{"id":1701,"date":"2020-06-26T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingull.pkmn.cloud\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2025-01-09T20:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:05:11","slug":"by-george-gy-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/06\/26\/by-george-gy-69\/","title":{"rendered":"BY George GY 69"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By George built 17\/01\/1914&nbsp;Cook Welton &amp; Gemmell Beverley&nbsp;for&nbsp;North Western Steam Fishing<br>07\/1914&nbsp;Requisitioned as a minesweeper <br>02\/11\/1915&nbsp;Sold to Harold Croft Baker Grimsby <br>07\/09\/1917 Aegean Sea &#8211; Skipper Francis Joint Hulland RNR Based at Stavros Northern Greece <br>Preparing to sweep field where Helgian was sunk the previous day with other minesweepers&nbsp;<br>Mined port side forward at 1710 laid by UC.23 on 11\/07\/1917 Volkhard von Bothmer <br>Broke up and sank in Gulf of Ruphani location not identified but believed to be 40.38N 23.54E&nbsp; <br>2 ratings lost                                                                                               <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignwide\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Surname<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Forenames<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Age at Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Date of Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Boat<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BYATT&nbsp;<\/td><td>Alfred H&nbsp;<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>07\/09\/1917<\/td><td>Leading Deck Hand&nbsp;<\/td><td>By George<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MCASKILL&nbsp;<\/td><td>John&nbsp;<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>07\/09\/1917<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>By George<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Her details are&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Official Number 136004<\/li><li>Yard Number 291<\/li><li>Call Sign JFKM<\/li><li>Admiralty number FY 253<\/li><li>Armament 1-3pdr<\/li><li>GT 225 NT 112<\/li><li>Quarter deck 61<\/li><li>Dimensions 117 x 22 x 12.7<\/li><li>Engines Amos &amp; 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