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Notts County GY 487

Notts County Built 18/11/1937 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby
19/09/1939 Requisitioned as anti-submarine trawler

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
STRATTONALBERT2508/03/1942SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
ASKEWROBERT ALFREDUnknown08/03/1942StokerH.M. Trawler Notts County.
CHIPPENDALERICHARD2508/03/1942Leading SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
BURDETTJOHN JOSEPH2108/03/1942SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
WILKINSONCHARLES CECIL1908/03/1942Ordinary SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
WATTANDREWUnknown08/03/1942Chief EnginemanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
LINNEYGEORGE SCOTTUnknown08/03/1942EnginemanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
MARTINARTHUR3308/03/1942Ordinary SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
RINGROSEWILLIAM ERICUnknown08/03/1942Leading SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
MARGINSONJAMES RONALD2808/03/1942Ordinary SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
MILLSJOHN HENRY2708/03/1942SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
TWIGGERIC KNIVETON2608/03/1942Ordinary SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
REYNOLDSRALPH RONALD3408/03/1942Stoker 2nd ClassH.M. Trawler Notts County.
ANDERSONGEORGEUnknown08/03/1942Stoker 2nd ClassH.M. Trawler Notts County.
WILLIAMSHAROLD3708/03/1942SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
RUPPERSBERYGEORGE FREDERICK WILLIAM3008/03/1942SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
REAREGINALD2508/03/1942SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
HUMPHREYFREDERICK3108/03/1942StokerH.M. Trawler Notts County
FEARNLEYCYRIL FRANKUnknown08/03/1942Leading SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
COCKLEVICTOR HENRY WILLIAM2908/03/1942Leading CookH.M. Trawler Notts County.
CAMERONALEXANDER3608/03/1942Stoker 2nd ClassH.M. Trawler Notts County.
GRIFFITHSJOHN SPIERS2208/03/1942StokerH.M. Trawler Notts County.
DOUGANHENRY4708/03/1942SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
STEENJAMES STEWARTUnknown08/03/1942Stoker 2nd ClassH.M. Trawler Notts County.
GERRARDREGINALD THOMAS2408/03/1942SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
HEBDENJACK2908/03/1942SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
HARDINGWILLIAM2108/03/1942Ordinary SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
ALDRIDGEDANIELUnknown08/03/1942SeamanH.M. Trawler Notts County.
LUNNGEORGE ARTHURUnknown08/03/1942Chief EnginemanH.M. Trawler Notts County.

Her Details are

  • Official Number 164436
  • Yard Number 1031 
  • Admiralty Number FY 250
  • Call Sign GFFQ
  • GT 541 NT 195 
  • Dimensions 175.8 x 28.6 x 15 
  • Quarter deck 87 Foc’sle 34 
  • Engines 3 cyl 14.5, 24, 41.5 x 27in 166 nhp

08/03/1942 The trawler was lost after being torpedoed by U 701 off the South East coast of Iceland 63.10N – 13.16W

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Highbridge GY 487

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Etruria GY 487

Etruria Built 1893 Mackie & Thomson Govan for Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
04/1912 Bought by owners in Blyth 
Sold to owners in La Hague France renamed Cobra 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 99688
  • Yard Number 63
  • GT 154 NT 59
  • Dimensions 100.5 x 20.5 x 10.7
  • Quarter deck 19 Foc’sle 19

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Cecil Coombes GY 487

Cecil Coombes Built 19/12/1918 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for The Admiralty as Castle a Class trawler
Completed as a fishing trawler
1919 Sold J. Coombes Grimsby renamed Cecil Coombes GY 487 
1922 Renamed Highbridge 
1925 Bought by M. F. Pujol Cadiz Spain and renamed Santa Urbana 
1931 Sold to L. Carranza Cadiz 
1936 Bought by Anselmo Ceo Garcia Cadiz 
1936 Requisitioned by the Nationalist Spanish Navy
1939 Returned to fishing 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 140796 in 1922
  • Yard Number 407 
  • Admiralty Number FY 4291
  • GT 285 NT 111 
  • Dimensions 125.5 x 23.5 x 12.7 
  • Quarter deck 72 Foc’sle 21 
  • Engines Amos & Smith 480 IHP 10½ knots 

Sold for scrap and broken up in Spain in 1971