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Quercia GY 680

Quercia built 1912 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
12/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper then escort vessel
1919 Returned
01/1936 Severe cold has been experienced in Icelandic waters, when the Quercia returned to Grimsby Skipper Holliday reported that deckhand Henry James Jerome of 30 Pelham Street had suffered from severe frost bite on his hands.
18/10/1941 Sold to J. Bennett Grimsby 
28/08/1942 Requisitioned as a fuel carrier  
01/1946 Returned to owners 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 132126
  • Yard Number 238
  • Admiralty Number FY 446 Y7.43
  • Armament 1-12pdr
  • GT 288 NT 144
  • Quarter deck 72
  • Dimensions 130.1 x 22.2 x 12.2 
  • Engines Amos & Smith 89 HP 10½ knots

Scrapped 11/05/1950