{"id":2833,"date":"2020-07-02T14:41:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T13:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingull.pkmn.cloud\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2024-11-15T19:35:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T19:35:02","slug":"embassy-gy-469","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/07\/02\/embassy-gy-469\/","title":{"rendered":"Embassy GY 469"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Embassy&nbsp;Built 09\/1928 Cook Welton &amp; Gemmell Beverley for&nbsp;Letten Bros Grimsby<br>1932 Owned by EC Grant<br>08\/1933 Renamed Wigmore<br>10\/1935&nbsp;Bought by the Clan Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby<br>18\/11\/1939 At 23.06 hours&nbsp;U-22&nbsp;Captain Karl Heinrich Jenisch fired two G7e torpedoes at the second and third ship in convoy&nbsp;IFC&nbsp;and missed. Four minutes later, the U-boat fired another G7e at the sixth ship and hit the&nbsp;Wigmore&nbsp;(Skipper Walter Bore) She sank within three minutes with all 16 of her crew Lost, being hit about 25 miles northwest of Rattray Head.<br>The vessel was fishing out of Lowestoft at the time of her loss<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/E-C-Grant-Funnel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20241\" width=\"147\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/E-C-Grant-Funnel.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/E-C-Grant-Funnel-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Wigmore-GY-469-Uploaded.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Wigmore-GY-469-Uploaded.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Wigmore-GY-469-Uploaded-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Wigmore-GY-469-Uploaded-768x520.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Seen here as the Wigmore Painted by Steve farrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignwide\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Surname<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Forename<\/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>GOODWIN<\/td><td>WALTER<\/td><td>41<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Deck Hand<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BORE<\/td><td>WALTER<\/td><td>35<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Skipper<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>JACKSON<\/td><td>ROBERT WILLIAM<\/td><td>27<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Wireless Operator<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>OTTLEY<\/td><td>JOSEPH<\/td><td>35<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Deck Hand<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WINN<\/td><td>ERNEST DOMANAC<\/td><td>49<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Cook<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FISHER<\/td><td>JESSE<\/td><td>29<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Deck Hand<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LODGE<\/td><td>WILLIAM HENRY<\/td><td>39<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Mate<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BROMFIELD<\/td><td>CLARENCE VINCENT HARWOOD<\/td><td>43<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Deck Hand<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NEWSON<\/td><td>ERNEST HERBERT<\/td><td>38<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Trimmer<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MOORE<\/td><td>FRANK<\/td><td>54<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Chief Engineer<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SMYTHE-JERROLD<\/td><td>FREDERICK WILLIAM<\/td><td>36<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Deck Hand<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CLAYTON<\/td><td>HAROLD<\/td><td>35<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Deck Hand<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DUMBLETON<\/td><td>HENRY<\/td><td>55<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Deck Hand<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GERMANEY<\/td><td>GEORGE<\/td><td>25<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Trimmer<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HARWOOD<\/td><td>ALICK<\/td><td>36<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Second Engineer<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FOLEY<\/td><td>JOSEPH<\/td><td>56<\/td><td>19\/11\/1939<\/td><td>Third Hand<\/td><td>Fishing Vessel Wigmore&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her Details are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Official Number 146910<\/li><li>Yard Number 498&nbsp;<\/li><li>GT 345 NT 159&nbsp;<\/li><li>Dimensions 140.2 x 24.6 x 13.2&nbsp;<\/li><li>Quarter deck 77 Foc&#8217;sle 21&nbsp;<\/li><li>Engines Charles D. Holmes 96 NHP 11 knots&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Torpedoed and sunk at 23.30 hours by U-18 on the 18\/11\/1939<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embassy&nbsp;Built 09\/1928 Cook Welton &amp; Gemmell Beverley for&nbsp;Letten Bros Grimsby1932 Owned by EC Grant08\/1933 Renamed Wigmore10\/1935&nbsp;Bought by the Clan Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby18\/11\/1939 At 23.06 hours&nbsp;U-22&nbsp;Captain Karl Heinrich Jenisch fired two G7e torpedoes at the second and third ship in convoy&nbsp;IFC&nbsp;and missed. 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