gy-625 – Deep Sea Trawlers

Recono was built on 14/08/1915 by Cook Welton & Gemmel for G F Sleight.
03/1916 she was Requisitioned as a minesweeper come Escort vessel
Returned 1920
17/11/1933 she was sold to Sleight & Humphrey Grimsby
11/1939 she was Requisitioned converted to an APV,
06/1940 converted to a Minesweeper,
Joined the 111th Minesweeper Group based at Grimsby,
1943 Joined the 110th Minesweeper group based at Grimsby,
23/11/1944 Boom defense Vessel.
05/07/1945 returned to owners
17/05/1949 sold to G F Sleight Grimsby
10/1956 sold to Derwent Trawlers Grimsby

Her Details are

Official No 138936
Yard No 331
Admiralty No 1988
Pennant No FY 786
Armament 1 x 6pdr AA
248 GT 108 NT
Dimensions 120.33 x 22 x 12.2
Q 67′
Engines C D Holmes 80 NHP 10.5 Knots

1962 sold for Scrapping to Van Heyghen Freres Belgium, arriving at Ghent 03/03/1962 for breaking

Northwold Built 24/08/1894 Cochrane & Cooper Beverley for the Northwold Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
12/1904 Sold to owners in Norway
09/1906 Went to Northwold Steam Fishing Co Grimsby GY 179
05/1908 Sold to Arni Hannesson & others Reykjavik Iceland
Renamed Valur RE 122
04/03/1914 Sold to Hf Alpha Renamed Alpha GK 433
1915 Sold to Akties Gudmund Norway Renamed Jacob
1926 Sold to G Sandvik Haugesund Renamed Velox
1929 Sold to V & S Saevik Kopervik Renamed Saevik
1931 Renamed Saevik I
1936 Solod to Soren & johs Saevik Haugesund
02/1940 Wrecked near Haugesund in a storm returning to port

Her Details are

Official Number 104179
Yard Number 114
GT 127 NT 45
Dimensions 92.5 x 20.5 x 11
Quarter deck 17
Engines Amos & Smith 35 nhp 3 Cyl 9.5 Knots

02/1940 Wrecked near Haugesund in a storm returning to port