Craddock Built Origianlley Named Admiral Drake H273 Hull 20/4/1936 C H Smith & Co Ltd Hull 29/7/1938 Went to Chaleson-Smith Trawlers Ltd Hull 5/10/1939 Renamed as Stella Canopus H273 Requisitioned as an anti submarine trawler fitted with Asdic Based at Granton with 38th A/S Group 05/1945 Operation Pledge At Loch Eriboll with surrendered U-Boats 12/11/1945 Returned 16/4/1946 Went to Trawlers Grimsby Ltd 19/6/1946 Renamed as Cradock GY 263 10/5/1952 sold to Thomas Ross Ltd 12/4/1954 sold to Derwent Trawlers 26/4/1954 sold to Chaleson- Smith
Coventry City Built 08/1937 Smith’s Dock Middlesborough for Consolidated Fisheries Original Name Mareham 12/1938 Renamed Coventry City 29/09/1939 Requisitioned 03/1942 Served off the US East coast as Anti submarine Trawler along with her crew to help with the convoy system Pennant A 405 10/1942 Returned to Navy Control 15/08/1943 Docked at Selborne dry dock Simonstown South Africa Remained in South African coastal waters until the end of War 1945 Returned to UK and was returned to owners 08/1945 Reconverted for commercial use 05/1950 Converted to an oil burner
Courtland Built 1904 Cook Welton & Gemmell Hull for Alec L. Black Grimsby 29/06/1908 Sold to Naam Ven Stoomv Grotius Ijmuiden Holland renamed Grotius 1910 Bought by Christian M. Evensen Thorshaven Færoe Islands renamed Pauline 12/03/1915 Sold to the Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby renamed Earl Granard Registered as GY 449 04/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 1919 Returned to commercial fishing 24/09/1915 Bought by the Rushworth Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 16/03/1918 Sold to Isaac Bunch Grimsby 22/12/1923 Bought by Great Central Co-op Eng & Repair Co Ltd Grimsby 15/06/1928 Sold to Harold Bacon Grimsby 26/09/1930 Bought by T. C. & F. Moss Ltd Grimsby 01/04/1931 Renamed Castleton 11/1939 Requisitioned as an auxiliary patrol vessel 01/1940 Returned to commercial fishing 28/06/1940 While on patrol she was sunk by a German Luftwaffe Do17Z aircraft east of the Orkney Islands at 09.30 hours 10 crew were lost. Note: Castleton was previously presumed sunk by U-102, which is not true The vessel was off the Orkney Islands at the time of the attack
Courtier built 1910 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Queen Steam Fishing 01/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper 06/01/1916 North Sea – Skipper Samuel Blissett RNR Mined at 8.50pm broke up and sank rapidly off Kilnsea close to Spurn Head Yorkshire Skipper and 10 ratings lost A trawler commanded by Lt Crossley RNR steamed into the minefield and rescued some of the crew awarded a DSC one man rescued alive but Died Of Wounds four days later
Surname
Forenames
Age at Death
Date of Death
Rank
Boat
EDLAND
GEORGE WILLIAM
36
06/01/1916
Trimmer Cook
Courtier
BLISSETT
SAMUEL
53
06/01/1916
Skipper
Courtier
Her Details are
Official Number 127864
Yard Number 203
Admiralty Number FY 449
GT 181 NT 80
Dimensions 110.2 x 21.1 x 11.2
Quarter Deck 56 Foc’sle 18
Engines Charles D. Holmes 55 NHP 10 knots
06/01/1916 Sunk by mine off Kilnsea whilst in Admiralty Service
Courser Built 1905 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Thomas Baskcomb Grimsby 10/1914 Bought by M. A. Baskcomb 11/1915 Registered to T. Baskcomb Ltd 02/02/1916 Bought by H Croft Baker & John L Green Grimsby 28/02/1916 To S & T Wood Grimsby 10/1916 Requisitioned as a Boom Defence Vessel 04/1919 Bought by H. Wood 1920 Returned to commercial fishing 17/09/1924 Bought by Charles Dobson Grimsby 09/1940 Requisitioned as a minesweeper renamed Cavalcade 08/07/1940 Bought by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd 09/03/1942 Bought by J Bennett Grimsby 12/1946 Returned to fishing 30/01/1947 Bought by Planet Fishing Co Ltd Granton Registered GN 33
Cotswold Built 1917 Cochrane & Sons Selby for The Admiralty Castle Class trawler George Andrew Sold to owners in Hull where she became Lord Astor 07/1945 Bought by Grimsby Motor Trawlers Ltd Grimsby renamed Cotswold registered as GY 77
