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Great Admiral GY 361
Great Admiral Built 1907 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Edward C. Grant Grimsby
04/10/1912 Registry transferred to Denmark for fishing in the Moray Firth as British flag vessels were banned
28/10/1915 Back to Edward C. Grant Grimsby
30/10/1915 Sold to A. & M. Smith Grimsby
1917 Requisitioned as a fishing trawler
1919 Returned to commercial fishing
27/01/1920 Sold to Direct Fish Supplies Grimsby
06/09/1922 Sold to Thomas W. Baskcomb Grimsby
25/11/1935 Bought by the Boston Deep Sea Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
17/10/1942 Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd Grimsby
05/1940 Requisitioned as an auxiliary vessel
06/1945 Returned to commercial fishing
Her Details are
- Official Number 127825
- Yard Number 160
- Admiralty Number 4.146
- GT 284 NT 117
- Dimensions 135 x 22.5 x 12
- Quarter deck 73
- Engines Charles D. Holmes 70 NHP 11 knots
Sold for scrap to West of Scotland Shipbreakers 05/06/1947 broken up at Troon
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Great Admiral GY 733
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Grasby GY 510
Grasby Built 1945 Charlestown Built as MFV 1534 for the Admiralty but completed as Grasby
10/1947 Bought by Shire Trawlers Grimsby
04/1950 Sold to Northern Trawlers Grimsby
1951 Bought by Huxley Fishing Co Ltd Lowestoft registered as LT 267
1955 Sold to A. King and others renamed Doonie Braes A 66
1967 Sold to Metal Industries Ltd Leith Converted for use as a salvage vessel
07/1967 Reported to be working on the wreck of the S.S. Lusitania
Her Details are
- Official Number 166664
- GT 113 NT 36
- Dimensions 88.3 x 22.2 x 9.7
- Engines 4 cylinder 240hp Crossley
- Call Sign MRXB
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Grasbrook GY 1345
Grasbrook Built 1916 Rickmers Rhederei & Schiffbau AG Bremerhaven as an Aux Minesweeper
02/08/1916 Operating in North Sea Auxiliary Mine Sweeping 8th Flotilla
02/12/1918 Operating in 4th Minesweeping Flotilla and the 12th Minesweeping Semi Flotilla
01.04.1919 Renamed Grasbrook IV now in Baltic minesweeper 8th Semi Flotilla
10/07/1920 Came to Britain
09/1920 Registered as GY1345
03/1922 Owned by North Western Steam Fishing Co GY 1345
03/1922 Sold to Spain and Renamed Casa Ciriza
01/02/1965 CASA CIRIZA Sunk after collision with Spanish fishing MV Bahia de Bermeo off Ondarrosa
Her details are
- Official Number 140827
- Yard Number173
- Armament 1 88mm
- GT 246 NT 91
- Dimensions 127 x 23 x 10
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Granville GY 1090
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Grand Fleet GY 44
Grand Fleet Built 1918 Cochrane & Sons Selby for the Admiralty as Mersey Class James McDonald
1919 Requisitioned
1919 Sold to Jutland Steam Trawling Co Hull H 80
20/10/1920 Renamed Grand Fleet
29/05/1920 Sold to Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers
30/03/1929 Went to Crampin Steam Fishing Co Grimsby GY 44
Fitted with Lining to Pursue the Greenland Halibut Fishery
03/1930 Sold to C R Mauritzen Newbridge Mid Lothian
28/04/1938 Transffered to a Danish Flag
04/1938 Sold to owners in Denmark
21/10/1938 Registered at Leith LH 216
08/09/1939 Registered at Fleetwood FD 50
17/09/1939 Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing Co
08/1939 Requisitioned and converted into an Armed Trawler
09/12/1939 Sailed Hull for Icelandic Grounds Crew of 18 Outward in Convoy
28/12/1939 Homeward Bound to Hull about 2.10am when 35 miles NW of the Butt of Lewis she was shelled by U 30 Abandoned vessel but 1 man left behind George E Clark
at About 4.00am Trawler was sunk by gunfire, after 14 hours in a boat 16 survivors were picked up by HMS ISIS D87
Survivors landed at North Scottish port
U 30 actually stopped the Swedish Steamer Hispania and asked them to pick up the survivors
Her Details are
- Official Number 139350
- Yard Number 887
- Admiralty 4244
- Armaments 1 12pdr
- GT 324 NT 148
- Dimensions 138.3 x 23.7 x 12.7
- Quarter deck 78 Foc’sle 19
- Engines C D Holmes 600ihp 11.0 Knots
13/01/1940vessel Sunk by Enemy Action
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Grand Duke GY 683
Grand Duke built 1915 Cochrane & Sons Selby for T. Baskcomb Grimsby
11/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
1919 Returned
Served in WW2 as Night Rider
11/1915 Purchased before completion by Admiralty as a minesweeper
11/1919 Put up for sale by the Admiralty
03/1920 Sold to Direct Fish Supplies Ltd Grimsby
08/1922 Bought by the Nocturne Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
10/1922 Renamed Night Rider
10/1939 Sold to the Hull Northern Fishing Co Ltd Hull
01/1940 Requisitioned as a Boom Defence Vessel
02/1947 Put up for sale by Hellyer Bro’s after de-requisitioning
1947 Sold to Storhaug & Partners Ltd Storship Salvage London NNC
1949 Bought by Zacharis Bro’s & M. Vassilias & Co Piraeus Greece renamed Kassos
1958 To Zacharis Bro’s & Co. Piraeus NNC
1961 Bought by Groumas Bro’s Piraeus NNC
Gross tonnage reduced to 299
1963 Sold to Tsitzas Bro’s & Asterios Belos & Co. Piraeus NNC
Her Details are
- Official Number 138938
- Yard Number 642
- Admiralty number FY 2512 Z 113
- Armament 1-12pdr 4 AA machine guns
- GT 327 NT 171
- Dimensions 140.4 x 24.2 x 12.8
- Quarter deck 78 Foc’sle 21
- Engines Fitted with a triple expansion engine and one single ended Scotch boiler supplied and fitted by Charles D. Holmes & Co Hull
Reported broken up at Piraeus 03/1970
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Grand Charge GY 439
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Graf Zeppelin GY 1317
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