gy-701 – Deep Sea Trawlers

Hondo built 1912 Cochranes of Selby for Henry L Taylor Grimsby
08/1914 Requisitioned as an armed Trawler
1919 Returned
10/1922 Sold to Diamond Steam Fishing Co
1940 Was Fishing out of Fleetwood
09/1941 Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & ice Co Fleetwood
20/03/1943 Homeward bound she ran down a Dutch trawler Alida SCH 6 but was able to recue the crew and landed them at Fleetwood
11/1943 Sold to Charleson Smith Trawlers Hull
10/11/1943 Registered as H 565 but continued fishing out of Fleetwood
16/11/1943 Left Fleetwood for West of Scotland Grounds
24/11/1943Last sighted off Barra Head
31/12/1943 Posted as Missing with all Hands

Surname	Forename	Age At Death	Date Of Death	Rank	Boat
KNIGHT	GEORGE BELL	Unknown	01/02/1915	Deck Hand	H.M. Trawler “Hondo.”
MARFLEET	MARK	Unknown	31/10/1918	Engineman	H.M. Trawler “Hondo.”

Her Details are

Official Number 132132
Yard Number 520
Admiralty Number FY 16
Armament 1 6pdr AA
GT 229 NT 118
Quarter Deck 66
Dimensions 119.2 x 22.0 x 11.5
Engines C D Holmes 66 rhp 10.0 Knots