1914 Vessel Posted as Missing
Lost with all Hands, presumed Mined North east of Spurn Head

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRank Boat
ROBERTSGEORGE HENRY3911/12/1914StewardEarl Howard   
FREEMANJAMES HERBERT2111/12/1914Fourth HandEarl Howard
WELCH4711/12/1914First EngineerEarl Howard
FREEMANJOHN WILLIAM5311/12/1914SkipperEarl Howard   
DUFFINALBERT EDWARD3211/12/1914MateEarl Howard   
SMITH4911/12/1914Third HandEarl Howard   
GUYMERERNEST JAMES4011/12/1914Fourth HandEarl Howard   
COMMACKWILLIAM THOMAS3011/12/1914Second EngineerEarl Howard
WHITEFREDERICK WILLIAM2911/12/1914TrimmerEarl Howard

Her Details are

  • Official Number 137009
  • Yard Number 305
  • Gt 226 NT 113
  • Dimensions 117.0 x 22.0 x 12.7
  • Quarter Deck 61
  • Engines C.D.Holmes 75nhp 10.0 Knots

11/12/1915 Mined in the North Sea

Categories
Uncategorised

Earl Hereford GY 147

Earl Hereford Built 1906 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
21/12/1912 Sold to Christian M. Evensen Thorshaven Færoe Islands
1917 Requisitioned French Navy as auxiliary patrol vessel
Renamed Guenon
26/8/1917 equipped for dredging service in Le Havre
4/12/1919 goes on sale Bought by F. Evan L’ Orient becomes Pen er Vro then Rauzan
1930 Rauzan Registered in Lorient owner L. Ballias & Co
1939 E. and G. Gautier Frères at Lorient registered as L 1965
20/5/1942, seized by the German Navy and Requisitioned 
1/10/1942 becomes V421
22/8/1944, scuttled in Bayonne

Her Details are

  • Official Number 123569 
  • Yard Number 110 
  • GT 259 NT 111 
  • Dimensions 128.4 x 22 x 11.8 
  • Quarter deck 68 
  • Engines Charles D. Holmes 63 NHP 10¾ knots 

Raised and scrapped in 1951

Categories
Uncategorised

Earl Granard GY 449

Earl Granard built 12/1904 Cook Welton & Gemmell for A Black
Originally named Courtland GY 35
06/1908 went to Holland Renamed Grotius
Went to the Faeroes Renamed Pauline
03/1915 went to Earl Steam Fisheries Renamed Earl Granard GY 449
Requisitioned 04/1915 as a mine sweeper 
09/1915 went to Rushworth Steam Fishing Co
03/1918 went to I Bunch
Returned 1919
01/1924 went to Great Central Co-Op Engineering Co
06/1928 H Bacon
07/1930 went to GC Bacon
10/1930 went to TC & F Moss
Served as CASTLETON in WW2
26/06/1940 Torpedoed By U62

SurnameForenameAge At DeathDate Of DeathRankBoat
SQUIREJOHN THOMAS3728/06/1940Deck HandSteam Trawler Castleton (Grimsby)
RYANJOHN DENNIS4028/06/1940SailorSteam Trawler Castleton (Grimbsy).
COOKHENRY GEORGE5628/06/1940Second EngineerSteam Trawler Castleton (Grimsby).
WHITEALEXANDER CAMPBELL MCLINTOCK6428/06/1940CookSteam Trawler Castleton (Grimsby).
OSBORNELESLIE ALBERT1928/06/1940TrimmerFishing Vessel Castleton (Grimsby)
WEBBJOHN ALLEN4528/06/1940MateSteam Trawler Castleton (Grimsby)
DILLONCHARLES JAMES4528/06/1940Deck HandFishing Vessel Castleton (Grimsby).
SIBLEYWALTER4328/06/1940SkipperSteam Trawler Castleton (Grimsby)
HUBBARDTHOMAS GEORGE5028/06/1940Third HandFishing Vessel Castleton (Grimsby)
STEWARTWILLIAM5328/06/1940Chief EngineerSteam Trawler Castleton (Grimsby)

Her details are 

  • Official Number 118938
  • Admiralty Number 2653
  • Armament 1 6pdr AA
  • GT 211 NT 76
  •  Dimensions 115.4 x 21.6 x 11.5
  • Quarter Deck 58 Foc’sle 19

Lost 1940

Categories
Uncategorised

Dynevor Castle GY 530

Dynevor Castle SA 17 Built 1933 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Swansea
12/1937 The Dynevor Castle was registered as GY 530

Her Details are

  • Official Number 144007
  • Yard Number 960 
  • Call Sign GWMX
  • GT 405 NT 153 
  • Dimensions 155 x 26.4 x 12.2 
  • Quarter deck 84 Foc’sle 25 

Categories
Uncategorised

Durga GY 612

Durga Built 06/1911 by Smith’s Dock Middlesborough for E Sleight  08/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
12/1919 went to Sleights Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
01/1936 went to Aberdeen owners

Her Details are

  • Official Number 132103
  • Yard Number 469
  • Admiralty Number FY 300
  • Armament 1-6pdr AA
  • GT 216 NT 83
  • Dimensions 117.4 x 21.5 x 11.7
  • Quarter Deck 73′ Foc’sle 18′

Categories
Uncategorised

Duke of Newcastle GY 32

Details to follow

Categories
Uncategorised

Duchess of Norfolk GY 103

Details to follow

Categories
Uncategorised

Duncan GY 1148

Duncan Built 1900 Cochrane & Cooper Ltd Beverley Selby for William Grant Grimsby 12/1919 Sold to owners in Swansea


Her Details are

  • Official Number 110945
  • Yard Number 278 
  • GT 216 NT 71 
  • Dimensions 114.8 x 21.6 x 11.5 
  • Quarter deck 57 Foc’sle 22 

Ran aground at Swansea on the 01/02/1914

Categories
Uncategorised

Drusilla GY 951

Drusilla built 1914 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co
05/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
1919 Returned 
1937 The vessel’s new owner was North Star Fishing Co Ltd registered at Aberdeen 
31/10/1939 Bought by City Fishing Co from the North Star Fishing Co
18/01/1945 Sold to Eton Fishing Co Hull 
03/1946 Bought by Vinur Steam Fishing Co registered GY 223
02/1951 Bought by Alfred Bannister Trawlers Ltd Grimsby 


Her Details are 

  • Official Number 135993
  • Yard Number 570
  • Call sign GWFV
  • Admiralty Number FY 36
  • Armament 1-10pdr
  • GT 250 NT 96
  • Dimensions 125 x 23.5 x 14
  • Quarter Deck 74 Foc’sle 20
  • Engines Smith’s Dock Middlesbrough Triple expansion 12½, 21, 35 in x 26 in 85 rhp

Scrapped at Belgium in 1959

Categories
Uncategorised

Drummer Boy GY 964

Drummer Boy built 1916 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
09/1916 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
11/1919 Bought by owners in Boston 
09/1927 Sold to Sir Thomas Robinson Grimsby registered as GY 447

Her details are

  • Official Number 138984
  • Yard Number 671
  • Admiralty Number FY 2969
  • Armament 1-12pdr
  • GT 209 NT 91
  • Dimensions 115.8 x 21.5 x 11.6
  • Quarter Deck 67 Foc’sle 18

Scrapped in 06/1960