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Elmira built 1914 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Grimsby
03/1915 Served with the Admiralty as a minesweeper 
Returned 1919
09/1927 Registered to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Sunk by bombs from German aircraft off the Shetlands in position 59 55’N 03 40’W 
The trawler broke in two and sank 
Of the 11-man crew there was only one survivor

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
WEIR	WILLIAM	52	23/03/1941	Steward	Elmira
CHELLIS	CHARLES	50	23/03/1941	Third Hand	Elmira
WILDE	THOMAS ALFRED	41	23/03/1941	Deck Hand	Elmira
HARPER	ROBERT JAMES	41	23/03/1941	Skipper	Elmira
SAMPSON	ABE DAVIS	38	23/03/1941	Mate	Elmira
DANN	JAMES EDWARD	42	23/03/1941	Deck Hand	Elmira
THOMPSON	WILLIAM HEATON	43	23/03/1941	Deck Hand	Elmira
St PIERRE	WALTER	42	23/03/1941	Deck Hand	Elmira
SMITH	JOHN MURDO	43	23/03/1941	Chief Engineer	Elmira
THOMSON	WILLIAM FINDLEY	39	23/03/1941	Second Engineer	Elmira

Her Details are 

• Official number 135994
• Yard Number 571
• Admiralty number FY 1603
• Armament 1-6pdr AA
• GT 197 NT 76
• Quarter Deck 67
• Dimensions 112.5 x 21.5 x 12
• Engines Triple expansion 11½, 19½, 32 in x 24 in 67 NHP by Smiths Dock

20/03/1941 Sunk by Aircraft 59′ 55′ N 03′ 40′ W whilst on passage from Grimsby to the Faroes fishing grounds