Tag: gy-48

Rubico Built 06/1896 Cochrane & Cooper of Beverly for G F Sleight
09/03/1904 Foundered following a collision with Trawler Northwold GY 625 approx 50 miles NN E of Spurn Point

Her Details are 

• Official Number 106654
• Yard Number 151
• GT 120 NT 33
• Dimensions 89.4 x 20.1 x 10.8
• Quarter Deck 17′
• Engines C D Holmes 40 rhp 3 cyl 10.0 Knots

09/03/1904 Collision with S.T. Northwold GY 625, 45 miles NNE of Spurn Point

Arsenal Built 28/09/1957 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby

Her Details are

• Official Number 181398
• Yard Number 928
• Call Sign GXJC
• GT 774 NT 272
• Foc’sle 32
• Engines Triple expansion steam engine by Charles D. Holmes Hull which had cylinders 17¼, 29½, and 48½in by 30in stroke 13.5 knots. 
• Dimensions 189.4 x 32.5 x 17.5

Sent for scrap 12/03/1975

Earl Essex built 1914 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
08/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
1920 Returned to commercial fishing 
02/11/1915 Sold to Harold Croft Baker Grimsby
08/01/1923 Bought by the Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby 
06/02/1937 Sold to Sir Thomas Robinson & Sons Ltd Grimsby 
11/1939 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
1946 Returned to commercial fishing 
24/04/1946 Sank in the North Sea when a mine that had been trawled up exploded
The trawler Vera Grace FD 211 which was fishing near by had seen the explosion picked up one survivor
Ten crew were lost

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
JACKSON	ALLEN REGINALD	41	24/04/1946	Deck Hand	Earl Essex
BENNETT	STANLEY	45	24/04/1946	Second Engineer	Earl Essex
GORDON	JOHN JAMES	44	24/04/1946	Chief Engineer	Earl Essex
REYNOLDS	BENJAMIN THOMAS NICHOLSON	31	24/04/1946	Second Hand	Earl Essex
LINE	CYRIL HENRY	45	24/04/1946	Cook	Earl Essex
TREACHER	ALBERT EDWARD	50	24/04/1946	Skipper	Earl Essex
BENNETT	WILFRED DUDLEY	38	24/04/1946	Spare Hand	Earl Essex
TILLING	JOSEPH W. W.	38	24/04/1946	Third Hand	Earl Essex
WATSON	ARTHUR	41	24/04/1946	Deck Hand	Earl Essex
GEORGE	DONALD ROBERT	25	24/04/1946	Trimmer	Earl Essex

Her details are 

• Official Number 136002
• Yard Number 290
• Admiralty Number FY 292 FY 852
• Armament 1-12pdr
• GT 225 NT 112
• Dimensions 117 x 22 x 12.7
• Quarter Deck 61 
• Engines Amos & Smith 68 NHP 9½ knots

24/04/1946 Foundered as a result of an explosion in the North sea probably a mine