Details to follow
Author: Trevor Hallifax
Dove GY 157
Details to follow
Douro GY 310
Douro 1897 was bulit by Cook Welton & Gemmell for Ocean Steam Trawling Co Grimsby
1917 Requisitioned by the Royal Navy as a Fishery Reserve
1919 Returned to owners
09/04/1919 Sold to Fred Bacon Grimsby
06/06/1919 Sold to Economy Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
05/03/1920 Sold to Harold Bacon Grimsby
26/03/1920 Sold to Trawlers White Sea & Grimsby Ltd Grimsby

Her Details are
- Official Number 108465
- Yard Number 180
- GT 150 NT 63
- Dimensions 96.0 x 20.5
- Quarter Deck 23 Foc’sle 18
- Engines by Earle’s 45 NHP 10 Knots
04/06/1937 Registration Closed on advice that the vessel was broken up at Bo’Ness Scotland
Doric GY 211
Doric Built 1889 Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Hull for Grimsby Steam Fishing Co. First registered as a liner
Her Details Are
- Official Number 96199
- GT 170 NT 85
- Dimensions 106.4 x 20.5 x 11.4
- Quarter deck 37 Foc’sle 20
14/12/1899 Stranded Kettleness Point Yorkshire
Dorando GY 844
Dorando built 1895 Mackie & Thomson Govan for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co. Ltd Grimsby
Requisitioned 12/1914 as a mine sweeper
Returned 07/1918
08/1921 Bought by Trawlers White Sea & Grimsby Ltd Grimsby
Her Details are
- Official Number 105530
- Yard Number 102
- Admiralty Number FY 824
- Armament 1-6pdr AA
- GT 139 NT 54
- Quarter Deck 17 Foc’sle 19
- Dimensions 99.3 x 20.1 x 10.4
Scrapped in 06/1937
Doon GY 1132
DOON Built 1899 John Duthie Aberdeen for ‘D’ Line Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby 1917 Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve commissioned and flew white ensign continued commercial fishing under naval control
07/1925 Bought by owners in Spain renamed Gure Itxaropena then Maria Antonieta
Her Details are
- Official Number 110929
- GT 199 NT 71
- Dimensions 112.3 x 21.3 x 11.7
- Quarter Deck 46 Foc’sle 24
Donna Nook GY 237
Donna Nook built 1915 Requires further Investigation as its believed that it only held FD 237
Doncaster GY 370
Details to follow
Donalda GY 149
Donalda built 1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Alec Black Grimsby
1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
06/01/1916 Sold to Alfred M Baxter Grimsby
25/01/1918 Bought by William Hill Grimsby
12/04/1918 Sold to the Victoria Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
1919 Returned to commercial fishing
19/12/1929 Sold to the Lindsey Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
24/12/1941 Bought by the Active Fishing Co Fleetwood
08/07/1942 Bought by Hudson Bros Trawlers Ltd Hull as H 12
1945 Sold to Grimsby Motor Trawlers Ltd Grimsby as GY 78
30/07/1949 Bought by Trawlers Grimsby Ltd Grimsby
10/04/1953 Bought by Derwent Trawlers Ltd Grimsby


Her Details are
- Official Number 136011
- Yard Number 301
- Admiralty Number FY 1760
- Armament 1-6pdr
- GT 226 NT 113
- Quarter Deck 61
- Dimensions 117 x 22 x 12.7
- Engines Amos & Smith 68 NHP 10½ knots
Arrived at Gateshead on the 31/01/1957 for scrapping
Don GY 517
Don Built 1893 Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Hull for H. Morris Grimsby
02/1897 Bought by the ‘D’ Line Steam Fishing Co.
04/1913 Bought by Alfred Bannister
03/1914 Sold to owners in Milford Haven
03/1915 Bought by W. Ellis
| Surname | Forenames | Age at Death | Date of Death | Rank | Boat |
| COOK | HAROLD | 24 | 06/05/1915 | Second Engineer | Don |
| SHERIFF | GEORGE ERNEST | 19 | 06/05/1915 | Third Hand | Don |
| COLEMAN | ARTHUR JAMES ALEXANDER | 19 | 06/05/1915 | Trimmer | Don |
| KEMP | WALTER JOHN | 29 | 06/05/1915 | First Engineer | Don |
| SHEPHERD | HARRY | 23 | 06/05/1915 | Fourth Hand | Don |
| WRIGHT | WILLIAM GEORGE | 48 | 06/05/1915 | Mate | Don |
| THOMPSON | THOMAS EDWARD | 49 | 06/05/1915 | Cook | Don |
Her Details are
- Official Number 99701
- GT 151 NT 61
- Dimensions 98 x 20.7 x 11.1
- Quarter deck 18 Foc’sle 19
06/05/1915 Mined 100 miles E by S of Spurn Point