Tag: ww1-1914-08-26

Seti built 21/07/1896 Cook Welton & Gemmel for Robert W Roberts & James Ruthven Grimsby
25/08/1914 The German minelayer Albatros escorted by the light cruiser Stuttgart and a small Torpedo Boat Force headed for the Tyne and a second group consisting of the minelayer Nautilus escorted by the light cruiser Mainz and a small Torpedo Boat Force headed for the Humber. During this raid which would last into the 26th they captured and or sank 16 British trawlers. The crews were all taken back to Germany as prisoners. The Tyne Minelaying Force sank :-

GY 518 Rhine by destroyers.

GY 1192 Harrier by V155

GY 93 Lobelia by V155

GY 1178 Valiant by V155 off Whitby

GY 1196 Mersey by V154
26/08/1914 Sunk by Torpedo Boat V154 Approx 0400 in the North Sea 80 miles SW of the Spurn Point as the Minelaying force were returning home.

Her Details are

• Official Number 106659
• Yard Number 166
• 160 GT 60 NT
• Dimensions 101.8 x 20.8 x 11
• Quarter deck 24 Foc’sle 19
• Engines by C D Holmes 45 NHP 10 Knots 

Sunk by the German cruiser Albatross NE in the North Sea 80 miles southwest of Spurn Point 26/08/1914

Rideo Built 11/09/1907 Cook Welton & Gemmell for G F Sleights
24/08/1914 Believed sunk by a torpedo boat 

Her details are

• Official Number 125071
• Yard Number 149
• 230 GT 91 NT
• Dimensions 117 x 22 x 11.7
• Quarter Deck 59′ Foc’sle 18′
• Engines by C D Holmes 63 Nhp 10.5 Knots

Captured and Sunk by German Torpedo boats in the North Sea whilst fishing 26/08/1914

Pegasus built 01/12/1891 Mackie & Thomson of Govan for Grimsby & North Sea Steam Trawling Co.
24/1914 North Sea captured by torpedo boat
Crew made prisoners

Her Details are 

• Official Number 99669
• Yard Number 48
• Call Sign MQSG
• 155 GT 57 NT
• Dimensions 100.5 x 20.5 x 10.7
• Quarter Deck 19′ Foc’sle 19′
• Engines 45 HP

Captured and sunk by torpedo boat in the North sea whilst Fishing 24 or 26/08/1914