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Windsor GY 998

WINDSOR built 1916
12/1916 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
02/1918 Renamed Windsor II
1919 Returned  

Her Details are

  • Official Number
  • Admiralty Number 2988
  • GT 222
  • Armament 1-6pdr AA

25/10/1940 Mined 2 miles off Spurn Point

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Carlton GY 1278

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SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
BLANCHARDEDWIN5825/10/1940Cook Carlton 
EDWARDSBASIL5825/10/1940Deck Hand Carlton 
MILESFREDERICK AMOS5225/10/1940Skipper Carlton 
DUNCANHENRY FOSTER3325/10/1940Third Hand Carlton 
LANCASTERALBERT EDWARD3825/10/1940Deck Hand Carlton 
FITZPATRICKJOHN FRANCIS4325/10/1940Deck Hand Carlton 
HALLHARRY5025/10/1940First Engineer Carlton 
EASTJOSEPH LAURENTZ5925/10/1940Mate Carlton 
WILSONWILLIAM HENRY5425/10/1940Second Engineer Carlton 
CLARKEGILBERT BRAMWELL3425/10/1940TrimmerCarlton

25/10/1940 Mined 3 1/2 miles off Spurn Point

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Bittern GY 1278

Bittern built 1903 G. Cooper Hull for T. Baskcomb Grimsby
10/1914 Registered to T. W. Baskcomb, Grimsby 
12/1914 Requisitioned as a mine sweeper
02/1915 Renamed Bittern II
11/1915 Registered to Thomas Baskcomb Ltd Grimsby 
1919 Returned to owners
04/1919 Sold to J. Holland & W. H. Johnstone 
12/1922 Bought by W. Would
12/1924 Went to Thomas Charles & Fred Moss Ltd Fish Dock Road Grimsby 
01/1925 Renamed Carlton 


Her Details are

  • Official Number 118912
  • Call Sign VGBK
  • Admiralty number FY 432
  • Armament 1-6pdr
  • GT 207 NT 84
  • Quarter Deck 59 Foc’sle 19
  • Dimensions 114.5 x 21.5 x 11.2
  • Engines 55 HP

Sank by mine about 3 miles off Spurn on the 25/10/1940