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Melbourne GY 456

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Blaefell GY 456

Blaefell Built 07/08/1941 Cochrane & Son Selby for the Admiralty as Fish Class trawler Bonito
27/02/1947 Bought by Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby renamed Blaefell registered as GY 456 
01/1955 Sold to Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd Fleetwood and registered as FD 40 
Sold to South Africa where she became Benjamin Gelcer.


Her Details are 

  • Official Number 166657
  • Yard Number 1239 
  • Admiralty Number T 231
  • GT 380 NT 142 
  • Dimensions 147.8 x 25.1 x 14 

Lost in 1967

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Australia GY 456

Australia Built 15/02/1892 Cochrane Cooper & Schofield Beverley For International Steam Trawling Co Ltd Grimsby
01/04/1892 Registered as GY 456
07/1898 Bought by the North Eastern Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby 
1911 New Boiler was installed
06/1912 Bought by the Consolidated Whaling & Deep Sea Fishing Co 
08/1914 Sold to Irvin & Johnson Cape Town South Africa

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 99673
  • Yard Number 69
  • GT 151 NT 66
  • Quarter Deck 19 Foc’sle 17
  • Dimensions 104.4 x 20.5 x 11

1927 Broken Up in Table Bay