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Virgo GY 150

Virgo Built 1888 Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd Hull for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Fishing Co. 
09/1900 To Norway 
05/1906 Returned to Grimsby & North Sea Steam Fishing Co registered as GY 144 
09/1908 To Sweden 
05/1909 Returned to Grimsby & North Sea Steam Fishing Co. Renamed Scorpio registered as GY 467 
04/1913 Sold to the Aldersyde Steam Fishing Co. 
12/1916 Sold to owners in Scarborough 
Moved to North Shields 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 94080
  • GT 145 NT 66
  • Dimensions 101.6 x 20.5 x 10.6
  • Quarter deck 17 Foc’sle 22

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Pisces GY 271

Pisces Built 1890 Mackie & Thomson Govan For Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Grimsby
09/1900 To Norway
05/1906 Back to the Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co Grimsby registered as GY 150
06/1907 To Sweden where she became Island To Norway where she was renamed Kvalen 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 96231
  • Yard Number 15 
  • GT 158 NT 51 
  • Dimensions 100.5 x 20.5 x 10.7 
  • Quarter deck 19 Foc’sle 19   

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Exyahne GY 150

Exyhane built 1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
09/1914 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
1919 Returned to commercial fishing. 
02/11/1915 Bought by the Savoy Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
24/05/1928 Sold to Harold Croft Baker & Sons Ltd Grimsby 
06/02/1937 Sold to Sir Thomas Robinson & Sons Ltd Grimsby 
11/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper/auxiliary patrol vessel 
13/12/1945 Returned to commercial fishing 
1961 Sold for scrap to H.P. Ileavelman N V Krimpen

Her details are

  • Official number 136012
  • Yard Number 293
  • Admiralty number FY 264 FY 878
  • Armament 1-12pdr
  • GT 226 NT 90
  • Dimensions 115.4 x 21.6 x 11.5
  • Quarter deck 57
  • Engines Amos & Smith 68 NHP 9½ knots

Arrived at A/D ljssel Holland 09/04/1961 for breaking up

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Billow GY 150

Billow built as a Sloop in 1858 by Sandwich for Hull Owners
05/1865 Came to Grimsby 
03/1869 Registrered GY 99
02/1876 went to R Seabrook  02/1876 went to G F Sleight
07/1878 went to A J Blake  09/1878 went to E F Wickerson 09/1878 changed again to M Coleburn
12/1879 went to G Hubbard
07/1882 sold to Germany

Her Details Are

  • Official Number 20633
  • GT 40
  • Dimensions 58.8 x 16.5 x 9.4