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Robert GY 550

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Fontenoy GY 550

Fontenoy Built 1918 Bow McLachlan & Co Paisley Built as Castle Class Trawler Siam Duffy for the Admiralty
1919 Loaned to the United States Navy 
11/1920 Surveyed at London 
1922 The vessel was sold to Sold to Soc. Anon Armement Ostendais Ostend Belgium renamed Eduard Anseele Belgium 
Call sign MEFA 
08/1923 Surveyed at Antwerp 
07/1933 Surveyed at Ostend 
06/1936 Surveyed at Ostend 
12/1938 Acquired by Consolidated Fisheries registered to subsidiary Rhondda Steam Fishing renamed Fontenoy 
02/1940 To admiralty Possibly as a Minesweeper 

Her Details are

  • Official Number 145099
  • Yard Number 364
  • GT 213 NT 75
  • Dimensions 125.7 x 23.4 x 12.8
  • Quarter deck 72 Foc’sle 21
  • Engines Triple expansion, 12½, 21, 35 x 26 in 83 NHP by Fraser & Chalmers Erith

Lost 19/11/1940 Sunk by aircraft off Lowestoft whilst on Admiralty service

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Corvus GY 550

CORVUS Built 1893 Mackie & Thomson Govan for Grimsby & North Sea Trawling Co Ltd Grimsby
1917 Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve commissioned and flew white ensign continued commercial fishing under naval control
05/1919 Sold to H. Bennett 
01/1924 To owners in Milford Haven

Her Details are 

  • Official Number 99715
  • Yard Number 76
  • GT 140 NT 54
  • Quarter deck 17 Foc’sle 19
  • Dimensions 99.3 x 20.1 x 10.4