{"id":2815,"date":"2020-07-02T14:32:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T13:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingull.pkmn.cloud\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2021-01-18T09:05:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T09:05:51","slug":"elmira-gy-969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/07\/02\/elmira-gy-969\/","title":{"rendered":"Elmira GY 969"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Elmira built 1914\u00a0Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for\u00a0Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Grimsby
03\/1915\u00a0Served with the Admiralty as a minesweeper\u00a0
Returned 1919
09\/1927\u00a0Registered to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd\u00a0Sunk by bombs from German aircraft off the Shetlands in position 59 55’N 03 40’W\u00a0
The trawler broke in two and sank\u00a0
Of the 11-man crew there was only one survivor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surname<\/th>Forenames<\/th>Age at Death<\/th>Date of Death<\/th>Rank<\/th>Boat<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
WEIR<\/td>WILLIAM<\/td>52<\/td>23\/03\/1941<\/td>Steward<\/td> Elmira <\/td><\/tr>
CHELLIS<\/td>CHARLES<\/td>50<\/td>23\/03\/1941<\/td>Third Hand<\/td> Elmira <\/td><\/tr>
WILDE<\/td>THOMAS ALFRED<\/td>41<\/td>23\/03\/1941<\/td>Deck Hand<\/td> Elmira <\/td><\/tr>
HARPER<\/td>ROBERT JAMES<\/td>41<\/td>23\/03\/1941<\/td>Skipper<\/td> Elmira <\/td><\/tr>
SAMPSON<\/td>ABE DAVIS<\/td>38<\/td>23\/03\/1941<\/td>Mate<\/td> Elmira <\/td><\/tr>
DANN<\/td>JAMES EDWARD<\/td>42<\/td>23\/03\/1941<\/td>Deck Hand<\/td> Elmira <\/td><\/tr>
THOMPSON<\/td>WILLIAM HEATON<\/td>43<\/td>23\/03\/1941<\/td>Deck Hand<\/td> Elmira <\/td><\/tr>
St PIERRE<\/td>WALTER<\/td>42<\/td>23\/03\/1941<\/td>Deck Hand<\/td> Elmira <\/td><\/tr>
SMITH<\/td>JOHN MURDO<\/td>43<\/td>23\/03\/1941<\/td>Chief Engineer<\/td> Elmira <\/td><\/tr>
THOMSON<\/td>WILLIAM FINDLEY<\/td>39<\/td>23\/03\/1941<\/td>Second Engineer<\/td> Elmira <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Her Details are <\/p>\n\n\n\n