Mareham Built 1937 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough Built as Mareham for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd
09/12/1938 Renamed Coventry City
29/12/1939 Requisitioned as an Anti-Submarine vessel
08/1945 Returned to owners
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Scrapped 06/1964
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Marano built by Cochranes of Selby 1916 for The Dodds SF Aberdeen
Originally named Princess Victoria SN 321
01/1917 requisitioned as a mine sweeper
Based at Newhaven
12/03/1919 Returned
12/05/1924 Arrived at Aberdeen having Lost 1 crew Overboard
06/1929 Sold to Boston deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Fleetwood
15/06/1929 North Shields registry Closed
19/06/1929 Registered as FD 50
01/1930 Sold to Northern Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
14/01/1930 Fleetwood Registry Closed
16/01/1930 Registered as GY 166
12/1933 Sold to Sir Thomas Robinson & son Grimsby
18/01/1934 Renamed Marano GY 166
11/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
Based at Yarmouth with M/S Group 118
05/1942 Sold to J Bennett London
08/01/1945 Returned to owner
10/1947 sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd London
03/1948 Sold to Benjamin Gelcer & Co Cape Town
Grimsby Registry closed and registered as CTA 306
1953 Owners restyled B Gelcer & Co
1957 vessel stripped of all Non ferrous Metals and usable Materials and Registry closed
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04/11/1957 She was sunk by Gunfire from SAN in False bay
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16/12/1914 Sunk by torpedo boat in the North sea
Manx Queen built 1915 Cochrane & Sons Selby for W. H. Beeley Grimsby
06/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
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01/03/1916 Stranded at Filey Brig whilst in Admiralty Service
MANX PRINCE built 1910
08/18914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
1919 Returned
Served in WW2
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28/11/1940 Mined at entrance to River Humber whilst in Admiralty Service
MANX KING built 04/1916 Smiths Dock Middlesborough for Walter H Beeley
04/1916 Requisitioned as AA and mine sweeping duties
04/1917 London Owner
12/1917 Aberdeen Owner
Returned 1919
1919 Earl Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. Sir Alex Black Grimsby
06/1919 Registered as GY 387 Manx King
06/1919 owned by L Slaney
07/1919 went to J Smethurst
06/1920 H Smethurst
05/1924 Earl SF
1928 J. W. Smethhurst, Grimsby
1934 A. G. L. Meff, Aberdeen
12/1935 Aberdeen owners
1950 J. Cameron, Aberdeen according to Lloyds register
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07/07/1942 Lost, Bombed by Aircraft 10 miles NE of Fuglo Head Faeroes
Manx Hero built 1910 for W H Beeley
Originally Named Berian
08/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
10/03/1915 Dardanelles Campaign – Skipper Edward Bray RNR one of seven trawlers with 3rd Mine sweeping Group accompanied by two Picket Boats, four Escorting Destroyers and supported by Battleship Canopus and Light Cruiser Amethyst taking part in attempt to sweep Kephez minefields in the dark
Instead of sweeping against the strong 3-4kt current the intention was to get above the first line of mines and sweep down
Trawlers reached their position passed sweeps in pairs and started back
Night of 10th/11th – Two mines exploded one of them possibly so close to Manx Hero she sank otherwise she hit a third
Turks opened fire two trawlers hit and damaged by 6in shells all then retired under destroyer cover
No lives lost on Manx Hero crew picked up by HM Trawler Koorah
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Mined 10/03/1915 in the Kephez rhinefield Dardanelles whilst in Admiralty Service
Built by Cochranes of Selby 11/1904 for W Beeley & Blanchard
04/1911 went to South Western Steam Fishing Co
04/1912 went to Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co
12/1912 went to T W Baskcomb
09/1915 went to Sleights Steam Fishing Co
1917 Lost
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14/04/1917 Stranded West Mann Isles
MANX ADMIRAL built 1912 by Cook Welton & Gemmell for Walter H Beeley
18/01/1912 Registered as GY 665
Requisitioned 12/1914 as a boom defense vessel
Returned 1919
09/1921 Sleights SF
06/1936 Princess SF
07/1941 Beeley & Sleight
08/12/1941 Stranded on the NE Coast of Iceland
23/01/1942 Vessel Abandoned
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08/12/1941 Stranded after running aground