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Quercia GY 680
Quercia built 1912 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
12/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper then escort vessel
1919 Returned
01/1936 Severe cold has been experienced in Icelandic waters, when the Quercia returned to Grimsby Skipper Holliday reported that deckhand Henry James Jerome of 30 Pelham Street had suffered from severe frost bite on his hands.
18/10/1941 Sold to J. Bennett Grimsby
28/08/1942 Requisitioned as a fuel carrier
01/1946 Returned to owners
Her Details are
- Official Number 132126
- Yard Number 238
- Admiralty Number FY 446 Y7.43
- Armament 1-12pdr
- GT 288 NT 144
- Quarter deck 72
- Dimensions 130.1 x 22.2 x 12.2
- Engines Amos & Smith 89 HP 10½ knots
Scrapped 11/05/1950
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Waddington GY 680
Waddington Built 1962 Dunston Hessle for Peter Sleight Trawlers Grimsby
1975 Bought by the Colne Fishing Co. Ltd Lowestoft
08/1975 Arrived in Lowestoft Registered as LT 79
1981 Converted to an Oil Rig Support Vessel
Her Details are
- Official Number 303286
- Call Sign GHYA
- GT 230 NT 76
- Dimensions 106 x 23.7 x 12
- Quarter deck 58 Foc’sle 19
- Engines 6-cylinder 622hp Ruston
Sold for scrap 10/1991