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Mercury Built 04/1900 by Mackie & Thomson of Govan for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Fisheries
23/09/1916 Captured and sunk by UC 16 at 65 miles S E by E 1/2 E of Spurn Light Vessel Whilst on a fishing trip out of Grimsby

Her Details Are

• Official Number 110948
• GT 183 NT 57
• Dimensions 108.5′ x 20.7′ x 10.7′
• Foc’sle of 19

Captured and sunk by UC 16 on the 23/09/1916 at 65 miles S E by E 1/2 E of Spurn Light Vessel 

Mercia Built 28/01/1901 Cook Welton & Gemmell for East Anglian Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
20/03/1915 Posted Missing with all hands Lost
Left Grimsby for the North Sea Fishing grounds and was not heard again

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
PAUL	TOM	42	20/03/1915	Third Hand	Mercia
HOWARD	H	30	20/03/1915	Deck Hand	Mercia
BROOK	ARTHUR P.	36	20/03/1915	Second Engineer	Mercia
TAYLOR	JOHN THOMAS	50	20/03/1915	Chief Engineer	Mercia
BEALE	CHARLES	48	20/03/1915	Cook	Mercia
JARRETT	WILLIAM FLETCHER	46	20/03/1915	Mate	Mercia
PLATTS	BENJAMIN GEORGE	17	20/03/1915	Deck Hand	Mercia
NEWTON	JOHN T.	22	20/03/1915	Trimmer	Mercia
HARLOW	FRED	42	20/03/1915	Skipper	Mercia

Her details are

• Official Number 113218
• Yard Number 283
• GT 175 NT 51
• Dimensions 105.0 x 21.0 x 11
• Quarter deck 55 Foc’sle 17
• Engines C D Holmes 55 nhp 9.5 knots

20/03/1915 Missing

Melbourne Built 1936 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for H. Croft Baker & Sons Ltd Grimsby The trawler was bombed during the war in Norway near Harstad 
1949 Sold to a Company in Kristiansund renamed Halstein 1963 Sold to Lofoten 
1966 Sold to Ålesund 

Her Details are

• Official Number 164408
• Yard Number 1001 
• GT 466 NT 169 
• Dimensions 164.1 x 27.1 x 14.3 
• Quarter deck 84 Foc’sle 29   

22/05/1940 Attacked by Aircraft in Narvick area whilst in Admiralty Service

Mayfly Built 11/11/1899 Cook Welton & Gemmell For British Coast Steam Fishing Co Hull H 477
22/11/1912 Sold to James Bruce Hartlepool HL 72
31/07/1916 Went to J W & H Smethurst Grimsby GY 899
24/04/1917 Captured by UC 50 in the North Sea and Sunk 70 miles NE by N of Spurn Light Vessel

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
PAUL	JOSEPH WILLIAM	49	24/04/1917	Cook	Mayfly
FOWLER	THOMAS	44	24/04/1917	First Engineer	Mayfly
BLAKE	EDWARD JAMES	Unknown	24/04/1917	Skipper	Mayfly

Her Details are

• Official Number 110745
• Yard Number 246
• GT 191 NT 64
• Dimensions 113.8 x 21.0 x 11.2
• Quarter Deck 49 Foc’sle 19
• Engines C D Holmes 48 nhp 10.0 Knots

24/04/1917 Sunk by U Boat 70 miles N E by N of Spurn light Vessel