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A M Watkin GY 648

Ketch Built 09/1877 by Smith & Stephenson of Grimsby for Owner J Vere manager F Race
Line fishing method employed with a crew of 9 men
04/1886 owned by R Smith manager T King
03/1887 owned by M West
08/1894 owned by W West

Her details are

  • Official No 78338
  • GT 48.58
  • Dimensions 61.8′ x 17.6′ x 8.95′

12/12/1896 Ketch Collision with NORTHDENE of Newcastle Upon Tyne off Flamborough Head

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Admiral Von Schroder GY 1358

Admiral Von Schroder Built in Germany 1918
05/1922 Purchased by Pelham Steam Fishing Co
Later sold to Holland and renamed Azalea
Later renamed Jan Maijenland

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 146862
  • GT 260 NT 81
  • Dimensions 124.6 x 24.1 x 13.1
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Zero GY 570

Zero Built 08/1876 as a Ketch 
Registered as Zero GY 570
20/07/1883 Owned by A J Blake

Her Details are

  • Official Number 73242
  • GT 73.84
  • Dimensions 73.7 x 19.8 x 10.3
  • Crew 2 Men 3 Boys

20/07/1883 Stranded on Cross Sands off Norfolk

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Yesso GY 610

Yesso Built 1958 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Japan Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
03/1981 No longer fishing Sold and registered at Grange mouth for oil dispersal work Renamed Cleanseas 
1985 Sold to a team of explorers and renamed Southern Quest
Her new owners intention was to retrace Scott’s voyage to the South Pole and accordingly the vessel’s hull was strengthened to resist pressure of ice

Her Details are

  • Official Number 168607
  • Yard Number 1433 
  • GT 350 NT 122 
  • Dimensions 125 x 26.5 x 13 
  • Quarter deck 67 Foc’sle 21  

Sank after being trapped in the Antarctic ice in 1985

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Xylopia GY 1306

Xylopia Built 1911 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Southern Steam Trawling Co. Ltd Milford Haven
07/1914 Requisitioned 
1919 Returned
01/1925 Transferred to Lowestoft

Her Details are 

  • Official number 128755
  • Admiralty Number FY 17
  • Armament 1-12pdr AA
  • GT 262 NT 103
  • Quarter deck 69
  • Dimensions 125.2 x 22 x 12.2

Torpedoed by U-Boat about 25 miles from Longstone 05/04/1915

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Wolverhampton Wanderers GY 31

Details to follow

Seen Here as H 284
Photo supplied by Tom Smith
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Violet GY 90

Violet Built 1896 Cochrane & Cooper Beverley for Arctic Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 07/1905 Sold to owners in Ceylon renamed Colombo 
Her Details are

  • Official Number 106661
  • Yard Number 164 
  • GT 150 NT 57 
  • Dimensions 95.3 x 20.6 x 11 
  • Quarter deck 17   

Captured by a torpedo boat in the North Sea 24/08/1914

Grimsby Trawlers

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Unyoro GY 14

Unyoro Built 1896 Cochrane & Cooper Beverley for the Grimsby Union Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 10/1912 Sold to owners in Holland became Maatje
Her Details are

  • Official Number 105539
  • Yard Number 143 
  • GT 182 NT 80 
  • Dimensions 108.4 x 21 x 11.5 
  • Quarter deck 44 Foc’sle 19   

Grimsby Trawlers

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St. Bartholomew GY 178

St. Bartholomew Built 1952 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for the North Cape Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
1954 Sold to NV Motorvisserij Ostend Belgium renamed Van Der Weyden registered as O 295 
30/03/1957 Ran aground in thick fog on the southeast coast of Iceland 
All crew were rescued 


Her Details are

  • Official Number 184913
  • Yard Number 865 
  • GT 635 NT 234 
  • Dimensions 175.6 x 29.6 x 14.7 
  • Engines Charles. D. Holmes 925 IHP  

Caught fire 31/05/1957 during salvage operations The resulting damage was such that the salvage was abandoned

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Ross Renown GY 666

Ross Renown Built 03/1962 Cochranes of Selby for Hudson Bros Grimsby
29/10/1962 Sold to G F Sleight
14/03/1966 Sold to Queen Steam Fishing Co
30/09//1967 Sold to Ross Trawlers
01/04/1968 Responded to a distress call from Ross Puma hard aground on the Little Rackwick Shoals beneath the cliffs 2 miles NNW of Tor Ness, Stood off while Longhope Life Boat picked up the crew
01/07/1969 Went to B.U.T
08/1979 Sold to Hughes Bolckow Blyth for Breaking Up

Photo Supplied by Photomarine

Her Details are

  • Official Number 303288
  • Yard Number 1462
  • GT 790 NT 283
  • Dimensions 185 x 33 x 17.2
  • Foc’sle 34
  • Engines Ruston & Hornsby 216bhp 6 Cyl 13.0 Knots

09/1979 Scrapped