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Borneo GY 115

Borneo built 28/12/1905 Built 1905 by Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Grant & Baker Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
11/1914 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 
18/06/1917 Sank by mine off Beachy Head The mine was laid by UCI7 on the same day

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
SCOTTJOSEPH EDWARDUnknown18/06/1917TrimmerBorneo
YATESFRANK2218/06/1917EnginemanBorneo

Her Details are

  • Official Number 122719
  • Yard Number 100 
  • Admiralty number FY 809 
  • Armament 1-6pdr
  • GT 211 NT 76 
  • Dimensions 115.4 x 21.6 x 11.5 
  • Quarter deck 58 Foc’sle 19 
  • Engines Charles D. Holmes 60NHP 10 knots

18/06/1917 Mined off Beachy Head whilst in Admiralty Service