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Prince Palatine GY 116

Prince Palatine Built 1914 Cochrane & Sons Selby For Cargill Steam Trawling Co Ltd Hull 
1914 Hired by the Admiralty
09/1918 Bought by J. Mordaunt brought to Grimsby registered as GY 86
10/1918 Bought by L. Kaminski 
01/1920 Bought by the Equitable Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
04/1923 Transferred to Newport
11/1924 Bought by the Equitable Steam Fishing Co brought back to Grimsby registered GY 116
08/1925 Renamed Lord Darling 
08/1928 Bought by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd 
23/08/1940 Hired by the Admiralty as a minesweeper 
04/1943 Bought by J. Bennett
01/1946 Sold to new owners in Fleetwood 
10/1948 Bought by Wharfedale Trawlers Grimsby 
11/1948 Sold to Fairfield Fishing Co Ltd Dundee
11/1950 Bought by Onward Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
12/1950 Renamed Virginian 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 136189
  • Yard Number 597 
  • Call Sign MFDW
  • GT 256 NT 100 
  • Dimensions 123.5 x 22.5 x 12.2 
  • Quarter deck 72 Foc’sle 20 
  • Engines Triple expansion 12¾, 22, 35 x 24in 70NHP by C D Holmes & Co Ltd Hull 

Scrapped in 06/1961

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Valafell GY 383

Valafell Built 1943 Cochrane & Sons Selby for The Admiralty as Fish Class Trawler Bream T 306 and commissioned as an A/S fitted with DC & ASDIC
Used on Russian Convoy Duties
24/05/1946 Bought by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd
26/11/1946 Renamed Valafell GY 386
27/12/1946 Sailed her first trip 
20/07/1955 Arrested for Illegal fishing Iceland
10/03/1958 Sold to Rhondda Fishing Co
06/1960 Sold to BISCO for Breaking Up


Her Details are

  • Official Number 166654
  • Yard Number 1259 
  • Admiralty Number T306
  • Armament 1 4″ AA Weapon
  • GT 380 NT 142 
  • Dimensions 147.8 x 25.1 x 13.2 
  • Quarter deck 81 Foc’sle 25   
  • Engines Amos & Smith 700ihp 11.0 Knots

Scrapped 06/1961