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Author: Trevor Hallifax
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DewDrop GY 908
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16/04/1895 Dandy In collision with Barque HOLMEWOOD of Christiania Norway approx 65 miles E S E of Spurn Point
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Devotion GY 1038
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01/02/1902 Ketch Stranded near Ostend
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Devonshire GY 766
Devonshire Built 1898 Cochrane & Cooper Beverley for North Lincolnshire Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
24/09/21916 Devonshire was on a fishing voyage when she was stopped by a German submarine U57. The crew where told to take to their boats and the trawler sunk by gunfire.
She was one of 19 trawlers to be captured by a German submarine and sunk while fishing off the Yorkshire coast
U-57 was responsible for at least 16 of the trawlers sank
Her Details are
- Official Number 109802
- Yard Number 199
- GT 148 NT 51
- Dimensions 97.4 x 20.6 x 11
- Quarter deck 18
- Engines C D Holmes 40rhp 3 cyl 10.0 Knots
24/09/1916 Sunk by U Boat 33 miles N E 1/2 N of Spurn Light Vessel
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Devonian GY 89
Devonian Built 1896 Edwards Bros North Shields for Great Grimsby Co-op Box & Fish Co Ltd Grimsby
11/1896 Sold to W. J. Allen Grimsby
09/1899 Bought by Allen Steam Fishing Grimsby
10/01/1901 Skipper prosecuted for fowling Nets
25/10/1904 Suffered Broken Propeller
19/10/1915 Officially been given up as lost. Left Grimsby on 25th September with a crew of 10. Three bodies were picked up.
| Surname | Forenames | Age at Death | Date of Death | Rank | Boat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEAKIN | JOSEPH | 26 | 08/09/1915 | Third Hand | Devonian |
| STANLEY | WALTER | 42 | 08/09/1915 | Cook | Devonian |
| CAMPBELL | HAMILTON BLACKWOOD | 48 | 08/09/1915 | First Engineer | Devonian |
| GALES | MATTHEW | 48 | 08/09/1915 | Second Engineer | Devonian |
| LOTT | JOHN HENRY | 29 | 08/09/1915 | Deck Hand | Devonian |
| BANKS | WALTER EDWARD | 37 | 08/09/1915 | Mate | Devonian |
| HANNEMAN | FREDERICK CHARLES | 19 | 08/09/1915 | Trimmer | Devonian |
| THORNLEY | ARTHUR JAMES | Unknown | 17/10/1916 | Engineman | Devonian |
| ROWSTON | ARTHUR | 25 | 08/09/1915 | Deckhand | Devonian |
| LAMBERT | ARTHUR | Unknown | 08/09/1915 | Skipper | Devonian |
Her Details are
- Official Number 106664
- Yard Number 523
- GT 128 NT 42
- Dimensions 96.7 x 20.2 x 10.5
- Quarter deck 17 Foc’sle 19
08/09/1915 Mined 30 miles N E 1/2 N of Spurn Point
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Devonia GY 1006
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Deveron GY 96
Deveron built 1905 Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Hull for ‘D’ Line Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
11/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
1919 Returned
01/1928 Bought by W. Garratt Grimsby
09/1932 Sold to T. E. Fisher Grimsby
04/1935 Bought by C. Dobson Grimsby
02/1941 Sold to the Perihelion Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
04/1945 Bought by the Deveron Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
Her Details are
- Official Number 122708
- Admiralty number 695
- Armament 1-6pdr AA 1 7.5in Bomb Thrower
- GT 233 NT 102
- Quarter Deck 66 Foc’sle 19
- Dimensions 123.6 x 22 x 11.5
Scrapped in 10/1954
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Devon GY 811
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Devon GY 156
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Destinn GY 307
Destinn built 1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
05/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
1919 Returned to commercial fishing
06/01/1916 Bought by Alfred W. Baxter Grimsby
04/04/1917 Sold to Joseph Harris Grimsby
21/08/1922 Bought by the Reunion Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
17/11/1926 Sold to the Pelham Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
19/09/1928 Bought by the Earl Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
04/09/1932 Lost Crew R Iniff
16/09/1938 Sold to McCabe & Curtis Dublin registered as D 124
1940 To the Earl Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
09/1940 Sold to the Admiralty as an auxiliary patrol vessel
Her Details are
- Official Number 137005
- Yard Number 302
- Admiralty Number FY 1587 FY 1719
- Armament 1-6pdr
- GT 226 NT 109
- Dimensions 117 x 22 x 12.7
- Quarter Deck 61
- Engines Amos & Smith 74 NHP 10 knots
Sold for scrap to Thomas W. Ward Ltd 1947 and broken up at Preston