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Moravia Built 17/07/1900 by Cook Welton & Gemmell for Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co
15/12/1913 Sold to Spartan Steam Fishing Co
Renamed Scouter GY 1180
06/09/1915 Went to Lindsey Steam fishing Co Grimsby
07/1915 Requisitioned as a Minesweeper
1919 Returned to owners
1956 Vessel Sold for Scrap to B J Nijkerk SA Antwerp

UC 55 Left Germany under orders to mine the entrance to both Kirkwall and Lerwick harbors .The mines to be laid in equal numbers and at irregular distances but no more than 5 miles from the shore.
The submarine was sighted on the surface by HMS Sylvia – a 213 Ton armed Trawler and HMS Moravia, an armed Patrol Trawler carrying a 6 pdr gun.
The reason for UC 55 to be on the surface at all so close to shore was that she lost trim whilst mine laying and began to sink rapidly bow first going down to 165 feet at which point her hull plating split since she was beyond her diving limit.
The inrush of salt water reached some of her batteries forming Chlorine gas and 1 battery caught fire and she was forced to the surface to recharge her air banks.
The second shell from the Sylvia’s 12 pdr gun hit the conning tower killed her commanding officer and disabled the steering gear.
A 2^nd shell struck the hull and she began to sink, after which 2 depth charges were dropped alongside her and blew the enemy ship up.
The Moravia then arrived, put 2 more shots into the wreck and dropped another depth charge. Seventeen officers and men were taken prisoner ten being killed. 
Passage taken from Shipwreck index of the British Isles

Her Details are

• Official Number 113185
• Yard Number 263
• Admiralty Number FY 1600
• Armament 1-6pdr
• GT 195 NT 63
• Dimensions 113.6 x 21.0 x 11.2
• Quarter deck 49 Foc’sle 19
• Engines Amos & Smith 55 NHP 10 knots

04/03/1956 Registration Closed on advise Vessel Broken up

Moorsom built 04/07/1936 by Cochranes of Selby for J Marr & Son Hull Named Kirkella H 319
03/07/1936 Crewed and operated by City Steam Fishing Co Hull
31/08/1939 Sold to Admiralty and fitted out as A/S Trawler
19/01/1940 Hull Registry Closed
Based at Swansea 17th A/S Group
17/12/1945 Complete Refit at Ellesmere Port reclassified as a Steam Trawler and sold to Hull Ice Co Hull H 155
16/11/1946 Sold to J Marr & Sons Fleetwood
17/12/1947 Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Fleetwood
22/12/1948 Solod to Parkholme Trawlers Fleetwood
11/01/1949 Registered at Grimsby as GY 592
28/02/1949 Renamed Moorsom
29/03/1951 Sold to Ravendale Trawlers Grimsby
07/03/1952 Went to Great Western Fishing Co Aberdeen
29/03/1952 Registered as St. Benedict GY 592
04/01/1955 Sold to Cevic Steam Fishing Co Fleetwood and Renamed Reneva FD 7

Her Details are

• Official Number 164937
• Yard Number 1159
• GT 435 NT 170
• Dimensions 157.3 x 26.1 x 14.1
• Engines Amos & Smith 750 ihp 3 cyl 11.3 knots

1960 sold to BISCO for breaking and allocated to W Ward fo0r breaking up

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Montano Built 30/08/1917 by Cook Welton & Gemmell for the Admiralty as a Non Standard Castle Class Named James Berry
Originally ordered by Hull Northern Fishing Co but purchased by the Admiralty
1919 Registered as LO 478
1922 Sold to Hull Northern Fishing Co Renamed Montano H 818
01/05/1929 went to Orontes Steam Fishing Co Grimsby GY 83
1932 went to Southampton Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
31/05/1940 Requisitioned as a Minesweeper & APV
1944 sold to J C Llewellin Swansea
1945 went to Yolland Bros Milford Haven M 53
02/01/1946 Returned to owners

Her Details are

• Official Number 145066
• Yard Number 340K
• Admiralty Number 3603 FY 803 4 171
• Armament 1 12pdr
• GT 249 NT 109
• Dimensions 125.4 x 22.5 x 12.2
• Quarter Deck 66
• Engines Amos & Smith 480 IHP 10.5 knots

17/03/1953 Sold for Scrap to BISCO and Broken up at Granton