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Ross Tiger GY 398

Ross Tiger built 22/09/1956 Cochranes of Selby for Derwent Trawlers completed on 02/1957 
01/1959 she was sold to Ross Trawlers 
10/1959 sold to Yorkshire Trawlers 
04/1962 sold to G F Sleight 
11/1969 sold to British United Trawlers 
03/1979 sold back to G F Sleight 
07/1985 reported as no longer fishing, converted to a rig stand by vessel

Photo Supplied by Photomarine
Ross Tiger Being helped to her Final Mooring at The Heritage Centre in Grimsby
Ross Tiger Now Moored up at The Grimsby Heritage Centre

Here are the details

  • Official Number 184953
  • Yard Number 1416
  • Call Sign GWFV
  • 355 GT 127 NT
  • Dimensions 127.5 x 26.5 x 13
  • Quarter Deck 67′ Foc’sle 24′

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Marie Evelyne GY 398

Details to follow

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Le Tiger GY 398

Le Tiger Built 27/02/1937 Cochrane & Sons Selby For Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
1939 Bought by the Admiralty as an anti-submarine vessel 
03/1942 lent to the United States Navy with her crew to operate off the US East coast under USN control 
03/07/1942 Sank U215 on the  while taking survivors from a torpedoed vessel to a nearby harbour
07/1946 Acquired by the Hull Ice Co. 
11/1946 Sold to the Loyal Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
07/1947 Renamed Regal 
09/1948 Bought by owners in Hull renamed Othello 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 164424
  • Yard Number 1180 
  • Admiralty Number FY 243 
  • Armament 1-4pdr
  • GT 516 NT 285 
  • Dimensions 173.2 x 28.6 x 14.7 
  • Quarter deck 89 Foc’sle 37 
  • Engines 156 HP 12 knots

Scrapped Ghent, Belgium 1963

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Berkshire GY 398

Berkshire built 10/1897 by Edward Brothers of North Shields for North Lincs Steam Fishing Co
12/1914 Requisitioned 
15/05/1915 North Channel – Skipper Herbert Percy Fleet RNR A Bland Captain In collision with armed yacht Valiant II sank at 1900 off Cushendall Red Bay Co Antrim 6 miles E of Tor Cor Point in Red Bay 55.05N 06W
No lives lost crew rescued by armed trawler Alsatian 


Her Details are 

  • Official Number 108479
  • Yard Number 569
  • Admiralty number FY 995
  • Armament 1-4in
  • GT 133 NT 45
  • Dimensions 96 x 20.7 x 10.7 
  • Quarter Deck 18′ Foc’sle 19′

 15/05/1915 Sunk after collision off Red Bay whilst in Admiralty Service