Author: Trevor Hallifax

Rinovia GY 378

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 24 July 2020

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Surname	Forename	Age At Death	Date Of Death	Rank	Boat
JOHNSTON	JAMES	Unknown	02/11/1940	Stoker	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.
MacLEAN	NORMAN	36	18/07/1940	Seaman	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.
SADLER	REGINALD CHARLES	Unknown	02/11/1940	Seaman Cook	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.
JOHNSON	THOMAS MAVIN	42	02/11/1940	Engineman	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.
GLADWELL	STANLEY THOMAS	23	02/11/1940	Stoker	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.
GRACE	LAURENCE	41	02/11/1940	Stoker	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.
BURWOOD	FREDERICK WILLIAM	Unknown	02/11/1940	Seaman	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.
SHILLINGS	ERNEST GEORGE	23	02/11/1940	Seaman Steward	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.
SMITH	JOHN	unknown	02/11/1940	Second Hand	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.
PENISTONE	HARRY	Unknown	02/11/1940	Stoker	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.
MERCER	JOHN HARRIS	19	02/11/1940	Ordinary Seaman	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.
MORRISON	JOHN	Unknown	02/11/1940	Seaman	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.
NEEDHAM	JOHN	Unknown	02/11/1940	Stoker 2nd Class	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.
SANKEY	JOSEPH EDWARD	23	02/11/1940	Stoker 2nd Class	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.
MACIVER	ALEXANDER	30	18/07/1940	Seaman	H.M. Trawler Rinovia
McGALE	JOSEPH	21	02/11/1940	Ordinary Telegraphist	H.M. Trawler Rinovia.

02/11/1940 Mined off Falmouth whilst in Admiralty Service

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Rinovia GY 894

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 24 July 2020

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Rinaldo GY 1199

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 24 July 2020

Rinaldo Built 10/1900 By Cochrane & Cooper of Beverly for G F Sleight
11/1914 Requisitioned as minesweeper, then boom defence vessel
02/1915 Renamed Rinaldo II
1920 Returned
02/1915 renamed Rinaldo II
07/1920 went to the Admiralty

Her Details are

Official Number 113205
Admiralty Number 686
GT 166 NT 58
Armament 1-6pdr
Dimensions 101 x 21 x 11
Quarter Deck 45′ Foc’sle 17′

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Rilette GY 1046

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 24 July 2020

Rilette built 1917 A. Hall Aberdeen for Earl Steam Fishing Grimsby
05/1917 Requisitioned as minesweeper then hydrophone vessel
06/1917 Sold to W. Barrett Grimsby
1919 Returned
07/1919 Bought by E. Cox.
06/1932 To owners in Edinburgh
11/1934 Sold to Thomas H. Scales Leith LH 35
31/09/1942 Bought by J. Marr Fleetwood The vessel was free to fish during the war 1945
Sold to C. Wilson Grimsby
02/1946 Bought by the Rilette Steam Fishing Co Leith
02/1947 To owners in Aberdeen

Her Details are

Official Number 139947
Admiralty Number 3340
Armament: 1-12pdr 1-7.5in Bomb Thrower
GT 212 NT 82
Dimensions 115.5 x 22.1 x 11.9

Scrapped in 1960

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Rigoletto GY 185

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 24 July 2020

Rigoletto Built 09/1906 By Cook Welton & Gemmell for G F Sleight
12/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
1919 Returned
11/1933 went to G F Sleight & R Humphreys
Served in WW2
05/1949 went to G F Sleight & Sons

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
McHUGH	JAMES	Unknown	11/01/1920	Engineman	Rigoletto
WALTON	R	Unknown	30/03/1924	Crew	Rogoletto

Her Details are

Official Number 123584
Admiralty Number 726
GT 212 NT 83
Armament 1-12pdr
Dimensions 117 x 22 x 11.4
Quarter Deck 59′ Foc’sle 19′

03/1957 Scrapped

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Righto GY 1267

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 24 July 2020

Righto Built 1918 Cook Welton & Gemmell 1920 as a Castle Class Trawler named Matthew Berryman
03/1921 went to G F Sleight and Renamed Righto
Registered as GY 1267
11/1933 went to G F Sleight & R Humphreys
11/09/1939 Requisitioned as a Mine sweeper / Dan layer
1944 Took Part in Operation Neptune The D-Day Landings as a Dan Layerattached to the 4th M/S Flotila in Force O
27/11/1944 Returned
05/1949 went to G F Sleight & Sons
15/10/1956 Sold to Derwent Trawlers
24/01/1959 To Ross Trawlers Grimsby
03/1962 went to Belgium

Her details are

Official Number 140816
Yard Number 428
Admiralty Number 4412 FY 602
GT 278 NT 122
Dimensions 125 x 22.8 x 12.2
Quarter Deck 71′
Engines C D Holmes 91 nhp 10.5 Knots

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Rifleman GY 77

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 24 July 2020

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Rideo GY 314

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 24 July 2020

Rideo Built 11/09/1907 Cook Welton & Gemmell for G F Sleights
24/08/1914 Believed sunk by a torpedo boat

Her details are

Official Number 125071
Yard Number 149
230 GT 91 NT
Dimensions 117 x 22 x 11.7
Quarter Deck 59′ Foc’sle 18′
Engines by C D Holmes 63 Nhp 10.5 Knots

Captured and Sunk by German Torpedo boats in the North Sea whilst fishing 26/08/1914

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Richmond GY 255

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 24 July 2020

Richmond Built 1897 Mackie & Thomson Govan for Hagerup Doughty & Co. Grimsby
04/1906 Registered to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co.
1918 In Admiralty service
1919 Returned
01/1925 Moved to Lowestoft