Tag: gy-559

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Catania Built 1901 Watson & Bird Hull for Grimsby Alliance Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
04/1908 Bought by owners in Denmark where she became Svendborg 
07/1910 Back to Grimsby Alliance Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
Renamed Calvinia Registered as GY 559 
01/1915 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
03/1918 Sold to W. Doughty Grimsby 
1919 Returned to owners
03/1924 Bought by the Gorspen Steam Trawling Co Aberdeen
01/1940 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
01/1945 Returned to owners 

Her Details are 

• Official Number 113221
• Admiralty Number FY 1850 FY 734
• Armament 1-6pdr AA
• GT 197 NT 69 
• Dimensions 111 x 21 x 11 
• Quarter deck 46 Foc’sle 21   

Calvinia Built 02/1901 Watson & Bird Hull for Grimsby Alliance Steam Fishing Co
Originally named Catania GY 1216
04/1908 went to Denmark Renamed SVENDBORG
07/1910 went to Grimsby Alliance Steam Fishing Co Renamed Calvinia GY 559
01/1915 Requisitioned as minesweeper
03/1918 went to W Doughty
1919 Returned
03/1924 went to Aberdeen Owners
Served in WW2

Her Details are

• Official Number 113221
• Admiralty number FY 734
• Armament 1-6pdr AA
• GT 191 NT 69
• Dimensions 111 x 21 x 11
• Quarter Deck 46 Foc’sle 21