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Corientes GY 552

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 29 June 2020

Corientes built 1910 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Thomas Baskcomb Grimsby
02/1915 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
EAST	ARTHUR HENRY	41	23/06/1917	Deck Hand	Corientes
BELL	FREDERICK ARTHUR	19	23/06/1917	Trimmer	Corientes
BASS	THOMAS DAVID	50	23/06/1917	Deck Hand	Corientes

Her Details are

Official Number 127867
Yard Number 201
Admiralty Number 1149
Armament 1-6pdr
GT 280 NT 119
Dimensions 131.6 x 22.6 x 11.7
Quarter DEck 73
Engines Charles D. Holmes 80 NHP 10¼ knots

Sank by mine off Malin Head on the 23/06/1917 The mine was laid by UC79 on the 14/06/1917

Tags gy-552, ww1-1917-06-14

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Corella GY 281

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 29 June 2020

The Corella was built 05/1907 by Cook Welton & Gemmell for Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co originally named Renown GY 281
01/1911 she went to T Baskcomb
02/1911 she was renamed Corella GY 281
10/1914 she went to M A Baskcomb
12/1914 Requisitioned
11/1915 she went back to T Baskcomb

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
DAVIS	WILLIAM	Unknown	30/09/1919	Second Engineer	Corella
WILSON	GEORGE ERNEST	32	30/09/1919	Trimmer	Corella
LILJIKRANTZ	CHARLES NORMAN	47	30/09/1919	First Engineer	Corella
COXALL	HARRY	37	30/09/1919	Cook	Corella
CLARK	WILLIAM	26	30/09/1919	Deck Hand	Corella
GOOD	JOHN	56	30/09/1919	Deck Hand	Corella
BULL	CHARLES	46	30/09/1919	Second Hand	Corella
ROWE	LEWIS WILLIAM	52	30/09/1919	Third Hand	Corella

Her Details are

Official Number 125060
Admiralty Number 952
GT 240 NT 84
Armament 1 3pdr
Dimensions 120.5 x 22 x 12
Quarter Deck 76′

Missing 22/09/1919

Tags gy-281, ww1-1919-09-22

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Corcyra GY 63

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 29 June 2020

Corcyra built 1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for South Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
08/1914 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
20/02/1915, North Sea – Skipper Leonard Shenton RNR Stranded near Bacton Norfolk
No lives lost
Later salved not taken back into Naval service
10/02/1917 Sold to George W. White & John W. Willows Grimsby registered as GY 104
06/07/1918 Sold to Stringer’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd Boston Registered as BN 142
1922 Bought by the South Western Steam Fishing Co Grimsby registered as GY 1021
1925 To the Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
09/1938 Sold to McCabe & Curtis Dublin DI 20
1940 Sold to the Royal Navy as an Auxiliary Patrol vessel
1946 Sold to the Earl Steam Fishing Co Grimsby Registered as GY 281
27/08/1947 Bought by W. & J. Wood Aberdeen A 307
1960 Sold to Devanha Fishing Co Ltd Aberdeen

Her Details are

Official Number 136003
Yard Number 288A
Admiralty Number 278
GT 225 NT 112
Dimensions 117 x 22 x 12.7
Quarter Deck 61
Engines Amos & Smith 68NHP 9½ knots

05/08/1961 Arrived Krimpen A/D Ijssel for breaking up

Tags 1961-08-05, gy-1021, gy-104, gy-281, gy-63

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Conway GY 1288

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 29 June 2020

Conway built 1904 Cochrane & Sons Selby for T. C. & F. Moss Grimsby
06/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
Returned 1919
Served in WW2

Her Details are

Official Number 118919
Yard Number 322
Admiralty number 1532
Armament 1-6pdr AA
GT 228 NT 105
Dimensions 119.3 x 21.5 x 11.5
Quarter Deck 48 Foc’sle 20

Scrapped in 03/1957

Tags 1957-03, gy-1288

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Contest GY 358

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 29 June 2020

Details to follow

Tags gy-358

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Content GY 505

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 29 June 2020

Details to follow

Tags gy-505

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Consort GY 498

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 29 June 2020

Consort built 1909 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Queen Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
04/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
1919 Returned to commercial fishing
03/02/1953 Sold to James Mowatt Aberdeen

Her details are

Official Number 127850
Yard Number 185
Admiralty Number 1612
Armament 1-12pdr
GT 181 NT 80
Dimensions 110 x 21 x 11.2
Quarter Deck 56 Foc’sle 18
Engines Great Central Engineering 60NHP 10 knots

Sold to Belgium ship breakers in 08/1954 and scrapped at Antwerp

Tags 1954-08, gy-498

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Consbro GY 244

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 29 June 2020

Consbro Built 1930 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Crampin Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby 06/1947 Renamed Pollard

Her Details are

Official Number 160987
Yard Number 1077
GT 350 NT 157
Dimensions 145.5 x 24.1 x 13.2
Quarter deck 77 Foc’sle 22

Ran aground at Trannoy West Fjord Norway on the 17/02/1950 The Norwegian vessel Ornes rescued all 22 of her crew after picking up the trawler’s distress calls

Tags 1950-02-17, gy-244

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Conquest GY 292

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 29 June 2020

Conquest Built 1907 Dundee Shipbuilding Co Dundee for Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
11/1914 Sold to J. E. Rushworth Grimsby
01/1915 To the Rushworth Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
02/1915 Renamed Hortensia
08/1915 Bought by the Premier Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
09/1918 Sold to J. Coombes Grimsby
09/1932 Bought by C. Dobson Grimsby
03/1945 Sold to the Wembley Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
05/1948 Sold to owners in Aberdeen

Her Details are

Official Number 125066
GT 244 NT 118
Dimensions 120.5 x 22.1 x 12.3
Quarter deck 69 Foc’sle 19

Tags gy-292

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Conquest GY 83

Post author By Trevor Hallifax
Post date 29 June 2020

Details to follow

Tags gy-83