Author: Trevor Hallifax

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Romulus GY 146

Romulus built 24/12/1885 Cochranes Cooper & Schofield Beverley for Christopher Pickering & Samuel L Haldane Hull H 1483
04/03/1886 registered as H 1483
22/10/1910 chartered to James Herbert Marr Feetwood
24/11/1910 Hull registry closed
24/11/1910 Bought by J. Marr & Son Ltd Fleetwood
28/11/1910 Registered FD 128 
30/03/1911 sold to James Herbert Marr Feetwood
29/08/1912 sold to Active Fishing Co Fleetwood and others
10/1915 Requisitioned as a boom defense vessel
29/10/1916 sold to Arthur Walker Aberdeen
20/04 1918 sold to Nelson Blow Grimsby
1919 returned to owner
24/03/1919 Fleetwood Registry closed
03/1919 Went to N. Blow Grimsby
26/03/1919 Registered GY 146
07/1920 sold to Fredrick E Peters Bristol
Grimsby Registry closed and vessel converted to a Dredger
Tonnages amended 170 GT
07/1939 sold for breaking

Shown here as H 1483

Her Details are

  • Official Number 93068
  • Yard number 11
  • GT 159 NT 79
  • Dimensions 109.0 x 20.2 x 10.6
  • Engines by C D Holmes 45 NHP 10 Knots

Scrapped in 1939

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Romp GY 145

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Romilly GY 81

Romilly built 1905
03/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
1919 Returned

Her details are 

  • Official Number
  • Admiralty number FY 2651
  • Armament 1-12pdr
  • GT 214

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Romeo GY 735

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06/11/1912 Missing

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Romeo GY 464

Romeo built 12/07/1892 Cochrane & Cooper of Beverly for G F Sleights 
02/08/1892 Registered as GY 464
05/1916 An Extract from “Fishermen against the Kaiser” states – that the skipper Charles Mumby was fined £50 plus costs for fishing in a Mined Area after being told by the Navy to clear the area.
The navy also helped themselves to a Basket of fish.
06/02/1917 Captured and scuttled by UB 22 which sank the Rubert and Adelaide GY604 on the same day

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 99677
  • Yard Number 74
  • 114 GT 33 NT
  • Dimensions 88 x 20.1 x 10.7
  • Engines C D Holmes 40 nhp 2 Cyl 10.0 Knots

06/02/1917 Captured and scuttled by U Boat 70 miles off Berwick

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Romantic GY 989

Built by Earles of Hull 1898 for Grimsby Steam Fishing Co 
Registered 16/12/1898
10/07/1917 Sunk by gun fire from U53 commanded by Hans Rose 55 miles S W of Sudero
No reported casualties

Her details are

  • Official Number 109839
  • Call Sign QWJB
  • GT 197 NT 66
  • Dimensions 115.6 x 21 x 11.2
  • Quarter Deck 44′ Foc’sle 20′
  • Engines 60 HP

10/07/1917 Sunk by U Boat 60 miles S by E of Sydero

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Romanoff GY 1204

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Romanoff GY 639

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Roma GY 577

Roma Built 1888 Renfrew Originally registered as a liner
08/1915 Sold to C. Peck Grimsby 
01/1916 Bought by the Amaranth Steam Fishing Co
10/10/1916 The Roma with a crew of six has been sunk. The crew were rescued. 
09/1917 Bought by J. Adams
Lloyds lists Sunk 06/10/1916
Possibly Stranded in Loch Eriboll 28/02/1922

Her Details are

  • Official Number 102578
  • GT 49 NT 31 
  • Dimensions 81 x 13.1 x 6.8  

Missing since 24/02/1922

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Rolulo GY 399

Rolulo built 1909 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for George F Sleight
04/1915 Requisitioned as a auxiliary patrol vessel
27/05/1915 off NW Scotland Skipper James Hodson RNR
Hebrides area ran aground on Obb Rock S of Tulm Island South Harris in bad weather and wrecked listed heavily to port but stern remained above water long enough for crew to be taken off
No lives lost 

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 127838
  • Yard Number 173
  • Admiralty Number FY 1468
  • GT 170 NT 107
  • Quarter deck 61
  • Dimensions 117.5 x 22 x 11.6
  • Engines Charles D. Holmes 59 NHP 9 knots

27/05/1915 Stranded on Obb Rock, Isle of Lewis 27/05/1915 whilst in Admiralty Service