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Vinur GY 249

Vinur Built 1930 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Vinur Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
Originally built to the order of Little & Olgeirrsson but was sold before completed 
04/1936 Renamed British 
27/08/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 
1942 Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd Grimsby
11/01/1946 Returned to owners
1954 Sold to Wyre Steam Trawlers Ltd Fleetwood registered as FD 24 renamed Wyre British
1957 Sold for scrap to Van Heyghen Freres Belgium

Her Details are

  • Official Number 160993
  • Yard Number 547
  • Admiralty Number FY 506
  • GT 406 NT 161
  • Dimensions 142.7 x 25.1 x 14.1
  • Quarter deck 79 Foc’sle 25
  • Engines Amos & Smith 99 NHP 10.9 Knots

Arrived at Ghent for scrapping 19/10/1957

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Raven GY 249

Raven Built 1897 Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd Middlesbrough for the Cleethorpes Steam Trawling Co. Ltd Grimsby 
02/1914 Sold to owners in Spain renamed Grondin 
Bought by owners in France became Jean Pierre 

1898

Her Details are

  • Official Number 108453
  • Yard Number 438 
  • GT 131 NT 40 
  • Dimensions 95.9 x 20.4 x 10.8 
  • Quarter deck 19 Foc’sle 17   

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Portsmouth GY 249

Portsmouth Built 1903 by Smith’s Dock Co North Shields for Western Steam Trawling Co Shannon Court, Bristol BL 10
01/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
1919 Returned
11/08/1919 Registered as M 61 Milford Haven
24/11/1919 North Lincolnshire Steam Fishing Co Fish Docks, Grimsby
20/01/1923  Vessel transferred to the port of Grimsby
21/01/1923 Taylor Steam Fishing Co. Grimsby GY 249
12/1923 W. Kermer Ymuiden, Netherlands
1930 N. V. Vissch Maats Ita, Ymuiden
1939 As ITA Requisitioned by German Kreigsmarine as a minesweeper
1945 Returned
1952 Broken up

Her Details are

  • Official Number 117703
  • Yard Number 708
  • Admiralty Number FY 800
  • Armament 1-12pdr
  • GT 178 NT 30
  • Dimensions 110.0 x 21.0 x 11.0
  • Engines 3 Cyl  51 nhp  9.0 knots McColl & Pollock, Sunderland

1952 Broken Up

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Maid of Honor GY 249

26/01/1884 Presumed foundered in North Sea

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British GY 249

British Built 07/1930 Cook Welton & Gemmell
Originally Named Vinur GY 249
07/1930 Owned by E Little & E Olgeirsson
08/1930 Owned by Vinur Steam Fishing Co
04/1936 Re Named British
08/1942 Sold to Northern Trawlers
08/1954 Went to Fleetwood Re named Wyre British

Her Details are

  • Official Number 160993
  • GT 406 NT 161
  • Dimensions 142.7 x 25.1 x 14.1
  • Quarter Deck 79 Foc’sle 25