gy-35 – Deep Sea Trawlers

Eroican built 1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for North Western Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
08/1914 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
1920 Returned to commercial fishing
02/11/1915 Bought by Harold Croft Baker Grimsby
20/04/1920 Sold to the Savoy Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
24/05/1928 Bought by Harold Croft Baker & Sons Ltd Grimsby
09/02/1937 Sold to the Dominion Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
1940 Requisitioned as a minesweeper later a fuel carrier
1949 Returned to commercial fishing

Her details are

Official number 136001
Yard Number 288
Admiralty number FY 294 FY 518
Armament 1-3pdr
GT 225 NT 112
Quarter Deck 61 Foc’sle 16
Engines Amos & Smith 68 NHP 9½ knots

Arrived at New Waterway 15/06/1961 for breaking up

Courtland Built 1904 Cook Welton & Gemmell Hull for Alec L. Black Grimsby
29/06/1908 Sold to Naam Ven Stoomv Grotius Ijmuiden Holland renamed Grotius
1910 Bought by Christian M. Evensen Thorshaven Færoe Islands renamed Pauline
12/03/1915 Sold to the Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby renamed Earl Granard Registered as GY 449
04/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
1919 Returned to commercial fishing
24/09/1915 Bought by the Rushworth Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
16/03/1918 Sold to Isaac Bunch Grimsby
22/12/1923 Bought by Great Central Co-op Eng & Repair Co Ltd Grimsby
15/06/1928 Sold to Harold Bacon Grimsby
26/09/1930 Bought by T. C. & F. Moss Ltd Grimsby
01/04/1931 Renamed Castleton
11/1939 Requisitioned as an auxiliary patrol vessel
01/1940 Returned to commercial fishing
28/06/1940 While on patrol she was sunk by a German Luftwaffe Do17Z aircraft east of the Orkney Islands at 09.30 hours
10 crew were lost. Note: Castleton was previously presumed sunk by U-102, which is not true
The vessel was off the Orkney Islands at the time of the attack

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
DILLON	CHARLES JAMES	45	28/06/1940	Deck Hand	Castleton
SIBLEY	WALTER	43	28/06/1940	Skipper	Castleton
STEWART	WILLIAM	53	28/06/1940	Chief Engineer	Castleton
HUBBARD	THOMAS GEORGE	50	28/06/1940	Third Hand	Castleton
SQUIRE	JOHN THOMAS	37	28/06/1940	Deck Hand	Castleton
COOK	HENRY GEORGE	56	28/06/1940	Second Engineer	Castleton
RYAN	JOHN DENNIS	40	28/06/1940	Sailor	Castleton
WEBB	JOHN ALLEN	45	28/06/1940	Mate	Castleton
OSBORNE	LESLIE ALBERT	19	28/06/1940	Trimmer	Castleton
WHITE	ALEXANDER CAMPBELL MCLINTOCK	64	28/06/1940	Cook	Castleton

Her Details are

Official Number 118938
Yard Number 61
Admiralty Number FY 2653
GT 211 NT 76
Dimensions 115.4 x 21.6 x 11.5
Quarter deck 58 Foc’sle 19
Engines Amos & Smith 65 NHP 10 knots

Sunk by Aircraft 28/06/1940