{"id":245,"date":"2020-05-04T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T08:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingull.pkmn.cloud\/?p=245"},"modified":"2021-09-02T11:23:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T10:23:13","slug":"earl-essex-gy-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/04\/earl-essex-gy-48\/","title":{"rendered":"Earl Essex GY 48"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Earl Essex built 1914\u00a0Cook Welton &amp; Gemmell Beverley for\u00a0Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby<br>08\/1914\u00a0Requisitioned as a mine sweeper  <br>1920\u00a0Returned to commercial fishing\u00a0<br>02\/11\/1915\u00a0Sold to Harold Croft Baker Grimsby<br>08\/01\/1923\u00a0Bought by the Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby\u00a0<br>06\/02\/1937\u00a0Sold to Sir Thomas Robinson &amp; Sons Ltd Grimsby\u00a0<br>11\/1939\u00a0Requisitioned as a minesweeper<br>1946\u00a0Returned to commercial fishing\u00a0<br>24\/04\/1946 Sank in the North Sea when a mine that had been trawled up exploded <br>The trawler Vera Grace FD 211 which was fishing near by had seen the explosion picked up one survivor <br>Ten crew were lost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignwide\"><table><thead><tr><th>Surname<\/th><th>Forenames<\/th><th>Age at Death<\/th><th>Date of Death<\/th><th>Rank <\/th><th>Boat<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>JACKSON<\/td><td>ALLEN REGINALD<\/td><td>41<\/td><td>24\/04\/1946<\/td><td>Deck Hand<\/td><td>&nbsp;Earl Essex&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BENNETT<\/td><td>STANLEY<\/td><td>45<\/td><td>24\/04\/1946<\/td><td>Second Engineer<\/td><td>&nbsp;Earl Essex&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GORDON<\/td><td>JOHN JAMES<\/td><td>44<\/td><td>24\/04\/1946<\/td><td>Chief Engineer<\/td><td>&nbsp;Earl Essex&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>REYNOLDS<\/td><td>BENJAMIN THOMAS NICHOLSON<\/td><td>31<\/td><td>24\/04\/1946<\/td><td>Second Hand<\/td><td>&nbsp;Earl Essex&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LINE<\/td><td>CYRIL HENRY<\/td><td>45<\/td><td>24\/04\/1946<\/td><td>Cook<\/td><td>&nbsp;Earl Essex&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TREACHER<\/td><td>ALBERT EDWARD<\/td><td>50<\/td><td>24\/04\/1946<\/td><td>Skipper<\/td><td>&nbsp;Earl Essex&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BENNETT<\/td><td>WILFRED DUDLEY<\/td><td>38<\/td><td>24\/04\/1946<\/td><td>Spare Hand<\/td><td>&nbsp;Earl Essex&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TILLING<\/td><td>JOSEPH W. 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