Taurus Built 1883 Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Hull for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Grimsby
04/1901 To Norway
06/1906 Registered to the Grimsby & North Sea Steam Fishing Co Grimsby Registered as GY 136
11/1915 Sold to owners in Aberdeen
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Scorpio Built 1887 Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Hull for the Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co.
09/1900 To Norway
05/1906 Returned to the Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co registered as GY 138
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27/09/1907 Stranded 3 miles South of Wick Register on the vessel was closed 10/1907
Details to follow
Grimsby Town Built 12/07/1934 Smiths Dock Middlesborough for Consolidated Fisheries of Grimsby
08/1939 Requisitioned and converted to an Anti submarine vessel
1943 joined the ICW Group sister ships Derby County Huddersfield Town Leeds United and York City based at Milford Haven
She remained with this group for the remainder of her commission
She was employed on Escort duties in the western approaches. She was also employed in the MF escorting Landing Craft to Gibraltor as well as Med Convoys
Returned to the UK at the end of the year and was based again at Milford Haven
1944 The group took part in Operation Neptune, the D-Day landings, in June, as an escort Vessel
11/1945 Returned to owners
01/1946 sold to Hull Ice Co changed Registry GY 136
She was lost after being stranded on the South Coast of Iceland, the vessel had not long returned from the war service, 3 men lost their lives James J Whelton, Deckhand, Kenneth Meadows, Deckhand and Charles J H Lond, Deckhand. The ship was actually undamaged when the crew left her but after attempts to re float her failed she was given up as Lost
| Surname | Forenames | Age at Death | Date of Death | Rank | Boat |
| Whelton | James J | Unknown | 23/04/1946 | Deckhand | Grimsby Town |
| Meadows | Kenneth | Unknown | 23/04/1946 | Deckhand | Grimsby Town |
| Lond | Charles J H | Unknown | 23/04/1946 | Deckhand | Grimsby Town |
| Camburn | George Alfred | Unknown | 23/04/1946 | Skipper | Grimsby Town |
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23/04/1946 Ran aground at Hjoerleifs Hofdi Iceland
Admiral Souchon Built 11/1916
04/06/1918 commissioned ADMIRAL SOUCHON
Intended for boat department Flanders, Flak School Blankenberghe
2nd escort flotilla, 7 half flotilla
1919 4th mine search flotilla Baltic Sea, 7th half flotilla
10/08/1920 delivered to Great Britain
12/1922 ADMIRAL SOUCHON Registered as GY 136
Owners Marshal Line Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Manager Sir Alec. Black
27/12/1922 Renamed CHRISTINA CATHARINA registered IJM 13
New survey 242 GRT, 70 NRT with 38.65 x 7.06 x 3.16 m
05/05/1926 CHRISTINA CATHARINA Registered as IJM 3
29/11/1932 Renamed BLOEMENDAAL Registered IJM 71
04/09/1939 went to Dutch Navy
27/09/1939 Renamed BOEIENSCHIP 5
1940 Converted to a Minesweeper
29/10/1943 out of service
1943 went to the Royal Navy
1943 Renamed BLOEMENDAAL as a Barrage balloon vehicle
03/1946 Returned to Owners
1946 BLOEMENDAAL Registered as IJM 71
04/09/1956 sold for demolition
06/09/1956 from IJmuiden in tow for demolition
The Details were been supplied by Hans-J. Heise Hamburg
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Scrapped in 1957 the Netherlands
